IBM 3179 User manual

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3179Coior Display

Station

Operator Reference· and

Problem Solving Guide

GA18-2180-1

File No. 3270/4300-09

Second Edition (September,

1984)

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1984

HOW

USE

THIS

GUIDE

Keys

Messages

Problem

Solving

Problem

Solving

Exchange

Packing

-Symptoms

-Checkout

This section gives you a This section gives

you

a This section helps you This section

should

be This section tells

you

summary

the

keys summary

the

identify

a failing used

when

you

cannot

how

replace a

failing

and their

functions.

messages

that

appear element from

your

identify

failing

element element

with

good

below

the

blue

line. symptom. from

your

symptom.

one

and

how

pack

for

return

IBM

for

repair

replacement.

Page 1. Page 7. Page 15. Page 49. Page

and 73.

Keys The following

section

shows

the

standard

keyboard

layout

and

the

function

each

key.

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CrBnk

Alte.

G:J

Pfl

PfJ

~f4

Pf~

PF6

PFJ

p~s

I'F9

PF10

PF"

Repeat-action

keys

(repeat

characters

functions

when

held

down)

Standard

122-Key

Typewriter

Keyboard (U.S. English) 1

~--------------------~----------------------~--------------------------------~

Marking

Name

Key

Function

Key 2

Alt

Alternate

Shift

Activates

function

front

face

keys.

Not

all keys have

alternate

function.

AltCr

Alternate

Cursor

Selects

between

two

forms

the

cursor.

Attn

Attention

Requests

attention

the

system

(only if §

displayed

position

below

the

blue line).

Clear Clear Erases

screen

and

signals

system

that

clear

action

occurred.

CrBnk

Cursor

Blink Causes a

nonblinking

cursor

blink,

and

a blinking

cursor

stop

blinking.

Cursr

Cursor

Select

Selects fields

for

processing. Cursor

must

be in a field

that

your

application

has

designated

for

Sel

cursor

selection.

Dup

Duplicate

Causes

prior

entry

for

this field

duplicated.

Displays

and

moves

cursor

forward

first

position

input

field.

DvCnl Device Cancel Cancels a

pending

request

the

key

printer

that

busy

and

restores

the

keyboard.

the

printer

not

working,

restores

the

keyboard

and

resets

displayed.

Marking Name

Key

Function

Key

PA1-2

Program Access Keys

1-2

Function determined by application.

PF1-24

Program Function Keys

1-24

Function

determined by application.

Print Print Sends data from this display

station

the

assigned printer.

C!iill

Clicker (Beeper) Turns keyboard clicker on

off. Note: This

sound

actually a beep.

Shift

Lock Locks keyboard

upshift.

Shift Upshift. Also unlocks

the

Shift Lock.

Tab

Moves cursor forward

first position

input

field.

.- Backspace Moves cursor backward.

ExSel Extended Select Lets

you

use

the

extended select functions.

Word Delete Deletes a word

cursor position. 3

Enter Enter Requests

that

data

from

your

IBM

3179

sent

the

system.

Erase Erase

End-of-Field Erases

input

field from cursor

end

field. Cursor does

not

move.

EOF

Erlnp Erase

Input

Erases

all

input

fields and moves cursor

first

input

character position

your

screen.

Field Field Mark Marks end

input

field on

unformatted

screen by displaying

either

;or

; .

Mark Signals

that

the

two

numbers

entered

will become

the

iDENT

number

the

printer

Ident Printer

assigned

your

IBM

3179.

But

if??

displayed, it only

replaces??

with

the

current

assignment. .

Resets x conditions

noted

the

section

"Messages."

Reset Reset Resets a

condition

and a printer IDENT operation. Cancels dead key operation, leaving stand-

alone

accent

cursor.

With

f!!,

position 2 below

the

blue line, signals

the

system

that

you

have a

test

request

SysRq System Request message

your

IBM

3179.

Ask

your

supervisor for details.

With B

position 2 below

the

blue line, switches

your

IBM

3179

between application

and control programs. Ask

your

supervisor

for

details.

Test Test Clears

your

screen. Ask

your

supervisor for details.

Used

statt

and

end

special problem

determination

functions.

Marking Name of Key Function

Key

I+-

Back

Tab

Moves

cursor

backward

first

position

input

field.

cursor

first

position

field,

moves

cursor

first

position

preceding

input

field.

Cursor

Home

Moves

cursor

first

position

first

input

field

screen.

+--J

New Line Moves

cursor

first

position

first

input

field in

the

line.

il'

Insert

Lets

you

insert

characters

between

others

you

have

already

typed.

stop

inserting,

press

the

Reset

key.

Delete

Character

Deletes

character

cursor

position

input

field.

.,.

Cursor

Up Moves

cursor

....

Cursor

Down

Moves

cursor

down

Cursor

Left

Moves

cursor

the

left

....

Cursor

Right

Moves

cursor

the

right.

......

Double-Speed

Cursor

Left

Moves

cursor

the

left

double

speed

.....

Double-Speed

Cursor

Right

Moves

cursor

the

right

double

speed.

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