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Specifying Signoff Options—ETA Defaults

The Signoff Options – ETA Defaults panel allows you to specify system-wide signoff options for dynamic and static terminals.

Panel Flow – Specifying Signoff Options—ETA Defaults

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Before you begin

A user access profile must give you authority to specify or change data for the appropriate IMSIDs. Contact your ETA system administrator.

To Specify Signoff Options—ETA Defaults

  1. Go to the Signoff 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 8 in the Selection field and press Enter. The IMSID Options - Signoff Options panel is displayed.
    4. From the IMSID Options - Signoff Options panel, type 1 in the Selection field and press Enter. The Signoff Options - ETA Defaults panel is displayed.
  2. Complete the Signoff Selecti on Options section.

    1. Use the field under the heading Dynamic terminals to specify the options you want to use for dynamic terminals.

       

      If you want to use...

      Then type...

      ETA Defaults

      1 in the option selection field.

      a TSS table

      2 in the option selection field.

      a customer-modified signoff exit

      3 in the option selection field.

    2. Use the field under the heading Static terminals to specify the options you want to use for static terminals.

       

      If you want to use...

      Then type...

      ETA Defaults

      1 in the option selection field.

      a TSS table

      2 in the option selection field.

      a customer-modified signoff exit

      3 in the option selection field.

  3. Complete the Other Options section.

    1. Under the heading Dynamic terminals, specify whether to clear one or more of the following statuses at signoff for dynamic terminal configurations used on an IMS system:

       

      If you want to...

      Then type a slash (/) in the...

      Exit all conversations

      /EXIT all conversations field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Exclusive mode

      Remove EXCLUSIVE mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Test mode

      Remove TEST mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Preset mode

      Remove PRESET mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the MFSTEST mode

      Remove MFSTEST mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Response mode

      Remove RESPONSE mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Fast Path Response mode

      Remove Fast Path RESPONSE mode fiel d. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      /DEQ queued messages for dynamic SLU2 and 3270 device types

      /DEQ messages field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

    2. Under the heading Static terminals, specify whether to clear one or more of the following statuses at signoff for static terminal configurations used on an IMS system:

       

      If you want to...

      Then type a slash (/) in the...

      Exit all conversations

      /EXIT all conversations field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Exclusive mode

      Remove EXCLUSIVE mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Test mode

      Remove TEST mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Preset mode

      Remove PRESET mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the MFSTEST mode

      Remove MFSTEST mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Response mode

      Remove RESPONSE mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

      Remove the Fast Path Response mode

      Remove Fast Path RESPONSE mode field. To deactivate this feature, leave this field blank.

    3. Press Enter.
  4. Press F3 four times to return to the ETA Main Menu.
  5. Repeat this task for other IMSIDs as required.

Where to go from here

Perform any of the following actions:

 

If you want to...

Then...

Specify signoff options through the TSS Options

Create an ETA signoff user exit that takes advantage of ETA features

Make an ETA signoff user exit available to an IMS system

See Loading-and-Reloading-Exits for instructions.

Implement your customizations

Refresh the IMSID options or TSS table data in the IMS control region. See Refreshing-IMSID-Options-TSS-Tables-and-CPU-IDs for instructions.

If you have specified that a TSS table or ETA Signoff exit provide customization information, the TSS table or exit must exist before you perform the refresh.

 

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