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This installation document applies to the TokenExpress™ 16/p adapter software release v7.0, which is available in the archive TE16DISK.EXE.
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\DOSDLC\TE16IA.SYS \DOSDLC\TE16DLC.SYS |
General Installation
- Create a directory on your system hard disk for the TokenExpress DLC adapter drivers.
- Insert the Intel TokenExpress 16 adapter driver disk into drive A:.
- Copy the Interrupt Arbitrator (A:\DOSDLC\TE16IA.SYS) and the DLC driver (A:\DOSDLC\TE16DLC.SYS) to the newly created directory on your hard drive.
- Edit your CONFIG.SYS file and add the following lines:
FILES=20 BUFFERS=50 DEVICE=(path)\TE16IA.SYS DEVICE=(path)\TE16DLC.SYS
- Copy the A:\DOSDLC\OC01INII.COM file into the directory on your hard disk containing the IBM 3270 emulation program you are using.
- When the PC/3270 program is configured (installed), a batch file for starting the program is created. This batch file should be invoked from within another batch file which executes OC01INII.COM. The following sample batch file (3270.BAT) is contained on the Intel driver diskette in the \DOSDLC directory.
3270.BAT:
@rem Beginning of sample batch file @echo off OC01INII rem Now continue with the original batch file rem doing the actual 3270 emulation (in this rem example PC3270.BAT): PC3270 rem End of sample batch file
Any other restrictions described in the IBM Personal Communications/3270 documentation also apply.
Hints And Tips
Configuring the DOS DLC driver Node Address The adapter has a built-in node address which ensures a unique node address for each card. Two identical node addresses on the same Token-Ring Network will cause unpredictable behavior of the conflicting nodes.
You may choose to define your own node address customized for your installation. To do so, include a twelve digit, hexadecimal node address in the CONFIG.SYS file:
device=c:\network\TE16DLC.SYS -n<card_number><node_address>
<card_number> is 0 (zero) for the PRIMARY adapter and 1 for the ALTERNATE adapter.
<node_address> is a 12-digit hexadecimal number in the range 400000000000 through 7FFFFFFFFFFF. It is recommended that the first four digits are 4000.
Example:
To configure a machine with two adapters of which the first will use the node address 400000001066 and the second the node address 400000002067, enter:
device=c:\network\TE16DLC.SYS -n0400000001066 -n1400000002067
Entering a zero forces the burned in address to be used even if an application at a later time tries to open the adapter with another address.
Minimum SAPs This parameter sets the minimum number of SAP stations that the adapter will support when opened and enables multiple 802.2 applications to coexist. For example, IBM Personal Communications 3270 and IBM Application System/400* PC Support can run on the same workstation if MINSAP is set to a high enough value to include the total number of SAPs required by both application programs. The default value is "0".
Example:
DEVICE=C:\NETWORK\TE16DLC.SYS -P<card_number><MINSAP>
where <MINSAP> is a decimal number 0 - 127, and <card_number> is 0 or 1 denoting the adapter.
Minimum Links This parameter sets the minimum number of link stations that the adapter will support when opened and enables multiple 802.2 applications to coexist. For example, IBM Personal Communications 3270 and IBM Application System/400* PC Support can run on the same workstation if MINLINK is set to a high enough value to include the total number of link stations required by both application programs.
(MINSAP must also be set to a high enough value to include the total number of SAPS required by both application programs). The default value is "0".
Example:
Early Token Release You can manually enable or disable the Early Token Release function by changing the device specification for the DLC driver in the CONFIG.SYS file. By defaultn the function is enabled.
Modify the device specification line as follows:
device=c:\network\TE16DLC.SYS -e<card_number><enable/disable>
where <card_number> is 0 or 1, and <enable/disable> is 0 for enable and 1 for disable.
Example:
device=c:\network\TE16DLC.SYS -e01
This parameter is ignored if the data rate is 4 Mbps. Any value given at a later time by an application is ignored.
Alternate Adapter The -A switch causes the driver to treat the first adapter found as ALTERNATE and ignore any other adapters.
Without this switch, the first adapter found automatically becomes PRIMARY (adapter 0) and a second adapter becomes ALTERNATE (adapter 1).
Example:
An alternate driver/adapter needs to be configured as PRIMARY (adapter 0). Therefore an adapter handled by TE16DLC.SYS needs to be configured as ALTERNATE (adapter 1). Assume also that the latter uses node address 400011112222:
device = <path>\TE16DLC.SYS -N1400011112222 -A
Interrupt Arbitrator Configuration A country code can be specified when loading the interrupt 5C arbitrator TE16IA.SYS. Subsequently loaded drivers will use this country code to display messages in the selected language:
device = <path>\TE16IA.SYS <optional country code>
The country code can be:
01 45 49 |
US English Danish German |
This applies to:
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