How to Open Hercules and MVS Tur(n)key System
1. Double click HercGUI.exe from C:\Program Files\hercules\hercules-3.05.
2. Click the gray button at the upper right corner of the interface. The pop-up will appear. Choose tk3su.conf and click Open, then click OK.
3. Open the Telnet 3270 or TN3270 terminal emulator. Click Open button at the top left screen. Type your IP address (this is the address of your PC). Click the Advanced.. button. Choose 3270 as your port number. Then click Ok and OK. Have at least 2 TN3270 open. The Hercules logo will appear on the TN3270 screen.
4. Open startterm.bat (found in the hercules-3.05 folder).
5. Let’s go back to our Hercules GUI. In the Hercules Emulator command line, at the bottom of the screen, type ipl 148 and press Enter.
6. Look at one of the TN3270 emulator and see if it has this display | IEA101A SPECIFY SYSTEM PARAMETERS FOR RELEASE 03.8 .VS2. It will be your console. Type r 00,clpa. Then use the second console until closing, Type r 00,iclose.
7. In one of the TN3270 emulator, Tur(n)key logo will appear. That means TN3270 is ready for logon.
8. You can see if the other terminals are logged on by typing d a,l.
How to Close Hercules
1. After they have logoff to Tur(n)key, in your console, type f bsppilot,shutnow. Wait for about 10 to 20 seconds.
2. Type d a,l to see if bsppilot is still in the console.
3. Type $pjes2 and wait for one to three minutes. Then type d a,l for verification. (If JES2 does not terminate, type $pjes2,abend. A catastrophic end will happen.)
4. After that go back to your Hercules GUI. And you can now turnoff your mainframe by clicking the red button on the upper right corner of the screen.
It’s done! ☺
How to install and use Mochasoft Terminal Emulator:
For Administrator:
A freeware version of Mochasoft terminal emulator is available here but not on Mochasoft website (Their file is broken L).
1. Extract ‘m3tn3270.zip’ to your favorite folder, e.g. folder.
2. Run ‘SETUP.EXE’. Click ‘NEXT’
3. It will ask for an upgrade to Mocha W32 TN3270, click ‘OK’
4. Click Yes to accept the agreement
5. Click ‘Install’.
6. You’re done. You can click ‘View README file’ or ‘Ok’ to close.
For Administrator and User:
1. Click ‘Mocha TN3270’ shortcut.
2. Click the connecting icon just below the ‘File’ menu or click ‘File’ then choose ‘Connect...’.
3. Then type in the Host the IP address of the server where ‘Hercules’ is installed.
4. Type in the port ‘3270’.
5. Click ‘OK’.
Note: You can only open one terminal, opening at least two terminals are nearly improbable.
You’re done ☺.