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how to get out from the message "press PA1 to return to shell
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:29 am
by demecarv
I was in front of OMVS screen and suddenly I pressed pf3. I moved me to the screen showed in the attached file. After this, I can type either "omvs" which opens a new omvs screen or "ish" which opens ishel window. The problem is that after I hit pf3 to close ishel or I type exit in the new omvs, I return again for the screen attached and I can't move away from it. It seems to me that I should hit PA1 but I can't find such key (I tried every pfN found in my keyboard from pf1 to pf12). The first problem is that I "lost" all thing I was doing my original screen before I accidentally hit pf6. And the worst is that I can't get away from the screen attached. I know it seems a very simple question but I am really stuck on it and, when it happens, I lost some precious time.
Re: how to get out from the message "press PA1 to return to shell
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:41 am
by enrico-sorichetti
read the manual for Your 3270 emulator to find out the mapping of the PA1 key
Re: how to get out from the message "press PA1 to return to shell
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:38 am
by Robert Sample
A Program Attention (PA) key is NOT the same as a Program Function (PF) key. Hitting PF1 through PF12 (or PF24) will do nothing for you since none of them are a PA key. These days pretty much every 3270 emulator has a way to send a PA key -- often (but by no means universally) the Insert or PageUp key on the keyboard.
Re: how to get out from the message "press PA1 to return to shell
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:08 pm
by demecarv
Robert, thanks. I didn`t know PA means Program Attention. I found such option for my case.
Re: how to get out from the message "press PA1 to return to shell
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:29 pm
by nicc
Di you ever hear of Google? Try this:
"PA key on keyboard"