IBM OS/390 User Manual

Table 18. PLINE MACRO to JES2 Parameter Mapping

A D D R =

Unit address of the BSC
emulator port or CTC adapter

U N I T =

″

SNA

″ 

or unit address

(4-digit addresses
supported)

CODE

EBCDIC is the only value
allowed. (ASCII is not supported)

L I N E C C H R =

EBCDIC or USASCII
supported

INTRPT

Selector channel mode

N / A

Option not in JES2

MODSET

BSC (2701) Adaptor
characteristics

I N T E R F A C E =
C O D E =

BSC adapter interface &
code

PSWRD

Line p a s s w o r d

P A S S W O R D =

BSC or dedicated SNA line

SWITCH

Switched line or leased

N / A

Don

′

t specify LINE= on RMT

statement for switched lines

TIMEOUT

Number of idle minutes before
forced off

(not on LINE
p a r m )

Specify DISCINTV= on the
RMT(nnnn) statement.

TRNSP

T r a n s p a r e n c y f e a t u r e

T R A N S P A R =

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for NJE

This table shows the conversion of POWER PRMT parameters to JES2 RMT
remotes.

Table 19 (Page 1 of 2). PRMT MACRO to JES2 Parameter Mapping

REMOTE

remote ID number

RMT(nnn)

′

nnn

′ 

is the remote ID

n u m b e r

TYPE

2770, 2780, 3741, or 3780 for
BSC

TYPE

2770, 2780, or 3780/3781 for
BSC (3741 not supported)

ABE

Additional buffer expansion
on 2770 and 3741

B U F E X P A N = 2

(3741 not supported)

BE

Buffer expansion on 2770

B U F E X P A N = 1

CS

Component selection

T Y P E = 3 7 8 1
o r 2770

CSALST

Component select for LST
output

N / A

Not specified at this level -
based on device type (2770,
3781)

CSAMSG

Component selection for
messages sent to remote

N / A

U s e   M S G P R T = Y   t o   r o u t e
messages to a printer

CSAPUN

Component select for punch
output.

N / A

Not specified at this level -
based on device type (2770,
3781)

HFC

Horizontal Tabs

H T A B S

LIST

Number of characters in
print line

N / A

(not nec.)

LSTROUT

Default print routing

ROUTECDE

Same for LST and PUN

MRF

2780 multi-record feature

MRF2780

M S G

width of message lines

N / A

(not nec.)

MSEEJCT

Suppress skip-to-1 after
output before messages

N / A

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