Configuring and Managing Host-Based X.25 Links - Edition 5 (36939-90054)

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Terminal and Printer Profiles
DTC PAD Profile Field
PAD Profiles and Access Password
When users attempt to establish a connection from a PAD, the PAD
selection command may specify a password and/or a profile number.
The password will be needed if a password has been configured for the
DTC that contains the X.25 card being called. The profile number may
be specified to override the PAD profile field configured for the PAD
port.
The password is configured on the DTC Configuration screen in Step 6:
Specify DTC Configuration. Refer to Chapter 3, “Configuring DTCs
Step-by-Step,” for information on configuring the password.
The PAD profile number is the number displayed by the
[Compute Byte]
function key. The section DTC PAD Profiles contains a list of PAD
profiles that are available. Entering a profile number in the PAD
selection command causes the DTC to use the particular PAD profile
when the connection is established.
The syntax to enter a password and/or profile number for the PAD
selection command is:
@<X.25 address>,d[<password>][/<profile number>]
The following example supplies the password “secret” and causes the
PAD profile 33 to be used.
@ 1234567891234,dsecret/33
Forced Data Forwarding
When a connection is established to a PAD device, two of the
characteristics that get set, are the data forwarding parameters. The
data forwarding parameters tell the PAD when a packet must be sent to
the PDN. The behavior of data forwarding is set with the fields “Data
forwarding parm #3 and #4” and “Forced data forwarding” on the PAD
Terminal Profile screen. The Forced data forwarding field also affects
how the “Data forwarding parm #3 and #4” field behaves. See the PAD
Installation manual for further information on the PAD parameters.
On the PAD, Parm #3 selects the set of characters that will signal the
PAD to forward data to the PDN. Parm #4 sets the idle timer in 1/20
second increments. The idle timer will signal the PAD to forward data if
the time between successive characters from the terminal exceeds the
idle timer value.
When “Forced data forwarding” bit is 0, the “Data forwarding parm #3
and #4” behave as described in the Configuring Systems for Terminals,
Printers, and Other Serial Devices manual. The value specified in the
field will be used when the connection to the is in:
VPLUS mode;
Telnet mode;