Starting IPCS: Deciding Which Method to Provide

There are two basic ways for users to start the IPCS dialog:

Start the IPCS dialog directly from ISPF without starting IPCS in line mode
In this case, the user invokes the IPCS dialog directly from ISPF, without entering the IPCS command before starting ISPF.

Requirement

To start IPCS without entering the IPCS command, you must run IPCS under the terminal monitor program supplied with TSO/E Version 2.4.
Start IPCS in line mode before starting ISPF.
In this case, the user must perform the following steps to start the IPCS dialog:
1. Enter the IPCS command to start IPCS line mode before starting ISPF.
2. Start an ISPF session.
3. Invoke the IPCS dialog from ISPF.

This section describes the two methods and compares their relative advantages and disadvantages.