oia Indication

State change in the Operator Information Area (OIA).

AttributeAlways present?Purpose
fieldyesOIA field name
valuenoNew field value
charnoCompose character (U+nnnn)
typenoCompose type (std or ge)
lunoPrinter session LU name

Fields listed as true/false always have values of true or false, and the default is always false. For other fields, a missing value tag means that the field is now empty.

Field names are as follows.
FieldTrue/False?Purpose
composeyesComposite character in progress
insertyesInsert mode
locknoKeyboard lock
lunoLU name
not-underayesCommunication incomplete
printer-sessionyes3287 printer session active
reverse-inputyesReverse input mode
screentracenoScreen trace count
scriptyesRunning script indication
timingnoHost command timer (min:sec)
typeaheadyesKeystrokes buffered

Reasons for the keyboard lock are:

StateMeaning
deferredTime delay after host unlock
fieldWaiting for the host to format the screen
inhibitAwaiting Query Reply acknowledgment
minusInvalid SSCP-LU AID (-f indication)
not-connectedNo (or incomplete) host connection
oerr typeOperator error
scrolled nScrolled back n screens
syswaitAwaiting AID completion (WAIT indication)
twaitAwaiting AID acknowledgment (clock)
disabledKeyboard disabled by a script

Operator error types are:

Error typeMeaning
dbcsInvalid DBCS operation
numericAttempt to alpha data in numeric field
overflowAttempt insert into full field
protectedAttempt to modify protected field

Example:

<oia field="lock" value="oerr protected"/>


b3270: Protocol - Operations - Indications