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Keyboard Shortcuts for Aton® Connect™ for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and SmartPhone

For Windows Mobile phones that have a built in keyboard, keyboard shortcuts offer a way to access specific function keys very rapidly. You will find this table in the Help Menu of Aton Connect for Windows Mobile. We have reproduced it here for your convenience.

Hardware "QWERTY" Keyboard Map

The "QWERTY" style hardware keyboard included on many Windows Mobile devices has less than half the number of keys that you find on a laptop or desktop PC computer. To access all the letters, digits, and symbols, the typical Windows Mobile QWERTY keyboard includes several shift keys, variously labled Shift, CAPS, Alt, Function, or simply a large dot.

Using these shift keys in combination with one of the other keys provides the ability to input most of the graphics found on a laptop or desktop PC computer keyboard. For Aton Connect terminal emulation, an additional set of keyboard inputs is required for the various 3270, 5250, and VT-220 terminal functions.

The additional keyboard inputs are generated using two new shift modes unique to Aton Connect. These two shift modes are accessed by using the left soft key. When Aton Connect is in active connection with a host and displaying the terminal emulation screen, the left soft key is labled "Mode". The left soft key is found directly below the screen on the left side. For Windows Mobile devices with slide out keyboards, the left soft key is also found on the keyboard, typically labeled with a large dash or hyphen.

When Aton Connect has lost host connection, then the left soft key is labled "Done", and can be used to exit the terminal emulation screen. The "Mode" key will sequentially move the keyboard shift status from normal/unshifted, to Mode 1 shift, to Mode 2 shift, and finally back to normal/unshifted again.

The current mode shift state is displayed on the bottom left corner of the screen on the Aton Connect status line. For Mode 1 shift state, the symbol will be displayed. For Mode 2 shift state, the symbol will be displayed. For the normal/unshifted state, this location on the status line will be blank.

When in Mode 1 or Mode 2 shift state, the keystrokes that normally produce a lower or upper case letter (or period symbol) will instead produce a terminal emulation function according to the tables listed below. Either a lower case or upper case letter will produce the same terminal emulation function when in a mode shift state. Graphic symbols other than the period character will be ignored in the mode shift state.

Note: Not all the terminal functions listed below are meaningful for all emulation types (3270, 5250, VT-220). Terminal functions not meaningful for a particular emulation are ignored.

The following keystrokes with Mode 1 shift convert into terminal functions as described below.

Keystroke
Terminal Function

"a" or "A"

PF1

"b" or "B"

PF2

"c" or "C"

PF3

"d" or "D"

PF4

"e" or "E"

PF5

"f" or "F"

PF6

"g" or "G"

PF7

"h" or "H"

PF8

"i" or "I"

PF9

"j" or "J"

PF10

"k" or "K"

PF11

"l" or "L"

PF12

"m" or "M"

PF13

"n" or "N"

PF14

"o" or "O"

PF15

"p" or "P"

PF16

"q" or "Q"

PF17

"r" or "R"

PF18

"s" or "S"

PF19

"t" or "T"

PF20

"u" or "U"

PF21

"v" or "V"

PF22

"w" or "W"

PF23

"x" or "X"

PF24

"y or "Y""

TEST_REQUEST

"z" or "Z"

SYS_REQUEST

"." (period, dot)

ERROR_RESET

Backspace

RECORD_BACK (Page Up)

Delete

Delete char (hex 7F, dec 127)

Tab

FIELD_BACK (Back Tab)

Return

CURSOR_HOME

Left Arrow

CURSOR_LEFT

Up Arrow

CURSOR_UP

Right Arrow

CURSOR_RIGHT

Down Arrow

CURSOR_DOWN

 

 

The following keystrokes with Mode 2 shift convert into terminal functions as described below.

 

 

Keystroke
Terminal Function

"a" or "A"

PA1

"b" or "B"

PA2

"c" or "C"

PA3

"d" or "D"

DELETE

"e" or "E"

ATTENTION

"f" or "F"

ERASE_EOF

"g" or "G"

ERASE_INPUT

"h" or "H"

HELP

"i" or "I"

INSERT

"j" or "J"

{unused}

"k" or "K"

DUP_FIELD

"l" or "L"

SCROLL_TO_CURSOR

"m" or "M"

FIELD_MARK

"n" or "N"

PRINT

"o" or "O"

CANCEL_PRINT

"p" or "P"

FIELD_EXIT

"q" or "Q"

SLP_AUTO_ENTER

"r" or "R"

FET_AUTO_ENTER

"s" or "S"

CLEAR

"t" or "T"

FIELD_PLUS

"u" or "U"

FIELD_MINUS

"v" or "V"

ALT_CURSOR

"w" or "W"

FIELD_BACK (Back Tab)

"x" or "X"

BACKSPACE

"y or "Y""

CURSOR_SELECT

"z" or "Z"

HEX

"." (period, dot)

FIELD_ADVANCE (Tab)

Backspace

FIELD_BACK (Back Tab)

Delete

BACKSPACE

Tab

FIELD_BACK (Back Tab)

Return

NEW_LINE

Left Arrow

ROLL_LEFT

Up Arrow

ROLL_UP

Right Arrow

ROLL_RIGHT

Down Arrow

ROLL_DOWN

 

 

The following keystrokes with no Mode shift convert into terminal functions as described below.

 

 

Backspace

BACKDELETE

Delete

DELETE

Tab (Unshifted)

FIELD_ADVANCE (Tab)

Tab (Shifted)

FIELD_BACK (Back Tab)

Return

RECORD_ADVANCE (Page Down, Enter)

Left Arrow

Scroll screen left

Up Arrow

Scroll screen up

Right Arrow

Scroll screen right

Down Arrow

Scroll screen down

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