NEWS Device Solicitation Procedures › $NWFCSSO Procedure

$NWFCSSO Procedure

This procedure solicits loop status, loop errors, response time data, or all of these from an IBM 3600/4700 Financial Communication System device. You can also obtain this data by selecting any of the first four options from option 3 of the NEWS Device Support menu. The data returned is always delivered to CNMPROC for logging.

$NWFCSSO      NODE=network_name
            [ REPORT={ STATUS | ERRORS | RESPTIME | ALL } ]
            [ RESET={ YES | NO } ]
            [ LINK=link_name |
              SSCP=SSCP_name ]

Operands: $NWFCSSO Procedure

NODE

Specifies the network name of the device to which the request is to be sent.

REPORT={ STATUS | ERRORS | RESPTIME | ALL }

Specifies the type of data required.

ERRORS = Loop errors

RESPTIME = Response time data

STATUS = Loop status

ALL = All of the above

RESET = { YES | NO }

Indicates whether the counters in the controller are reset after solicitation.

LINK

Specifies the name of the link to the region on the system in which the node name is located.

SSCP

Specifies the name of the SSCP controlling the node to be specified.

Example: $NWFCSSO Procedure

$NWFCSSO NODE=FCS00001 REPORT=ERRORS LINK=TEST01

This example requests loop errors to be sent to controller FCS00001 across the link TEST01.