Change Device Desc (Finance) (CHGDEVFNC)

Where allowed to run: All environments (*ALL)
Threadsafe: No

The Change Device Description (Finance) (CHGDEVFNC) command changes a device description for a finance device.

Restriction: You must have input/output system configuration (*IOSYSCFG) special authority to use this command.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
DEVD	Device description	Name	Required, Key, Positional 1
LOCADR	Local location address	01-FF, *SAME	Optional
ONLINE	Online at IPL	SAME, YES, *NO	Optional
MAXLENRU	Maximum length of request unit	8-4096, SAME, CALC	Optional
ACTTMR	Activation timer	1-2550, *SAME	Optional
INACTTMR	Inactivity timer	1-30, SAME, NOMAX, SEC15, SEC30	Optional
SNPTDEV	SNA pass-through device desc	Name, NONE, SAME	Optional
SNPTGRP	SNA pass-through group name	Name, NONE, SAME	Optional
TEXT	Text 'description'	Character value, SAME, BLANK	Optional

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Device description (DEVD)

Specifies the name of the device description.

This is a required parameter.

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Local location address (LOCADR)

Specifies the local location address for this device.

The type of controller to which the device is being attached determines which values are valid.

Controller: Valid Values
FBSS: 01-FF
4701: 01-FF
4702: 01-FF
3694: 01-04
4730: 01-03
4731: 01-02
4732: 01-02
4736: 01-02

LOCADR 01 is used only to communicate with the system monitor session and is valid only if *FNCICF is specified for the Device type (TYPE) parameter.

*SAME: The value does not change.

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Online at IPL (ONLINE)

Specifies whether this object is automatically varied on at initial program load (IPL).

*SAME: The value does not change.

*YES

This device is varied on automatically at IPL.

*NO

This device is not varied on automatically at IPL.

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Maximum length of request unit (MAXLENRU)

Specifies the maximum request unit (RU) length allowed.

*SAME: The value does not change.

*CALC: The system calculates the value to use.

maximum-length-request-unit

Specify a value in the range of 8 through 4096 bytes as the maximum length for incoming request units.

Note: *CALC is the only allowed value for a 3624, 3694, or 4704 device type. If *FNCICF is specified for the Device type (TYPE) parameter and attached to either a 3694, 4730, 4731, 4732, or 4736 controller, *CALC or 256 are the only allowed values.

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Activation timer (ACTTMR)

Specifies the amount of time (in seconds) to wait for the device to respond to the activation request from the host IBM i. If the device does not respond within this time, it is considered not available.

Note: This parameter is valid only on switched lines and when *SNPT is specified for the DEVCLS parameter.

*SAME: The value does not change.

activation-timer

Specify a number ranging from 1 through 2550 indicating the number of seconds before the device is considered not available.

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Inactivity timer (INACTTMR)

Specifies, for devices connected using SNA pass-through support, a timeout value that measures the amount of time that the device is not bound to a host application. When the timeout value is exceeded, the session is ended.

*SAME: The value does not change.

*NOMAX

No maximum inactivity time is tracked (no inactivity timer is to be enforced).

*SEC15

A 15-second time-out period is used.

*SEC30

A 30-second time-out period is used.

inactivity-timer

Specifies a time-out value in minutes.

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SNA pass-through device desc (SNPTDEV)

Specifies the name of the associated SNA pass-through device that is attached to a host or advanced program-to-program communications (APPC) controller.

*SAME: The value does not change.

*NONE

No name is specified.

associated-device-name

Specify the name of a device that is attached to a host or an APPC controller that is associated with this device.

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SNA pass-through group name (SNPTGRP)

Specifies the name configured for a group of host devices in a configuration list (see CRTCFGL command). This indicates that this device is associated with any one of the devices in that group which is available.

This parameter is valid only when *SNPT is specified for the DEVCLS parameter.