Send Dynamic Broadcasts

A dynamic broadcast allows you to send a message to a specific user, or to a range of users. When a broadcast is sent, a panel is displayed containing the broadcast lines and details of the broadcast initiation.

After a broadcast is sent, it is retained until you exit broadcast services. If you want to send another broadcast, the previous broadcast is displayed on the editor if you have not left broadcast services. This feature allows you to send the same broadcast again, or edit it to send to another user, or group of users.

To send a dynamic broadcast

Enter /BCAST at the prompt.
The Broadcast Services : Primary Menu appears.
Enter S at the prompt.
The Broadcast Services : Send Menu appears.

Note: For information about the fields and options available on the prompt on the Broadcast Services : Send Menu, press F1 (Help).
Complete the appropriate fields for the type of broadcast you want to send, and select the option.
Note: If you specified option U and prompting in the Destination Mask field, you are presented with a list of user IDs. Select the users you want to send the broadcast to and then press Enter.

The Broadcast Services : Edit Broadcast Text panel appears.

Note: If you select option U, you can specify a maximum of 400 lines of broadcast text. If you select any of the other options, you can specify a maximum of four lines of broadcast text.
Type the broadcast text, and press F3 (File).
The broadcast is initiated. An acknowledgment message is displayed when processing is complete. This message shows the total number of terminals and users that have received the broadcast.

Note: If you send a broadcast to a user who is logged on more than once, the acknowledgment message includes each of their logons in the total number of user IDs that have received the broadcast. However, when the user has viewed the broadcast, the broadcast is discarded for their duplicate logons.