Connecting to the Host System - VT

VT Display Session Configuration

Prior to establishing a host system connection, BlueZone VT users must set Session Configuration parameters. Session configuration consists of:

Selecting an existing or Defining a new Connection Type and configuring its connection settings.

BlueZone VT Display Session Configuration consists of Connections, Trace and License Manager setup.

Connections Tab

Telnet Connections ----

Connection List: Contains the names of the defined host connections. A total of 64 connections may be specified.
New: Used to create new host sessions. When clicked, the Define New Connection dialog will appear.

Edit: Used to edit an existing host connection. When clicked, the Edit Connection Dialog for the highlighted connection will appear.

NOTE The Edit Connection dialog is essentially the same as the Define New Connection dialog. Use the Define New Connection dialog as a reference for the Edit Connection dialog.

Copy: Used to copy an existing host connection. When clicked, the Edit Connection Dialog will appear with all the information of the connection that was highlighted except for Connection Name.
Remove: Used to remove an existing host connection. When clicked, the highlighted connection will be removed from the list.
Use Connection Name as Session Description: If checked, the name that you gave to the active connection, will appear in the BlueZone Title bar, immediately after the session number. This feature is handy if you have multiple hosts defined, and you are not using the "Connections" drop down list, and you want to know the name of the current connection.

Options ----

Auto-Connect Session: If checked, BlueZone VT will automatically start the host connection that is highlighted in the Connection List.

Trace Tab

Trace Options ----

These parameters specify the interfaces to be traced and the file name to which the trace file will be written. The trace files are written in ASCII text format and may be viewed with Notepad or WordPad.

STEP-BY-STEP How to Capture a BlueZone Trace

Trace File: Specifies the file name to which the trace file will be written.

Browse: Displays a dialog used to select the directory and file name. BlueZone provides a Traces directory in the BlueZone installation directory.

CAUTION! This must be a valid path or the trace feature will not work.

Trace Viewer: Specifies the program that will be used to read the trace file after it has been captured and written.

Browse: Displays a dialog used to select the directory and file name.

Start Trace: Used to manually start the trace.
Stop Trace: Used to stop the trace.
View Trace: Used to view the trace. BlueZone will automatically use the Trace Viewer program specified above.

Keep Alive Tab

Timer Options ----

These parameters specify whether the client should send keep-alive messages to the server to keep the TN3270E session active.

Disable: Disables keep-alive messages. (Default)
Use TCP: Uses built-in TCP keep-alive mechanisms.
Use NOP: Uses the Telnet NOP (No Op) for keep-alive messages.
Use Timing Mark: Uses the Telnet Timing Mark (TM) for keep-alive messages.
Timer Value (Minutes): Specifies the time interval (in minutes) for sending keep-alive messages.

License Manager Tab

The License Manager Tab is used to store the IP address of the SEAGULL License Manager server. This is necessary when using a "Concurrent" licensing scheme.

NOTE The License Manager Tab will only appear if you are using a "Licensed" copy of BlueZone. If you are currently "evaluating" BlueZone this tab will not appear.

License Servers ----

Use this group to configure your SEAGULL License Manager IP address.

Add Server: Place the IP address of the server or servers that are running the SEAGULL License Manager in this filed and click the Add button.

NOTE If your SEAGULL License Manager is using a Listening Port other than the default of 8421, you must add the configured port number to the end of the IP address, using a coma as a separator.

Example: 63.75.199.234,80

Do not use a colon (:) between the IP Address and the Port number. You must use a coma as shown above.

Server List: This will display the IP addresses of your SEAGULL License Manager server (if any).
Use the Remove and Clear buttons as needed.

Group Information ----

This field is only used if you are using the Group feature of the SEAGULL License Manager.