RE: PDA subsystem creation

Well, since nobody else has replied I'll offer the following:

It's relatively easy to create a separate subsystem for a set of devices,
biggest hurdle is making sure you can tell when a session needs to go into
said subsystem.  Easy way is to have some specific naming conventions for
the devices, the place correct workstation entries in the appropriate
subsystems.

example: all PDA's use a device name that starts PDA.

You create a new subsystem named QINTERPDA

addwse sbsd(QINTER)  wrkstn(PDA*) AT(*ENTER)
addwse sbsd(QINTERPDA)  wrkstn(PDA*) AT(*SIGNON)

Now, you just need to create a display file for QINTERPAD to use.  Copy
QGPL/QDSIGNON to some other member, make the changes you need to, and
compile it.  

****NOTE YOU CANNOT ADD OR DELETE ANY FIELDS OR THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
APPEAR!!! ****

In other words, your display file must have the same buffer layout as the
system display file, the file format identifiers must be the same.  You can
hide fields and move them around as long as you respect the original order.

Lastly, tell you new subsystem to use the new signon display file:
CHGSBSD  SBS(QINTERPDA) SGNDSPF(MYLIB/PDASIGNON)

There should been plenty of info about doing this in the archives.

Having said all that, I want to point out that all you have is a signon
screen customized to display on the small blackberry screen.  Once you sign
on, you'd have to deal with regular sized 5250 screens unless you have an
initial program called that displays blackberry sized screens.

In other words, you have to custom design every screen you want to display.
I know of no product that auto-magically shrinks a 5252 screen to fit.

Depending on what you are trying to access, you might find the iSeries
Navigator for Wireless product meets your needs.  You can find out more info
about in in the infocenter:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/info/rzam5/rzam5overview.h
tm

HTH,


Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dudley, Scott [mailto:Scott.Dudley@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:51 AM
> To: 'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: PDA susbsystem creation
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> In some posts I have seen reference to creation of a 
> subsystem that shrinks
> down the 5250 screen for the blackberry. Currently our blackberry is
> un-useable because the screen is bigger that the blackberry 
> display. Can any
> body tell me how to create such a subsystem? We are currently 
> using sonic
> admin 3.1 if that has any bearing on the question.
> 
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> 
> Thanks Much!!
> 
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> 
>  
> 
> Scott
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