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TLMS Commands

Commands are sent to TLMS using the CTS Message command (MSG).

The following format should be used on all commands issued to the TLMS subtask:

MSG TLMS,xxxxxxxxxx 

xxxxxxxxxx

Specifies the TLMS command and must contain one of the following values:

STOP

To request TLMS to close all files and terminate normally.

CANCEL

To request TLMS to cancel itself with a User-111 Abend.

STATUS

To request TLMS to provide the current status.

TRACE|NOTRACE

TLMS produces a snap of each transaction before and after it is processed by TLMS.

Note: This replaced the TRACK function of OMS. The CTS option SNAP must be specified. The TRACE data may be printed by the command SPINOFF SNAP to CTS.