Envoy ACP/XF Application Programming Manual

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About This Manual
About This Manual
This manual describes how application processes on a Himalaya S-series server can use
EnvoyACP/XF to perform bit-synchronous communications. Along with the
EnvoyACP/XF Configuration Manual, this manual replaces the EnvoyACP/XF Reference
Manual. This manual describes:
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The general hardware and software environments within which EnvoyACP/XF
operates
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Guardian file-management procedure calls that are specific to EnvoyACP/XF
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Bit-synchronous line protocols supported by EnvoyACP/XF
Who Should Use This Manual
This manual is intended for application programmers who use EnvoyACP/XF to
communicate with remote computers and terminals. You should have had some prior
experience with bit-synchronous communications before reading this manual.
How This Manual is Organized
The following table summarizes the contents of each section in this manual.
Section or
Appendix Title Contents
1 EnvoyACP/XF and the
Application Task
Provides an overview of EnvoyACP/XF; describes
the relationship between EnvoyACP/XF and the user
application; and describes the ways in which
EnvoyACP/XF and the application control the
features of bit-synchronous communications.
2 Asynchronous Balanced
Mode (ABM) Protocols
Describes particular considerations for user
applications that use an ABM data-link protocol
(including HDLC protocol).
3 Normal Response Mode
(NRM) Protocols
Describes particular considerations for user
applications that use a NRM data-link protocol
(including SDLC protocol).
4 System Procedure Call
Specifics for
EnvoyACP/XF
Provides information about system procedure-call
aspects that are specific to EnvoyACP/XF.