Visara SCON-20L Configuration Manual

SCON-20L/22L/25L/28L Console Concentrator

Configuration Manual

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Product Safety

The SCON-2XL Console Concentrator complies with relevant product safety standards, such as the UL
and CSA, and TUV-GS Rules and Regulations.

FCC and CDC Regulatory Statements

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a commercial installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by using one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the recei ver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device, pursuant to
FCC Rules. In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations, shielded cable must be used with this
equipment. Operation with nonapproved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference
to radio and TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment
without the approval of the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. The
user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful:

How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems

This booklet is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402, Stock No.
004-000-00345-4.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus
set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Le présent appereil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux
appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté
par le ministère des Communications du Canada.

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Table of Contents

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Read This First ........................................................................................................... iii

Product Safety ..................................................................................................iv

FCC and CDC Regulatory Statements .............................................................iv

Chapter 1. Getting Started....................................................................................... 1-1

Configuring From a Coax Display ................................................................ 1-2

Configuring From a Telnet Client ................................................................. 1-2

Using Central Control Mode ......................................................................... 1-3

Menu selection .......................................................................................... 1-3

Direct Path Selection................................................................................. 1-4

Optional Update Parameter....................................................................... 1-4

Boards in the System..................................................................................... 1-4

Board Number and Connector Numbering ............................................... 1-5

Keys for Configuration.................................................................................. 1-5

Configuring the SCON-2XL for the First Time ............................................ 1-6

Host Connection Menu Panel ................................................................... 1-6

Main Menu Panel ...................................................................................... 1-6

Product Definition ......................................................................................... 1-8

SCON-2XL Product Definition Panel....................................................... 1-8

Chapter 2. General Options ..................................................................................... 2-1

General Options Panel .............................................................................. 2-1

Language Options Panel ........................................................................... 2-3

ASCII considerations ................................................................................ 2-5

Software Requirements ............................................................................. 2-5

Languages Table........................................................................................ 2-6

Using Secondary Languages ..................................................................... 2-7

Switching Sessions and Dual Languages.................................................. 2-7

Printing and Languages............................................................................. 2-8

TTU effects on ASCII ............................................................................... 2-8

Chapter 3. Line Options .......................................................................................... 3-1

Line Options/ESC Panel - Non-SNA Protocol ......................................... 3-1

Line Options/ESC (or ESX) Panel -

Non-SNA with Channel Path Filtering ..................................................... 3-2

Line Options/FET Panel............................................................................ 3-4

Line Options, TCP/IP Options Panel ........................................................ 3-6

TCP/IP Options Panel ............................................................................... 3-9

Chapter 4. Host Circuits .......................................................................................... 4-1

3270 Host Circuit Panel ............................................................................ 4-1

3270 Host Classes Panel ........................................................................... 4-2

Chapter 5. Telnet Host Sessions .............................................................................. 5-1

ASCII Session Profiles .................................................................................. 5-1

ASCII Session Profile 01 .......................................................................... 5-1

Second ASCII Session Profile Screen ........................................................... 5-7

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Chapter 6. TN3270 Client Definition Panel............................................................ 6-1

TN3270 Client Definition Panel ............................................................... 6-2

Example Entries (from previous panel) .................................................... 6-4

The Nickname File.................................................................................... 6-6

Chapter 7. Creating Print Server Queues ................................................................ 7-1

TCP/IP LAN Print Server Classes ............................................................ 7-1

Chapter 8. Network Device Definitions.................................................................. 8-1

Network Device Definition Panel - Ethernet, Telnet Display ................... 8-1

Network Device Definition Panel - Ethernet TCP (LAN) Printer ............ 8-1

Network Device Definition Panel - Ethernet LPD (LAN) Printer ............ 8-2

Options common to Network Device Definition Panels........................... 8-2

Options unique to Telnet Displays ............................................................ 8-3

Options unique to TCP Printers ................................................................ 8-3

Options unique to LPD Printers ................................................................ 8-4

Chapter 9. Device Options ...................................................................................... 9-1

Device Options/General Panel .................................................................. 9-1

Device Options/Keyboard Panel ............................................................... 9-3

Device Options/DFT Panel ....................................................................... 9-5

Coax Multiplexing Panel .......................................................................... 9-7

Dynamic Multiplexing Assignments Panel............................................... 9-8

Device Profile/Host Assignments Panel ................................................... 9-9

Device Profile/Display Panel .................................................................. 9-12

Device Profile/ASCII Display ................................................................. 9-17

Device Profile /Printer Panel................................................................... 9-19

Device Profile Assignments Panel - Default Example............................ 9-22

Device Profile Assignments Panel - Configured Example ..................... 9-23

Device Profile Assignments Panel - ASCII Ports and LAN Ports .......... 9-26

Printer Assignments Panel ...................................................................... 9-26

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Chapter 10. Feature Memory Allocation............................................................... 10-1

Feature Memory Panel............................................................................ 10-1

Chapter 11. Configuration Complete .................................................................... 11-1

Configuration Complete Panel................................................................ 11-1

Apply Configuration Changes Panel....................................................... 11-2

IML Time Panel ...................................................................................... 11-4

Chapter 12. Configuration Backups ...................................................................... 12-1

Creating a Backup Using the Configuration Utility ............................... 12-1

Creating a Configuration Backup Using Media Management................ 12-1

Creating a Configuration Backup

Using FTP Configuration Complete Panel ............................................. 12-2

Creating a Configuration Backup Using eManager................................ 12-2

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Appendix A. RPQs ..................................................................................................A-1

RPQs Panel #1...........................................................................................A-1

RPQs Panel #2...........................................................................................A-2

RPQs Panel #3...........................................................................................A-2

RPQs Panel #4...........................................................................................A-3

RPQs Panel #5...........................................................................................A-3

Appendix B. Glossary of Terms .............................................................................. B-1

Index.................................................................................................................. Index-1

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Chapter 1. Getting Started

The SCON-20L allows console attachment for up to 16 coax terminals, 16 TN3270
clients, and 16 T elnet clients, providing up to 96 console sessions to 3 LPARS, through
one ESCON interface.

The SCON-22L allows console attachment for up to 32 coax terminals, 32 T elnet clients,
and 256 TN3270 sessions, providing up to 256 console sessions to as many as 16
LPARs, through one ESCON interface.

The SCON-25L allows console attachment for up to 128 coax terminals, 256 Telnet
clients, and 512 TN3270 sessions, providing up to 512 console sessions to as many as
32 LPARs, through a pair of ESCON interfaces.

The SCON-28L allows console attachment for up to 128 coax terminals, 256 Telnet
clients, and 512 TN3270 sessions, providing up to 512 console sessions to as many as
128 LPARs, through a pair of ESCON interfaces

For simpler reading, SCON-2XL and 2XL will be used throughout the remainder of
this book to represent the models SCON-20L, SCON-22L, SCON-25L, and SCON-28L,
except as noted.

Although the LINCS operating system has been pre-installed on the hard drive of your
SCON-2XL, it must be configured for your environment before you can operate it for
the first time. Y ou can reconf igure the LINCS operating system anytime you like, from
any non-DFT coax display or workstation connected to the 2XL, or through a Telnet
client. If you create a new configuration, it will be effective when you IML (Initial
Microcode Load) the 2XL, which can be done immediately or scheduled for a later
time. The hardware manual for the 2XL describes attaching a display for configuring.

The initial configuration may be done from a directly attached coax display or over a
LAN connection using a Telnet client terminal. Although you may configure from any
display port, only one operator may configure the 2XL at one time. If another operator
attempts to enter the configuration program, an error message appears and the attempt
is prevented.

For security reasons, it is recommended that you configure a Supervisor Password
initially to disallow unauthorized access to the configuration process.

This section explains some basic concepts about the LINCS operating system and
Central Control mode that will help you in configuring the SCON-2XL; how to use
Central Control mode, how to identify the boards in your 2XL, and presents the Product
Definition Panel.

Once you have completed a working configuration, it is important to back your
configuration up for disaster recovery.

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Configuring From a Coax Display

Attach a 3270 coax terminal to the SCON by using RG62AU coaxial cable to an y of the
first 16 ports of the SCON-20L or SCON-22L, or to any of the coaxial ports of the
SCON-25L or SCON-28L. You may also use twisted pair cable along with appropriate
baluns to connect the coax terminal to the 2XL.

Configuring From a Telnet Client

T o configure the SCON-2XL from a Telnet client you must have a configured network
interface. Configuring the T elnet interface can be accomplished within the configuration
utility itself, or by creating a configuration for the interface within an ASCII text file
(may be done to perform the initial configuration). T o do the initial configuration through
T elnet, you must first create a text file on a PC that will be loaded onto the SCON-2XL,
to configure the IP interface. The name of the text f ile must be ‘acc$data.sys’ in order to
be loaded. The information is contained in the file in the form of parameter equates. An
example of the contents of such a file is shown below.

Lineid=fet1
Ip=198.14.23.192
Tcp=1083
Router=198.14.23.100
Subnet=255.255.255.0
Mac=0200268bce19

Not all parameters are required. You must however, inc lude the LINEID, IP, and TCP
parameters as a minimum. The LINEID parameter refers to the name of the network
interface card used in the SCON-2XL, and is typically ‘FET1’ unless more than one
FET card is installed, and one of the FETs other than the first one is to provide the
network access for T elnet. Refer to the appropriate Hardware Reference manual f or the
numbering of the interfaces if more than one FET card is installed. The IP parameter of
course refers to the IP address that is being assigned to the SCON. The SCON does not
make use of DHCP , and must theref ore be assigned a real IP address. The TCP parameter
refers to the TCP port to be used for Telnet. Although you can use the default TCP port
for Telnet (not recommended f or security reasons), you must define which port you
intend to use (port 23 is not assumed).

The router parameter is not needed if your client is to be located on the same subnet as
the SCON. You do not need the subnet parameter if subnet masking is not being used.
You can omit the mac parameter if the default (burned in hardware) MAC address is
being used (recommended).

Furthermore, the order of the parameters is not important in the file. The file is not case
sensitive. Parameters tha t are not used can be omitted. Do not leav e an y white space in
the file (spaces or blank lines). White space will be interpreted as the end of the f ile.

The file should be placed on a floppy and inserted into the floppy driv e, prior to booting
the SCON-2XL.

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Because the keys on a Telnet client are not the same as those on a 3270 terminal, some
keyboard mapping is used the SCON-2XL to provide the 3270 key functionality . Among
the more commonly used key definitions supported by most Telnet terminal emulations
are:

PF1-PF9 = <ESC><1> - <ESC><9>
PF10 = <ESC><0>
PF11 = <ESC> <->
PF12 = <ESC> <=>
Keyboard Reset = <CTRL><R>
T est Mode Toggle = <ESC> <t>
Toggle between status row and 24

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row (for most Telnet emulations) = <ESC><?>

Using Central Control Mode

There are three types of panels you will see throughout Central Control. They are:

• Menu Panels - The menu and submenu panels allow you to select which options to

customize, either by menu selection or direct path selection. Some menu selections
may also accept an optional update parameter.

Chapter 1. Getting Started

• Data Entry Panels - Data entry panels are used to select specific options. Some
fields require you to enter data, while others allow you to press the Enter key to
toggle forward through a set of choices, or to press Alt + Enter to toggle backward
through the choices.

• Information Panels - Information panels display instructions, status information,
or warnings. Messages about the status of the configuration, for example, are displayed
on information panels.

You may use PF keys to move from panel to panel. To find out what the PF keys do, see
the descriptions of PF keys for that series of panels (usually displayed in the 24
the display).

Please remember that this document represents the panels as closely as possible. The
actual content of the panel and flow between panels may not always be the same as the
panels content and panel flow you would see during configuration, particularly if you
are running a code version other than the one represented in the panel.

Menu selection

When any Central Control mode menu is displayed, enter the desired item number at
the ‘Select item:’-prompt, then press the Enter key. If an item has input parameters
(refer to individual item descriptions), these are entered following the item select
character, using a comma to separate item parameters.

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row of

For example, entering “Select: 1,MCC1.002” selects Item 1 (Terminal test) with a
parameter of MCC1.002 (for Port 2 on MCC1). Entering this item selection executes
the Terminal test for that port.

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Direct Path Selection

Some items display submenus that provide further item selections. If submenu
selections are known, direct pathing may be used to execute the item. All items are
separated by a slash ( / ) with a comma following the final item selection to separate
any input parameters. All item parameters are separated by commas.

For example, entering “Select Item: 4/2,MCC1.001” displays the Vital Product Data
(Item 4 from the Main Central Control menu) on the attached port (Item 2 - Port VPD
from the VPD menu) selected as Port 1 on board MCC1.

If the first character input at the Select Item prompt is a slash ( / ), input will be parsed
as if the Main menu is being displayed. For example, if the Vital Product Data menu is
being displayed on the screen, /6/2 can be entered at the Select Item prompt (Select
Item: /6/2) to select the Display Device Status item from the Main menu.

Optional Update Parameter

Some menu items allow an optional update, denoted by ,u after the item number on the
menu. Updates require the supervisory password, so after entering item,u , the password
prompt (Enter Password: ) will be displayed above the Select Item: prompt. Entering
the password and pressing Enter will execute the selected item.

For example, from the Central Control menu, 4/2,u,1 can be entered to update VPD
for Port 1. If the test input is specified as 4/2,1 the password prompt will not be
displayed and no update will be allowed.

If an incorrect password is entered, “ X-f ” is displayed in the input inhibit area of the
status row. After pressing the Reset key, the password may be re-entered, and a new
menu item may be selected.

If no supervisory password was established during configuration, the password prompt
will not be displayed, and updates may be performed without the password.

The supervisory password is defined and set on the General Options panel of Configuration.

Boards in the System

The SCON-2XL supports a number of boards that provide host and client connections.
Boards supported by the 2XL are:

• ESC – ESCON Host Interface

• ESX – ESCON Host Interface (SCON-28L only)

• FET – Fast Ethernet 100/10 Mbps

• TRC – 16/4 Mbps Token Ring (available on a limited basis)

• CDA – Coax Device Adapter (SCON-20L and SCON-22L)

• MCC – Multiplexed Coax Controller (SCON-25L only)

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Board Number and Connector Numbering

Since it is possible to support multiple boards of the same type, and it is possible that
there are multiple connectors on some of the boards, the following format was devised
to identify specific connections to the 2XL:

brd#.con where:
brd represents the 3 character board mnemonic described abov e.
# represents a number 1-9 or letters a-d, identifying the instance of the board that you

are referring to.
A period ( . ) used as a separator .
con representing a three digit number representing the connector number on the board.
Examples:
ESC1 (first ESCON interface card)

MCC1.003 (port 3 on the first MCC board)

Keys for Configuration

Chapter 1. Getting Started

The following PF key descriptions apply to most of the Configuration panels. Some
panels have special keys which will be described in the section for that panel.

• PF1 - Menu – This PF key moves configuration processing back to the previous
menu. This key is av ailable on all configuration panels, and may be used to back out.

• PF7 - Back – Pressing PF7 moves you to the pre viously displayed panel.

• PF8 - Forw – Pressing PF8 moves you to the next panel.

• PF9 - Default – Assign def ault values to the fields in the current panel.

• PF10 - Done – This signals the end of the conf iguration process. It will bring you to

the Configuration Complete panel.

• Enter – These keys toggle through available options, when the cursor is on a field
with multiple options.

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Configuring the SCON-2XL for the First Time

Power on the 2XL with an appropriate user display attached for purposes of configuration.
The following panel should appear.

Host Connection Menu Panel

Host Connection Menu
Item Connection Type
1 3270

2 ASCII
3 TCP/IP
4 LAT Class
5 LAT Dynamic

Select Item:
PF:

From this initial panel, on a coax display press and hold the <Alt> key and press the
<Test> key. The resulting panel should appear. If configuring from a Telnet Client
connected through the network, once you have selected the proper emulation for your
client the following panel should appear.

Main Menu Panel

Main Menu LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Item Description

1 Customization Data Menu
2 Supervisor Functions Menu
3 Media Management Menu
4 Vital Product Data Menu
5 Network Management Menu
6 Device Menu
7 Event Log Menu
8 Communications Menu

Select Item: Depress Enter

The Main Menu panel is the first panel you will see when you enter Central Control
Mode. From this panel you can follow the menu prompts to bring up any Central Control
Mode panel that you need to.

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At the “Select Item:” prompt, type the sequence “1/1,u” and press <Enter>. This will
take you through the Customization Data Menu to select the “Display/Update
Configuration” selection. The next panel to appear will look like this:

Configuration LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Customization Data Source: Default

PF: 1-Menu 10-Process

This panel allows you to select the source of the configuration that you wish to
modify. For a first time configuration, the Customization Data Source is set to
“Default”. Other options that may be selected are to read in a configuration file
from “Drive A”, “Drive C”, or “Currently Loaded”. The “Currently Loaded” and
“Drive C” would not be valid offerings on a unit that has never been configured
before. Currently Loaded allows you to modify the configuration that is currently
running (normally used after the first configuration is saved). Selecting “Default”
will bring up the configuration based on the hardware installed in the unit, as if the
unit has never been configured before.

Press <PF10> to continue into configuration. From the Configuration Menu (Submenu
List) shown below select item 1 and press <Enter>. This should take you to the Product
Definition panel.

Configuration Menu (Submenu_List) LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Item Description

1 Configure All
2 General Options Menu
3 TELNET Host Menu
4 TCP Print Server Menu
5 Asynchronous Host Menu
6 3270 Host Menu
7 TN3270 Server Menu
8 Network Device Menu
9 Direct Device Menu

Select Item: 1 Depress Enter

PF: 1-Menu 3-Panel_List 10-Done

This panel allows you to select a submenu list from which you can configure just a
specific feature. Selecting the first item in the list allows you to configure all
configuration panels.

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Product Definition

The Product Definition panel allows you to customize the hardware definition of the
2XL that is to be used by the software during the configuration process. Initially the
panel contains a description of the hardware that is installed on your particular 2XL. It
is possible to modify this hardware list, which will affect the number and types of
panels that will be offered during the configuration process.

Caution

Caution should be taken when modifying the values on this panel since adding hardware
values that do not actually exist on the 2XL will most certainly create a configuration
that can not be booted on your unit.

SCON-2XL Product Definition Panel

SCON-2XL Product Definition LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Number of Coax Ports: 16
Number of ESC Boards: 1
Number of TRC Boards: 0
Number of FET Boards: 1

Feature Memory (megabytes): 1

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Changes to this panel are made for primarily three reasons:

1. Y ou are adding hardware to an existing 2XL, and you must identify the ne w hardware
to the 2XL configuration process so that it may be configured.

2. You do not wish to make use of hardware that is already installed on your 2XL, and
you wish to disable the hardware for the configuration process, to make your
configuration simpler.

3. Y ou are making a configuration for a physically dif ferent 2XL. Note that you may make
configurations for only the same model with this utility . Use the Central Site Customization
Utility to make and store configurations for other SCON and 1174 platforms.

All fields on the Product Definition panel are toggle fields. The panel may not be exited
if an invalid board combination is selected. Appropriate messages will be displayed if
errors are encountered.

If you decrease the number of boards, then the last line assigned for that board type is
deleted. For example, if you reduce the number of FET boards from 2 to 1, FET2 will be
deleted. Y ou must then update all other panels which refer to the board/lines you just deleted.

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If you make undesired changes to this panel, suspect that undesired changes have been
made, or just wish to ensure that all installed hardware is correctly represented on this
panel, press the PF9-Default key.

Only the hardware options shown on the SCON-2XL Product Definition panel are
available for the SCON-2XL.

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Chapter 2. General Options

Proceeding forward through the configuration panels from the Product Description
panels, you next encounter the General Options panels.

General Options Panel

General Options LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Node Name: ________________________

Product Assistance Data: __________________________________________
Unique Machine Identifier: _______
Supervisor Password: PASSWORD
Machine Check Options: Dump and IML
LCD Message when all Comm Links Okay: 1174

3270 LU Number Display: Hex

Central Site Customization: Enable

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Node Name

This field defines a unique name for this LINCS node. It is used as the Host Name by
the LPD protocol in a print request; it is the node requesting the print. If Node Name is
left blank, it will default to LINCS. (Note that this is not the node name information
returned by SNMP. That information is configured on the TCP/IP Options panel as
‘System Name’.)

Product Assistance Data

This field may contain up to 48 characters. You can use it to record the name and
telephone number of the person to contact for Customer Service. (Note that this
information is not provided to SNMP.)

Unique Machine Identifier

This field is used to identify the LINCS node to Netview via REQMS (Request
Maintenance Statistics), Alert, and VPD (Vital Product Data). It is recommended that
you use the hardware model’s serial number as the unique machine identifier. If the
serial number is not available or you prefer not to use it, you may enter your own
unique 7 character machine identifier. Valid characters include A-Z, 0-9, or spaces.

Supervisor Password

This field contains up to eight alphanumeric characters. It is used for supervisor functions
in LINCS Central Control, such as executing the Configuration Utility and performing
Media Management functions. This password is also used as the FTP password if any
of the network interfaces are configured for IP protocol.

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When LINCS has been IMLed with a default configuration (such as the first time
LINCS is IMLed, or if the Config key is pressed at state 500), there will not be a
supervisor password defined. You may also choose not to define a password. If no
password is in effect, ANY user may enter the password-protected utilities. Using a

password is strongly recommended.

If the Configuration utility is entered for display purposes only (i.e., not entered for
update), then the supervisor password will not be displayed. If entered in update mode,
then the password will be displayed, and can be updated.

Machine Check Options

This field determines what LINCS will do if a machine-check condition occurs.
Options are:

• Dump and No IML (default) - Dump data will be written to the disk, but LINCS
will not re-IML.

• Dump and IML - Dump data will be written to the disk, and then LINCS will
re-IML.

• No Dump and No IML - LINCS takes no action.

• No Dump and IML - LINCS simply re-IMLs.

It is recommended that you select the Dump and IML option in most cases.

The LINCS Operating System will dump to the hard drive C. Up to 8 dumps may
reside on the hard drive at on time, each in a separate dump directory. You can copy
the dump file to diskette(s) using the Copy Data Objects utility on the Media
Management menu in Central Control Mode, or FTP the dumps off through the
network interface.

LCD Message When All Comm Links Okay

This message displays when the SCON-2XL is powered up and all configured
communications interfaces are communicating as they should.

3270 LU Number Display

This field has the following toggle options:

• Hex - This is the default option. If selected, 3270 LU numbers will be displayed in
hexadecimal format throughout all Central Control Utilities. This option is
recommended when configuring SCON platforms.

• Decimal - 3270 LU numbers will be displayed in decimal format throughout all
Central Control Utilities.

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Chapter 2. General Options

Central Site Customization

Options are: Disable, Enable

Enabling this option allows you to use the Central Site Customization Utility to define
library members. 512 KB of Feature memory is required for this feature.

Central Site Customization can also be used to configure and store multiple LINCS
configurations for a single machine. This may be useful when reconfiguring for new
users or hardware.

Central Site Customization is always enabled when you IML with the Default
Configuration (at state 500 on the LCD panel).

Language Options Panel

Language Options LINCS C8.2 Central Control

PRIMARY SECONDARY

Language: (01) U.S. English Disable
Translate Tables: Default Default
Numeric Delimiter: Period Period

Country Extended Code Page: Enable
PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

This panel allows you to choose which languages and language formats you can assign
in subsequent panels. Configuration of the Language Options has no effect on TN3270
Clients. TN3270 Client emulators have their o wn configuration for language, ke yboard
translation, and many other features.

Language

The Primary and Secondary Language fields toggle through all the languages listed in
the Languages Table. The default Primary Language is (01) US English. The default
Secondary Language is Disabled.

To use a Secondary language, you should also:

• Use the 3270 Host Profile panels to select the Primary or Secondary language as the

default language for each host.

• Use the Device Profile panel to select a default ke yboar d table language .

• Optionally use the Keyboard Definition Utility (KDU) or ASCII Definition Utility

(ADU) to set up keys (in addition to ExSel + L) for selecting the Primary and
Secondary languages, or for toggling between the languages. The KDU Key
Acronyms table in the Central Control contains the codes for setting up these keys.

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The Primary and Secondary languages can be configured to be the same language,
enabling you to define twice the number of keys on the Keyboard Definition Utility
(KDU) or ASCII Def inition Utility (ADU) layouts. (The layouts can be modified as the
Primary language, and also modified as the Secondary language.)

See the following topics for more information on:

• ASCII considerations

• Software Requirements

• Languages T a ble

• Using Secondary Languages Translate Tables

T ranslate T ables

For the Primary and Secondary languages you specified, use this field to enter the name
of the 3270 translate tables to be created via the Translate Tables Utility (TTU). The
options are:

• Default - Standard translate table for the configured language will be used.

• User-Defined 1

• User-Defined 2

If your choice for Secondary Language was Disabled, the Translate Table option for
Secondary Language must be Default.

Note: Use of the Translate Table Utility to create user-defined tables may have an

effect on the functioning of the ASCII Definition Utility and on ASCII character
translation. If you plan to create User-Defined Translate Tables, and your
network includes ASCII, refer to Ef fects on ASCII for additional information.

Numeric Delimiter

In this field, toggle to select the numeric delimiter that can be used in Numeric Lock
field. The choices are: Period or Comma.

Country Extended Code Page (CECP)

Toggle to Enable or Disable Country Extended Code Page (CECP) support. A code
page contains the graphic characters that support a language. The characters are assigned
to code point positions on a country code page. Different languages use different
characters, different numbers of characters, and different arrangements of code points
on their country code page. Most country code pages contain unallocated code points.

A Country Extended Code Page uses these unallocated code points to provide additional
characters. The unallocated code points are assigned characters from the CECP universal
character set (Character Set 697), which contains 190 characters and a space.

Once CECP is enabled, you can use the Keyboard Definition Utility (KDU) to assign to
your keyboards any character from this universal character set.

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The CECP supported languages are marked in the Languages Table with a plus sign.

Unless you plan carefully , use of CECP can have une xpected effects on the data in your
network. You should consider the following before choosing to enable CECP:

• Whether the devices in your network support CECP

• Whether your host’s applications can process CECP data

• Whether filters in host applications could reject or erroneously translate CECP data

• Whether the host is using previously undefined code points from the original country

code page

ASCII considerations

Certain languages (identified in the Languages Table) are available for use with
ASCII devices.

The ADU contains Primary and Secondary language transla te tables for ASCII devices
and hosts if further definition is necessary.

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Software Requirements

The following languages hav e their own character generators. To correctly display all
the characters in a particular language, that language’s character generator must be
installed in the display station. Languages followed by an asterisk (*) are supported
by both 3270 hosts and ASCII hosts. Languages that are not followed by an asterisk
are supported only by 3270 hosts.

All other languages supported by LINCS use the Base character generator. If two
languages are configured that have dif ferent character generators, one of the languages
may not display characters correctly. For example, if German and Icelandic are configured
and the terminal has only a Base character generator, the Icelandic characters that diff er
from the characters on the Base character generator will not display correctly.

cilliryCnitaLECEOR

keerGiahT

cidnalecIvalsoguY

*hsinapShsikruT

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Languages T able

The Languages Table shows the options available for primary and secondary . There are
special Latin options for Greek, Cyrillic, and Thai.

egaugnaLedoCegaugnaLegaugnaLedoCegaugnaL

hsilgnESU+*10)retcarahc-501(YTREZAhcnerF+*03

)IICSA(hsilgnESU20lanoitanretnIIICSASU33

namreG/nairtsuA+*308-IICSASU43

naigleB*40cilliryC53

nailizarB50keerG63

naidanaChcnerF*60cidnalecI73

hsinaD+*70ECEOR83

hsinniF+*90hsikruT93

lanoitanretnI41civalsoguY04

nailatI+*51hcnerFssiwSweN+*14

hsilgnEesenapaJ61namreGssiwSweN+*24

hsinapS+*91naigleBweN+34

gnikaepShsinapS+*12iahT64

)KU(hsilgnE+*22sdnalrehteN+*74

naigewroN+*32hcnerFnaigleB+06

hsidewS+*42cilliryC/nitaL16

)TW(CIDCBE52keerG/nitaL26

eseugutroP+82iahT/nitaL36

)laugniliB(naidanaC+92eseugutroPdlO46

* ASCII v ersion included for use with ASCII (Telnet) hosts and devices.
+ Country Extended Code Page (CECP) supported Greek, Cyrillic, and Thai

Greek, Cyrillic, and Thai

If you select Greek, Cyrillic, or Thai as either language during configuration, no language
toggling is possible unless the Keyboard Definition Utility (KDU) is used during
configuration to add a language toggle key.

If you select Greek as the primary language, you can select Latin/Greek as the secondary
language. If you select Cyrillic as the primary language, you can select Latin/Cyrillic
as the secondary language. If you select Thai as the primary language, you can select
Latin/Thai as the secondary language. Each of these secondary languages, Latin/Greek,
Latin/Cyrillic, and Latin/Thai, is a special version of Latin that is specific to the primary
language, Greek, Cyrillic, and Thai.

Note: You do not have to select Latin as the secondary language for Greek, Cyrillic,

or Thai. You can select any of the supported languages as a secondary language,
or you can select no secondary language.

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If you select a Secondary language, the ExSel + L key combination is enabled as the
language toggle keys that let you switch between the two languages. If no secondary
language is chosen, the key combination is inactiv e. Y ou can also use the KDU or ADU
to define other keys for switching between languages.

The status line displays PR for primary language or SE for secondary language at location

36. If the Dual Language feature has not been configured, PR or SE is not displayed.

See the following for additional information:

• Switching Sessions and Dual Languages

• Examples of Switching Sessions

• Printing and Languages

Switching Sessions and Dual Languages

T o switch from one conf igured keyboard language to the other , you can either press the
Language Toggle key (ExSel then L for either 3270 or ASCII displays or ESC then
Control + F for ASCII displays only) or you can press the Primary key (to switch from
the secondary language to the primary language) or the Secondary key (to switch from
the primary language to the secondary language). If you press the Primary key from the
primary language or the Secondary key from the secondary language, nothing happens.
Each time you change languages, the keyboard layout switches from one configured
language to the other. When the keyboard layout switches, the up, down, and alt shift
states remain the same.

Chapter 2. General Options

• Primary Key – For ASCII keyboards, use the Escape, then Control + D k ey sequence

for the Primary key.

• Secondary Key – For ASCII keyboards, use the Escape, then Control + E key

sequence for the Secondary key.

• For coax keyboards, use the Keyboard Definition Utility (KDU) to configure a

Primary or Secondary key.

Examples of Switching Sessions

When you switch sessions, the keyboard layout switches to the layout for the language
of the new session. The code page used for the new session always corresponds to the
default language for the host. The following tw o examples illustrate what happens when
you switch sessions.

Example 1: Switching Sessions, Keyboard Layouts, and Code Pages

1. German is the current keyboard layout.

2. Y ou switch to Session 2. The host for Session 2 has Spanish as the default language.

3. The new code page and keyboard layout are Spanish.

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Example 2: Switching Sessions and Code Pages, but not K eyboard Layouts

1. Session 1 is active and its host is configured for German as the default language.
Spanish is the current keyboard layout.

2. Y ou switch to Session 2. The host for Session 2 has Spanish as the default language.

3. The new code page is Spanish and the keyboard layout remains Spanish.

Printing and Languages

There are two types of prints, LU1 (SCS) prints and LU3 prints. When an LU3 print
is sent to a printer, the printer uses the code page corresponding to the default language
for the host associated with the current printer session. An LU1 (SCS) print is not
affected by the Dual Language feature because the printer performs the translation
for this type of print. Local prints from a DFT are LU1 prints. The following languages
have their own character generators, and to correctly print all the characters in the
language, you must install the character generator for the language. Languages
followed by an asterisk (*) are supported by both 3270 hosts and ASCII hosts.
Languages that are not followed by an asterisk are supported only by 3270 hosts:

cilliryCkeerG

cidnalecInitaLECEOR
*hsinapSiahT

hsikruTvalsoguY

All other languages use the Base character generator.

TTU effects on ASCII

Because translate tables present during configuration are referenced by the ASCII
Definition Utility, use of the Translate Table Utility may have effects on the ASCII
Definition Utility and on ASCII character translation. If you are using both utilities, it
is important to follow this sequence to avoid unexpected results:

1. Use the Language Options panel to select the Primary and Secondary languages,
and to specify the translate tables that will be used with each language.

2. Use the Translate Table Utility.

3. Use the ASCII Definition Utility . The ADU will check the Tr anslate T ables selection
from the General Options panel and will use the appropriate tables.

Note: If the Translate Table Utility and the ASCII Definition Utility are used, and

then the primary and/or secondary languages are changed, it will be necessary
to redo the ADU for the changed languages.

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A Line Options panel is displayed for each communication board assigned on the Product
Description panel. Each board supports different protocols. During configuration, you
select the protocol for each line on a particular board. The board types and the protocols
they support are listed below:

• ESC - ESCON/Non-SNA Console

• ESX - ESCON/Non-SNA Console

• FET - TCP/IP, Coax/Ethernet Bridge

Dependent on whether the protocol is set to ‘Non-SNA’ or ‘Non-SNA with channel
path filter’, one of the following two panels will appear.

Line Options/ESC Panel - Non-SNA Protocol

Line Options/ESC1 LINCS C8.2 Central Control
CU Index (CUADD): 0
Protocol: Non-SNA

Device Low (Lowest IODEVICE UNITADD): A0
Device High (Highest IODEVICE UNITADD: AF

HOT SESSION SELECTION MATRIX

(Hot Session 00 corresponds 0123

to Device Low)-----> 01234567890123456789012345678901

-------------------------------­Hot Sessions: 00000000000000000000000000000000
Shared Sessions: 00000000000000000000000000000000

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Line Options/ESC (or ESX) Panel - Non-SNA with Channel Path Filtering

Selecting ‘Non-SNA with Channel Path Filtering’ provides additional configuration
possibilities on the Line Options panel, (allowing more flexible host gen conf igurations).
It is strongly recommended that ‘Non-SNA with Channel Path Filtering’ be used as the
protocol.

Line Options/ESC1 LINCS C8.2 Central Control
CU Index: 0
Protocol: Non-SNA with Channel Path Filter

Device Low (Lowest IODEVICE UNITADD): A0
Device High (Highest IODEVICE UNITADD: AF

CHANNEL PATH FILTER
LPAR Number (Partition Number): 0
Source Link Address: FF
CU Number (CUADD): 0

HOT SESSION SELECTION MATRIX
(Hot Session 00 corresponds 0123
to Device Low) -----------> 01234567890123456789012345678901

-------------------------------­Hot Sessions: 00000000000000000000000000000000
Shared Sessions: 00000000000000000000000000000000

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The following options are configurable for the ESC/ESX board.

CU Index

This option identifies which of the 16 (0-F hex) Control Unit Images supported by
ESC or which of the 64 (00-4F) Control Unit Images supported by the ESX are being
configured for this interface. By default, CU 0 is of fered. You can change the interface
number by toggling the value of "0". You can enable additional images by pressing
the <PF4> key. Each CU image must be dedicated to a single L-PAR on the host.
The maximum number of CU definitions supported by the SCON-2XL is determined
by the model, number of ESCON interfaces, and whether feature activation disks hav e
been installed. The SCON-20L supports up to 3 CU. The SCON-22L supports up to 4
CU in the base unit but can be expanded up to 16 through installation of FADs. The
SCON-25L comes standard with support for up to 16 CU through one ESC interface,
expandable up to 32 CU through two ESCON interfaces. The SCON-28L comes standard
with support for up to 20 CU through each ESX interface, expandable up to 64 CU.

Protocol

The only supported protocol on the SCON-2XL for the ESC card is Non-SNA (and
Non-SNA with Channel Path Filtering). For support of SNA, APPN, or IP over the
ESC (ESCON) interface, other Visara Comm unication Servers may be used (1174

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Product Series). If you leave the selection to None, the SCON-2XL will treat the
interface as if it does not exist.

Device Low and Device High

The value for the Device Lo w and De vice High parameters identify the low end and
high end for a range of addresses supported by this CU. The value of the Device
Low number is giv en in hex, and can be anywhere in the range of 00-FF. The Device
High number must be within hex 1F of the value of the Device Low parameter and
must be equal to or larger than the Device Low value. The range defined by the
Device Low and De vice High parameters may define up to 32 consecutive addresses,
and must fall in the range of addresses defined by the ‘UNITADD’ parameter in the
‘CNTLUNIT’ macro of the corresponding Host GEN. To support more than 32
addresses, make additional CU definitions.

Caution

Only configure the SCON-2XL for addresses that have been defined by IO Device
Statements in the GEN on the host. Configuring addresses that have not been def ined or
that have been defined for use by another controller may result in serious performance
degradation or errors.

LPAR Number

The LPAR Number parameter corresponds to the LPAR number assigned in the
PARTITION parameter of the RESOURCE macro, associated with this connection, in
the host’s IOCDS definition.

Source Link Address

The Source Link Address refers to the ESCON Director port number (2 digit hex) that
is connected back to the mainframe. If an ESCON Director is not used (2XL is directly
connected to a port on the mainframe), leave the default value of FF, or assign the v alue
as 01.

CU Number

This must correspond to the value of the CU ADD parameter of the CNTLUNIT macro
of the host’s IOCDS definition, corresponding to this configuration.

Hot Sessions

Hot Console Sessions give you the ability to create a console session that will appear to
be powered on to the LP AR for as long as the 2XL is online. This may be conv enient for
situations where it is desired to have a console session that can be accessed across a
network connection by either one person or by multiple persons. Since the console
device always appears to be powered on, it should not be necessary to v ary the console
active when establishing a new connection to the session, as long as the 2XL w as active
when the LPAR came up.

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Each of the 32 sessions that can be associated with a single CU definition, can be
configured to be hot. Hot sessions are identified as such, by changing the value from ‘0’
in the appropriate column. Definitions for the values to enter are:

0 = Not defined to be a hot session
1 = Hot Session (Mod 2 with Extended Data Stream Support)
2 = Hot Session (Mod 2 with Extended Data Stream Support)
3 = Hot Session (Mod 3 with Extended Data Stream Support)
4 = Hot Session (Mod 4 with Extended Data Stream Support)
5 = Hot Session (Mod 5 with Extended Data Stream Support)
6 = Hot Session (Mod 2 with No Extended Data Stream Support)
7 = Hot Session (Mod 3 with No Extended Data Stream Support)
8 = Hot Session (Mod 4 with No Extended Data Steam Support)
9 = Hot Session (Mod 2 with Extended Data Stream Support)

The leftmost column corresponds to the Device Low address, defined abo ve. All de vice
addressing on subsequent panels are referenced from this offset of ‘00’.

Note that only the console sessions should be configured as hot (not the normal
VTAM sessions).

Shared Sessions

Shared Sessions allows two or more TN3270 clients to share the same console session.
Up to twenty-four TN3270 users can be configured to share the same session. Coax and
T elnet clients are not allowed to share the session. Only console sessions can be shared.
VT AM applications will not function correctly when configured as shared. All TN3270
clients sharing the same session should be configured for the same MOD size and
should have the same Color and Extended Attribute support (the first user to connect
sets the standard for the session). To designa te a session to be shared, change the 0
value to a 1 for that session.

Line Options/FET Panel

Line Options/FET1 LINCS C8.2 Central Control
LAN Address: 0200 2201 1010
Media Type: Auto Negotiate

Duplex Mode: Auto

TCP/IP: Enable

Coax Ethernet Bridge: Enable

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A description of the parameters for the FET board follows:

LAN Address

This field contains the Ethernet node hardware address of the LINCS node. It is a 12­character hexadecimal address, and can be any hex value you wish.

Within the most significant byte, the lo west bit specifies a group ad dress and the next bit
specifies a locally administered address. Ethernet addresses configured by LINCS must
be arranged in IEEE format where the most significant bit is on the right of each byte.

You may use the unique burned-in address of the Ethernet card by entering a value of
"0000 0000 0000" for the LAN Address field.

Media Type

Through the media type option, you can allow the 2XL to auto negotiate the link speed
between 100 Mbps and 10 Mbps. You can also predefine the connection to either v alue.

Duplex Mode

You can define whether the FET card is to run in full duplex mode or auto detect
whether it is to run in full duplex or half duplex mode.

TCP/IP

This toggle field must be enabled to configure any connections or circuits with TCP/IP
link levels (Telnet, TN3270, and LAN printer connections).

Options are: DISABLE or ENABLE.

Coax Ethernet Bridge

This toggle field is used to designate this adapter to handle data traffic to and from
Network Computing Terminals (NCT)s attached to coax adapters within the 2XL.
Through the Coax Ethernet Bridge feature, IP traffic is passed between the Ethernet
and coax adapters to devices specially designed to receive and send IP over coax, in
addition to traditional coax mainframe data. This feature is unique to the Visara
Communication Servers family and has a patent pending by Visara Inc. Through this
connection users can access servers and the Internet directly from their desktop display.

Options are: DISABLE or ENABLE.

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Line Options, TCP/IP Options Panel

Line Options/FET1 LINCS C8.2 Central Control

TCP/IP OPTIONS
IP Address: 195 195 195 001
Subnet Mask: 255 255 255 000
TELNET Host Connections: 000
TN3270 Client Connections: 0000
IP Router: Disable
BSD 4.2 IP Broadcast: Disable
Expanded IP Addressing: Disable
TCP Quiet Time (sec): 0000
Default Router Address: ___ ___ ___ ___
DNS Primary Name Server: ___ ___ ___ ___
DNS Secondary Name Server: ___ ___ ___ ___
DNS/Ping Response Time: 0000
DNS Default Domain:
___________________________________________________________________

SNMP Trap IP Address: ___ ___ ___ ___
SNMP Read Authentication String: ________________
SNMP Write Authentication String: ________________

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

When TCP/IP is selected as a protocol for the FET (Ethernet) board, the Line Options,
TCP/IP Options panel will appear. The minimum configuration for this panel requires
that you fill in an IP address. In most cases however, you will also need to fill in the
Default Router address, and you may also want to fill in the Subnet Mask field. Below
you will find descriptions for all of the options on this panel.

IP Address

This is the IP address for the line. It should follow the rules for IP addresses, which
your system administrator can give you. If this address is connected to the Internet as
controlled by the NIC, bear in mind that users can connect to LINCS by the IP address
you give it. Design your host's connection to the Internet with this in mind.

Subnet Mask

This is the subnet mask that LINCS will use for the IP address entered. If no subnet
mask is entered, but a default router is defined, LINCS will automatically attempt to
obtain the subnet mask from the router. If no subnet mask and no default router are
defined, LINCS will assume the default subnet mask based on the class of the IP address
being used.

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TELNET Host Connections

Although this option is found on the panels of the SCON-20L and SCON-22L, the only
valid option is to use a value of 0, which in ef fect disables this feature (no VHP card to
support the feature). The SCON-25L and SCON-28L may be configured to support
T elnet Host Sessions if desired. Up to 32 T elnet Host Sessions may be supported without
installing a FAD. Up to 256 may be configured if the Telnet FAD is installed.

TN3270 Client Connections

If the SCON-2XL will be supporting TN3270 clients, you must indicate the number of
sessions that are to be supported through this interface. Up to 32 sessions (16 sessions
on the 20L) may be configured without requiring any feature activation disks (FAD).
Additional sessions, up to 256 per installed ESCON interface, may be supported through
the installation of the TN3270 F AD. The FET card can suppor t all 512 TN3270 sessions.

IP Router

When enabled, LINCS will provide IP routing through this interface if two or more
networking interfaces are installed. Routing choices include:

• Static Routing Only - All routing table entries must be made statically.

• Static and Dynamic Routing - LINCS will add entries into the routing table based

on RIP V1 and RIP V2 broadcasts that have been received, but LINCS will not
broadcast the contents of the routing table to other routers.

• RIP V ersion 1 - LINCS will add entries into the routing table based on received RIP

V1 and RIP V2 broadcasts, and will broadcast the contents of the routing table using
RIP V1.

• Rip V ersion 2 - LINCS will add entries into the routing table based on recei ved RIP

V1 and RIP V2 broadcasts, and will broadcast the contents of the routing table using
RIP V2.

BSD 4.2 IP Broadcast

If this option is enabled, LINCS will send two broadcasts. One is 4.2 compatible, and
the other is the standard broadcast address.

Note: BSD 4.2 broadcasts use all 0s as the destination address. Other implementations

as well as BSD 4.3 use all 1s as the destination address. If this option is disabled,
LINCS will send the standard broadcast address only.

Expanded IP Addressing

This is a special customer request feature that allows using IP addresses that are illegal
for the worldwide Internet.

For example, 192.000.000.xxx would normally be reserved, b ut with this field enabled,
an address of that type can be entered.

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TCP Quiet Time

TCP requires 4.5 minutes of recovery time after a device crashes or for a reboot, but LINCS’
IML time varies according to configuration and hardware installed. This field allows you to
define extra time beyond the normal boot time before TCP connections can be attempted.
Default value is 0. (As soon as LINCS has IMLed, TCP can attempt connections.)

Default Router Address

Enter the address of the router on the network. Obtain this value from the system
administrator. This router address must be on the same physical subnet as the IP address
assigned to this interface.

DNS Primary Name Server (for use with Telnet Host and LAN Printer Features)

The Domain Name System requires at least one name server address. The name server
resolves the address of the remote machine, by using its domain name database, and the
databases on other name servers. Entering an address enables the Domain Name System
feature that lets a TCP/IP user enter a DNS name for the TCP/IP host instead of the IP
address. Enter zeros in this field (or leave it blank) to disable the feature. To complete
information about the Domain Name system, you must also assign Dynamic IP Host
Class Access in the Resource Authorization Matrix of the Device Profile Panel for
displays.

DNS Secondary Name Server (for use with Telnet Host and LAN Printer Features)

Enter a value if you want to enable a secondary domain name server to function as a
backup to the primary domain name server . If the user makes two queries to the primary
server and they are not answered, LINCS will direct up to two queries to the secondary
domain name server.

DNS/Ping Response Time

This timer, giv en in tenths of seconds, determines the amount of time that is allowed for
a DNS or a Ping request to be answered before determining that a timeout has occurred.

DNS Default Domain (for use with Telnet Host and LAN Printer Features)

Use this field to specify an optional default Domain Name system label. The label
must not exceed 63 characters. The starting and end characters must be alphanumeric,
and the remaining characters must be alphanumeric characters or hyphens. The default
domain will be appended to any queries that are not fully expressed. For example,
sulu is translated to sulu.visara.com, if visara.com is the default domain.

SNMP Trap IP Address

This Destination IP Address def ines where to send SNMP traps generated by LINCS.
If the IP Address is undefined, or defined as all 0's, traps are not generated. If non­zero, traps are generated for link up, link down, cold start, and authentication errors.

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SNMP Read Authentication String

This 16-character string is required by the Network Management Station (the SNMP
client) to access MIB variables in LINCS. If not configured, the default v alue of ‘public’
is used.

SNMP Write Authentication String

This 16-character string is required by the Network Management Station (the SNMP
client) to modify MIB variables in LINCS. If left blank, LINCS will default the string
to ‘public’.

TCP/IP Options Panel

TCP/IP Options LINCS C8.2 Central Control

LPD Printer Username ________________________
LPD Server/Printers Drive: None

SNMP OPTIONS

System Location: ________________________

________________________
System Contact: ____________________________________
System Name: ____________________________________

TN3270 SERVER OPTIONS
TN3270E: Enable ATTN Key: Disable
SYSREQ Key: Disable 3270 Translate: Disable
Keepalive/Timeout Method: Keepalive using Telnet NOP
Keepalive/Inactivity Timer (min): 05 Disconnect on UNBIND: Disable

Telnet Disconnect on UNBIND: Disable

SESSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
SMS Server: None SMS Client: Disable
Poll Rate (secs): 0005
Domain Name: ________________________________________________________

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Many of the options on this panel are not used by the SCON-20L and SCON-22L, but
are supported by the SCON-25L and SCON-28L and will appear if TCP/IP protocol
has been selected for the FET board. A description of the options follows.

LPD Printer Username

The LPD Printer Username is used to identify the user who requested an LPD print in
LPD print requests sent to an LPD Print Server, and may be printed on the banner page.
If left blank, it will default to LINCS.

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LPD Server/Printers Drive

This field allows you to toggle through the choices of none and all of the hard drives that
are installed, to indicate whether you wish to assign a hard driv e as a location to temporarily
store LPD print jobs when LINCS is configured as a LPD Print Server or when supporting
LPD LAN printers. If a hard drive is not defined, then memory will be used instead. To
conserve on memory a hard disk setting is recommended. When enabling a hard disk
setting it is recommended to also enable the RPQ: ‘make hard disk priority higher’.

SNMP System Location

This 64-character field can be used to describe the physical location of the LINCS
node. Valid characters are: alphanumeric, space, dollar, period, hyphen, and underscore.
This information is returned as part of the LINCS MIB.

SNMP System Contact

This 48-character field can be used to define the name of the individual who is the contact
person for this LINCS node. Valid characters are: alphanumeric, space, dollar, period,
hyphen, and underscore. This information is returned as part of the LINCS MIB.

SNMP System Name

This 48-character field can be used to define the administratively-assigned name for
this managed LINCS node. By convention, the System Name is the fully qualified domain
name. Valid characters are: alphanumeric, space, dollar, period, hyphen, and underscore.
This information is returned as part of the LINCS MIB.

TN3270E

Enable this option if TN3270E clients are to be used. You must enable this to support
1783 and 1883 NCT clients as consoles using TN3270E. It is recommended that this
option is enabled unless you are using only standard TN3270 clients that do not support
the connection to a TN3270 Server that supports TN3270E negotiation.

ATTN and SYSREQ

These options apply to TN3270 clients only (not TN3270E). Configuring these options
require that the corresponding options on the TN3270 clients be configured to use the
same TELNET commands.

3270 T ranslate

This option may be used to allow the 2XL to provide local to remote datastream
translation for TN3270 (not TN3270E) clients incapable of supporting local channel
3270 orders.

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Keep Alive Method

Enabling one of the Keep Alive methods allows the 2XL to detect when a c lient disconnects.
This is recommended for most TN3270 envir onments, especially if an y sessions ar e to
use pooled (non-specific) resources.

Keep Alive Timer

The Keep Alive Timer determines how often Keep Alive messages will be sent to
the client, and ho w soon the 2XL will recognize that a client is no longer communicating.
The default value of 5 minutes works well for most scenarios. It is strongly recommended
that a Keep Alive method be used.

Disconnect on UNBIND

This option is not used by the SCON-2XL product line.

TELNET Disconnect on UNBIND

This option is not used by the SCON-2XL product line.

SMS Server

Changing this option from NONE enables the SMS feature and assigns the selected
interface to be the SMS server. (The SMS feature provides a means to load balance

across multiple network interfaces and multiple SCON platforms.)

SMS Poll Rate

This value determines how often the SMS server is to poll the SMS clients for a
status update.

SMS Domain Name

This field must contain the default domain name that is to be used by the SMS feature,
if the SMS feature has been enabled.

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3270 Host Circuit Panel

3270 Host Circuit 00 LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Line: ESX1

Host Identifier: LPAR0___________

CU: 00

Reminder: Press PF4 for an additional 3270 Host Circuit
PF: 1-Menu 3-Def_Dflt 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

The Host Circuit panel is used to define a Control Unit definition for the 2XL. Host
Circuit panels must be defined, for each Control Unit definition on the host. Later in the
configuration, device sessions will be assigned to this Host Circuit. A description of the
fields found on the Host Circuit panel can be found below.

Line

Toggle this field to indicate the ESC/ESX card, through which your host circuit will
attach. If you are using more than one ESC/ESX card in the 2XL, you must toggle to
indicate which card (for example: ESC1 or ESC2).

Host Identifier

This is an optional 16 byte field which can be used to identify the host circuit to the
users. If defined, it may be used to identify which host or LP AR the user is communicating
with, by placing this information in the status line of the user's display . You must enable
the display of this information in the Display Device Profile. This name will also appear
on Configuration panels (and any other LINCS Central Control panels) which display
host circuits. If no Host Identifier is defined, the host circuit characters, 00-7F (A-Z, 1­6 for older versions of LINCS code) will appear on the panels which display host circuits.
Valid characters for the Host Identifier are alphanumeric, . (period), - (dash), and _
(underscore). The host identifier field will appear in the status line of Coax, Telnet, or
ASCII displays, but not TN3270 clients.

CU Index

The CU Index parameter identifies which (ESCON) Control Unit image this Host Circuit
is to be associated with. The CU Index must have been previously defined on the Line
Options panel for the ESC/ESX card.

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3270 Host Classes Panel

3270 Host Classes LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Hex LU Ranges

Class Host Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Lo Hi Class Name

----- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---------­01 LPAR0 00 04 __ __ __ __ __ __ LPAR0_SESSIONS
02 LPAR1 00 04 __ __ __ __ __ __ LPAR1_SESSIONS__
03 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
04 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
05 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
06 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
07 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
08 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
09 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
10 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
11 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
12 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
13 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
14 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
15 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________
16 None __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________________

PF: 1-Menu 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

The 3270 Host Classes panel is optional. It would normally be configured only if you
wanted to pool the sessions to a particular LPAR so that several terminals would have
access to a limited number of sessions. (For example, you could configure the SCON­2XL with 32 coax ports, and up to 16 different LPARs with each terminal capable of
connecting to whichever LPAR was desired by going through a connect panel. A
description of the fields found on this panel follows.

Class

This is a protected field which assigns the class number. This number may be used on
the Device Profile and Device Profile Assignments panels in order to allow pre­connection assignments to the specific 3270 Host Classes.

Host

This is a toggle field indicating which 3270 host circuit is assigned to the class. T o disable
a class, toggle to NONE. A Host Character (00-F7 or A-Z, 1-6) will be shown if you hav e
not specified a Host Identifier on the Host Circuit panel for that host. Otherwise, the Host
Identifiers will be shown.

LU Ranges

You may specify either a single LU, by entering an address in only the LO column, or
a range. Obtain the LU values from your systems programmer . The range for Non-SN A
consoles is limited to 00-1F hex or 00-31 decimal. These ranges use relative addressing,

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rather than actual addressing. For example, if the range of addresses assigned to ESCON
CU 0 were from 14 to 27, the first address of CU 0 would still be referred to as address
00 on this panel. Likewise address 15 would be referred to as address 01 on this panel.
The entire range would be relativ e addresses 00-13, representing the CU defined address
range of 14-27. A setting on the General Options panel determines whether the values
are displayed in decimal or hexadecimal.

Class Name

This field allows you to assign a 16 character name to the class. This name may be used
to connect to the class on the 3270 Connect Screen, and will appear as a toggle option
for the Host Assignments at Power On field on the Device Profile/Host Assignments
panel. Note that Class Names are always saved as uppercase. Workstations and PCs
that will refer to the Class Name must match exactly.

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The SCON-25L and SCON-28L support up to 32 Telnet Host Sessions (expandable to
256 with a Telnet FAD). These sessions can be used by coax terminals and Telnet
clients to access a T elnet Host Serv er or TN3270 Serv er (such as another SCON-2XL).
Emulations provided include DEC VT52, VT100, VT2XX, DEC DG210, DG410, IBM
3101, Printer, and TN3270/TN3270E. T o configure this feature you must f irst configure
a number for ‘T elnet Host Connections’ on the Line Options/FET Configuration Panel.
Then you will be required to configure one or more ASCII session profiles and one or
more IP host classes. Finally you will need to authorize devices to have access to these
sessions and assign Telnet Host Sessions to the desired coax and Telnet clients.

ASCII Session Profiles

The ASCII Session Prof iles panels are used to configure options for T elnet Host sessions.
ASCII Session Profiles are assigned to Host Classes on the IP Host Classes panels and
on the TCP/IP LAN Print Server Classes panel. When a session connects to an IP the
Profile assigned to the class connected to will be used. Alternately, you can change the
ASCII Session profile on the Connection panel.

ASCII Session Profile 01

ASCII Session Profile 01 LINCS C8.2 Central Control Profile Name: ________

Answer Back Sequence: ________________________________
Disconnect Sequence: ________________________________

Terminal Emulation: DEC VT2xx Timer Disc: 0000
Translate Tables: Primary Bold: Normal
Character Set: NRC VT2xx Controls: 7 bit

Tab Motion: Direct Auto Wrap: Disable
Newline: Disable Cursor Keys: Normal
Keypad Mode: Numeric Numeric Keypad: Decimal
Cursor: Enable Margin Bell: Disable
Formfeed: Linefeed Column Change: Preserve

3101 Turnaround Char: CR 3101 CR Key: CR
3101 Scroll: Off

Break Time (msec): 300 Duplex: Full
PF: 1-Menu 3-Def_Dflt 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Most of the options on this panel are used for asynchronous emulations only. If you are
configuring for TN3270 you can leave these options defaulted.

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Profile Name

This is the name used as the host identifier for the ASCII session when using this profile .

Answer Back Sequence

T ype up to 30 c haracters that will be used as an answerback sequence for CTRL break.

The Answerback and Disconnect Rules follow:

• To generate contr ol characters within the string, enter a two-character sequence like
those shown in the table Answerback and Disconnect Chars.

• The caret (^) initiates a control character sequence and the character immediately following
the caret defines the control character.

• If the ^ (caret) character is followed by a character not in the table, then the character is
copied to the ASCII string.

• Caret ^^ (caret) generates a single ^ (caret) character.

• Characters entered after ^ (caret) must be uppercase.

• A single ^ (caret) at the end of the string is conv erted intact.

Example: To put a carriage return/newline sequence in an ASCII disconnect string, type
^M^J (Control-M, Control-J) after the data that is to be transmitted to the host.

Note: ^ (caret) may appear as ¬ (logical not) on some 3270 displays.

Answerback and Disconnect Chars

gnirtSxeHrahCgnirtSxeHrahC

A^1 HOSQ^111CD
B^2 XTSR^212CD
C^3 XTES^313CD
D^4 TOET^414CD
E^5 )1(QNEU^51KAN
F^6 KCAV^61NYS
G^7 LEBW^71BTE
H^8SBX^81NAC
I^9THY^91ME
J^ALNZ^A1BUS
K^BTV[^B1CSE
L^CPN\^C1SF
M^DRC]^D1SG
N^EOS~^E1SR
O^FIS?^F1SU
P^01ELD^^E5^

(1) Answerback only: if the Attached Processor Feature is enabled, this will generate
the device port number as a three digit ASCII character string.

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Disconnect Sequence

Enter this field and set up a character sequence, for example, LOGOFF(CR or ^M), that
is sent to the host before disconnecting an ASCII host session. You can enter up to 30
characters.

See Answerback Sequence for more information on the legal string characters.

Duplex

Options are: HALF and FULL

T ranslate T ables

Toggle to select Primary or Secondary.

This field lets you specify whether the language for this host is the Primary or Secondary
language. Primary and Secondary Languages are specified on the Language Options
panel.

Each time an end-user connects to an ASCII host using this profile, both the Translate
Tables and Keyboard Tables will be set according to the configured value. When a
secondary language has been configured, a user may press Exsel-L while in an ASCII
session to toggle both the Tr anslate Tables and Keyboard Tables to the other language.

Terminal Emulation

This field defines the type of ASCII terminal to be emula ted on a 3270 terminal, so the
3270 terminal can have a session with an ASCII host. This emulation is also used initially
if a TN3270 connection is being made to a server (NVT Mode). Choose one of the following:

• DEC VT52

• DEC VT1XX

• DEC VT2XX 7 bit

• DEC VT2XX 8 bit

• DG210

• DG410

• IBM 3101

• Printer

Timer Disc

This field specifies the number of minutes that a host can be inactiv e before the session
times out and automatically disconnects. Enter the number of minutes to wait before
inactivating a session, from 0 to 1440.

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Bold

Because a CUT mode terminal cannot support the bold attribute the same way an ASCII
terminal does, this field lets you select an EAB attribute that can be used in place of
bold. Toggle among the choices to select one of the following options:

• Normal (normal video default)

• Reverse video

• Underline

• Blinking

• White

• Red

• Blue

• Yellow

• Turquoise

• Pink

Character Set

To enable the use of multiple languages, LINCS supports Multinational Character Set
(MCS) inbound data (keys) and outbound data (displayable characters) and the National
Replacement Character Set (NRC) inbound and outbound data. Each device can use
one character set at a time.

• MCS - An ASCII character set that includes all 8-bit characters 00-FF he x. The MCS can
support all foreign languages without modification.

• NRC - The NRC is an ASCII character set that includes only 7-bit characters 00-7F hex.
To support foreign languages, the NRC is modified by replacing certain displayable
characters with those required by the foreign language.

The NRC tables are automatically modified for the language configured. The ASCII
Definition Utility (ADU), gives instructions for making custom modifications to the
NRC or MCS tables.

For a list of supported languages, see the table Languages Supported.

VT2xx Controls

Options are: 7 BIT or 8 BIT control characters. This field is ignored if terminal emulation
is not DEC VT2xx.

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Tab Motion

Options are DIRECT or SPACE FILLED tabs. SPACE FILLED causes tab characters
to be executed as though they consisted of the appropriate number of space characters.

Auto Wrap

Options are:

• ENABLE causes the cursor to mov e to the first position of the next line when a character

is entered in the last position of a line.

• DISABLE allows a character to be entered on the last position of a line, at which point

the cursor will stop. The user must then manually move the cursor to the next line, in
order to continue entering characters.

Newline

Options are:

• DISABLE allows carriage return and line feed characters be processed independently.

• ENABLE causes a carriage return or a line feed to be interpreted as a carriage return

followed by a line feed.

Cursor Keys

Options are:

• NORMAL causes the cursor keys to generate standard ANSI control codes that correspond

to Cursor Up, Cursor Down, Cursor Left and Cursor Right.

• APPLICATION causes the cursor keys to generate escape sequences defined by

the application mode. See ASCII Keyboard Codes for more information about
escape sequences.

Keypad Mode

Options are:

• NUMERIC is the default, where the numeric keypad keys generate ASCII characters

that match the numeric characters, comma, period and minus sign keys. Control functions
are generated by the PF1 through PF4 keys.

• APPLICATION causes the keypad to generate the escape sequences defined by the

application mode. See “VT1xx/VT2xx ANSI Mode Control Sequences”.

Note that the application that you are connected to may define which mode the keys
will be in.

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Numeric Keypad

Options are DECIMAL and HEX. The option chosen here is ignored if Keypad Mode is
chosen as APPLICATION.

• DECIMAL causes the keypad to operate like a numeric keypad.

• HEX causes the keypad to generate hexadecimal codes for the following ke ys:

draobyekyek221dna20193dna,33,92-62

Cursor

T oggle to ENABLE or DISABLE the cursor . Default is EN ABLE, so you can see where
the cursor is on the screen.

Margin Bell

Toggle to ENABLE or DISABLE the right margin bell.

Formfeed

draobyekyek8831dna21,4-1

Options are:

• LINEFEED causes a single linefeed to be processed when a formfeed is received.

• HOME AND CLEAR causes the screen to blank and the cursor to move to the Home

position when a linefeed is received.

Column Change

Options are:

• PRESERVE the screen information or

• CLEAR and HOME Clear the screen and put the cursor on home

...when changing screen size from 80 to 132 columns or back.

3101 T urnaround Character

This field determines the character that is sent following Escape sequences to notify the
host to change the direction of the datastream. You can select this parameter now for
future 3101 Emulation sessions, even if you are not currently configuring the port for
3101 emulation.

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3101 CR Key

Options are:

• CR transmits CR when the Newline key is pressed.

• CRLF transmits a Carriage Return and Line Feed when the Newline key is pressed.

3101 Scroll

Turn screen scrolling ON or OFF.

Break Time

LINCS sends a spacing character at the interval specified here. The value ranges from
50 to 500 milliseconds in increments of 50, and the default is 300 msec.

For coax keyboards use the keyboard to send a spacing character:

• 88 key - Hold down the ALT key and press the Up Ar row Key

• 102, 104 and 102 key - Press PF5

Second ASCII Session Profile Screen

ASCII Session Profile 00 LINCS C8.2 Central Control

TELNET OPTIONS

Interrupt Process: 00 Abort Output: 00
Break Character: 00 Are You There: 00
Erase Character: 00 Erase Line: 00

Echo: Disable Binary: Disable
Timing Mark: Disable Status: Disable
Terminal Type: Disable End of Record: Disable
TCP Port: 00000 TCP Port Action: None

TN3270 Session: Disable TN3270E Support: Disable
ATTN Key: None
SYSREQ Key: None

PF: 1-Menu 3-Def_Dflt 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

If you intend to configure TN3270 sessions, just enable the TN3270 session option and
LINCS will indicate which other options are needed on this panel, if you press <PF8>.
Likewise if you need the TN3270E options.

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Interrupt Process

This field lets you define the ASCII character that will generate the Interrupt Process
character for TELNET.

The valid range is 00 to 31 decimal. 00 is the default and disables the option.

Abort Output

Defines the ASCII character that will generate the Abort Output Character for TELNET .

The valid range is 00 to 31 decimal. 00 is the default and disables the option.

Break Character

Defines the ASCII character that generates the Break Character for TELNET.

The valid range is 00 to 31 decimal. 00 is the default, and disables the option.

Are Y ou There

Defines the ASCII character that will generate the Are You There character for TELNET .

The valid range is 00 to 31 decimal. 00 is the default and disables the option.

Erase Character

Defines the ASCII character that will generate the Erase Character for TELNET.

The valid range is 00 to 31 decimal. 00 is the default and disables the option.

Erase Line

Defines the ASCII character that will generate the Erase Line Character for TELNET.

The valid range is 00 to 31. 00 is the default and disables the option.

Echo

Enabling this option will cause all characters sent to the host to be echoed to the screen.
See RFC 857 for more detail.

Binary

Enabling this option allows binary communication upon receipt of standard codes. See
RFC 856 for more detail. This is required for TN3270/TN3270E.

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Timing Mark

Enabling this option provides a mechanism for ensuring that transmitted data has been
properly processed. See RFC 860 for more detail.

Status

Enabling this option allows the user to verify the current Telnet options. See RFC 859
for more detail.

T erminal Type

Enabling this option allows the T elnet serv er to determine the type of terminal connected
to it. See RFC 930 for more detail. This must be enabled for TN3270/TN3270E.

End of Record

Enabling this option causes the session to use the End-of-record character sequence as
detailed in RFC 885. This must be enabled for TN3270/TN3270E.

TCP Port

This identifies the TCP Port that is used to connect to an IP host, by a device using this prof ile.

The valid range is 00000 through 65535. 00000 is the default, which means the TCP
Port is not considered for IP host connections.

TCP Port Action

This field identifies how the TCP Port value is used. Options are:

• None (default) - the TCP Port will be used as defined in the TCP Port f ield.

• Incremental - the TCP Port field will be a base v alue, to which is added the port number

of the device that is connecting. The easiest way to see which TCP Port value will be
used by each port, is to go to the Device Profile Assignments panel, and look at the
devices using this ASCII Session pr ofile. The first such device uses the TCP Port, the
next uses TCP Port plus one, and so on.

TN3270 Session

TN3270 Session toggles between Enable and Disable (default).

Enable indicates that the session will attempt to negotiate the T elnet options for a TN3270
session. If Enable is chosen the Binary , Terminal T ype, and End of Record toggle fields
must also be enabled. If not, LINCS will issue an error message, and you will not be
able to leave this panel until these options are selected, or the TN3270 Session field is
returned to Disable.

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TN3270E Support

When enabled, this option forces the ATTN and SYSREQ key options to be selected
compatible with the TN3270E protocol.

ATTN Key

Options are:

• Telnet Break command (default and TN3270 Current Practices RFC recommendation)

• Telnet Interrupt Process command (TN3270E requirement)

• None

The selected option must be coordinated with the TN3270 Server’s expectations.

SYSREQ Key

Options are:

• Telnet Interrupt Process command (default and TN3270 Current Practices RFC
recommendation)

• Telnet Abort Output command (TN3270E requirement)

• None

The selected option must be coordinated with the TN3270 Server’s expectations.

IP Host Classes LINCS C8.2 Central Control

ASCII Ses

Class Line IP Address or Name Profile Class Name

----- ---- ------------------- ----------- ---------------­ 01 FET1 192.155.21.200 01 sulu-telnet

02 FET1 winner.lincs.visara.com______ 02 sweepstakes_____
03 None __________________________ __ ________________
04 None __________________________ __ ________________

. . . .

15 None __________________________ __ ________________
16 None __________________________ __ ________________

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

The IP Host Classes panel will be displayed if TELNET Host Connections are enabled
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Class

This field shows class numbers. A class is a unique group of one or more IP hosts and
the devices that have access to these hosts. There can be up to 16 classes; the numbers
are 1 through 16 and are predefined.

Line to IP Host

Enter the line which will be used to connect to the IP Host(s) in this IP Host Class.

IP Address or Name

Enter a four-octet decimal number for the IP address of the remote IP Host or enter the
Domain Name of the remote IP host. The IP address should be a uniquely assigned
value given to the remote device by the network administrator. It needs to follow the
guidelines of any IP address assignment, four octets separated by dots. If a Domain
Name is used, you should have previously conf igured an address for the DNS Server in
order for LINCS to get the Domain Name resolved.

ASCII Session Profile

This is the number of the ASCII Session Prof ile created in the previous panel/step. The
range is from 0 to 15.

Class Name

This field, which lets you specify a name for the class, must be filled in if any IP hosts
are defined. The name could indicate the IP host to which the ports in that class are
connected or could identify the host application that is accessible via the host ports.
Since there can be up to 16 classes, each class name must be unique. Class names
cannot exceed 16 alphanumeric characters (including hyphen, period and underscore),
and are required.

After configuration, this class name is used on the IP Host Connection panel.

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Definition Panel

The TN3270 Client Definition panel is used to map LINCS 3270 host resources to
TN3270 clients. Through configuration of this panel, it is possible to assign specific
LUs to a client, or give LUs from a pool (3270 Host Class). It is also possible to determine
whether a password is required by a client to gain access.

Not all TN3270 emulators are capable of handling the command chaining used by
console devices. Most should work however as VTAM devices.

Specific LUs can be assigned using four different methods:

1. You can have a separate entry on this panel for each client, using the client’s IP
address to determine which resource is assigned to them. (This of course will not
work in DHCP environments.)

2. You can use a different TCP port for each client, so that depending on which port is
used to connect to the 2XL, only a specific LU is given out.

3. The client can request the 2XL resource at connection time using the format “00,06”
to request session “06” on host circuit “00” (or “a,02” to request session “02” on
host “a” on older code versions) from the 2XL. This method can be prohibited by
enabling one of the RPQ options.

4. A nickname file can be set up to associate a requested resource name to a specific
2XL resource.

TN3287 clients typically request their own LU at connection time as an extension of
the Device Type field. As an example, the client would request the following device
type

IBM-3287-1@01,16 where the device type is IBM-3287-1 and the extension
@01,16 indicates that host circuit 01, LU 16 (hex) is desired. When requesting specif ic
LUs in this fashion, no specific entry in the TN3270 Client Def inition Panel is required.
The LU requested, however should be def ined as part of a 3270 Host Class, set aside for
specific LUs that will be requested by TN3270 clients.

If a client requests a specific LU at connection time, the request takes precedence over
what is configured, unless one of the RPQ options is enabled to limit connections to
those configured, or to ignore all LU requests.

Requests that include inv alid information such as a host or class that does not exist will
result in a failed connection attempt.

When attempting to match a resource to a client connection request, the 2XL will
search the configured options based on the order in which they are defined on this
panel. Therefore, if the first entry for a user connecting on port 23 happens to be to
get a session from a pool, then it does not matter that a specific LU assignment was
defined further down the panel, they would get the pooled session instead. For this

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reason, it is good practice to define specific LU assignments earlier in the table than
pooled resource assignments.

Likewise, when using a nickname file to assign resources the nickname f ile is searched
from the beginning until the first match is found.

The TN3270 Client Definition Panel is displayed if TN3270 Client Connections are
configured on the TCP/IP Options panel for one or more network interfaces.

Note that you can have more TN3270 Client Definitions than the number of TN3270
Sessions specified on the TCP/IP Line Options panel for a specific network interface.
The number configured for a specific line howe ver, will limit the number of concurrent
connections.

TN3270 Client Definition Panel

TN3270 Client Definition Panel 000 LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

FET1 00983 207 015 182 113 VisaraNCT PW OS390_prod4 06
FET1 01067 207 015 182 117 VisaraNCT ID VMESA_prod3 06
FET1 01187 207 015 182 119 Client PW OS390_prod4 07
FET1 00224 ___ ___ ___ ___ VisaraNCT 3270 Class: TN3270E_CLIENTS __
FET1 00225 207 016 182 000 Subnet 3270 Class: TN3270E_TEST __
FET1 00227 207 015 182 121 VisaraNCT PW Disable __
FET1 01191 ___ ___ ___ ___ Client ID 3270 Class: ZOS_PROGRAMMERS __
FET1 02120 ___ ___ ___ ___ Client+CC PW OS390_prod4 03
FET1 02121 ___ ___ ___ ___ Client+CC ID OS390_prod4 04
FET1 02122 207 015 182 137 Client+CC VMESA_prod3 02
FET1 _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ Client Disable __
FET1 _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ Client Disable __
FET1 _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ Client Disable __
FET1 _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ Client Disable __
FET1 _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ Client Disable __
FET1 _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ Client Disable __

PF: 1-Menu 3-Auto 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

A summary of the options for the above panel can be found below. Afterwards there is
a discussion of the specific example shown.

Line

This field toggles through all Ethernet boards that have TCP/IP enabled and TN3270
Clients defined.

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Port

This is a five digit decimal number that defines the TCP Port that the server will listen
on for a TN3270 connection. This number
display in the Network Device Definition panel, LPD print server, or TCP print server.

IP Address

The IP address field is optional. If an address is entered, a TN3270 client connecting on
that TCP Port
such as in a 3270 Host Class, and a user requests a session from that class, the LU will
be given out to the requester.

must reside at that IP address. If another entry contains the same resource,

Type

This field determines how the IP address is to be interpreted, whether passwords are
required, and what type of client is allowed to connect. The options are

• Client: A TN3270, TN3270E, or TN3287 client may attempt to connect. If an

address has been configured, only a client using that address will be allowed the
connection. LINCS handles any command chaining data streams for the client.

must not be the same as one used for a T elnet

• Client PW: This is handled the same as a client request, except that the client will

be challenged for a password. Do not use this definition for a TN3287 client.

• VisaraNCT: This definition is only to be used with Visara 1783 and 1683 clients

running IL47 microcode or higher, or V isara 1883 clients. The TN3270 client function
of a downstream LINCS platform also uses this definition. No other device will
successfully negotiate the special command chaining option that this definition
implies.

• VisaraNCT PW: This is handled the same as a console request, except that the

client will be challenged for a password.

• Subnet: When set for “Subnet” the address configured for this entry will be treated

as a subnet address, and only users connecting from that subnet will be permitted a
connection. If no address is configured, the entry will be ignored.

• Client ID: This entry requires the user to provide a User ID and Password to make

the connection. The User ID and Passwords are defined in the ‘nickname.sys’ file
described later. LINCS provides all Command Chaining sequence handling for the
client, when the session is a console session.

• Client+CC: This configuration requires the client to provide its own Command

Chaining datastream handling.

• Client+CC PW: Configuring this option requires the client to provide its own

Command Chaining datastream handling, and challenges the client for the configured
Telnet password (as configured in the LINCS configuration).

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• Client+CC ID: When this entry is used, the client must provide its o wn Command

Chaining datastream handling, and the user must provide a valid User ID and
password, as described in the following section on the ‘nickname.sys’ file.

• VisaraNCT ID: This definition is restricted to TN3270 clients running on Visara

NCTs and other LINCS platforms. In this instance, the user must provide a valid
User ID and password when establishing their connection.

3270 Host

This optional field toggles to DISABLE and through all 3270 Hosts and 3270 Host
Classes. If this field is set to DISABLE and a TCP port number has been defined for
this entry , the user will be prompted at connect time for a host or host class using Telnet
NVT ASCII da ta. A menu of all a vailable configured host c lass resources will be painted
on the client’s screen.

LU

The 3270 LU field is required if the 3270 Host field contains a 3270 Host entry. If the
3270 Host field is DISABLE, then this field is ignored.

Example Entries (from previous panel)

Entry 1

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 00983 207 015 182 113 VisaraNCT PW OS390_prod4 06

This entry provides a session (address 06 for host “OS390_prod4” to a 1683/1783/1883
device or LINCS platform (SCON-25L or 1174) with an address of 207.15.182.113
only. The client must connect to the 2XL on incoming port 983. The client will be
challenged for the password.

Entry 2

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 01067 207 015 182 117 VisaraNCT PW VMESA_prod3 06

This entry provides a session (address 06 for host “VMESA_prod3” to a 1683/1783/
1883 or LINCS device with an address of 207.15.182.117 only . The client must connect
to the 2XL on incoming port 1067. The client will be challenged for the password.

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Entry 3

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 01187 207 015 182 119 Client PW OS390_prod4 07

This entry provides address 07 on host circuit “OS390_prod4” to an incoming client
that has IP address 207.15.182.119. The client is a PC, and the session is either a VTAM
session or the client will be required to handle the command chaining operations. The
client will be challenged for a password when connecting.

Entry 4

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 00224 ___ ___ ___ ___ VisaraNCT PW 3270 Class: TN3270E_CLIENTS __

The fourth entry is for a 1783/1683/1883 or LINCS type of device connecting in on
port 224. Since no IP address is specified, any user connecting to port 224 will be
accepted. The user will be given a session out of the 3270 Host Class
“TN3270E_CLIENTS”.

Entry 5

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 00225 207 016 182 000 Subnet 3270 Class: TN3270E_TEST __

The fifth entry allows any user located on subnet 207.16.182.0, and connecting in on
port 225 to get a session out of the 3270 Host Class “TN3270E_TEST”. There will be
no challenge for a password, and the clients will be required to handle command chaining
if GEN’ed to be a console. This type of entry might be used for VTAM users.

Entry 6

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 00227 207 015 182 121 VisaraNCT PW Disable __

This entry allows a 1783/1683/1883 or LINCS user, connecting to port 227 to get a
menu of selections. The user must be connecting from the IP address 207.15.182.121
and will be challenged for a password when they connect.

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Entry 7

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 01191 ___ ___ ___ ___ Client ID 3270 Class: ZOS_PROGRAMMERS __

This entry requires the user connecting in on port 1191 to enter a valid User ID and
password. If a valid User ID and password is gi v en, then a session from the 3270 Host
Class called ‘ZOS_PROGRAMMERS’ will be given. Multiple users can connect through
this same definition, each using the same or different User ID and passwords, as long as
they are valid.

Entry 8

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 02120 ___ ___ ___ ___ Client+CC PW OS390_prod4 03

This entry supports only TN3270 clients that provide their own handling of Command
Chaining sequences, if this entry is to connect the user to a console session. The user
will be challenged for the configured LINCS Telnet password when they connect to
port 2120.

Entry 9

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 02121 ___ ___ ___ ___ Client+CC ID OS390_prod4 04

This entry also supports only TN3270 clients that provide their own handling of
Command Chaining sequences for console sessions. In this case the user must provide
a valid User ID and password and connect to port 2121.

Entry 10

Line Port IP Address Type 3270 Host LU

---- ---- ---------- ---- --------- -­FET1 02122 ___ ___ ___ ___ Client+CC VMESA_prod3 02

Similar to the previous two entries, only TN3270 clients that provide their own handling
of Command Chaining sequences for console sessions should attempt to use this entry .
In this case the user must connect to port 2122, and must be using the configured IP
address of 207.15.182.137.

The Nickname File

Optionally, a nic kname file may be used to assign sessions to users and to help pro vide
password security. Differently formatted entries may be used to provide resource
assignment, User ID/password security, and resource security.

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The nickname file (nickname.sys) is an ASCII text file, and can be created on a PC
using any text editor . The V isara eManager product also may be used to create, manage,
and distribute the nickname.sys file. The name of the file must be nickname.sys, and no
other file name will be recognized by LINCS. The file must be present in the system
directory on the LINCS hard drive, or on a floppy present in the floppy drive at boot
time. The file is read only at boot time, or when the utility /3/5 is run. Note that you can
only run the /3/5 utility if the file already exists, and the new file should not e xceed the
original file size (read at boot time) by more than 20%.

File entries may be of the following types:

Name=resource

Where the name can be any alphanumeric name, 12 characters or less, and the resource
is a LINCS SCON-2XL resource. LINCS resources that are valid include the name of a
3270 Host Class, or a host designator followed by a comma and the two hex character
address of the desired session. Here is an example:

Console003=05,03

In this example, the resource name ‘console003’ would be configured in the TN3270E
client (LU Name field), and would be requested by the client emulator at connection
time. The resource that the 2XL will give to the client is session 03 from Host Circuit

05.

Name=resource password

This entry is exactly the same as the previous entry except that a password is added to
the end of the entry , separated from the rest of the entry with a space. In this instance, to
receive the requested resource, the user must enter the correct password. A corresponding
example is shown below:

Console003=05,03 pituitary

The password can be a combination of alphanumeric characters.

UserID-password

This type of entry is used to validate a user at connect time. It is used with all client
types defined on the TN3270 Client Definition panel that hav e the letters ‘ID’ included
(‘Client ID’, ‘VisaraNCT ID’, ‘Client+CC ID’). These client types will prompt the user
for a User ID, and if a valid User ID is given as found in the nickname .sys list, then the
corresponding password must be given to establish the connection. An example entry
might appear like this:

Virgil-Bonita671

Notes:

1. No white space is permitted between the name, the equal sign, and the resource, nor
within the resource notation itself, except to permit the inclusion of a password.

2. Even though a Host ID may have been assigned to the Host Circuit, the only notation
that may be used in this definition can be the character representing the Host Circuit
(00-7F or A-Z, 1-6 for older code versions).

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3. The address portion of the notation is a two digit hex value, and is offset from 00,
regardless of what the actual addresses are, being used on the channel. (For example
if the address range of A0-A7 is being defined on the host, the 2XL will refer to the
range as 00-07 when assigning resources.)

4. The resource listed can be the name of a 3270 Host Class.

5. Entries are separated by a CR/NL in the file. A blank line will be interpreted as the
end of the file.

6. At least one valid port must be defined for use on the TN3270 client definition
panel. LINCS will only listen on TCP ports defined on the TN3270 Client Definition
panel for connecting TN3270 clients.

7. The nickname file is not associated with any particular network adapter. This can
simplify the configuration when using the SMS feature to balance user connections
across multiple network interfaces.

8. By including the line ‘sensitive=yes’ as the first line of the nickname file, the
remaining entries are treated as case sensitive.

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The SCON-25L and SCON-28L can be configured to allow its coax attached printers to
be available to the network for printing text-based pr int jobs. For example, the 25L/28L
can receive LPR/LPD prints from a Unix host. Setting up print queues can be quite
simple.

Prior to configuring this panel, you should have enabled IP protocol on the appropriate
FET card and configured the IP interface. You also should have assigned ‘Drive C’ as
the ‘LPD Server/Printers Driv e’ on the TCP/IP options panel if you are planning to use
the LPD protocol.

After configuring this panel, you will need to assign the print queues to the printers that
are to service the queues, on the Device Profile Assignments panel. Use the appropriate
Print Queue Designator (‘S’ and the class number is used for the Original Key
assignments, and ‘%’ and the class number is used for the Modified Key assignments).
Refer to the chapter on Device Options later in this book.

TCP/IP LAN Print Server Classes

Server Queues

TCP/IP LAN Printer Server Classes LINCS C8.2 Central Control

TCP Max Implied Form

Class Type Line Queue Name Port Conn CR Feed Pro

----- ---- ---- ------------------- ----- ---- ------- ----- --­01 TCP FET1 FASTPRINT__________ 06000 0 Disable After 00

02 LPD FET1 QueuedPrint________ 00000 4 Disable After 00
03 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
04 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
05 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
06 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
07 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
08 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
09 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
10 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
11 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
12 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
13 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
14 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
15 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00
16 None None ___________________ 00000 0 Disable After 00

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

A description of the fields found on this panel follows.

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Class

The Class number is an index number used on the Device Profile Assignments panel to
distinguish which print queue is being assigned to a printer.

Type

TCP Socket printing and LPD printing are both supported by the SCON-2XL. There
are advantages to both types of printing, and you must coordinate the type of printing
with the client platforms that will be sending the print jobs. TCP printing can be
accomplished faster (data is not queued before printing), and is better suited as a dedicated
printer (one source for the print jobs), since only one source can send a job at a time.
LPD printing requires that the print job be received in total before printing commences,
but multiple jobs can be received and queued for the printer.

Line

This refers to the network adapter that will be listening for the print jobs. You can
toggle through the available network adapters installed in the SCON-2XL, to select the
correct one.

Queue Name

The queue name is used by LPD to route the job to appropriate print queue within the
SCON platform. The print queue name is case sensitiv e, so be careful to coordinate the
configuration of this name with the client configurations. A queue name is not used by
the TCP Socket printing method, but LINCS requires that you create a name for benefit
of feature management.

TCP Port

This option need only be configured for TCP print servers, and must be coordinated
with the clients that will be sending jobs to this server. This is the TCP port that LINCS
will be listening on to receive the print job. Only one client can connect to this port at
one time. You can configure multiple queues each with a different port if desired. Ports
used by LPD are predefined by the protocol, and do not need to be configured on the
client or the server . Do not use ports assigned to other features such as T elnet or TN3270.

Maximum Connections

The number of connections only applies to the LPD print queues (not TCP), and is
used to determine how many concurrent users can establish a connection at one time
for the purpose of transferring a print job. The FET card has a finite number of
connections that are allowed at one time for use by Telnet Host connections and Print
Server connections, so you need to coordinate the use of these connections. If a user
attempts to connect when all of the allocated sessions are in use, the connection
request will be refused, and most clients will attempt to retry the connection later.
The number of retries is often configurable at the client. Once the job is received it is
spooled to the hard drive, to await its turn to be printed, and the connection is freed up
for another user to connect to.

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Implied CR

The setting of this parameter is used to determine whether LINCS is to add a CR into
the data stream before passing it to the printer.

Form Feed

This option allows you to indicate whether a Form Feed should be sent by LINCS after
the print job or not. The options are ‘After’ and ‘None’.

Profile

This value refers to an ASCII Session Prof ile (refer to the discussion in the Telnet Host
Sessions chapter, elsewhere in this document) that must be assigned to this definition.
The only use of the profile is to determine whether to use 7-bit ASCII or 8-bit ASCII
code tables when receiving the data. This needs to be coordinated with the clients that
are sending the print jobs.

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Definitions

The Network Device Definitions panel is used to def ine T elnet clients and LAN printers
to the LINCS operating system used by the SCON-2XL. The appearance of the panel
varies greatly depending on what type of device you are defining. Toggling the Device
Type field will cause the appropriate options to appear for the device type selected.

The number of network devices that are supported by the SCON depends on the
model and whether the T elnet FAD is installed. The SCON-20L supports a maximum
of 16 network devices. The SCON-22L supports a maximum of 32 network devices.
The SCON-25L and SCON-28L both support up to 32 network devices without a
T elnet FAD, and up to 256 network devices (maximum of 128 per FET card) with the
FAD installed

Network Device Definition Panel - Ethernet, Telnet Display

Network Device Definition 002 LINCS C8.2 Central Control
LAN Line: FET1 Device Type: TELNET Display

0123456

123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
Ports: 01000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
In Use: 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

789101112

4567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567
Ports: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
In Use: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

TCP Port: 06191

IP Address or Name: 201.56.91.11________________

PF: 1-Menu 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

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Network Device Definition Panel - Ethernet TCP (LAN) Printer

Network Device Definition 001 LINCS C8.2 Central Control
LAN Line: FET1 Device Type: TCP Printer

0123456

123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
Ports: 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
In Use: 01000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

789101112

4567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567
Ports: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
In Use: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

IP Address or Name: PRINT16.VISARA.COM
TCP Port: 09100
IPDS Support: Disable

PF: 1-Menu 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Network Device Definition Panel - Ethernet LPD (LAN) Printer

Network Device Definition 003 LINCS C8.2 Central Control
LAN Line: FET1 Device Type: LPD

0123456

123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
Ports: 00100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
In Use: 11000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

789101112

4567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567
Ports: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
In Use: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

IP Address or Name: __________________________
Queue Name: .
Limit Source TCP Port: Disable
Print Banner: Disable
Retry Count: 000
Retry Interval (sec): 000
Feature Memory (K): 0
Print Failure Action: Delete Print Job

PF: 1-Menu 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

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Options common to Network Device Definition Panels

LAN Line

Toggle to the desired FET line.

Device T ype

Toggle to the desired device type. Valid devices are TELNET Displays, TCP Printers,
and LPD Printers.

Ports

Each column position corresponds to a Network Device port for the indicated line. To
enable a particular port for this Network Device definition, put a 1 in the column for
that port.

For example, a 1 in the fir st column (00) corresponds to FET1.000. The port numbers
assigned on these NDD panels will appear later in the configuration on the Device
Profile Assignments panel.

You can assign multiple ports to a single NDD, but this is only practical for Telnet
definitions where specific LUs are not required (Lea ve ‘IP address or name’ field blank).

In Use

Each column position corresponds to a Network Device port for the indicated line.
These fields are for reference and are protected. They sho w you which ports on this line
are already assigned to another Network Device Definition.

Note: You can define the same port to multiple Network Device Definitions only if

the Device Type is the same.

Options unique to Telnet Displays

TCP Port

This field defines the TCP Port which Telnet displays will use to connect to port(s)
specified by this NDD (Network Device Definition). If multiple ports are enabled in an
NDD, a Telnet display attempting connection will be assigned the first available LAN
port in the NDD that has a TCP Port matching the requested TCP Port. If multiple NDD
panels use the same TCP Port number for Telnet displays, the first available LAN port
for the first available NDD panel will be assigned.

IP Address or Name

This field is optional. Use it if you wish to reserve a LAN port for a particular Telnet
Display . This IP Address is the IP Address of that Telnet display. Optionally a Domain
Name can be configured in this field.

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Options unique to TCP Printers

IP Address or Name

This is the IP address or the Domain Name of the system where the TCP Print Server
resides to which LINCS will be directing print jobs. When using a Domain Name,
make sure that you have configured an IP address for the Domain Name Server, on
the Line Options - TCP/IP Options panel.

TCP Port

This is the TCP Port that the TCP Print Server will listen to for print requests destined
for this TCP Printer.

IPDS Support

When enabled, this parameter will cause LINCS to pass IPDS (mainframe graphics) to
the LAN printer. The printer must be capable of supporting IPDS natively, such as the
Genicom 5038 printer. (LINCS does not perform protocol conversion to other printer
protocols such as Postscript or PCL5.)

Options unique to LPD Printers

IP Address or Name

This field contains the IP address of the host computer where the LPD print server
resides, to which LINCS will be directing prints to. Optionally, you may code in a
Domain Name instead of an IP address. When using a Domain Name, make sure that
you have configured an IP address for the Domain Name Server, on the Line Options ­TCP/IP Options panel.

Queue Name

This queue is where print files will be queued that are destined for the LPD printer . The
queue can reside on a host or a LINCS LPD print server . The queue name can be up to
16 alphanumeric characters, and could be case sensitive at the printer. Some stand­alone LAN printers do not make use of a queue name, but you must still configure one
to satisfy LINCS. If the LAN printer does not require a queue name, any configured
queue name can be used.

Limit Source TCP Port

The Limit Source TCP Port field limits the range of source TCP ports that may be used
for LPD print jobs.

ENABLE limits the range of available TCP ports to 721 through 731, as required by
some LPD servers. If there are eleven active LPR sessions using all the TCP ports
between 721 and 731, then any new print requests on a LPD device will be refused.

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If this field is set to DISABLE, then the source TCP port can be any unused TCP port
selected by the LINCS operating system.

Print Banner

• ENABLE causes LPR to insert the print banner command in the control file of each

print job. (The banner information is defined on the TCP options configuration panel.)

• DISABLE causes LPR to omit the print banner .

Retry Count

This field determines the number of times LINCS will try to send a print job to
an LPD server.

If all retry attempts fail, then the print job will be deleted or put on hold (depending on
configuration), and event number 245_61 will be logged.

Retry Interval

This field specifies the number of seconds LINCS will wait before retrying to send a
print job to an LPD server.

Feature Memory

The Feature Memory (K) field defines the amount of Feature Memory to allocate for
each printer defined in this Network Device Definition. Memory is required to b uf fer a
print job before it is sent to the LPD server.

This field toggles between a "Disk" option and incrementing values of memory, up to
the amount of memory defined on the Product Description panel. Normally the value of
"Disk" is the desired value for this option. The LPD Server/Printers Dri ve f ield must be
configured on the TCP/IP Options panel in order for the "Disk" option to be available.
If memory options are selected, the value should be set to the approximate number of
ASCII characters in the largest print job expected to be processed by a printer in this
Network Device Definition.

The total amount of memory required for all LPD printers will be calculated and
displayed for informational purposes on the Feature Memory Allocation panel.

Print Failure Action

This field determines how a failure to send a print job to a LPD printer is to be handled.
Choices are to Delete Print Job (default selection) and to Hold Print Job. If the Hold
Print Job option is taken, it is possible to attempt the job again after the problem has
been corrected with a utility in Central Control Mode. You may also choose to delete
the print job from the same utility. If you select to Delete Print Job, the job will be
deleted and no further notification to the host or user initiating the print will be given.

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Device Options panels are used to define how the de vices supported by the SCON-2XL
are to be handled. There are several panels covering options common to all devices,
specific types of devices, and options that can be specified for specific ports or groups
of ports. The panels covered by this chapter include:

• Device Options/General • Device Profiles/Host Assignments

• Device Options/Keyboard • Device Profiles/Display

• Device Options/DFT • Device Profile/Printer

• Coax Multiplexing • Device Profile Assignments

• Dynamic Multiplexing Assignments • Printer Assignments

Device Options/General Panel

Device Options/General LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Time of Day: Disable

Null/Space Conversion: Off at Control Unit IML
Delayed Power On Notify: Enable

PASSWORD OPTIONS (must use PF4 to save changes)

ASCII/TELNET Password: 167thg9
Number of Days Password is valid: 002
Password Last Updated: 11 20 2000
Password Expires On: 11 22 2000

RECORD PLAYBACK OPTIONS

Length of Each Global Sequences (K): 00
Length of Device Sequences (K): 00

PF: 1-Menu 4-Update Password 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

A description of the options found on the Device Options/General panel is found below.

Time of Day

This feature displays the current time of day on the status line. The status line clock
displays hours and minutes in the following format: HH:MM, where HH is the hours
field, and MM is the minutes field. Y ou can select 24-hour format (1:00 PM is displayed
as 13:00), or 12-hour format (1:00 PM is displayed as 1:00).

Note: This information shares the same location in the status line as the file

transfer capability status if PCs are used. Because of this, the time of day
information will not display if file transfers capabilities are enabled in
the Device Profile panel.

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Null/Space Conversion

Select from "OFF at Control Unit IML" or "ON at Control Unit IML". This feature
substitutes spaces for leading and embedded nulls when updates are sent to the host,
if enabled. Some word processor applications expect to see the spaces, and will
compress the data on the screen (remove the nulls) upon submitting the typed data to
the host, when this feature is disabled.

Delayed Power On Notify

T oggle to ENABLE or DISABLE. This feature limits the number of sessions notifying
the host at power-on, in order to alleviate excessive line traffic. LINCS does this by
delaying the Power On Notify sent to the host for background sessions until the end
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The configuration of this option is very important for consoles. The default value of
‘Disable’ is preferred, in that all sessions owned by the device will report themselves as
powered on. Otherwise the console function for background sessions will roll to other
devices configured on the host as back up consoles.

ASCII/TELNET Password

This password is used by TELNET clients, TN3270 clients and ASCII displays (defined
to have a switched line type on the ASCII port options panel for this line). The password
can be up to eight alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive. The password is required
for ASCII and TELNET clients whenever it has been configured. TN3270 clients are
only required to use the password if the password option has been configured on the
TN3270 client definition panel. (Types ending with the letters ‘PW’.)

Number Of Days Password Is Valid

The value in this field determines the total number of days that the password is good,
beginning with the day that the password was last updated.

Note 1: You must press <PF4> after entering the new password and the number of

days it is to be valid. The ‘Password Last Updated’ and ‘Password Expires On’
field will automatically be updated.

Note 2: If the password expires, a user can still connect by using the configured

supervisor password.

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Note 3: You can change the ASCII/TELNET password without requiring an IML. The

procedure would consist of making the necessary changes to this panel and
performing the <PF4>, then perform a <PF10> to indicate that the changes are
complete. Save your configuration changes. On the resulting ‘Apply
Configuration Changes’ panel you can select the ASCII/TELNET password
change to take place immediately.

Passw ord Last Updated

This field automatically fills in with the correct information when you press the <PF4>
key (twice).

Password Expires On

This field automatically fills in with the correct information when you press the <PF4>
key (twice).

Length of Each Global Sequences

This field indicates the maximum length that a single global sequence can be. Feature
Memory is used to contain these global sequences. Since there are 24 global sequences,
the amount of memory required to support these sequences will be approximately 24
times the amount indicated. Refer to the Feature Memory panel for further details on
the Record Playback feature memory requirements. A global sequence is a keystroke
sequence that all authorized devices can play back.

Length of Device Sequences

This field defaults to 0 indicating that Record/Playback (RPB) is disabled. If this field is
non-zero, then the indicated amount of memory will be set aside for each device
authorized to record RPB strings. Refer to the Feature Memory panel for further details
on the Record Playback feature memory requirements.

Device Options/Keyboard Panel

Device Options/Keyboard LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Key Clicker: Off at Display Power On

Magnetic Character Set: None
Modifiable Keypad: National Language NUMERIC Keypad
Attribute Select Keyboard: Attribute Select WITHOUT Num Lock
Typewriter Selection: Standard 88-key Typewriter
Tripad Keyboard Selection: Standard C3 Layout
88-key APL Keyboard: Standard APL Layout

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

The options of the Device Options/Keyboard panel are described below. The last 3
options on this panel affect 88-key keyboards only, not 122-key keyboards.

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Key Clicker

The choices in this field determine whether a coax display station’s keyboard clicker is
on or off when the device is powered on. Regardless of the initial setting, the user can
toggle the clicker on or off at the terminal. Toggle between the following two options:

• ON at Display Power On

• OFF at Display Power On (default)

Magnetic Character Set

The choices in this field allow you to select the Magnetic Character Set you wish LINCS
to use. Toggle among the following four options:

• None (default)

• Numeric

• Alphanumeric (auto entry for secure data only)

• Alphanumeric (auto entry for all data)

Modifiable Keypad

In this field, toggle to select the layout you would like for the rightmost numeric ke ypad
of native 102-key and 122-ke y keyboards. Note that changing this option could result in
the functioning of the keypad to be different from the keycap le gends of your keyboards.

• National Language NUMERIC keypad (default)

• Data Entry Keypad

• Program Function (PF) Keypad

Attribute Select Ke yboard

Choose whether your attribute select keypad functions with or without numeric lock.
Toggle between these options:

• Attribute Select w/NUM Lock

• Attribute Select WITHOUT NUM Lock (default)

Typewriter Selection

Toggle to select one of the following layouts:

• Standard 88-key Typewriter (default)

• C4 layout IBM RPQ-8K0932

• Model 808 IBM RPQ-8K0808

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Tripad Keyboard Selection

Toggle among four options to choose the 88-key layout to be used with keyboards
having the tripad ID switch setting:

• Standard C3 Layout (default)

• C3 w/NUM Lock

• International C8 WITHOUT NUM Lock

• International C8 w/NUM Lock

88-key APL Keyboard

The choices in this field allow the selection of either the standard APL layout or the
special (C3) APL layout with and without numeric lock for APL keyboards. Toggle
among the following three options:

• Standard APL Layout (default)

• C3-APL WITHOUT NUM Lock IBM RPQ-8K1158

• C3-APL w/NUM Lock IBM RPQ-8K1158

Device Options/DFT Panel

Device Options/DFT LINCS C8.2 Central Control
DFT Local Copy Format: Do Not Send Format Controls

DFT Local Copy Form Feed: No Form Feeds
3290 Field Intensity: Underscore
3290 Update Panel: Process Host Data BEFORE Displaying Panel
3290 DFT Password: ______________

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Options on this panel generally affect only IBM 3290 terminals. If you are not using the
3290 plasma displays, you can ignore this panel.

Note: 3290 terminals, when used with the SCON-2XL should be limited to using all

sessions with the same Host Circuit (LPAR). Attempting to use the 3290 to
communicate to multiple LPARs at the same time could result in losing
communication to all sessions (5xx error in status line) if one LPAR becomes
unavailable.

T o support 3290 terminals requires that the DSL (Downstr eam Loadable) files required
by the device be copied to the SCON-2XL System Directory on the hard drive by either
using the Media Management File Copy utility, or by sending the file via FTP. These
files should have been provided by the vendor of the 3290 device.

Note: For information on 3290 configuration options, refer to the IBM document

3290 Information Panel: Description and Reference, GA 23-0021.

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DFT Local Copy Format

The choices in this field allow the enabling or disabling of local copy format controls
that in shared mode (when the printer lacks Save/Restore capability) could interfere
with format controls set up by the host application. Toggle between two options:

• Do NOT Send Format Controls - Choose this option if the host does not reset format
controls with each Begin Bracket (SNA only, does not apply to the SCON-2XL).

• Format Controls Enabled - Choose this option if the host does reset format controls
with each Begin Bracket, or where the printers are not operated in shared mode.

DFT Local Copy Form Feed

The choices in this field allow local copy form feed to occur in one of four modes:

• No Form Feeds

• Form Feed AFTER Local Cop y ONLY

• Form Feed BEFORE Local Copy ONLY

• Form Feed BEFORE and AFTER Local Cop y

3290 Field Intensity

The choices in this field allow one of three intensity options for use in place of brightness
on DFT/DSL devices that don’t support brightness:

• Underscore

• Reverse V ideo

• None

3290 Update Panel

The choices in this field are:

• Process host data BEFORE displaying panel – Use this option to maximize
performance. During high data rate transmissions, howev er , host messages could be
overwritten.

• Display panel BEFORE allowing new host data – Use this option in environments
where 3290s are system consoles and/or all host messages must be seen.

3290 DFT Password

Enter the 6-digit hex password to be used by the DFT devices. F or information on 3290
setup conditions requiring the use of the password, refer to the IBM document 3290
Information Panel: Description and Reference, GA23-0021.

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Coax Multiplexing Panel

Coax Multiplexing LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Method of Connection on MCC1: 16 Port MUX on Port 0

MCC2: Standard
MCC3: Standard
MCC4: Standard

Dynamic Multiplexing: Disable
Coax Poll Rate: Enhanced
Automatic Coax Recovery: Disable

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Options on this panel affect support of the coax devices. Enabling options on this
panel incorrectly could affect whether or not you are able to access the 2XL, once the
configuration has been changed and the unit IML'd from a coax device connected to
a port prior to the changes. If this occurs, you can re-IML and press the <Config>
button at state 500, to force the 2XL to boot on the default configuration. This will
allow you to reconfigure the last saved configuration (the "Drive C" option) when
entering the configuration utility, to correct the situation.

A description of the options on this panel can be found below.

Method of Connection

The SCON-2XL has a single MCC function (MCC1) in spite of the reference to four
MCCs. The toggle field choices for the MCC1 are as follows:

• Standard (default) - Devices will be connected using one of the following

standard methods:

• direct connect to CDA ports via coax or twisted pair (using a balun)

• 8 port multiplexer attached to one of the multiplexer ports (0, 8, 16, 24)

• 32 Port Coax Multiplexer - includes coax and twisted wire versions of the multiple xer

• 32 Port Fiber Optic Multiplexer - (option is not offered on the SCON-2XL)

• 32 Port Twisted Wiring Adapter - (option is not offered on the SCON-2XL)

• 16 Port MUX on Port 0 and Port 16 - allows attachment of two 16-port multiple xers,

connecting them to Ports 0 and 16.

• 16 Port MUX on Port 0 - Allows attachment of one 16-port multiplexer to Port 0.

Ports 16-31 are handled the same as the standard setting.

• 16 Port MUX on Port 16 - Allows attachment of one 16-port multiplex er to Port 16.

Ports 0-15 are handled the same as the standard setting.

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Dynamic Multiplexing Option (SCON-20L/22L Only)

The Dynamic Multiplexing field should be enabled if you wish to attach a multiplex e r
to a CDA port other than the four multiplex er ports listed above. Doing so allo ws 8-port
multiplexers to be used, to provide fewer than 8 connections, but still allowing those
ports to be available elsewhere on another multiplexer or through a direct connection.

Enabling this option will result in an additional panel, the Dynamic Multiplexing
Assignments panel. By enabling this option, the multiplexer only ports (labeled 16 and

24), will become inactive once the IML occurs to invoke the new configuration.

Coax Poll Rate

When set to ‘Enhanced’ the SCON-2XL more closely approximates the polling frequency
of an IBM 3174 controller. This option has the same affect as enabling the coax poll
rate RPQ and will in fact enable the RPQ when set to enhanced. This option is required
to support STK LMU’s.

Automatic Coax Recovery

When enabled a coax reset is sent automatically after a device has timed out on the
coax, forcing the device to respond as if it had just powered on.

Dynamic Multiplexing Assignments Panel

Dynamic Multiplexing Assignments LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Connector Logical

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00 00 01 02 03 04 __ __ __
01 05 06 07 08 09 10 __ __
02 11 12 13 14 31 __ __ __
03 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 __
04 22 23 24 25 26 30 __ __
05 27 __ __ __ __ __ __ __
06 28 __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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11 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
12 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
13 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
14 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
15 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

The Dynamic Multiplexing Assignments panels are displayed if Dynamic Multiplexing
is enabled on the Coax Multiplexing panel. This panel allows you to redefine which
physical coax port will be assigned for use to provide a physical connection. With this

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panel, you can move coax ports assignments, and define a port to be used as a multiplexer
port, and which physical ports of the multiplexer will be activ e. All 32 ports supported
by the SCON-22L, and all 16 ports supported by the SCON-20L may be reassigned on
this panel. This feature does not apply to the SCON-25L and SCON-28L models.

It is possible to configure a coax port to be actively look ed for in more than one location,
but once a device is discovered by the 2XL, it will stop looking in the other locations
for the same device, as long as the device continues to communicate.

In the example configuration given above, the first 5 ports (physical ports 0-4) have
been defined to support multiplexers with support for 5, 6, 5, 7, and 6 devices respecti vely .
The next 3 ports (physical ports 5-7) are configured to support individual terminals
(logical ports 27, 28, and 29) that have been remapped to those physical locations. The
remaining physical ports (8-31) are disabled.

Device Profile/Host Assignments Panel

Device Profile 00/Host Assignments LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Profile Name: ________

Device Type: Display
Power Off Action: None

Session Host Assignments At Power On

——— ————————————

A 3270 Host Class: LPAR0
B 3270 Host: LPAR1
C Disable
D Disable
E Disable
F Disable
G Disable
H Disable
I Disable
J Disable

PF: 1-Menu 3-Def_Dflt 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Device Profiles are used to define what features and host connections the users have
access to. Up to 32 Device Profiles can be defined, and separate Device Profiles are
required for displays and printers. Note that it is recommended to configure a separate
display profile for StorageTek LMUs. Configuration of the Device Type option
determines whether this profile will be used to define display or printer options. A
description of the options on this panel are described below.

Profile Name

The Profile Name field can be used to describe this profile, and would be desirable if
numerous device profiles are to be defined. This field is optional, and is not referenced
anywhere else in the configuration.

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Device T ype

This field indicates whether devices that use the profile will be displays or printers.
Storagetek LMUs are defined as displays. The value chosen here determines the
parameters that will be displayed on subsequent panels in the profile.

Po wer Off Action

This is a toggle field that defines what will happen to sessions connected to a host when
the device powers off. The following are the options.

• None - The session state will remain intact when the device powers off.

• Unbind SNA Sessions - This option does not apply to SCON-2XL sessions since

they are Non-SNA.

• Disconnect all Sessions - All sessions connected to a host will be disconnected when
the device powers of f. This frees up the host resources for connection by other devices.

Session

This is a protected field which identifies the 10 sessions which are available on
each device. It is used in conjunction with the Default Host Assignments field to
uniquely identify each session.

Default Host Assignments

These fields are used to assign hosts to device sessions. The host assignments def ined
in the Device Profile serve as the default host assignments for all devices which are
assigned that profile.

Each session (A-J) has a field which defines a host assignment. This field toggles to all
available hosts, all classes, the connect menu, or disable.

These default host assignments may be overridden on the Device Profile Assignments
panel.

Below is a description of the types of Host Assignments that may appear.

3270 Host Class

If 3270 Host Classes (pools) were defined previously, each class defined would appear
as possible options.

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3270 Host

All 3270 hosts that have been defined are displayed as toggle choices. Once a
selection is chosen, a specific LU assignment can be made on the Device Profile
Assignments panel, either by manually entering the LU number, or by using the
PF3 - Asn_Dflt_LUs key.

If the Host ID field has been defined back on the Host Circuit panel, then the Host ID
name defined will appear . If no Host ID was def ined, the host letter associated with the
Host Circuit is displayed.

This is the only legitimate setting for the StorageTek LMU.

ASCII Host

You should choose this if you will be assigning a specific ASCII host (i.e., A0 - A7)
on the Device Profile Assignments panel. If any ASCII hosts have been defined,
this selection is displayed.

ASCII Class

All ASCII classes that have been defined are displayed as toggle choices.

Connect Menu

This toggle choice is the default choice for the first session, and is always available as
a choice, regardless of the configuration. It should be selected if the session is to be
powered on with the Host Connect menu displayed. From the connection menu, the
user may display the desired host connection panel to be displayed.

To actually connect to a particular host class or to a specific host via the Host Connect
menu, the device profile needs to allow access to that host through the Resource
Authorization Matrix, which is located on the Device Profile/Display panel.

Connect Menu 3270

This option would place the user on a connect panel to choose their 3270 host session
from. For example, you could define a pool of LUs associated with each LPAR, then let
the user select from a menu, which LPAR they wanted to connect to.

All host types that have been configured will be available as toggle choices

Disable Session

Select this toggle choice if the session will be unavailable to devices using the Device
Profile. This is the default setting for sessions B-J.

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Device Profile/Display Panel

Device Profile 00/Display LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Supervisor Authority: Disable Keyboard Tables: Host Language

Windowing: Disable PC File Transfer: Disable
Calculator: Disable SNA Data Display: After Chain
Typeahead: Disable HAP Session: Last
RPB Record Function: Disable HAP Status at IML: Enable
Display Host ID: Enable HAP Profile: -­Session Auto Swap: Disable Auto Coax Recovery: Disable

RESOURCE AUTHORIZATION MATRIX

0 1 2 3 Dynamic
Resource Definition 12345678901234567890123456789012 Access
———————————————————— ———————————————————————————————— —————
3270 Host Class Access 00000000000000000000000000000000 0
ASCII Host Class Access 0000000000000000 0
IP Host Class Access 0000000000000000 0
LAT Host Class Access 0000000000000000 0
Printer Class Access 0000000000000000 1
Global Sequence Access 000000000000000000000000

PF: 1-Menu 3-Def_Dflt 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

This panel follows the Device Profile/Host Assignments panel if the Device Type wa s
selected to be “Display”. A description of the options on this panel follows.

Supervisor Authority

Toggle EN ABLE or DISABLE. The functions listed belo w require Supervisor Authority:

• ASCII Dial Setup

• ASCII Cut and Send Setup

In addition, the following functions may be configured to require Supervisor Authority .
Refer to the appropriate panel for further details.

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Windowing

The Windowing feature enables you to create up to five windows on a CUT mode
display station. These windows can simultaneously display f ive of the concurrent logical
sessions that are possible with the Multiple Logical Sessions (MLS) feature. You can
size, move, add, delete, and zoom windo ws, and you can copy data from one window to
another. In addition, you can set up windowing screen profiles that contain different
arrangements of windows.

Calculator

LINCS provides a four-function nonscientific calculator accessible from a CUT mode
display station. The calculator allows you to perform quick and accurate calculations
without exiting your host session. The calculator performs operations in decimal (base

10), hexadecimal (base 16), or octal (base 8) mode.

The calculator uses Feature Memory from the Presentation Space Storage.

Typeahead

With the Typeahead feature, you can continue to type data after the 3270 protocol locks
the keyboard or during a printer busy condition. The keystrokes ar e queued and processed
when the input inhibit is cleared. The feature permits the queuing and subsequent
processing of up to 64 keystrokes.

RPB Record Function

This field determines whether or not devices assigned to the profile ha ve the capability
to “record” using the Record/Playback feature. Record/Playback sequences can be
created to help automate commonly used sequences, to help improve user speed and
reliability. Devices which are not allowed to record may playback any sequences
which have been defined as global sequences, if authorized in the Resource
Authorization Matrix.

Display Host ID

If this option is ENABLED, the Host Identifier will be displayed on the status line of
sessions connected to a host. The host identifier is displayed as follows.

• 3270 Host – If a session is connected to a 3270 Host, then the Host Identifier will be

displayed, along with the LU number. Whether the LU number is displayed in hex
or decimal is set in the General Options panel.

• ASCII Host – If a session is connected to an ASCII Host Class, then the Class Name

is the Host Identifier. If the session is connected to a specific ASCII Port (A0-A7),
then the Host Identifier is Host_XX where XX represents the ASCII host which the
session is connected to (A0-A7).

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Session Auto Swap

When enabled, this feature will automatically swap the user to their next configured
session, if a comm reminder appears in their status line, indicating that their host
connection has gone down. For example, if the user has tw o sessions A and B, and they
are working in session A, but the host connection goes down, they will automatically
be swapped to their session B.

Keyboar d Tables

Toggle to select:

• Host Language (default) - Sets the keyboard table language to the language of the

host that the session is connected to. The host language is configured in the 3270
Host Profile and/or ASCII Session Prof ile, depending upon the type of host session.
The language will be set to the host language upon POR of the device, when
connecting to a host, and when swapping sessions. If a session is not connected to a
host upon POR, the keyboard tables language will be set to the primary language
until the session connects.

• Primary - The keyboard table language will be set to the primary language upon

POR of the device.

• Secondary - The keyboard table language will be set to the secondary language

upon POR of the device.

Connecting to a 3270 host does NOT affect the keyboard language when Primary or
Secondary is chosen.

Note: When connecting to an ASCII host, the keyboard table language and host

translate table language will ALWAYS be the same. Both languages will be
set to the language specified in the ASCII Session profile. When pressing
Exsel-L to toggle the keyboard language, both languages will be set to the
alternate language.

PC File Transfer

Options are: ENABLE or DISABLE

This configuration option determines the status of File T ransfer after IML. If an attached
device is powered off and on, File Transfer is not affected.

PC File Transfer and Windowing cannot be used concurrently. For this reason, a hot
key is available (Alt X) to allow for quick entry or exit to File Transfer mode. If you
wish to use Windowing on a PC configured for file transfer, you must disable File
Transfer by pressing this key sequence prior to selecting a windo wing profile other than
profile 0. To perform a File Transfer operation, you must go back to profile 0 and re­enable File Transfer by pressing the key again.

Note: Due to the extra coax processing required, performance degradation occurs if

you’ve enabled PC File Transfer on ports that will not be performing file
transfers, for example, CUT devices, printers, and DFTs. You must enable file
transfer for display profiles assigned to StorageTek LMUs.

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SNA Data Display

This is a toggle field which applies only to SNA sessions on the display and therefore
has no affect on the SCON-2XL.

HAP Session

This field is valid for displays which support the Host Addressable Print (HAP) feature.
It indicates which one of the display’s sessions will be used by the HAP printer which
is attached to the display. By default, the HAP session is the last def ined session on the
display. This may be overridden by toggling the field to the desired session.

Note: The HAP session cannot be session A, it must be sessions B through J.

HAP Status at IML

For devices which support the HAP feature, this field indicates the status of the HAP
session after IML. HAP is not affected by powering the device on and off. By default,
HAP is ENABLED. When HAP is enabled, the HAP session is used for the printer and
will not be available to the display station. If HAP is DISABLED, the HAP session will
be available to the display when the display powers on.

Note: The HAP session status can be changed using the Display/Update HAP Session

Status on the Device Menu choice of the main Central Control menu.

HAP Profile

For displays which support HAP, this field indicates which printer profile will be used
to define customization parameters for the attached printer.

Note: The first panel of a Printer De vice Profile will be ignored for the HAP printer,

since the Display Device Profile already defined the Host Assignments. The
subsequent panels of the indicated Printer Device Profile will be used to define
characteristics of the HAP session.

This field is required for HAP.

Auto Coax Recovery

When enabled, you can disconnect the coax, and reconnect it, and the device will be
reset as if a power on reset occurred. With this feature disa bled, you normally would
have to power the device off then back on, to reestablish communications, once the
coax connection was disconnected.

Resource Authorization Matrix

The Resource Authorization Matrix is used to give devices using this profile access to
LINCS resources. The individual resources are listed under the RESOURCE
DEFINITION column.

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The unprotected portion of the matrix is headed by column numbers 01-32. These
numbers represent something different depending upon the resource definition. Setting
the value to 1 under a particular column allows devices assigned to the profile to have
access to that subset of the resource.

For example, there are 32 available classes for a 3270 Host, so the ro w 3270 Host Class
Access has 32 columns available to specify which classes are accessible. A device
using this Display Profile will be able to access any host resource defined by the Host
Classes that are enabled. If no Host Classes are enabled for this profile, then the device
will not be able to connect to or disconnect from any host resource.

Even if you have not allo wed any access on the Resource Authorization Matrix, and no
Dynamic Access, you can still conf igure a device using this profile to pr econnect to any
host, host class, or LU, on the Device Profile/Host Assignments panel. That method of
granting host access means that the display will connect to the LU when powered on,
but cannot connect to any other session.

Enabling DYNAMIC ACCESS allows devices using this profile to access resources
beyond those defined in the host classes. For example, if a device is given Dynamic
Access to 3270 Hosts, then a session may connect to any 3270 LU, even if that LU is
not defined in a host class. Even if you enable no classes, Dynamic Access allows the
user to connect to any LU the user knows about.

3270 Host Class Access

The matrix columns represent the thirty-two 3270 Host Classes. Setting the value to 1
under column X allows devices in the profile to have access to 3270 Class X.

Setting the value to 1 under the Dynamic Access column allows devices with this prof ile
to connect to a specific 3270 LU (i.e., Host,LU can be entered on the 3270 connect
panel to connect to a specific 3270 LU).

ASCII Host Class Access

The matrix columns represent the sixteen ASCII Host Classes. Setting the value to 1
under column X allows devices in the profile to have access to ASCII Class X.

Setting the value to 1 under the Dynamic Access column allows de vices in the profile to
connect to a specific ASCII Host (i.e., an ASCII host A0-D7 can be entered on the
ASCII connect panel to connect to a specific ASCII Host).

IP Host Class Access (SCON-25L)

The matrix columns represent the Telnet Host Classes tha t can be configured on the
SCON-25L, to allow coax users to Telnet to a remote host (such as another SCON
platform at a remote location) using preconfigured host information.

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LAT Host Class Access

This feature is not supported on the SCON-2XL.

Printer Class Access

The matrix columns represent the sixteen Printer Classes. Setting the value to 1 under
column X allows displays in the profile to have access to Printer Class X. Printers are
assigned to Printer Classes on the Printer Device Profile panel.

Setting the value to 1 under the Dynamic Access column allows de vices in the profile to
print to any printer, instead of only printers authorized by the chosen printer class(es).

Users can specify a local print to go to a printer class, or a specific printer. This is
accomplished by entering the printer port number in printer ident mode. For example,
one would go into printer ident mode and enter MCC1.004 to print to the printer attached
to coax port 4.

Global Sequence Access

The authorization matrix columns represent the 24 PF keys. Setting the value to 1
under column X allows devices in the profile to have access to the global sequence
defined by PFX.

Dynamic Access does not apply here.

Global Sequences are defined, deleted, and copied from local sequences on the Playback
Sequences menu accessible from the Customization Data menu.

Dynamic Access

The meaning for Dynamic access varies by the resource it is associated with. Please
select the resource you are interested in to see the Dynamic Access description.

Device Profile/ASCII Display

Device Profile 00/ASCII Display LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Display Emulation: Prompt

Keypad Mode: Application Mode
Inactivity Timeout: 0000
Synchronous Presentation: Disable
E/W Presentation Option: Disable

PF: 1-Menu 3-Def_Dflt 4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

This panel appears only if you have the Incoming T elnet feature configured. A description
of the options on the panel are described below.

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Display Emulation

This field defines the type of ASCII terminal emulation that will be used by the de vice
that is connecting to LINCS. LINCS will provide a 3270 display session (3278/3279)
to the device using the selected emulation. The default is to "Prompt for T erminal T ype",
in which case the list of available emulations will be given in a menu, allo wing the user
to select the emulation. The list of emulations to be presented can be customized using
the ASCII Def inition Utility . Another choice can be to "Negotiate T erminal Type", which
allows the device to indicate the type of emulation that it wants. If the emulation is
supported by LINCS, then it will be used. If not, the "Prompt for T e rminal Type" menu
will be presented. You can also choose from the list of available emulations in order to
configure the emulation for the port. The list of emulations follows:

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Keypad Mode

T oggle between APPLICATION MODE, which causes the numeric keypad to transmit
codes for the Up Arrow, Insert, etc. keys. Or NUMERIC MODE, which causes the
numeric keypad to transmit codes for the numeric digits on the keys, as well as / (forward
slash), * (asterisk), etc.

Inactivity Timeout

The Inactivity T imeout option allows you to specify the amount of inacti ve time allowed
before the display is logically disconnected from LINCS when there is no keyboard
activity.

Enter the number of minutes; allowable values are 0000 through 1440. 0000 indicates no
timeout. LINCS warns the user by displaying a message on the status line one minute
prior to disconnect.

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Synchronous Presentation

For devices that are slow to update, LINCS will discard earlier screens, and draw the
latest one. An e xample of this is if a user hits “next screen” fast 5 times. The user really
wants to see the 5th screen, so LINCS won’t draw the intervening screens.

DISABLE will activate this software, to get the user to the latest of a series of
screens faster.

ENABLE of this option defeats LINCS’ optimization of screen updates for a flow of
fast screens. That is needed for instances where every screen buffer must be drawn
fully, such as ASCII file transfer.

E/W Presentation Option

ENABLE of the Erase/Write Presentation Option will cause LINCS to ignore “clear
screen” commands from the host. When LINCS draws the next screen buffer, it
always only updates what has changed. With this option enabled, it ensures that is
always the case. This option is especially useful in making ASCII terminals act
more like 3270 terminals.

DISABLE passes the “clear screen” commands unaltered.

Device Profile /Printer Panel

Device Profile 01/Printer LINCS C8.2 Central Control

01

1234567890123456
Printer Mode: Shared ---------------­Print Buffering: Enable Printer Class Assignment: 1000000000000000

ASCII PRINTER OPTIONS

Printer Emulation: Generic Printer Buffer Size: Mod 2
Form Feed Support: Disable LU3 Null Suppression: Disable
Forms Width: 132 Printer Character Set: NRC
Forms Length: 066 Local Print Form Feed: After

Count 2nd Transparent Order: Disable
SCS Transparent Data Xlate: Disable
LU1 Protocol Enveloping: Disable
Enveloping Delay After CR: 000
Enveloping Delay After FF: 000

PF: 1-Menu 3-Def_Dflt4-Add 5-Delete 7-Back 8-Forw 9-Default 10-Done

Options for the Device Profile/Printer panel are described below.

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Printer Mode

This is a toggle field with the following choices:

• System - Printers using the profile are available only to hosts. Local prints from

displays may not be directed to the printer(s).

• Local (def ault) - Printers using the profile are av ailable for local prints from displays.

Hosts may not print to the printer(s).

• Shared - Printers using the profile may be shared by hosts and displays doing local

prints. Local prints may be done as long as the printer is not busy doing a host print
(refer to Between Bracket Printer Sharing question on the 3270 Host Profile panel).

Print Buffering

This is a Disable/Enable toggle field which indicates whether or not printers assigned
to the profile will support print buff ering. The print buf fering feature allo ws a display’s
screen data to be saved in Presentation Space Storage if the printer is busy when the
display attempts a local print to it. This allows the display user to continue data entry
before the local print is initiated. If print buffering is not enabled, then a display station
will remain inhibited with the printer busy symbol until the printer is free to do the
local print.

Printer Class Assignment

The sixteen digits (0 or 1) in the Printer Class Assignment field represent the sixteen
printer classes. Setting the value to 1 under column X means that printers assigned to
the profile are a member of Printer Class X. A display is authorized to print to Printer
Classes on the Device Profile/Display panel.

ASCII Printer Options

The ASCII Printer Options apply to ASCII printers which are directly connected to an
ADA port, or to ASCII printers which are logically connected thr ough an incoming
LPD or TCP connection via the LAN.

Printer Emulation

GENERIC is currently the only option available.

Form Feed Support

ENABLE this option if your printer supports form feed characters. DISABLE will
cause line feeds to be sent to the printer instead of form feeds.

Forms Width

This value must be preset on the printer. Values range from 1 to 255.

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Forms Length

This is a data entry field. Enter any value between 001 and 255 lines. The default
value is 66 lines.

Printer Buffer Size

This field lets you select an ASCII printer buffer size for local prints that corresponds
with the mod size of the transmitting coax terminal.

Toggle to select one of the following: Mod 2, Mod 3, Mod 4, or Mod 5.

LU3 Null Suppression

This option suppresses any line that contains only null characters, eliminating an
extra line return. Toggle to ENABLE or DISABLE the feature. The default setting
is DISABLE.

Printer Character Set

To enable the use of multiple languages, LINCS supports 8-bit Multinational
Character Set (MCS) inbound data (keys) and outbound data (displayable characters)
and the 7-bit National Replacement Character Set (NRC) inbound and outbound
data. Each device can use one character set at a time.

Local Print Form Feed

Choose one of the following options:

• None - No automatic form feed will be performed

• Before - A form feed will be done before each local print

• After - A form feed will be done after each local print

• Before and After - A form feed will be done before and after each local print

Count 2nd Transparent Order

Setting this option to Enable causes the secondary transparency start order, stop order,
and data within the order to be counted as positions on a row, which is desirable if the
datastream uses Set Buffer address (SB A) orders, but it means that 80 columns (or 132)
are not supported on the row using the order.

SCS Transparent Data Xlate

This option allows you to determine whether transparent data (control codes, escape
codes, and other non-text related data) transmitted to the printer is converted to ASCII
before transmission. Toggle to select one of the following:

• DISABLE (default) - Select this option if the data to be transmitted is valid

ASCII data.

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• ENABLE - Select this option if the transparent data must be con verted from EBCDIC

to ASCII before transmission.

LU1 Protocol En veloping

Options are: ENABLE or DISABLE

LU1 Protocol Enveloping is a session protocol for IBM EBCIDIC host to ASCII printer
character translation that allows efficient processing. This option is compatible with
the IBM 3708 printer’s operation.

Enveloping Dela y After CR

This is a data entry field which defines the number of DEL characters (X’7F’) to be sent
after carriage return (CR) or horizontal tab (HT) to allow the print head to be repositioned
before sending more data. The value may range from 0 to 255.

Enveloping Delay After FF

This is a data entry field which defines the number of DEL characters (X’7F’) to be sent
after a formfeed (FF) or vertical tab (VT) to allow the print head to be repositioned
before sending more data. The value may range from 0 to 255.

Device Profile Assignments Panel - Default Example

Device Profile Assignments/MCC1 LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Dev ------ Host Assignment At Power On (Hex LUs) -------

Port Prof ABCDEFGHIJ

---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----­000 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
001 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
002 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
003 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
004 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
005 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
006 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
007 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
008 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
009 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
010 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
011 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
012 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
013 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
014 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
015 00 *_ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
(00 - 7F)3270 Host (=)3270 Class (>)TELNET (%)Print Q (+)LAT (&)ASCII

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 10-Done

This is an example of the Device Profile Assignments panel as it may appear for a default
configuration. You may type in the contents of this panel as you desire, or choose to

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accept the default assignments provided by LINCS. If you choose to select the defaults,
type in the device profile numbers used to describe the c haracteristics of each indi vidual
port (Display Profiles, Printer Profiles), into the "Device Profile" column, then press <PF3>
twice. LINCS will change the host connections portion of the panel to match the profile
numbers that were entered.

You can reset the panel back to the default configuration by pressing the <PF9> key twice.

Device Profile Assignments Panel - Configured Example

Device Profile Assignments/MCC1 LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Dev ------ Host Assignment At Power On (Hex LUs) -------

Port Prof ABCDEFGHIJ

---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----­000 00 *_ =__ 00 001 01 000 01 002 02 000 02 001 03 000 03 00C 0F 000 0F 001
001 00 00 002 01 003 02 002 09 00F *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
002 00 *_ =__ 00 003 00 004 00 00A 00 00B __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
003 00 00 008 *_ =__ *_ =__ 0A 002 *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
004 01 00 00F __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
005 01 01 00F __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
006 01 02 00E __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
007 02 02 006 01 001 *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___
008 00 04 001 03 001 07 002 05 001 *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
009 00 04 002 03 002 07 003 05 002 *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
010 00 *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
011 00 *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
012 00 *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
013 00 0E 00D *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
014 00 0E 00E *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
015 00 0E 00F *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__ *_ =__
(00 - 7F)3270 Host (=)3270 Class (>)TELNET (%)Print Q (+)LAT (&)ASCII

PF: 1-Menu 7-Back 8-Forw 10-Done

The above panel shows the Device Profiles panel after the profile numbers have been
configured and the <PF3> key pressed twice. A description of the fields is gi ven belo w.

Port

A protected field which displays the 8 digit port number in the following format:

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draobehtnonoitcennoc=noc

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Device Profile

A data entry field used to assign a Device Profile number to the port. When initially
displaying the panel, the first defined Device Prof ile will be assigned to all ports. Pressing
PF9 - Default will not change the value of this field.

Host Assignment At Power On A-J

Ten pairs of columns representing the 10 possible sessions of a CUT device, displays
the configured session assignments for each coax, Telnet, and LAN printer device. You
may modify the host assignment for any port if you wish.

Pressing PF9 - Default will default the fields to the Host Assignments defined in each
device’s Device Profile, but not the value in the Device Profile column.

Note that a specific 3270 LU may be assigned to multiple devices. This may be useful
if a given user has two terminals (for example one at his/her desk and one in some other
location) and needs the same Host Assignments at each location. By powering off the
terminal in one location, the host resources will be made available for the terminal in
the other location, assuming that the Power Off Action field in the Device Profile is set
to Disconnect All Sessions.

Host Assignment Fields

There are two sets of symbols that are used in the Host columns, depending on the
released version of LINCS. You can distinguish between the versions by looking near
the bottom of the screen for key starting with ‘(00-7F)’. If you do not find this key, then
you are dealing with the original version of the LINCS key . If you do f ind this key, then
you must use the modified key.

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The following table describes valid entries for the Host Assignment fields.

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Assigning Default LUs

Two PF keys are available for defaulting the values on the Device Prof ile Assignments
panel. They are useful if you change the Device Profile field on this panel, or if you
change the host assignments in the Device Profile used on this panel. The default host
assignments are the Host Assignments from the De vice Prof iles, and can be applied by
pressing:

• PF9 - Default changes the host assignments on this panel to the host assignments

that are in the device profiles. No 3270 LUs are assigned; you must enter the second
field of the Host-letter/LU pair.

• PF3 - Asn_Dflt_LUs changes the host assignments for all ports (not just the ones

being displayed) to the host assignments that are in the device profiles. In addition,
LUs will be assigned to all 3270 Host sessions, but LUs which have been pre viously
assigned will be skipped. Other LUs are assigned on the 3270 Host Classes panel.

Note: A specific 3270 LU or Asynchronous ASCII Host port may be assigned to

multiple device ports. This may be useful if someone has two terminals (one at
his/her desk and one somewhere else) and needs the same Host Assignments at
each location. By powering off one terminal, the host resources will be made
available for the other terminal, if the Power Off Action field in the Device
Profile/Host Assignments panel is set to Disconnect All Sessions.

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Device Profile Assignments P anel - ASCII Ports and LAN P orts

Device Profile Assignments/FET1 LINCS C8.2 Central Control

Device ------ Host Assignment At Power On (Hex LUs) ------

Port Prof A B C D E FGHIJ

----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----­000 00 00 000 01 000 02 000 03 000 * 3__ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___
001 00 00 ___ 01 ___ 02 ___ 03 ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___
002 01 00 00F 01 00F 02 00F 03 00F _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___

Besides displaying coax ports, the Device Profile Assignments panel will display
Network ports on the Ethernet adapters, if Telnet displays or LAN printers have been
previously defined on the Network Device Definitions panel. Only the ports enabled
will be displayed. Host assignments can be made, using the same notations as used for
the coax devices.

Printer Assignments Panel

Printer Assignment LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Display Printer Display Printer

———— ———— ———— ————
MCC1.000 None FET1.000 None
MCC1.001 None FET1.001 None
MCC1.002 None FET1.002 *
MCC1.003 None
MCC1.004 None
MCC1.005 None
MCC1.006 None
MCC1.007 None
MCC1.008 *
MCC1.009 None
MCC1.010 None
MCC1.011 None
MCC1.012 None
MCC1.013 None
MCC1.014 None
MCC1.015 None

* = device is a printer, or undefined
PF: 1-Menu 7-Forw 8-Back 9-Default 10-Done

The Printer Assignment Panel will appear only if one or more Printer Profiles have
been created, and assigned to one or more ports. This panel defines which printer a
local print job will be directed to if the user on a particular port presses the print key.
Initially , all device ports on the panel will show a printer assignment of either None or
an asterisk (*). If the <PF9> Default key is pressed, all display ports will be assigned
printers according to the description below . Printer ports are identified with the asterisk.

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Default Printer Assignments

The default printer for a given display is:

• The first printer class that the display is authorized to print to, if the device is authorized
to print to any printer class.

• The display’s printer port, if the display is not authorized to print to any class, HAP
is enabled in the display’s device profile, and the HAP profile indicates that the
printer is local or shared.

• The first printer port which is configured as a local or shared printer, if HAP is not
enabled, and the display is not authorized to print to any classes.

You can reset the printer assignments to the default values at any time by pressing
PF9 - Default.

Printer assignment field

You must enter text in the data field to assign a printer to a display. Options are:

• All printer classes which have been defined in printer Device Profiles. A class
may be entered by typing C## (this is the same format as the printer ident field on
the status line of the display), or Class ##, where ## is a printer class number from
01-16.

• All defined printer ports which have been def ined as local printers, including display
ports which have HAP configured.

• None, which indicates that the display will not be authorized to do local prints,
unless the display user idents to an authorized class or printer.

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