IBM Licensed Programs: Networking Products
566 AS/400e System Handbook
commands from a host system without operator interaction and enables the user to send
ADCS commands to the POS controller. Both an interactive menu interface and a command
language interface for unattended operation are provided.
The translation support and archival scheme provided by the IBM Point-of-Sale
Communications Utility for AS/400 program improves the capability to manage and access
data from a network of retail stores. The translation system provides the option to generate
source statements that describe the retail files after conversion to the AS/400 database
format for inclusion in user application programs. The program also provides an optional
archival scheme for POS data retrieved from retail stores. The POS data can be stored on the
AS/400 system with store number and date as part of the file member name. Options are
provided to retrieve data by a specific store and date from the main memory or to merge data
from all stores into a single AS/400 database file.
IBM Communications Utilities for AS/400 V4R4, 5769-CM1
The Communications Utilities for AS/400 comprises the MVS/VM bridge and Remote Job
Entry (RJE) functions. These capabilities provide interchange of mail and files and the
submitting or receiving jobs between connected systems.
The MVS/VM bridge provides support to allow the movement of mail and files to and from a
System/370 host system (VM PROFS and RSCS) using the BSC protocol or SNA over SDLC
lines, over an X.25 network, or over an IBM Token-Ring Network. The SDLC and X.25 lines
can connect through an X.21 interface. This support also includes direct connection to
VM/RSCS or MVS using JES2 or JES3. Other operating systems can be reached indirectly
through the RSCS or JES network including DOS/VSE using VSE/POWER. Other AS/400
systems, System/36s, and System/38s that are connected to an AS/400 system MVS/VM
bridge system using SNADS can also exchange mail and files with systems in the network.
An AS/400 system with the MVS/VM bridge can act as a bridge between PROFS users and
users of OfficeVision for AS/400, Personal Services/36, Personal Services/38, 5520 systems,
and DISOSS software. Users can exchange Document Content Architecture (DCA) Final
Form Text (FFT) or DCA Revisable Form Text (RFT) documents, notes, and messages with
PROFS users.
The MVS/VM bridge capability enables the AS/400 system to exchange RSCS files, spooled
output, and messages generated using SNA Distribution Services (SNADS) on the AS/400
system, the System/36, or the System/38 with VM systems. Other files, such as job streams,
generated on an AS/400 system, a System/36, or a System/38 can be stored on the VM
system and forwarded to the appropriate AS/400, System/36, or System/38 using the
MVS/VM bridge.
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