PASSPORT TN3270 Mainframe Emulator

PASSPORT is also extremely cost effective. Zephyr provides a subscription based licensing program that can reduce your acquisition cost and maintenance cost significantly. This makes upgrading from older TN3270 mainframe emulators a very attractive proposition.

As one of the market's very first IP-based connectivity solutions, the mature, feature-rich package is an ideal replacement for older desktop-based emulators. With its competitive pricing and licensing options, you can save 50% to 75% on the amount of money you would normally spend for a mainframe emulator.

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Zephyr has a long history of developing its innovative host access solutions. Founded in 1985, Zephyr is a Microsoft Certified Solution Partner, Citrix Premier Alliance Partner, a member of IBM PartnerWorld for Developers, Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), Cisco Enterprise Associates Program (EAP), and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) TN3270E/TN5250E Working Group.

PASSPORT Terminal Emulator Highlights

• Provides access to IBM mainframe, AS/400 and UNIX host applications
• TN3270, TN3270E, TN5250, TN5250E, VT420, VT220, VT100, SCO ANSI and Wyse 60 terminal emulation
• Standalone FTP client and integrated FTP file transfer within terminal emulation session
• Windows 7 compatible
• PASSPORT PC to Host® is Certified for Windows Vista® and PASSPORT Web to Host® has received the "Works with Vista" designation from Microsoft
• Advanced SSL security available for each host session
• Advanced SSH security available for each UNIX host session
• Secure FTP file transfer using SSL and SSH security
• IND$FILE file transfer to IBM mainframe
• Supports Citrix Password Manager
• HLLAPI available to reuse existing screen scraping applications
• Attachmate-compatible Object API that lets you reuse existing screen-scraping applications written for Attachmate EXTRA!®
• VB Script to record, edit and run productivity enhancing macros
• Host printing supported through the TN3270E or TN5250E client
• Pass-through printing available for VT or SCO ANSI client
• Ability to open multiple host sessions, uniquely configure each session
• Customizable keyboard layout, mouse buttons, keypads, toolbars, hotspots, colors, fonts, cursor and more

TN3270 Mainframe Emulator Deployment

PASSPORT PC to Host® is a desktop based TN3270 mainframe emulator. This product is similar to other desktop Windows programs. PASSPORT is installed with a Windows setup program. It can also be deployed using SMS, MSI, Citrix or Microsoft Terminal Server.

PASSPORT Web to Host® is a web based TN3270 mainframe emulator that features an ActiveX client that is deployed from a web server. PASSPORT Web to Host® is installed on a web server and provides an administrator program for centralized configuration and administration. All software and configuration files reside on the web server. When the mainframe emulator is run, an ActiveX applet is downloaded from the web server to the client desktop and run inside of Internet Explorer. The ActiveX component is only downloaded the first time a session is launched, or whenever the server version of the ActiveX component changes to a newer version. The ActiveX 3270 terminal emulator running inside Internet Explorer makes a direct TN3270 connection to the host system.

PASSPORT Object API for Client-Based Legacy Integration

The PASSPORT Object Interface provides compatibility with the Attachmate EXTRA! OLE automation support and exposes terminal emulation objects such as the entire group of sessions, a single session, screen, area, OIA, keypad, etc. Applications that require host access and need to control multiple host sessions can use the Object API.

Compatibility with Other Emulators

All of the major mainframe emulators,, including Attachmate EXTRA!®, IBM Personal Communications® and Zephyr's PASSPORT, are very similar in terms of architecture and overall design. This makes sense given that all of the programs are developed for Microsoft Windows and that we all use the same Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specifications governing the TN3270E, TN5250E, VT, SCO ANSI, Wyse and other IP-based protocols.

Many of the dialogue boxes, icons, installation programs and more are drawn from the same development resources giving the applications a similar look and feel. The biggest differences are found in the Application Programming Interfaces and scripting. Yet even here, PASSPORT includes both Attachmate and IBM-compatible APIs to reuse existing screen-scraping applications 'as-is' and features macro conversion tools to ease the transition to PASSPORT (see below).

Given the extensive compatibility, PASSPORT is the number one choice to replace Attachmate EXTRA! and IBM Personal Communications when organizations seek to choose a comparable, but less expensive, host access solution. In the U.S., the large majority of PASSPORT users were former Attachmate clients. Internationally, PASSPORT is frequently used to replace the IBM Personal Communications software.

Quicktrial or Download Options

There are two ways to evaluate the PASSPORT software: either download a copy of the software or do a Quicktrial of the PASSPORT Web to Host® application. With Quicktrial, there is no server installation, you simply download the client from our web server. This is a fast and easy way to look at the PASSPORT TN3270 mainframe emulator. For those that want to install the PASSPORT Web to Host® software on their own web server, you can download the full working copy of the mainframe emulator and complete a full evaluation.