RE: How do terminals connect to VM/370?

"Rocky" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.vm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I believe that you can define an luname in the configuration for the
emulator.
Not TN3270E but just LUNAME.

If you define the address of the device - 0C0 - 0C1 etc as the luname
Hercules will connect you to that specific device if its free
At least it works on my Emulator.

Roc 

-->-----Original Message-----
-->From: [email protected] 
-->[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ivan Warren
-->Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 03:58 
-->To: [email protected]
-->Subject: Re: [H390-VM] How do terminals connect to VM/370?
-->
-->Robert O'Hara wrote:
-->> I think I have DMKRIO somewhat understood.  Right now I 
-->have 16 3277-2s starting at 0C0, and 7 3278-4s starting at 1C0.
-->> 
-->> If I connect using the wc3270 emulator defined as a model 
-->2, it happily connects at 0C0, and if I run a second copy, 
-->it connects at 0C1, and so on.  This is working as I expect.
-->> 
-->> But when I try to connect using the wc3270 emulator 
-->defined as a model 4, it tries to connect at 0C0 (or 
-->whatever the next available address is) and I never get the 
-->VM logo screen because (I assume) I am trying to connect a 
-->3278-4 to a 3277-2 port.
-->> 
-->> If I explicitly specify the address (i.e. 1C0) then the 
-->3278-4 connects correctly.
-->> 
-->> Is there any way to set things up so I get the "next one 
-->that fits" 3270 connection?
-->> 
-->> Bob
-->> 
-->
-->You may want to try the group name capability of the 3270 connector :
-->
-->http://www.hercules-390.org/hercconf.html#3270
-->
-->so if you do something like :
-->
-->0C0.16 3270 SMALL
-->161.16 3270 LARGE
-->
-->And you connect with a parameter of "SMALL" for your 24x80 
-->terminals and "LARGE" for your model 4s, it should work.
-->
-->--Ivan
-->
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