Visara LINCS Configuration - Manual (Page 35)

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Chapter 1. Getting Started
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Direct Device Menu
Here you can define the coax and asynchronous displays and printers that are directly attached
to this LINCS node. The Direct Device Sub-Menu is used when you only need to add or
modify a directly attached device’s configuration data. You can enter the direct device
configuration process at any point you wish, which is good for updates. Or you can run
through the complete process, by starting at Device Options, and PF8-Forwarding through all
the panels necessary to add APPN to your existing configuration.
Direct Device Menu LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Item Description
1 Device Options
2 Coax Multiplexing
3 Device Profiles
4 Device Profile Assignments
5 Printer Assignments
Select Item: Depress Enter
PF: 1-Menu 3-Panel_List 10-Done
Profiles
Please note that you are required to create and use profiles to assign common configuration
components.
• Profiles are used to simplify configuration of like-type configuration components. They
contain link, host, or device parameters, which you can assign to host circuits, gateway
circuits, LU to PU mapping, or devices. If you will be creating several components of
the same type, profiles prevent you from having to repeatedly type the same parameters.
Profiles also make it easier to manage groups of like-typed components.
• There are several types of profiles, for different components. When a profile is defined,
it is assigned a decimal number, and you may assign it a name. Either the number or the
name may be used during configuration to specify which profile you wish to use.
• Each type of profile has a Default Profile, which is used to fill in some of the new
profile’s fields. This saves you time when creating several profiles of the same type.
Default Profile
• Each type of profile has a Default Profile associated with it. When you create (add) a
profile, some of the fields will automatically be filled in with the default profile’s values.
Pressing PF9 also changes the fields to the values from the default profile, at any time.
• The Default Profile appears the same as any other profile with the exception of the PF
keys. To create or modify the Default Profile, press PF3-Def_Dflt (Define Default) while
in a profile panel. For example, while displaying any 3270 Host Profile, pressing PF3
will display the Default 3270 Host Profile.
Other PF key definitions are show below:
• PF4-Cpy_Prof - Copies the Default 3270 Host Profile to all other profiles of this type.
• PF5-Cpy_Fld - Copies the field occupied by the cursor to all other profiles of this type.
This option is not available for the Central Site Control Facility.