Help me teach my laptop to speak VT100
October 11, 2006 5:08 PM
How do I map VT100 keys (PF1 to PF4) to the function keys on my laptop keyboard?
I really hope the Hive Mind can help me with this one...
As part of my job I need to connect to a fairly old computer system that uses the VT100 "PF" keys for a number of functions. To connect to this system while on the road, I need to connect using Remote Desktop to a Windows server, and then run the terminal emulation software (WRQ Reflection) on the remote system. I'm using a Fujitsu P1120 laptop, if it matters.
Everything works fine except my laptop keyboard doesn't have "PF" keys. How do I map the PF1 to PF4 functions to my laptop keyboard? I'd like "Alt-F1" to equate to PF1, "Alt-F2" to PF2, and so on. Is there some software I can install on the laptop to accomplish this?
I hope the question makes sense - if not please ask.
I really hope the Hive Mind can help me with this one...
As part of my job I need to connect to a fairly old computer system that uses the VT100 "PF" keys for a number of functions. To connect to this system while on the road, I need to connect using Remote Desktop to a Windows server, and then run the terminal emulation software (WRQ Reflection) on the remote system. I'm using a Fujitsu P1120 laptop, if it matters.
Everything works fine except my laptop keyboard doesn't have "PF" keys. How do I map the PF1 to PF4 functions to my laptop keyboard? I'd like "Alt-F1" to equate to PF1, "Alt-F2" to PF2, and so on. Is there some software I can install on the laptop to accomplish this?
I hope the question makes sense - if not please ask.
do you have to do remote desktop to log in to the mainframe? if not there are a lot of terminal emulators out there (like the wonderful putty) that let you control how keys are mapped.
posted by sergeant sandwich at 5:31 PM on October 11, 2006
posted by sergeant sandwich at 5:31 PM on October 11, 2006
sergeant sandwich: yup, gotta log into the server first before connecting, unfortunately.
jdfan: I was expecting to have to change something locally on the laptop, not in the Reflection settings, but that was exactly what I needed! Thanks!
posted by gwenzel at 6:03 PM on October 11, 2006
jdfan: I was expecting to have to change something locally on the laptop, not in the Reflection settings, but that was exactly what I needed! Thanks!
posted by gwenzel at 6:03 PM on October 11, 2006
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PDF manual is on this page:
http://support.wrq.com/manuals/reflection.html
posted by jdfan at 5:31 PM on October 11, 2006