Defining terminals using BAS

To create a terminal definition:

  1. Issue the create primary (CREate) or line (CRE) action command from the TERMDEF view.
  2. Fill in the fields on the terminal definition panels (The number of panels displayed depends on the characteristics of your terminal; Figure 99 shows the terminal definition fields, for convenience in one list):
    Figure 99. Creating a terminal definition
     COMMAND  ===>
      Name           ===> E01X       Version ===> 1
      Description    ===>
      RESGROUP       ===>
      User Data
     
      Autoinsmodel   ===> NO         Model for autoinstall (NO, YES, ONLY)
      Autoinsname    ===>            Name of autoinstall control program
      Typeterm       ===>            Definition associated with this terminal
      Console        ===>            System Console number (NO, 0-250, blank)
      ConsoleName    ===>            System Console name
      NetName        ===>            VTAM network name
      Modename       ===>            VTAM logmode name
      Printer        ===>            Primary 3270 printer
      Printercopy    ===> NO         Use printer for hardware copy (NO, YES)
      Altprinter     ===>            Alternative printer name
      Altprintcopy   ===> NO         Printer used for hardware copy (NO, YES)
      Pool           ===>            Name for 3600 or 3650 pipeline terminal
      Tasklimit      ===>            Number of concurrent tasks (NO, 1-32767, blank)
      Userid         ===>            Userid used for security
      Natlang        ===>            Display language for NLS-enabled terminals
      Transaction    ===>            Initiated when no active tasks
      Termpriority   ===> 0          Terminal priority (0-255, blank)
      Inservice      ===> YES        Terminal status (YES, NO)
      Security name  ===>            Security name of remote system
      BindPassword   ===> ................  Bind security password
      Bindsecurity   ===> NO         Use ESM for bind-time security (NO, YES)
      Usedfltuser    ===> N/A        Use default user (YES, NO, N/A)
      Attachsec      ===> LOCAL      Security (LOCAL, IDENTIFY, VERIFY,
                                               PERSISTENT, MIXIDPE)
      Remotename     ===>            Name of terminal in owning system
      Remote Sysid   ===>            SYSIDENT of Remote System
      Remote Sysnet  ===>            Network name
     
     CICS/MVS 2.1.2 only fields
      Operid          ===>              Operator identifier
      Oper Priority   ===> 0            Operator priority code (0-255, blank)
      Oper RSL                          Terminal Resource security keys
                      ===>
      Oper Security                     Device transaction security keys
                      ===>
                      ===>
                      ===>
     Press ENTER to create TERMDEF.
     
     Type END or CANCEL to cancel without creating.
  3. To add the terminal definition to the data repository, press Enter. Otherwise, issue one of the other commands available from this panel.

Related concepts
Terminal resource definitions
CICS® Resource Definition Guide
Related tasks
Accessing BAS terminal definitions
Working with the TERMDEF view
Installing BAS terminal definitions
CICS Resource Definition Guide
CICS Resource Definition Guide
CICS System Programming Reference
Related reference
Terminal definition attributes
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