BOF default LST parameters for VTAM/APPC

VTAM printer support/APPC connection

The Base Output Facility subsystem has its own parmlib member with the name B07LSTxx. This section describes all the keywords used by the Base Output Facility started task. Please see the Beta nn product documentation for further details.

Keyword

Parameter

Description

Option

Default

B07_SSID

Subsystem ID

The subsystem ID used to identify the started task.

Required

B07A

B07_ INFOMSG

YES / NO

Specifies whether informational messages are displayed.

Required

YES

B07_ COMMENT

Message

The start up message displayed on the console when the started task has completed start up processing. The startup message has the number 9190I. The default text is: "BETA BASE OUTPUT FACILITY IS NOW ACTIVE"

Required

See description

BQL_MASTER_ SSID

Comma

This keyword has to be present in every B93LSTxx member. The parameter must be a comma.

Required

Comma

B07_APPLID

VTAM-Appl-ID

The name of the VTAM application. This name must be defined to VTAM by means of an APPL statement in your installation's VTAMLST dataset.

Optional

B07VTAM

B07_BRACKET_ PERM

YES / NO

Sends a VTAM-BID request to the printer to obtain permission to use the bracket protocol.

Optional

NO

B07_ RESPONSE_ TOT

0 – 60

The max. response time (in minutes) allowed for a printer logon request. If the maximum time is reached without a successful printer logon, the request is aborted with the sense code 55090001.
0 means that the print logon request continues waiting.
The wait-time is only valid for abnormal waiting situations and not, for example, for the pre-allocation (PREALC) status.

Optional

10

B07_CHAIN_ LU1

0-8

This keyword is valid for all LU1 printers. The value represents the size of the chain buffers in Kilobytes. The maximum size allowed is 8K. A reasonable and sufficient working size is 4K.
0 means that no buffer chaining is used.
Example: B07_CHAIN_LU1 = 4.

Optional

0

B07_CHAIN_ LU3

YES / NO

This keyword is valid for all LU3 printers (NO stands for inactive Chaining). The chaining buffer size is calculated from the Printer Logmode Definition (screen-/alternate screen-size).

Optional

NO

B07_BINARY_ SUPPORT

YES / NO

Supports the processing of ASCII-files/data

Optional

NO