Xerox 3270 manual

3270 Programmer’s Guide Translate Tables 7. Printer Initialization by User Strings This chapter covers the facilities of the converter activated by simple commands and related to special FSL Functions. The FSL Functions and the converter commands are grouped according to their tasks. 7.1. The User Strings In the converter you may save up to 8 user strings (0-7). They can be sent as follows: • When the converter is powered on (if specified in Function Y51, User Defined String(s) at Power On). • After a printer error (if specified in Function Y52, User Defined String(s) at Printer Power On/Printer Error). • Activated by a special converter command • Before and/or after an converter error message • Before and/or after a local copy The user string has to be defined in Function Y61 and will in all the mentioned examples be sent directly to the printer. NOTE: The contents of the sequence in Y61 must be defined in ASCII characters as it is sent directly to the printer. You can also define a user string which can change the internal setup functions. Then you will have to use Function Y90, "Define User Escape Strings". For details, please see Section 7.2. User String as Input. As the PCL and XES drivers are pre-programmed, the user string feature is not very usable here. With the FSL driver, however, it is an essential facility. For further information see the FSL 3270 Programmer’s Guide, D62071. Below is shown the syntax of sending a user string under host control ("%" is the defined ESC character ). Once the user string has - 29 -