Welcome to Personal Communications

Personal Communications brings the power of personal networking to your workstation by exploiting networking capabilities to provide a variety of connectivity options supporting local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) environments. Whether it is for host terminal emulation, client/server applications, or connectivity, Personal Communications offers a robust set of communication, networking, and administrative features.

Personal Communications is a full-function emulator. In addition to host terminal emulation, it provides these useful features:

File transfer
Dynamic configuration
An easy-to-use graphical interface
Emulator APIs such as Emulator High-Level Language Programming Interface (EHLLAPI), Host Access Class Library (HACL), and PCSAPI. For example, EHLLAPI is often used for automated operator applications which read host screens and enter keystrokes without direct user intervention. Refer to Emulator Programming and Host Access Class Library for details.

Personal Communications supports Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking® (APPN®) as an end node, and uses the advanced network features: high-performance routing (HPR) and dependent LU requester (DLUR).