Changing display terminal characteristics

The way you interact with panels depends upon your display terminal and the ISPF/PDF defaults set for your terminal session. Before you logged on to TSO/E, your administrator probably defined these characteristics for you. Some terminal characteristics are:

Terminal type
LOG and LIST defaults
Number of PF keys
Default values for PF keys
Whether the COMMAND/OPTION line is at the top or the bottom of a display screen

We cover this topic briefly; however, you can see z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol I and z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II for details.

To view or change your terminal characteristics, select the ISPF PARMS option (option 0) from the ISPF/PDF Primary Option Menu.

------------------------  ISPF/PDF PRIMARY OPTION MENU  ------------------------
OPTION ===> 0
                                                              USERID   - YOURID
    0  ISPF PARMS  - Specify terminal and user parameters     TIME     - 12:47
    1  BROWSE      - Display source data or output listings   TERMINAL - 3277
    2  EDIT        - Create or change source data             PF KEYS  - 12
    3  UTILITIES   - Perform utility functions
    4  FOREGROUND  - Invoke language processors in foreground
    5  BATCH       - Submit job for language processing
    6  COMMAND     - Enter TSO command or CLIST
    7  DIALOG TEST - Perform dialog testing
    8  LM UTILITIES- Perform library administrator utility functions
    9  IBM PRODUCTS- Additional IBM program development products
    C  CHANGES     - Display summary of changes for this release
    T  TUTORIAL    - Display information about ISPF/PDF
    X  EXIT        - Terminate ISPF using log and list defaults

Enter END command to terminate ISPF.

The next panel you see allows you to select a specific characteristic.

---------------------------  ISPF PARAMETER OPTIONS  ---------------------------
OPTION ===>

    1  TERMINAL      - Specify terminal characteristics
    2  LOG/LIST      - Specify ISPF log and list defaults
    3  PF KEYS       - Specify PF keys for 3278 terminal with 24 PF keys
    4  DISPLAY       - Specify screen display characteristics
    5  LIST          - Specify list data set characteristics
    6  GRAPHIC       - Specify GDDM graphic print parameters
    7  ENVIRON       - Specify ENVIRON command settings

The two options you are most likely to use are LOG/LIST (option 2) and PF KEYS (option 3).