Echoing

Echoing refers to the mechanism used to display characters typed on the keyboard on the terminal screen. The Solstice X.25 pad program supports the following echo modes:

message mode

This is the default. The PAD echoes the characters you type and handles line-editing. The pad program stores all of the characters in a line, until you either press Return or type the 81st character. Then the PAD sends the line to the remote host. This is the most appropriate type of echoing to use when you are using the operating system functions of the remote host. Using the PAD to handle echoing and line-editing minimizes the burden placed on the network and the remote host.

native mode

The remote host echoes the characters you type and handles line-editing. This is the appropriate mode to use for many screen-oriented applications. Using native mode places a high burden on both the network and remote host.

transparent mode

The PAD echoes the characters you type, but does not format them. Transparent mode is not often used.

Your System Administrator should have configured the most appropriate echo mode for your system. If you need to, you can over-ride this setting on a per-call basis.