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Configure Connection Settings Dialog Box for Ibm 5250

How do I get to this dialog box?

  1. Open the Settings window.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User interface mode Steps
    Ribbon or InfoConnect Browser With a session open in InfoConnect, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click .
    TouchUx Tap the Gear icon and then select Document Settings.
    Classic MDI With a session open, go to Options > Settings.

  2. Under Host Connection, select Configure Connection Settings.

From this dialog box, you can specify the settings for a TN5250 connection.

Connection
Host name/IP address Identify the host to which you will connect. Type the host name, alias, or numeric IP address.
Note: Both IPv4 addresses (in the form 127.0.0.1) and IPv6 addresses (in the form 2001:0db8:3c4d:0015:0000:0000:abcd:ef12) are accepted.
Port Type the host port or socket number that the session should use. This field accepts any number between 0 and 66,535 (default = 23).
Device name Specify the terminal device name (also called the display name or the workstation ID) that the IBM System i should use for your session. If you leave this box blank, the IBM System i creates a device to use for your session.
The device name can be up to ten characters long. You can include any of the following characters as part of the value in the Device name box.
* is replaced by "A", "B", "C", and so on. If the entire alphabet is used, the generated device names continue with "AA", "AB", "AC", and so on.
% is replaced by P for printer sessions and S for display sessions.
= is replaced by 1,2, 3, and so on to create a unique device name.
&COMPN Replaced by the local workstation name; left-trimmed if the generated name exceeds 10 characters.
&USERN Replaced by the local user name; left-trimmed if the generated name exceeds 10 characters.
+ Specifies right-trimming instead of left-trimming. Use with &COMPN or &USERN. This character can be placed anywhere in the string.

Note

  • You can use only one string in combination with these characters. If you use separated strings, the second string is dropped. For example, %MyDevice= is valid. However, %My=Device is not valid, and will be treated by the system as if it were &My=.
  • You cannot use both &COMPN and &USERN in the same string.
  • To have Reflection generate unique device names automatically based on the special characters described above, the Generate Device Names setting must be enabled. In printer sessions, this setting is off by default.

Options
Automatically connect to the host Select to establish a host connection as soon as the associated session document is opened.
When connection is terminated Select one of the following options to determine the how Reflection handles a terminated connection.
Reconnect automatically attempts to reestablish the connection.
Prompt for reconnection prompts whether to attempt to reestablish the connection. (When No is selected, the session is left open and disconnected.)
Leave disconnected leaves the session disconnected with the session open.
Close session automatically closes the session.

Model
Model ID Specify the model of the terminal or device type emulated by this session.

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