I've used sequential terminals for the last 20 years to do this type of function. The DFHTCT macro is fairly straight forward and easy to use to define this type of terminal.
Gary Garland Gregory, MS CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1-214-473-1863 Fax: +1-214-473-1050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura Prill Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Need to define virtual CICS terminal Hello, We are trying to define a virtual CICS/TS 2.2 terminal to enable a third-party batch product (MacKinney Systems' MTPBATCH) to start a terminal-specific CICS application transaction. Has anyone successfully done this? If so, how did you do it? We tried defining a Telnet LU and corresponding VTAM appl, and used the APPL name as the NETNAME in the CICS terminal definition. This didn't work. IBM Support told us the LU defined in the Telnet parms is the SLU (client), and that CICS is concerned with the PLU, so a Telnet definition won't help. We have also tried setting up a CICS console terminal using TYPETERM DFH$CONS, but are having trouble tying the CICS definition back to a CONSNAME and NETNAME since this isn't a physical terminal. So far, IBM Support hasn't answered our question about whether this is possible. IBM Support has suggested using either 3270 Bridge, or a sequential terminal definition, to get this done. I know a little about 3270 Bridge, but not enough to understand exactly how we would set it up to initiate a terminal-specific transaction. We used some sequential terminals years ago, but my understanding is that the one time they tried to use them in this particular application, they did not work. However, this may be our best hope to get this done quickly. Just looking for others' experience in this area. Thanks in advance! Laura Prill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
