Broadcast Services

Broadcast Services let you utilize the various broadcasting capabilities of your system services. Broadcast messages can be sent to terminals, users, and applications, and can be stored on a file.

Broadcast Services let you send the following types of broadcast:

A general broadcast of one to four lines
A primary menu broadcast of one line
A broadcast of up to four lines to all, or specific, EASINET terminals
A broadcast of up to four lines to all, or specific, system services attached terminals (including EASINET terminals)
A broadcast of up to four hundred lines to all, or specific, users
A broadcast of up to four hundred lines to a selected list of users.
A broadcast of up to four lines to MAI users of an application (for example CICS or IMS).
A broadcast of up to four lines to users of an NCL application.
A broadcast to a specific user ID according to their preferred method of notification (as indicated in their UAMS security profile).

Note: Broadcast capabilities are also provided by the $BSCALL NCL interface. For more information, see the Network Control Language Reference Guide.