IntroductionDisplay emulator features

Display emulator features

The BlueZone Display emulators are fully featured and comprehensive emulation software programs that emulate a variety of IBM and other terminal types. BlueZone can emulate the following terminal types:
  • IBM 3270 Mainframe TN3270E
  • IBM 5250 iSeries (AS/400) TN5250E
  • Virtual Terminal (VT52, VT100, VT220, VT320, VT420, SCOANSI, WYSE60, VAX/AIX, HP2392A, HP70092/6, HP70094/8, LINUX, and IBM3151)
  • ICL 7561
  • Unisys T27
  • Unisys UTS

Emulation features

BlueZone emulators contain the following features:

  • Screen buffer sizes from 1,920 to 9,920 bytes, equivalent to IBM models 2 through 5, and model 3290
  • Screen colors and keys that can be mapped, changed, or deleted by the user
  • GUI editing of EBCDIC to ASCII translation tables
  • Fully featured customizable Terminal status bar
  • Selectable code page
  • Customizable translation table
  • Mainframe Vector Graphics Support (IBM Mainframe only)
    • Vector Graphics Screen Printing

Encryption and security

BlueZone emulators provide the following encryption and security:

  • SSL 3.0
    • Implicit mode
    • Explicit (Telnet negotiated) mode
  • TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
    • Implicit mode
    • Explicit (Telnet negotiated) mode
  • SSH-2 (BlueZone VT only)
  • FIPS mode support
  • Kerberos Authentication Protocol (BlueZone VT only)

File transfer features

BlueZone emulators provide the following file transfer features:

  • FTP secure file transfer
  • IND$FILE transfer (IBM Mainframe only)
  • iSeries file transfer (IBM iSeries and AS/400 only)
  • iSeries LIPI file transfer (IBM iSeries and AS/400 only)
    • SQL Statement Building feature

Program features

  • Compatible with Windows 7
  • BlueZone PasswordVault
  • Internet Protocol v4 and v6 support
  • Language support
    • English
    • French
    • German
    • Dutch
    • Japanese
  • Double-byte character support
  • Bidirectional language support (BiDi) for Arabic
  • Up to 99 sessions per computer
  • Mapping session IDs to LU names support
  • Customizable main program menu bar feature
  • Configuration management features include saving and opening of configuration files
  • Profile schemes feature
  • User-definable and sizable Windows Vista style iconic toolbars
    • Pixel sizes of 16 x 16, 24 x 24, 32 x 32 and 48 x 48 are supported
  • User definable and sizeable status bar
    • Pixel sizes of 16 x 16, 24 x 24, 32 x 32 and 48 x 48 are supported
  • User definable and fully configurable Power Pads with buttons, images and text
  • Optional user-definable and dockable Power Keys
  • Intelligent edit, copy, cut, and paste with columns aligned
  • Robust print screen capability
  • Macro/script recording for easy scripting of repetitive tasks
  • Script Editor to modify and extend the functionality of BlueZone scripts
  • Visual Basic Scripting through BlueZone Scripting Host
  • BlueZone Plus VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) support *
  • Customizable desktop colors and fonts
  • Customizable background watermark feature
  • Configurable host bell support
  • Configurable mouse scroll wheel support
  • Windows application sounds support

* BlueZone is available with the Microsoft VBA development environment and runtime license as BlueZone Plus VBA. BlueZone Plus VBA is required for everyone who develops and/or runs BlueZone Plus VBA applications. Existing BlueZone customers can upgrade their existing BlueZone license to BlueZone Plus VBA. Contact your BlueZone Account Executive for more information about upgrading to BlueZone Plus VBA.

Parent topic: Introduction