gtpo1m1oOperations

ZBOLT-Start a BSC Online Test

Use this command to send a request-for-test message from a binary synchronous communication (BSC) point-to-point or tributary station to:

Requirements and Restrictions

None.

Format




Notes:

  1. You must specify these parameters only when you specify the 00 or 01 parameter.

line
is a 2-digit hexadecimal symbolic line number.

00
receives and acknowledges the specified messages.
Note:
The messages consist of data plus line control.

01
transmits the test message that was received in the RFT text field.

02
transmits an EBCDIC full transparent message:

DLE STX (256 8-bit bytes, 0-255) DLE ETX

04
transmits an EBCDIC normal text message:

STX SYN SYN (245 8-bit bytes, excluding control characters) ETX

05
transmits a USASCII normal text message:

STX SYN SYN (117 7-bit bytes, excluding control characters) ETX

06
transmits a USASCII alphanumeric text message:

STX SYN SYN (36 bytes, A-Z, 0-9) ETX

14
transmits an EBCDIC alphanumeric message:

STX SYN SYN (36 bytes, A-Z, 0-9) ETX

15
transmits an EBCDIC all-zeros weak pattern message:

STX SYS SYN (74 bytes X'00' and 6 bytes SYN) ETX

16
transmits an EBCDIC alternate zero-on weak pattern message:

STX SYN SYN (40 bytes X'AA', 40 bytes X'55') ETX

19
transmits an EBCDIC weak pattern transparency message:

DLE STX (280 bytes X'00', 10 bytes SYN) DLE ETX

20
transmits an EBCDIC 80-byte transparent text message:

DLE STX (U-Z, 0-9, X'00'-X'3F') DLE ETX

21
transmits an EBCDIC 120-byte transparent text message:

DLE STX (A-Z, 0-9, X'00'-X'53') DLE ETX

22
transmits an EBCDIC 144-byte transparent text message:

DLE STX (A-Z, 0-9, X'00'-X'6B') DLE ETX

repeat
is the number of times the message is sent from 1-99.

C
specifies that the message contains alphanumeric characters. Character data is sent in nontransparent mode exactly as it is keyed on the CRAS, including new-line characters.

X
specifies that the message contains hexadecimal characters. Hexadecimal data is converted to the appropriate internal form and sent in transparent mode.

message
is the 0- to 290-byte message. If you specify hexadecimal characters, the message must contain an even number of bytes. New-line characters that are inserted between the hexadecimal digits are ignored.

Additional Information

You can enter the ZLASL command to prevent normal traffic from being queued on a BSC line while running online tests. To do this, set the send limit of the line to 0. Any traffic that is already queued is sent. Additional messages are not queued until the send limit (except online tests) is reset to a nonzero value.

Examples

In the following example, a USASCII normal text message is sent 3 times on line 46.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZBOLT BS 46 05 03                                                       |
|                                                                                |
|System: 18.10.09 BOLT- TEST 05 COUNT 03 IN RFT SENT ON LINE BS 46               |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

In the following example, the ABC123 characters are received and acknowledged 99 times on line 46.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZBOLT BS 46 00 99 C ABC123                                              |
|                                                                                |
|System: 18.11.51 BOLT- TEST 00 COUNT 99 IN RFT SENT ON LINE BS 46               |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Related Information

See TPF Non-SNA Data Communications Reference for more information about BSC lines.