Parameters › Command-related Parameters › OCINTERVAL Parameter

OCINTERVAL Parameter

Specifies how often, in hundredths of a second (centiseconds), CA OPS/MVS checks for output from an operator command issued through the OPSCMD command processor or the ADDRESS OPER host command environment.

For commands to the local system issued through OPSCMD:

• If a value for the WAIT keyword is specified, that value determines how long OPSCMD waits, unconditionally, to receive all output from the current command. In such cases, the value of OCINTERVAL is irrelevant.
• If the WAIT keyword is not specified, OPSCMD uses the value of the OCWAIT parameter to determine how long it should wait for a response. If it receives a response in the time specified by OCWAIT, CA OPS/MVS checks for additional output at the interval specified by OCINTERVAL.

For commands to the local system issued through ADDRESS OPER, the value of the OCWAIT parameter is always the maximum wait time. If a response is received in the time specified by OCWAIT, it checks for additional output at the interval specified by OCINTERVAL.

For cross-system commands, CA OPS/MVS looks for command output until the wait time (either the value specified by the SYSWAIT keyword on the command or the default MSFSYSWAIT value) expires. If a response is received in the specified time, CA OPS/MVS checks for additional output at the interval specified by OCINTERVAL.

Default value

90 (centiseconds)

Other possible values

Any number of centiseconds between 10 and 300

Set or modify this parameter…

Anytime

Example: OCINTERVAL

This function tells CA OPS/MVS to seek command output every half second.

OPSPRM('SET','OCINTERVAL','50')