Exchange/SNA Manual

SET Command
Exchange/SNA Commands
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If you specify TRACE OFF, the Exchange/SNA trace server need not be
started after the first CONNECT command. This does not prevent you from
using the TRACE command; it merely makes it optional.
If you omit this parameter, the default specification is TRACE OFF.
TRANSP[ARENT] { ON | OFF }
specifies whether the line server should send all data streams as transparent
data. This parameter applies to all data sent by the line server, even if the
send operation is initiated by another command interpreter.
If you specify TRANSPARENT ON, all data is sent to the remote system as
transparent data. Each record of transparent data begins with the transparent
control code TRN, (EBCDIC %H35), followed by a one-byte binary number
that indicates the number of bytes of transparent data in the record. Each
record of transparent data ends with the record separator character IRS
(EBCDIC %H1E).
If you specify TRANSPARENT ON, all SEND commands must contain the
COMPRESS NONE parameter.
If you specify TRANSPARENT OFF, all data is sent to the remote system as
nontransparent data. Each record of nontransparent data ends with the record
separator character IRS (EBCDIC %H1E). Nontransparent data cannot contain
nonprintable characters (EBCDIC %H00 through %H3F, ASCII %H00 through
%H1F and %H7F through %HFF).
If any data to be sent to the host could contain a nonprintable character, you
should specify TRANSPARENT ON. In general, if you want to send data
other than plain text, you should specify TRANSPARENT ON.
If you omit this parameter, the default specification is TRANSPARENT OFF.
This parameter applies only when the Exchange/SNA line server does not yet
exist. After the line server has been created, you cannot change the setting of
TRANSPARENT.
Considerations The SET command specifies values for the configuration parameters that control the
Exchange/SNA line server. The COMMAND, ENDTIMED, LOGON, LOGOFF,
PRIORITY, and TRACE parameters can all be set while the command interpreter is
connected to the line server, although it is meaningless to reset LOGON or PRIORITY
at that point. All other configuration parameters are fixed at the time a line server is
started and cannot be changed after the line server has been started.
For information on which configuration parameters must be set before you can start a
new line server or connect to an existing line server, see the CONNECT command
earlier in this section.