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Operating the 3270 (Cont'd)
Instructions for Checking Basic Test Pattern, EBCDIC No. 23 or ASCII No. 29
The display image should appear with the cursor located under the character C in the
second row of displayed data. No indicators should be on.
1.
Key in the row of alphabetic characters and the one space exactly as they
appear in the row above. All characters should enter correctly, and cursor
should move under I after Space bar is pressed.
2.
Move cursor under C of CK in second row of displayed data, using
-+
(right)
key.
3.
Press INS MODE key. INSERT MODE indicator should light.
4.
Press A key. Field should now appear ACK.
5.
Press FIELD MARK key. (Use B key
~
Operator Console keyboard.) Field
should now appear A;CK (ABCK).
6.
Press C key. The d-;ta
sho~ld
not change, but the INPUT INHIBITED
indicator should, come on (in addition to the INSERT MODE indicator,
which has remained on).
7.
Press RESET key. Both indicators should go out.
8.
Press DEL key. The C should disappear, and the field should now appear
A;K{ABK).
9.
Press
+-
key (New Line). Cursor should move under C character in fourth
row of displayed data.
10. Enter the special characters
as
they appear in the row above, shifting where
required. Cursor should appear under 0 character after last special character
entered.
11. Enter the digits 0 through 9 and the characters, .' and A as they appear in
the row above. (On Data Entry keyboards, use the , over • and
over $
keys to enter the ,and
characters.) The following results should occur:
a.
Typewriter and Operator Console keyboards without Numeric Lock
feature - all characters should enter.
b.
Data Entry keyboard without Numeric Lock feature - characters ,
.
and - enter normally; the A character enters as
<
symbol.
All keyboards with Numeric Lock feature - characters
and - enter
normally; keyboard should lock and INPUT INHIBITED should light
when , and A keys are pressed. (Use Reset and
~
keys to move cursor
from those positions.)
12. Check t (Up),
J.
(Down), and
+-
(Backspace) cursor move keys for propel
operation.
13. Check the typamatic function of the Space bar or any other key with
typamatic capability. Use the first field in the fourth row of displayed data
for this step.
14. Move cursor under first character displayed of test message.
15. Press any alphameric key. INPUT INHIBITED indicator should come on, and
character should not enter or display because field is designated as a pro-
tected data field.
16. Press RESET key. INPUT INHIBITED indicator should go out.
17. Press ENTER key. INPUT INHIBITED indicator should light, and keyboard
should lock.
18. Press RESET key. INPUT INHIBITED indicator should go out, and keyboard
should unlock.
NOTE: The following steps check tab, DUP, and new line functions.
19. Press....
(Tab) key. Cursor should appear under character A in second row
of characters.
20. Press DUP key. An asterisk (.) should appear in cursor position, and cursor
should move under I of INSERT. (On Operator Console keyboard, use Tab
key; cursor should move under I of INSERT, but the asterisk should not
appear.)
21. Space one character position. The I should disappear.
22. Press
+-
(Backtab) key. Cursor should move back one space to where the I
was formerly located.
23. Press Tab key. (Use SKIP key on Data Entry keyboards.) The cursor should
appear in the first character position of the fourth row of displayed data.
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