System and user interfaces

The server interfaces and user interfaces are presented through a workstation or printer.

The workstation controller interprets keystrokes on keyboards according to the mapping determined by the KBDTYPE parameter in the device description. The display presents the data to the user, depending on the code page mapping located in the workstation controller. This code page mapping in the workstation controller is determined by the CHRID parameter in the device description. Each supported keyboard type has a character identifier assigned to it, and the default setting of CHRID in the device description (*KBDTYPE) refers to that character identifier. For information about setting code page and national language support on a personal computer, see the iSeries™ Access topic.

• Automatic device configuration
  Automatic configuration defines the local devices and some remote devices to the server for you.
• Automatic character set and code page conversion
  The system provides automatic conversion between character set and code pages for all applications that are enabled for national language support.
• Printer file conversion
  The printer provides printed output to the user. i5/OS™ printer support does not do any conversion between the different character sets. For the data to be printed, the user must make sure that the proper character set and code page are specified in the printer and the fonts are in the printer.