RE: Virtual device names and impact on dataarea -- BPCS-L

Title: RE: Virtual device names and impact on dataarea

The best option to rename the device to a shorter name. Say six characters. You should not have any problems doing that.

One thing I should mention is that we connect to the AS/400 using an Ethernet.
We could assign users there on device ids using different routers available but for the most part the it is first come first served.

Our users get a device INXXX when they enter where XXX is the next available workstation.
We currently have IN001 to IN180 defined.
If the devices used get close to that number we just create more ids so we do not have the APADEV000Y.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Rick J. Carter [SMTP:rickcarter@holley.com]
Sent:   Friday, March 26, 1999 2:17 PM
To:     BPCS-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Virtual device names and impact on dataarea

BPCS V6.0.02 AS400 Mixmode

We had a problem with user output queues changing randomly within our BPCS
environment. I finally found out the problem and wonder if anyone knows an
easy fix.

On virtual device names, the AS/400 may assign up to a 10 position number.
( qpadev000Y) Within BPCS, when you do a F13 to display or change
Workstation data, notice the data area name in the top center of the screen.
In my example, my workstation device name is QPADEV000Y and BPCS assigns a
data area for the workstation of QQPADEV000. Notice, due to the length of
the name and the extra Q Bpcs puts in front of the dataarea name, the Y is
dropped from my dataarea. What this is causing is for anyone else entering
BPCS with a similiar device name, once BPCS addes the Q to the front of the
data area, then my dataarea and someone else's will actually be the same.
IF someone else changes their output queue inside this, mine will also
adapt their change since both are using the same data area, thus my output
queues are changing randomly.

My question is , can you make the system only use so many characters when it
assigns virtual device names and if not, how do I stop this conflict from
happening.

Thanks for any suggestions.
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