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Table of Contents

1. Using Kermit for file transfer
2. Sending a file to a remote computer
3. Receiving a file from a remote computer
4. Easy file transfer on CIRCA computers
5. Special Kermit keys
6. Keyboard use with remote hosts
7. Keys for VAX/VMS EDT editor
8. Keys for VAX/VMS EVE editor or Ultrix TPU editor
9. Keys for LUIS and VTAM users
10. Alternate key map for NERDC users

This handout supplements the information found in the MS-DOS Kermit Quick Guide, and should be used with that handout.

Using Kermit for file transfer

You can send files to and from other computers if there's a version of Kermit that runs on the remote host. Check with the managers of the host you're using. On CIRCA and NERDC computers, you can run Kermit simply by entering the command KERMIT.

Before you can transfer a file, you must use Kermit to connect to and log in to the remote host.

Sending a file to a remote computer

Follow these steps to send a file from your PC to a remote host:

1. Enter the remote host command KERMIT RECEIVE.
2. Type Alt-X on your PC keyboard and you will get the MS-Kermit prompt.
3. Enter the Kermit SEND command with the name of the file to be sent. For example, to send GRADES.TXT, enter this command:
   

   MS-Kermit> SEND GRADES.TXT

4. Kermit will show you the progress of the transmission on your PC screen.
5. When the file has been completely sent, enter the Kermit CONNECT command to resume the interaction with the remote host:
   

   MS-Kermit> CONNECT

Receiving a file from a remote computer

Follow these steps to send a file from a remote computer to your PC:

1. Enter the remote host command KERMIT SEND and specify the name of the file to be sent. For example, to send the file PROJECT1.FOR from the remote computer to your PC, enter this command:
   

   KERMIT SEND PROJECT1.FOR

2. Type Alt-X on your PC keyboard and you will get the MS-Kermit prompt.
3. Enter the Kermit RECEIVE command with the name of the file to be sent:
   

   MS-Kermit> RECEIVE

4. Kermit will show you the progress of the transmission on your PC screen.
5. When the file has been completely received by your computer, enter the Kermit CONNECT command to resume the interaction with the remote host:
   

   MS-Kermit> CONNECT

Easy file transfer on CIRCA computers

On the CIRCA cluster (MAPLE and OAK), the CIRCA network VAX (PINE), and the CIRCA Unix computer (elm), there is an easy way to transfer a file to or from your PC. You can use these methods after you call and login to one of these computers.

To get a file from your PC and store it in the remote computer, use this command:

pcget pc-file-name

To send a file from the remote computer to your PC, use this command:

pcput host-file-name

The file name on the host might not be acceptable to your PC if it's too long or contains special characters. If so, you can specify a new name for the file when it is stored on your PC. Use this command:

pcput host-file-name pc-file-name

Special Kermit keys

Kermit can remember and redisplay some of the information sent by a remote host and displayed on your PC screen. This means that you can page back a screen or two and review information you've already seen. The UF version of Kermit has been configured to provide these functions on the keys shown in this table:

Kermit function	Extended keyboard	Standard keyboard
Scroll back one screen	Ctrl/Home	Ctrl/Home
Scroll forward one screen	Ctrl/End	Ctrl/End
Scroll back one line	Ctrl/Page Up	Ctrl/Pg Up
Scroll forward one line	Ctrl/Page Down	Ctrl/Pg Dn

Keyboard use with remote hosts

The Kermit terminal emulator supports, as much as possible, the capabilities of a VT100 or VT320 interactive terminal. The keyboard of a VT100 and VT320 includes a keypad to the right of the keyboard that is similar but not identical to the keypad on the IBM keyboard. The VT320 also has an additional function key cluster similar to the cluster of keys on a PC extended keyboard.

This table shows the key you must press to send the indicated VT100 or VT320 terminal key. For the old standard IBM keyboard, you must keep NumLock on to send the proper key.

VT100/VT320 key	Extended keyboard key	Standard keyboard key
PF1	/ or F1	F1
PF2	F2	F2
PF3	F3	F3
PF4	Key pad * or F4	F4
Key pad 0-9	Key pad 0-9	Key pad 0-9
Key pad Enter	Key pad Enter	Key pad +
Key pad ,	Key pad +	Key pad -
Key pad -	Key pad -	Key pad *
Key pad .	Key pad .	Key pad .
Delete	Backspace	Backspace
Line feed	F5	F5
Backspace	F6	F6
No Scroll	F7 or F8	F7 or F8
Find	Home	Not available on old standard keyboard
Insert Here	Insert
Remove	Delete
Select	End
Prev Screen	Page Up
Next Screen	Page Down

Keys for VAX/VMS EDT editor

These diagrams show the EDT editor functions on the keypads of the extended and standard keyboards. Most keys have two functions. To execute the second or bottom function, first press the GOLD key and then the function key.

F1	Gold key
F2	Help
F3	Find next - Find
F4	Delete line - Undelete line

EDT functions on the new extended keyboard:

	Gold	Delete line Undelete line	Delete word Undelete word
Page Comman d	Section Fill	Append Replace	Delete character Undelete character
Advance Bottom	Backup Top	Cut Paste
Word Change case	End of line Delete to end of line	Char Specins	Enter subs
Line Open Line		Select Reset


EDT functions on an old standard keyboard (you must have NumLock on):

Page Command	Section Fill	Append Replace	Delete char Undelete char
Advance Bottom	Backup Top	Cut Paste	Enter Subs
Word Change case	End of line Delete to end of line	Char Specins
Line Open line	Select Reset

Keys for VAX/VMS EVE editor or Ultrix TPU editor

These diagrams show the EVE or TPU editor functions on the keypads of the extended and standard keyboards.

F1	Find
F2	Help
F3	Forward/Reverse
F4	Do


EVE functions on the new extended keyboard:



	Find	Do	Move by Line
Select	Remove	Insert here	Erase Word
	Up
Left	Down	Right	Insert Overstrike
Next screen		Prev Screen


EVE functions on the old standard keyboard (you must have NumLock on);



Select	Remove	Insert Here	Erase Word
	Up		Insert Overstrike
Left	Down	Right
Next Screen	Previous screen

These diagrams show keyboard functions when using LUIS and other NERDC IBM 3270 full-screen services.



F1	PF1
F2	PF2
F3	PF3
F4	PA1

3270 functions on the new extended keyboard:



	PF1	PA1	PA2
PF4	PF5	PF6	PA3
PF7	PF8	PF9
PF10	PF11	PF12	Clear
Special		Insert


3270 functions on the old standard keyboard (NumLock must be on):



PF4	PF5	PF6	PA3
PF7	PF8	PF9	Clear
PF10	PF11	PF12
Special	Insert



To send 3270 PF keys 13 through 24, first press the key labeled Special on the diagram on the previous page, then press one of the keys designated PF1 through PF12. Pressing Special followed by PF1 sends PF13, Special followed by PF2 sends PF14 and so on.

To send 3270 keys 25 through 36, first press the Esc key, then press one of the keys designated PF1 through PF12. Pressing Esc followed by PF1 sends PF25, Esc followed by PF2 sends PF26 and so on.

Some additional 3270 terminal functions not shown in the diagrams on the previous page are:

IBM 3270 function	What you press
Enter	Enter
Newline	Ctrl/Enter
Delete character	Backspace
Column tab	Tab
Column back tab	Shift/Tab
Field tab	Ctrl/right arrow
Field back tab	Ctrl/left arrow


Sometimes it's more convenient to have the Enter key send the 3270 Newline function. You can reverse the Enter and Newline key mapping using these special keys:

Ctrl/F5	Make the Enter key send Newline and the Ctrl/Enter key send Enter.
Ctrl/F6	Make the Enter key send Enter and the Ctrl/Enter key send Newline.

For NERDC users, there's an alternative keyboard mapping that puts commonly used 3270 PF keys on the corresponding PC function keys. You might prefer to use this mapping when using VM, TSO, or LUIS. You can select this key map when your configure Kermit.

Some of the keys are then re-defined as shown in this table:

IBM 3270 function	What you press
PF1-PF12	F1-F12
PF11-PF22	Shift/F1-Shift/F12
PF21-PF32	Alt/1-Alt/9
PF31	Alt/-
PF32	Alt/=
PF33-PF36	Shift/Alt/1-Shift/Alt/4
PF7	F7 or PgUp or PageUp
PF8	F8 or PgDn or PageDown
Delete character	Del or Delete
Toggle insert mode	Ins or Insert
Cursor left, Delete	Backspace


The shifted keypad is also re-mapped to send the numbers shown on the keycaps.