Black Box 5250 Manual De Usuario

8. Advanced Features

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card has some unique features that come
in handy with certain applications that require extra productivity tools.
These added features include Record/Playback, 3812 printer emulations,
5219 printer emulations, a special command language, and command 
pass-through.

With the Record/Playback feature, you can record a sequence of
keystrokes and play them back later by pressing only three keys,
which cuts down on repetition.

Use these keys to control the Record/Playback feature:

Record a sequence of keystrokes (functions as the

<Record>

key on a 5250 keyboard)

Playback a sequence of keystrokes (functions as the <Play> 

key on a 5250 keyboard)

Delete a recorded keystroke sequence

Clear all recorded keystroke sequences

To record a keystroke sequence, follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the [ALT] key, then press [F10] to enter Record

mode. A blinking R appears in the lower left-hand corner of the
screen. The number to the right of the blinking R is the number of
keystrokes available for recording (maximum of 1,000).

2. Press the key (any of [F1] through [F10] or [0] through [9])

to assign as the “trigger key” for the recorded sequence. (You might
want to write down each “trigger key” and its associated sequence in
the NOTES pages at the end of this manual.)

3. Type the keystroke sequence to be recorded.

4. When the keystroke sequence is completed, press [ALT][F10]

again to save the sequence and exit the Record mode.