TECH TALK: ESTABLISHING TWO PCOMM LINKS ON A LAN

Have you ever needed to set up eNetwork Personal Communications (PCOMM) for emulator sessions to two different SNA hosts on a LAN? It's actually very easy. Just follow these steps to learn how.

First, create a PCOMM session for your first SNA host by using the standard PCOMM "wizard" (Configure/LAN 802.2/Configure Link). At the end of the procedure, you will be prompted to save your .ACG file, which contains all the SNA connectivity definitions. You should also save the .WS file with the emulator session definition.

Next, from the running session A, select "Run the Same" to start a second session B to the same host. After this session window is open, select "Configure /LAN 802.2/Configure Link" again to start the SNA configuration wizard. Leave the Local System definitions as they are in the first and second dialogues.

In the LAN Connection dialogue, type in a new link station name to replace the first name. For instance, you could type LINK2ND to replace LINK0000.

Next, change the LAN destination address to the address of your second host gateway. Press "Advanced," then modify the Block ID/PU ID values to correspond to your definitions on the second host.

That's it. Just be sure to resave your .ACG file again with the updated values. And save your second .WS file with your second emulator session.

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