Pathway/iTS System Management Manual (G06.24+)

Starting and Stopping Pathway/iTS Objects
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Starting Multiple TCPs and TERM Objects in Parallel
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Checks the specified library file for the program indicated by the INITIAL attribute.
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Opens communication with the terminal, device, or process specified by the FILE
attribute.
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Executes the screen program code.
If you enter a START TERM command before the TCP that controls the TERM is
running, the PATHMON process displays an error message.
Starting Multiple TCPs and TERM Objects in Parallel
When the PATHMON process has configured many TCP and TERM objects, they can
take a long time to start because the TERM objects are started one at a time for each
TCP. After all the TERM objects for the first TCP are started, the TERM objects for the
next TCP in the configuration are started again, one by one and so on, until all the
terminals for all TCPs are started.
You can speed this process by using multiple PATHCOM processes to start your TCP
and TERM objects in parallel. (In such a case, it is convenient to enter your PATHCOM
commands through a command file executed by an OBEY command.)
To start the TCPs and TERM objects as quickly as possible without using an command
file, you can start a PATHCOM process for each TCP configured (be sure to use the
NOWAIT option). In your PATHCOM command, use the START TCP command and
START TERM command with the TCP option, as shown in this example. (It is faster to
log output to the spooler than to a terminal or printer.)
4> PATHCOM /OUT $S, NOWAIT/ $PMX; ERRORS 99; START TCP1;
START TERM *, TCP TCP1, SEL NOT RUNNING
5> PATHCOM /OUT $S, NOWAIT/ $PMX; ERRORS 99; START TCP2;
START TERM *, TCP TCP2, SEL NOT RUNNING
6> PATHCOM /OUT $S, NOWAIT/ $PMX; ERRORS 99; START TCP3;
START TERM *, TCP TCP3, SEL NOT RUNNING
7> PATHCOM /OUT $S, NOWAIT/ $PMX; ERRORS 99; START TCP4;
START TERM *, TCP TCP4, SEL NOT RUNNING
8> PATHCOM /OUT $S, NOWAIT/ $PMX; ERRORS 99; START TCP5;
START TERM *, TCP TCP5, SEL NOT RUNNING
9> PATHCOM /OUT $S, NOWAIT/ $PMX; ERRORS 99; START TCP6;
START TERM *, TCP TCP6, SEL NOT RUNNING
(The number of PATHCOM processes you can start is defined by the SET PATHWAY
MAXPATHCOMS command. For information on setting global limits for the PATHMON
environment, see the TS/MP System Management Manual.)
Starting PROGRAM Objects
To start a temporary terminal (PROGRAM) object, use the RUN PROGRAM command.
For a discussion of temporary and configured terminal objects, see Section 2,
Configuring Pathway/iTS Objects.