Specifying Autosignon Options—ETA Defaults

To Specify Basic Autosignon Options—ETA Defaults

1. Go to the Autosignon Options – ETA Defaults panel.
   1. From the ETA Main Menu, type 5 in the Selection field and press Enter. The IMSID/Group Options Entry panel is displayed.
   2. From the IMSID/Group Options Entry panel, type 1 in the Selection field with the IMSID specified in the IMSID or Group field and press Enter. The Edit IMSID Options panel is displayed.
   3. From the Edit IMSID Options panel, type 6 in the Selection field and press Enter. The IMSID Options – Autosignon Options panel is displayed.
   4. From the IMSID Options – Autosignon Options panel, type 1 in the Selection field and press Enter. The Autosignon Options – ETA Defaults panel is displayed.
2. Specify whether the Autosignon feature should be used and how ETA should determine Autosignon options and security options.
   1. Under the heading Select terminal types that will attempt autosignon, type a slash ( / ) in the selection field beside each type of terminal that should use the Autosignon feature.

   2. Under the Method selection field, indicate how you want ETA to specify Autosignon options.

       

      If you want to specify options through...	Then type...
      ETA Defaults	1 in the selection field.
      An AUTOSIGN TSS table	2 in the selection field.
      A user exit that takes advantage of ETA features	3 in the selection field.

   3. Under the heading Autosignon security options, choose one of the following:

       

      If you want to...	Then type a slash (/) in the...
      Activate the bypass RACF authorization for conversations option	Bypass RACF authorization for conversations selection field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.
      Suppress the ETA autosignon failure messages	Suppress autosignon failure messages selection field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.
      Allow RACF signon to occur automatically for SLU-1 device types	Use RACF userid for autosignon and SLU1 selection fields, and enter a valid RACF user ID in the associated Userid field. To deactivate this feature, leave the SLU1 field blank.
      Allow RACF signon to occur automatically for SLU-P device types	Use RACF userid for autosignon and SLUP selection fields, and enter a valid RACF user ID in the associated Userid field. To deactivate this feature, leave the SLUP field blank.
      Allow RACF signon to occur automatically for Finance device types	Use RACF userid for autosignon and Finance selection fields, and enter a valid RACF user ID in the associated Userid field. To deactivate this feature, leave the Finance field blank.
      Allow RACF signon to occur automatically for SLU-2 device types	Use RACF userid for autosignon and SLU2 selection fields, and enter a valid RACF user ID in the associated Userid field. To deactivate this feature, leave the SLU2 field blank.
      Allow RACF signon to occur automatically for 3270 device types	Use RACF userid for autosignon and 3270 selection fields, and enter a valid RACF user ID in the associated Userid field. To deactivate this feature, leave the 3270 field blank.

3. Specify the descriptor selection order, Autosignoff (ASOT) interval, and IMS options that should be used for terminals that use the Autosignon feature.

   1. Descriptor selection order–Perform one of the following actions for the Autosignon feature.

       

      If you want to...	Then...
      Use the standard IMS descriptor search algorithm	leave the descriptor selection order fields blank. Go to Step 3.b.
      Create your own descriptor search algorithm	Type 1, 2, 3, 4, or a blank in the fields under the heading Descriptor selection order. A blank causes ETA to ignore the descriptor selection option.

   2.  Autosignoff–If you want to specify an ASOT interval, perform one of the following actions under the heading Autosignoff. Otherwise, leave this field blank.

       

      If you want IMS to...	Then type...
      Use the ASOT value you specify in the minutes field	1 in the selection field and type the interval in the minutes field.
      Never automatically sign off inactive terminals	2 in the selection field.
      Automatically sign off immediately after last message is delivered	3 in the selection field.

      Warning

      Note

      This ASOT interval overrides values set at logon, through the ETA Timeout Options - Terminal Type, and through IMS default values. See the ETA online help or Timeout-Options for additional information.

   3. Logoff at Autosignoff–Specify whether IMS should automatically log off terminals when these devices are automatically signed off after the ASOT interval expires. Type a slash (/) in this field to activate the option or type a blank in this field to deactivate the option.

      Warning

      Note

      If you specify ASOT and Logoff at Autosignoff values through the Unsolicited Output TSS table processing option, these values will not be overridden by subsequent processes.

4. Message delete option–Type the option number of the type of messages that should not be displayed or printed.
5. IMS response mode option–Type the option number to specify a system-wide value for the IMS response mode option that determines whether USERs will be placed in response mode.
6. LTERM Output option–Activate this option if you want output from LTERMs to be displayed and printed in uppercase characters. Type a slash (/) in the selection field next to this field to indicate use of this option; otherwise, leave this field blank.
7. /EXIT conversations from previous session(s)–Activate this option to automatically exit conversations from a previous session. If activated, this option takes effect when IMS creates a dynamic terminal that uses an existing LTERM and USER structure that has an active conversation committed to it. Type a slash (/) in the selection field next to this field to indicate use of this option; otherwise, leave this field blank.
8. /DEQ messages from previous session(s)–Activate this option to automatically dequeue all messages from a previous session. If activated, this option takes effect when IMS creates a dynamic terminal that uses an existing LTERM and USER structure that has one or more messages queued to it. Type a slash (/) in the selection field next to this field to indicate use of this option; otherwise, leave this field blank.
9. Deactivate response mode from previous session–Activate this option to cause ETA to reset the response mode state automatically in a USER structure. If activated, this option takes effect when IMS creates a dynamic terminal that uses the same USER structure as a terminal that previously existed. Type a slash (/) in the selection field next to this field to indicate use of this option; otherwise, leave this field blank.
10. Select the IMS message switching exit, DFSCNTE0, for LTERM(s)–Activate the message switching exit, DFSCNTE0, for LTERMs. Without ETA, this exit does not function for dynamic terminals under IMS. Type a slash (/) in the selection field next to this field to indicate use of this option; otherwise, leave this field blank.
11. Retain USER/LTERM structure after signoff–Activate this option to cause ETA to prevent IMS from deleting USER and LTERM structures automatically when terminals and printers are signed off. Type a slash (/) in the selection field next to this field to indicate use of this option; otherwise, leave this field blank.
12. Press F3 four times to return to the ETA Main Menu.
13. Repeat this task for other IMSIDs as required.