Terminal Emulator package updates

Review the updates in released versions of the Terminal Emulator package such as new and enhanced features as well as fixes and limitations. The page also lists the release dates of each version, and the compatible Control Room and Bot Agent versions.

Versions summary

The following table lists the versions of Terminal Emulator package released either with an Automation 360 release or as a package-only release (in descending order of release dates). Click the version link for information about updates in that package version.

Version Release date Release type Bot Agent version Control Room build
4.16.10 15 August 2025 Package-only; post Automation 360 v.37 release 21.93 or later 10353 or later
4.15.0 16 August 2024 Package-only; post Automation 360 v.33 release 21.93 or later 10353 or later
4.13.0 16 February 2024 Package-only; post Automation 360 v.31 release 21.93 or later 10353 or later
4.12.0 17 January 2024 Package-only; post Automation 360 v.31 release 21.93 or later 10353 or later
4.11.1 6 December 2023 With Automation 360 v.31 (Sandbox) release 21.93 or later 10353 or later
4.11.0 21 September 2023 Package-only; post Automation 360 v.30 (Sandbox) release 21.93 or later 10353 or later
4.10.0 6 June 2023 With Automation 360 v.29 (Sandbox) release 21.93 or later 10353 or later
Note:
  • To download an individual package (updated in an Automation 360 release where you want only the package), use this URL:

    https://aai-artifacts.my.automationanywhere.digital/packages/<package-file-name>-<version.number>.jar

  • For Terminal Emulator package, the naming convention is: bot-command-terminalemulator-<version.number>.jar

    For example, bot-command-terminalemulator-4.12.0.jar

For detailed steps on downloading a package and manually adding it to the Control Room, see Add packages to the Control Room.

4.16.10

  • Compatible Bot Agent version: 21.93 or later
  • Compatible Control Room version: 10353 or later
What's new
Support for Enable Extension in TN5250 Terminal Emulator (Service Cloud Case ID: 02154178)

We now provide support for enabling extensions when connecting to TN5250E. Enabling these extensions improves screen handling and performance.

Using Connect action for Terminal Emulator
Automatic line wrapping for Linux terminals (Service Cloud Case ID: 02170388)

We now provide support for auto-wrap lines for Linux terminal types. When you type or when text is output to the terminal, line breaks are automatically inserted, allowing the text to continue the next line and preventing it from being cut off. With the Auto-wrap check box enabled, long lines of text will wrap to fit within the terminal's width, ensuring better readability.

Using Connect action for Terminal Emulator
Fixes
When you use Terminal Emulator > Connect action, the Terminal Emulator screen displays Japanese characters.

Previously, the Japanese characters were not displayed on the screen when you connected to the host machine.

Service Cloud case ID: 02168617
You no longer encounter any issues when connecting to ANSI, VT, or Linux terminals. The SSH2 connections have a 30-second timeout to allow for a connection in case the host response is slow.

Service Cloud case ID: 02185302
You can use the Terminal Emulator package to create automations successfully.

Previously, automations using the Terminal Emulator package would intermittently stall or crash the multi-user session terminal server. This disrupts users' operations, as they have to review the failures and redeploy the bots.

Service Cloud case ID: 02114308

4.15.0

  • Compatible Bot Agent version: 21.93 or later
  • Compatible Control Room version: 10353 or later
Fixes
When you connect with the TN5250E terminal type, you can now use the numeric keypad to enter the values in the required field.

Previously, when you used the numeric keypad, the pointer moved or changed position unexpectedly without registering the entered numbers.

Service Cloud case ID: 02134074
When you create a bot using the Send key action, you can now use the Alt+F11 key to operate on the TN5250 terminal.

Previously, when you used the key Alt+F11, it was not operating correctly on the TN5250 terminal.

Service Cloud case ID: 02141439
When you create a bot using the Send key action, you can now use the Enter key in the TN5250E terminal to open another window.

Previously, when you used the Enter key in the TN5250E terminal to open another window, the Terminal Emulator application logged out the user due to an issue.

Service Cloud case ID: 02136061
You can create a bot using the action Send key with KEY_CLEAR.

Previously, due to an issue, the execution stuck when you used the action Send key with KEY_CLEAR to clear the entire text on the terminal screen.

Service Cloud case ID: 01978150, 02085027

4.13.0

  • Compatible Bot Agent version: 21.93 or later
  • Compatible Control Room version: 10353 or later
Note: This package version is also available in the Automation 360 v.32 release.
Fix
When you create a bot using the Terminal Emulator package, the bot is no longer stuck while executing the Send key action and completes the execution.

Previously, the bot stuck intermittently at some terminal emulator application when you used page up or page down keys in a loop.

Service Cloud case ID: 01968747

4.12.0

  • Compatible Bot Agent version: 21.93 or later
  • Compatible Control Room version: 10353 or later
Fix
You can use the Terminal Emulator TE5250E without any issues. TE5250E now supports up to 8kb data packet size and does not display an oversized packet error message.

Service Cloud case ID: 02091356

4.11.1

  • Compatible Bot Agent version: 21.93 or later
  • Compatible Control Room version: 10353 or later
Fix
Fixed the localization changes

4.11.0

  • Compatible Bot Agent version: 21.93 or later
  • Compatible Control Room version: 10353 or later
What's new
New capabilities added to the Terminal Emulator package (Service Cloud case ID: 01959254)
The following features have been added to enhance the professional developer experience:
  • You can use the new Set key mappings action to overwrite the default mapping of keys. The set key mapping enables developers to map from the key lists, especially when keys behave differently on different terminals. For example, you can map KEY_PAGEUP to {Page Up}, {Roll Down}, or \\x1b[5~ based on the terminal host you connected with.
  • When you select the VT series terminal type, you can select the Custom DA string check box and specify the string value so that the string is sent in response to a Device Attributes request.
  • You can select a new Linux terminal type to connect a Linux-based terminal. Using a Linux terminal, developers can execute commands and perform tasks faster.

Using Set key mappings | Using Connect action for Terminal Emulator

4.10.0

  • Compatible Bot Agent version: 21.93 or later
  • Compatible Control Room version: 10353 or later
What's changed

Help Center for bot developers

Help Center: We have added an in-app help for bot developers to get contextual information about actions and packages when building automations.

In-product user assistance
Fix
Using Terminal emulator > Send text action, you can create bots and perform operations on the TN3270 terminal.

Previously, in some scenarios the bot launcher failed at ucrtbase.dll when you used Send text or Send keyactions from the Terminal Emulator package and performed some operations on the TN3270 terminal.

Service Cloud case ID: 01940731