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Define Virtual Terminals

To define each virtual terminal to CA IDMS

  1. Use the following ADD LINE statement to define VTAM to CA IDMS:
    ADD LINE name-1 TYPE IS VTAMLU ENABLED
        APPLICATION ID IS name-2
    

    The variable name-1 is used to associate ADD PTERM statements with this ADD LINE statement. The variable name-2 is the VTAM application-ID specified in the Applid field of the ACT.

  2. Use the following ADD PTERM statement to add the CA TPX virtual terminal and associate it with VTAM:
    ADD PTERM vterm-name ENABLED NOREADBUFFER NOAQUIRE 
        IN LINE name-1 TYPE IS LU
    

    The variable vterm-name is the VTAM LU name of the virtual terminal.

  3. For each ADD PTERM statement, an ADD LTERM statement such as the following is required:
    ADD LTERM any-name INTERACTIVE PTERM IS vterm-name
        NOBREAK UPLOW
    

Notes:

  1. In the ADD LTERM statement above, you could specify BREAK or UPPER instead of NOBREAK and UPLOW, but it is possible that using BREAK, with SDLC terminals may lead to additional protocol elements being sent to the terminal.
  2. The ADD PTERM and ADD LTERM statements can have other CA IDMS related parameters. For more information, see Advantage CA-IDMS System Generation.