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For SDLC lines that are not APPN you can set the Switched Disconnect parameter and it will terminate the call after a specified time. Unfortunately you have an APPN line with control point services. The line will not time out. Patrick --- IBM AS/400 communications, FTP automation, and eCommerce software and consulting services. http://www.patownsend.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Diana Hicks <DianaH@jupiter.fl.us> To: 'Midrange-L submission' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:16 AM Subject: Automatically disconnecting an ECS line with no activity > We have a software vendor who provides support via ECS. We must enter a > command for our AS/400 to dial their AS/400. Unfortunately, it's a long > distance call and sometimes the vendor is inactive (session is in DSPW) for > long periods of time without disconnecting. It's bad enough we have to pay > for the call when they are actually working on it but it's worse when > they're not. We would like to take control rather than having to rely on > the vendor. > > Is it possible to setup something on our AS/400 to automatically disconnect > the line once a specified inactivity time limit is reached? Any > information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > Below are the configurations: > Display Line Description Page > 1 > 5769SS1 V4R3M0 980729 AS400 09/15/00 > 11:04:41 > Line description . . . . . . . . . : LIND VNDLINE > Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *ALL > Category of line . . . . . . . . . : *SDLC > Resource names . . . . . . . . . . : RSRCNAME CMN03 > Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : ONLINE *NO > Data link role . . . . . . . . . . : ROLE *SEC > Physical interface . . . . . . . . : INTERFACE *RS232V24 > Connection type . . . . . . . . . : CNN *SWTPP > Vary on wait . . . . . . . . . . . : VRYWAIT *NOWAIT > Autocall unit . . . . . . . . . . : AUTOCALL *NO > Exchange identifier . . . . . . . : EXCHID 05643159 > NRZI data encoding . . . . . . . . : NRZI *YES > Maximum controllers . . . . . . . : MAXCTL 1 > Clocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CLOCK *MODEM > Line speed . . . . . . . . . . . . : LINESPEED 19200 > Modem type supported . . . . . . . : MODEM *V54 > Modem data rate select . . . . . . : MODEMRATE *FULL > Switched connection type . . . . . : SWTCNN *BOTH > Autoanswer . . . . . . . . . . . . : AUTOANS *YES > Autoanswer type . . . . . . . . . : AUTOANSTYP *DTR > Autodial . . . . . . . . . . . . . : AUTODIAL *YES > Dial command type . . . . . . . . : DIALCMD *V25BIS > Calling number . . . . . . . . . . : CALLNBR *NONE > Station address . . . . . . . . . : STNADR 1C > Maximum frame size . . . . . . . . : MAXFRAME 521 > Error threshold level . . . . . . : THRESHOLD *OFF > Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : DUPLEX *HALF > Modulus . . . . . . . . . . . . . : MODULUS 8 > Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : TEXT Line description for > sup > port > --------------Active Switched Controllers-------------- > VNDCTL > Link speed . . . . . . . . . . . . : LINKSPEED 9600 > Cost/connect time . . . . . . . . : COSTCNN 128 > Cost/byte . . . . . . . . . . . . : COSTBYTE 128 > Security for line . . . . . . . . : SECURITY *NONSECURE > Propagation delay . . . . . . . . : PRPDLY *TELEPHONE > User-defined 1 . . . . . . . . . . : USRDFN1 128 > User-defined 2 . . . . . . . . . . : USRDFN2 128 > User-defined 3 . . . . . . . . . . : USRDFN3 128 > Maximum outstanding frames . . . . : MAXOUT 7 > Inactivity timer . . . . . . . . . : INACTTMR 300 > Poll response delay . . . . . . . : POLLRSPDLY 0 > Data Set Ready drop timer . . . . : DSRDRPTMR 6 > Clear To Send timer . . . . . . . : CTSTMR 25 > Remote answer timer . . . . . . . : RMTANSTMR 60 > Recovery limits . . . . . . . . . : CMNRCYLMT > Count limit . . . . . . . . . . : 2 > Time interval . . . . . . . . . : 5 > Line description . . . . . . . . . : LIND VNDLINE > Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *ALL > Category of line . . . . . . . . . : *SDLC > * * * * * E N D O F L I S T I N G * * * * * > Display Controller Description Page > 1 > 5769SS1 V4R3M0 980729 AS400 09/15/00 > 11:05:01 > Controller description . . . . . . : CTLD VNDCTL > Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *ALL > Category of controller . . . . . . : *APPC > Link type . . . . . . . . . . . . : LINKTYPE *SDLC > Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : ONLINE *YES > Switched connection . . . . . . . : SWITCHED *YES > Short hold mode . . . . . . . . . : SHM *NO > Active switched line . . . . . . . : VNDLINE > Character code . . . . . . . . . . : CODE *EBCDIC > Maximum frame size . . . . . . . . : MAXFRAME 521 > Current maximum frame size . . . . : 521 > Remote network identifier . . . . : RMTNETID APPN > Remote control point . . . . . . . : RMTCPNAME VND > Initial connection . . . . . . . . : INLCNN *DIAL > Dial initiation . . . . . . . . . : DIALINIT *LINKTYPE > Connection number . . . . . . . . : CNNNBR SST1-407-304-4300 > Switched disconnect . . . . . . . : SWTDSC *YES > Data link role . . . . . . . . . . : ROLE *NEG > Station address . . . . . . . . . : STNADR 1C > Autocreate device . . . . . . . . : AUTOCRTDEV *ALL > System job . . . . . . . . . . . . : QCMNARB02 > Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : TEXT Control unit for > support > Switched line list . . . . . . . . : SWTLINLST > --------------------Switched Lines--------------------- > VNDLINE > Attached devices . . . . . . . . . : DEV > -------------------Attached Devices-------------------- > VNDDEV > APPN-capable . . . . . . . . . . . : APPN *YES > APPN CP session support . . . . . : CPSSN *YES > APPN/HPR capable . . . . . . . . . : HPR *YES > HPR path switching . . . . . . . . : HPRPTHSWT *NO > APPN node type . . . . . . . . . . : NODETYPE *CALC > APPN transmission group number . . : TMSGRPNBR 1 > APPN minimum switched status . . . : MINSWTSTS *VRYONPND > Autodelete device . . . . . . . . : AUTODLTDEV 1440 > User-defined 1 . . . . . . . . . . : USRDFN1 *LIND > User-defined 2 . . . . . . . . . . : USRDFN2 *LIND > User-defined 3 . . . . . . . . . . : USRDFN3 *LIND > Predial delay . . . . . . . . . . : PREDIALDLY 6 > Redial delay . . . . . . . . . . . : REDIALDLY 120 > Dial retry . . . . . . . . . . . . : DIALRTY 2 > Disconnect timer . . . . . . . . . : DSCTMR > Minimum connect timer . . . . . : 170 > Disconnection delay timer . . . : 30 > SDLC poll priority . . . . . . . . : POLLPTY *NO > SDLC poll limit . . . . . . . . . : POLLLMT 0 > SDLC out limit . . . . . . . . . . : OUTLMT *POLLLMT > SDLC connect poll retry . . . . . : CNNPOLLRTY 7 > Controller description . . . . . . : CTLD VNDCTL > Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *ALL > Category of controller . . . . . . : *APPC > SDLC NDM poll timer . . . . . . . : NDMPOLLTMR *CALC > Recovery limits . . . . . . . . . : CMNRCYLMT > Count limit . . . . . . . . . . : 2 > Time interval . . . . . . . . . : 5 > * * * * * E N D O F L I S T I N G * * * * * > Display Device Description Page > 1 > 5769SS1 V4R3M0 980729 AS400 09/15/00 > 11:05:16 > Device description . . . . . . . . : DEVD VNDDEV > Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OPTION *ALL > Category of device . . . . . . . . : *APPC > Automatically created . . . . . . : NO > Remote location . . . . . . . . . : RMTLOCNAME VND > Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : ONLINE *YES > Local location . . . . . . . . . . : LCLLOCNAME *NETATR > Remote network identifier . . . . : RMTNETID *NETATR > Attached controller . . . . . . . : CTL VNDCTL > Message queue . . . . . . . . . . : MSGQ QSYSOPR > Library . . . . . . . . . . . . : *LIBL > Local location address . . . . . . : LOCADR 00 > APPN-capable . . . . . . . . . . . : APPN *YES > Single session . . . . . . . . . . : SNGSSN > Single session capable . . . . . : *NO > Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : TEXT Device description for > s > upport > Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : MODE > -------------------------Mode-------------------------- > *NETATR > -------------------Active modes-------------------- > Job > Mode name User Number > SNASVCMG QLUS QSYS 861811 > BLANK QCMN QSYS 861911 > * * * * * E N D O F L I S T I N G * * * * * > > > Diana Hicks > Town of Jupiter > dianah@jupiter.fl.us > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, 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