By default, BlueZone Mainframe Display and Printer sessions use the TN3270/TN3270E connection type. This procedure describes how to configure a BlueZone Mainframe Display or Printer session for this connection type.
Beginning with BlueZone version 5.1, the BlueZone Mainframe Display emulator has support for the IBM express logon feature, known as Certificate Express Logon. The BlueZone express logon feature allows you to configure BlueZone Mainframe Display sessions that automatically connect to an IBM Mainframe without requiring a user ID and password. When this feature is enabled, the Telnet server on the Mainframe uses certificate information from an SSL connection and the application ID supplied by BlueZone to request a user ID and a PassTicket (a temporary password) from the IBM host access control program RACF.
By default, BlueZone is not configured for secure SSL or TLS encrypted sessions. In order to establish a Secure host connection, you will have to configure the security settings in BlueZone.
BlueZone has the capability to generate LU names internally, based on the workstation name. This allows the BlueZone administrator to send a single configuration for BlueZone to the end users and have them automatically request an LU name that contains the first seven characters of their workstation name plus a D for display sessions or P printer sessions then append the session number. BlueZone is configured to create the names based on %1, %2, and %3 values entered in the LU Name field.
To support double-byte character sets (DBCS), your Windows computer and BlueZone display session must be configured for one or more double-byte languages.
Starting with version 5.1, BlueZone has added bidirectional language support (BiDi) to the IBM 3270 and IBM iSeries emulators. Currently, the only BiDi language that is supported is Arabic.
BlueZone supports SSL/TLS authentication using certificates stored on Smart Cards that are Microsoft Crypto API compliant. The certificates from the Smart Card are automatically added to the user’s personal store by Windows, and are available to BlueZone by selecting the Client Certificate in Certificate Store radio button in the Certificate tab of the TN3270 Properties window.
Translate tables are used to translate data between the EBCDIC character set and the ASCII character set. EBCDIC is used on mainframe systems for character formatting whereas ASCII is used in the PC environment for character formation. When a character arrives from the host it is translated from EBCDIC to ASCII. When a character is sent to the host it is translated from ASCII to EBCDIC.