CP6100 I/O Process Programming Manual

CONTENTS
PREFACE.................................................. vii
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION................................. 1-1
What Is CP6100?........................................ 1-2
How Do I Use It?....................................... 1-4
How Is CP6100 Related to ENVOY and ENVOYACP?........... 1-6
First Generation: Communication Controllers.......... 1-6
Second Generation: Programmable Communication
Subsystem.......................................... 1-8
Implications for CP6100.............................. 1-12
SECTION 2: USING CP6100: PROGRAMMING.................... 2-1
Writing Applications that Use CP6100................... 2-1
File Management Interface............................ 2-4
Error Handling and Reporting......................... 2-7
SECTION 3: USING CP6100: MANAGING LINES................. 3-1
Software Installation and Line Configuration........... 3-2
The Configuration File............................... 3-2
Some Configuration Issues............................ 3-7
Security Considerations.............................. 3-9
Starting and Stopping Lines............................ 3-10
START................................................ 3-10
STOP or ABORT........................................ 3-11
SUSPEND.............................................. 3-11
ACTIVATE............................................. 3-11
CONTROL.............................................. 3-11
Examining and Changing the Configuration............... 3-12
ALTER LINE, PROGRAM................................ 3-12
ALTER LINE, CONFIG................................. 3-13
ALTER LINE, OPCLASS................................ 3-16
Examining the Configuration.......................... 3-16
INFO LINE, PROGRAM................................. 3-16
INFO LINE, CONFIG.................................. 3-16
INFO LINE, OPCLASS................................. 3-17
INFO LINE, DETAIL.................................. 3-17
Line Monitoring and Load Balancing..................... 3-18
Monitoring Line Quality.............................. 3-18
Monitoring Line Performance.......................... 3-20
How to Measure Performance......................... 3-22
When to Measure.................................... 3-22
What to Measure.................................... 3-22
October 1985
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