Pathway/iTS Management Programming Manual

Pathway/iTS Management Programming

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Pathway Management Programming Interface

The Pathway management programming interface is a token-oriented interface based

on the SPI message format, procedures, and definition files. The interface consists of a

set of programmatic commands that allow a management application to communicate

directly with the PATHMON process.

Some sample management applications that might communicate with Pathway/iTS

are:

•

A program that starts TERM objects automatically at a specified time at the

beginning of the day. (This program would communicate with Pathway/iTS only.)

•

A program that monitors status on TERM objects and, if a device is not running,

contacts data communications subsystems to obtain information on the

communications line to which the device is connected. (This program would

communicate with the Pathway subsystem and with data communications

subsystems.)

•

A program that saves event messages for the Pathway subsystem objects and

issues STATUS and INFO commands to find out more about why the event is

being reported. (This program would communicate with EMS and Pathway

subsystems.)

•

A program that monitors events in a PATHMON environment containing TERM

objects connected through a SNAX product. When the program detects an event

that reports a stopped terminal, the program responds by sending a STOP

command to the SNAX software to stop the subdevice; sending a START

command to the SNAX software to restart the subdevice; and sending a START

command to the PATHMON process to restart the TERM object. (This program

would communicate with the SNAX software and with the Pathway subsystem.)

The following paragraphs give an overview of the tasks involved in setting up and

managing a Pathway subsystem. For more information on the strategy for performing

specific system management tasks, see the TS/MP System Management Manual and

the Pathway/iTS System Management Manual.

Commands for TELL Objects

DELETE TELL DELETE TELL

INFO TELL INFO TELL

TELL TERM ADD TELL + START TELL

TELL TERM *, TCP TELL TERM + TELL TCPTERM

Table 2-1. PATHCOM and SPI Commands for Pathway/iTS (page 3 of 3)

PATHCOM Commands

and Object Types

Equivalent SPI Commands (ZPWY-CMD- )

and Object Types (ZPWY-OBJ- )