Keyboard Options dialog

From the Rocket TE menu bar, click Options → Keyboard. The Keyboard Options window opens. It contains the Key Mappings (a bitmap image of a keyboard), Escape Sequences, and Additional Options tabs.

Refer to Mapping keyboards for more information.

Key Mappings tab

Gray keys

Gray keys can be mapped. If you click a gray key, the Key Info/Mappings window opens and lists all of the key mappings for each Action Type. It also lists any combination key mappings that this key is used in.

The following figure shows the associated mappings with the V key. The Ctrl key is mapped to the Edit::PasteMenu Hotkeys. All of the other available mappings are unmapped.

Figure 1. Rocket TE VT key mappings information

Red keys

Red keys cannot be used to map Rocket TE VT Functions.

Yellow keys

Yellow keys are caution keys. Care should be taken when using the yellow keys to map Rocket TE VT Functions. The caution keys include the Alt keys and the Esc key. Windows uses the Alt keys with menu accelerators and the Esc key is mapped to Esc.

Options

• Keyboard Type: A drop-down menu that contains a list of keyboard options for Rocket TE. Select the type of keyboard required for your display.
  Note: If you select either the Unicomp 0852-M 122 Key or the KeyTronic KB3270/Plus keyboard, a 122 Keys button displays in the upper right hand corner of the dialog. Click this button to display a floating keyboard bitmap of the extended keys.
• Keyboard Action Type: Lists the various groups of keyboard functions that are available for keyboard mapping.
  • VT Functions: Lists VT Terminal related functions such as the Function Keys, Answerback, PF1 through PF4, Find, Insert, Remove, Select, Previous Screen, Next Screen, Hold, et cetera that are available for key mapping.
  • Menu Hotkeys: Lists the Rocket TE menu items available for key mapping.
  • PC Data Keys: Lists the PC Keyboard Keys available for key mapping, like Broken Vertical Bar, Degree Sign, Plus Sign, Minus Sign, Euro Currency Symbol, and so on.
  • User Defined Keys: Lists the fifteen user defined keys available for mapping. User 6 through User 20.
  • Macro Files: Lists the macro files available for key mapping. Rocket TE macro files are created by selecting Macro → Record from the Rocket TE menu bar.
    Note: Only macro files from the Rocket TE program directory are listed for selection.
  • Script Files: Lists the script files available for key mapping. Rocket TE script files are created by selecting Script → Record from the Rocket TE menu bar.
    Note: Only script files from the Rocket TE program directory are listed for selection.
  • ASCII Characters: Lists the ASCII characters available for key mapping.
  • Send Keys: Used to send a combination of VT Keys and Text to the host by mapping it to a key combination.
    Note: By default there are no defined Send Keys. Press the green + to add a new string. The same string can be mapped to multiple key combinations. Press the gear button to edit an existing string. Press the X button to delete the selected string and all key mappings to that string.
  • Toggle Power Pad: Used to toggle back and forth between two or more power pads. To use this feature, you must have at least two power pads defined. This feature allows you to create a button on the first power pad that toggles on and off a second power pad. Be sure not to configure the first power pad to toggle itself. It is possible to create a button on the second power pad to toggle the first power pad. Also, this feature is useful if users have a large number of power pads. You can create a master power pad that has individual buttons that toggle each power pad.
  • Mouse Functions: Lists the mouse functions available for key mapping
• Actions: Lists the various functions available for key mapping. The functions displayed are dependent on which function is selected in the Action Type list box.
• Key Mappings: Lists the key mapping or mappings if any, that execute the highlighted function in the Actions list box.

Key Mappings Buttons

• Print: Allows you to print out the mappings for whatever is displayed in the Action Type list box. For example, if you want a printout of all the 5250 keyboard functions and what keys they are currently mapped to, make sure that 5250 Functions is in the Action Type list box and click Print.
• New: Adds a new key mapping entry to the Key Mappings list box.
  Note: Functions can be mapped to more than one key.
• Edit: Edits the highlighted key mapping entry.
• Delete: Removes the highlighted key mapping entry from the Key Mappings list box.
• OK: Accepts the key mapping and assigns it to the 3270 Function.
• Cancel: Cancels the key mapping.

Escape Sequences tab

The Escape Sequences tab is used to view or change the default Rocket TE VT escape sequences that are associated with certain Rocket TE VT keys like Function Keys, Backspace, Arrow Keys, and so on.

VT Functions

The VT Functions group is used to set or reset an ASCII escape sequence for any VT function:

• Overwrite Function: Enable this check box, if you want to edit or create a custom escape sequence for a particular VT key or command.
• Escape Sequence: This field is used to edit or create a custom escape sequence for the selected VT function. The syntax requires a back-slash ( \ ) then a two digit hexadecimal number. For example, \1B is the value for Escape (ESC). Multiple items are simply typed in as a continuous string with no spaces. For example, the function key F13 has the following escape sequence \1B\5B\32\35\7E.

Additional Options tab

The Additional Options tab controls the behavior of the backspace, arrow, and number pad functions.

Send Backspace as

There are two choices for the behavior of the backspace function:

• Backspace / Non-Destructive (08h): Causes the cursor to move to the left without deleting any characters.
• Delete / Destructive (7Fh): Causes the cursor to move to the left and deletes any characters it encounters.

Cursor Keys

Controls the behavior of the arrow key functions.

• Host Controlled: The host sets the cursor keypad mode and controls the escape sequence that the arrow keys send.

• Normal: Sends the application and numeric control sequences to the host.

• Application: Sends only the application control sequence to the host.

Keypad Mode

Controls the behavior of the numeric keypad functions.

• Host Controlled: The host sets the numeric keypad mode and controls the escape sequence that the numeric keypad keys send.

• Numeric: Sends only the numeric control sequence to the host. When Numeric is selected, Num displays in the status bar.

• Application: Sends only the application control sequence to the host. When Application is selected, App displays in the status bar.

Keyboard Inactivity Timer

If enabled, the user can adjust how many minutes of inactivity need to pass before the session disconnects (maximum of 999 minutes). If this feature is disabled, the session disconnects after the default amount of time set by the system administrator in the global.ini file.