PC/3270 OIA Group Indicator Meanings and Its Image

The OIA image group consists of an 80-byte ASCII character string with no attribute bytes that contains the OIA image in host code points. Host Presentation Space Characters shows the hexadecimal codes found in the host presentation space, and the characters they represent. The returned data can be translated into OIA graphics characters. Refer to Quick Beginnings for information on the OIA indicators.

To translate the returned data into OIA graphics characters, proceed as follows:
  1. Print the data returned in bytes 2 through 81 to the screen or to a printer.
  2. Using the code page chart applicable to the device on which the output appears, find the hexadecimal value corresponding to each character.
  3. Using Host Presentation Space Characters, find the OIA graphics character corresponding to each hexadecimal value found in step 2.
Note: Group 8 (byte 0) machine, communications, and program check images are followed by a three-digit number related to the type of check.

The short session ID followed by X'20' is in column 7.

All group images are represented by Main Frame Interactive (MFI) hex code points.
Note: The OIA image data string position minus 1 position equals the OIA column.
Figure 1. Host Presentation Space Characters

REQTEXT
  • Group 1 (Offset 82): Online and Screen Ownership
    Bit Meaning
    0–1 Reserved
    2 SSCP-LU session owns screen
    3 LU-LU session owns screen
    4 Online and not owned
    5 Subsystem ready
    6–7 Reserved
  • Group 2 (Offset 83): Character Selection
    Bit Meaning
    0 Reserved
    1 APL
    3 Alphanumeric
    4–5 Reserved
  • Group 3 (Offset 84): Shift State
    Bit Meaning
    0 Upper shift
    1 Numeric
    2 CAPS
    3–7 Reserved
  • Group 4 (Offset 85): PSS Group 1
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved
  • Group 5 (Offset 86): Highlight Group 1
    Bit Meaning
    0 Operator selectable
    1 Field inherit
    2–7 Reserved
  • Group 6 (Offset 87): Color Group 1
    Bit Meaning
    0 Operator selectable
    1 Field inherit
    2–7 Reserved
  • Group 7 (Offset 88): Insert
    Bit Meaning
    0 Insert mode
    1–7 Reserved
  • Group 8 (Offset 89–93): Input Inhibited (5 bytes)
    • Byte 1 (Offset 89)
      Bit Meaning
      0 Non-resettable machine check
      1 Reserved
      2 Machine check
      3 Communications check
      4 Program check
      5–7 Reserved
    • Byte 2 (Offset 90)
      Bit Meaning
      0 Device busy
      1 Terminal wait
      2 Minus symbol
      3 Minus function
      4 Too much entered
      5–7 Reserved
    • Byte 3 (Offset 91)
      Bit Meaning
      0–2 Reserved
      3 Incorrect dead key combination, limited key.
      4 Wrong place
      5–7 Reserved
    • Byte 4 (Offset 92)
      Bit Meaning
      0–1 Reserved
      2 System wait
      3–7 Reserved
    • Byte 5 (Offset 93)
      Bit Meaning
      0–7 Reserved
  • Group 9 (Offset 94): PSS Group 2
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved
  • Group 10 (Offset 95): Highlight Group 2
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved
  • Group 11 (Offset 96): Color Group 2
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved
  • Group 12 (Offset 97): Communication Error Reminder
    Bit Meaning
    0-6 Communications error
    1–7 Reserved
  • Group 13 (Offset 98): Printer State
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved
  • Group 14 (Offset 99): Graphics
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved
  • Group 15 (Offset 100): Reserved
  • Group 16 (Offset 101): Automatic Key Play/Record State
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved
  • Group 17 (Offset 102): Automatic Key Quit/Stop State
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved
  • Group 18 (Offset 103): Expanded State
    Bit Meaning
    0–7 Reserved