Installing and Configuring Host Explorer

• If Host Explorer is already installed see the next section.  Otherwise follow the steps below.
  

• Map a network drive to \\banshee\workstn
  

• Select the directory Hostex602
  

• Select msetup.exe
  

• Next
  

• Click the Custom button
  

• Allow all users to see this installation.
  

• Next
  

• Deselect All
  

• Then Select:
  

  1. HostExplorer -Telnet, TN3270 , TN5250

  2. Print Explorer
     

• Next
  

• Finish
  

• Select NO do not create any shortcuts.
  

• Select Yes to restart your computer.
  
  
  

  Making Host Explorer Work
  
  

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• Locate and delete the Hostex.ini. It will be in the system root (ex c:\winnt)
  

• Make a copy of the Net3270.ini and rename it Hostex.ini.
  

• Go to the Start button, Programs, Host Explorer and select the Host Explorer Tuner.
  

• Uncheck all the Options boxes as shown below.
  

• Click Migrate.  It won't tell you when its done but you won't be able to click OK until it is.
  
  

• Go back to Start button, Programs, Host Explorer and select TN3270.
  

• You should see a list of the same profiles you were using in McGill in the 3270 section.
  
  

• Open up one of your sessions such as OrbEdit.
  

• Go to the Options Menu , Edit Session Profile and make you settings look like the ones below:
  

Change Upon Disconnect from Host to "Close Session Window" and the AutoStart Quick-Key/Macro to "autoconn".

In the Toolbar section of the Terminal settings Change the Happy face Icon from Dead-Key to Dlg-Quick-Key Editor.

In the PCPRINT section of the Output settings change the 7171 Passthru Printing to IBM3164.

After you make your changes you will need to save them.  Under File select Save Session Profile.  Make sure you check Save Layout.  You can also select Create shortcut.

If you did select Create Shortcut you will get a box that looks like this:

If you want the shortcut on the desktop go up the list and select the Desktop Folder, then click OK.

You will need to change the session profile for all of your profiles.  You should not include an autoconn macro in any session other than OrbEdit or OrbYul.

Your keyboard mappings will be wrong.  To fix them open the NET3270.ini file in Notepad and copy the [DEFAULT.Key] section not including the heading.  

Then open the c:\Program Files\Hostexplorer.nt\user\hostex\keymap\default.km3 file in Notepad and delete the contents below the word [KEYMAP] then paste in the section you just copied from the net3270.ini.

Revised 8/14/98
ernie.marinko@yale.edu