Match iSeries system parameters for 4684 retail controllers

You must coordinate parameter values with the iSeries™ server and the 4684 retail controller when running IBM® Retail Industry Programming Support Services (RIPSS). The following table lists those parameters.

iSeries parameters are listed in alphabetical order; the commands on which the parameters are specified are included in the rightmost column of the table.

For more information about configuring for RIPSS on the 4684, see the IBM Retail Industry Programming Support Services: Planning and Installation Guide, SC33-0650.

To configure the iSeries server to a 4684 controller:

iSeries Prompt iSeries Parameter RIPSS Configuration Display RIPSS Prompt
LAN remote adapter address ADPTADR TRDLC Server Data Local node (Hex)

For Token-Ring connections, the values specified for the RIPSS configuration and for the iSeries CRTCTLRTL command must match.
Local adapter address ADPTADR TRDLC Server Data Remote node (Hex)

For Token-Ring connections, the values specified for the RIPSS configuration and for the iSeries CRTLINTRN command must match.
Destination service access point DSAP TRDLC Server Data Local SAP (Hex)

For Token-Ring connections, the values specified for the RIPSS configuration and for the iSeries CRTCTLRTL command must match.
Duplex DUPLEX SDLC Server Data 4-wire constant RTS?

For SDLC connections, the values specified for RIPSS and iSeries configurations must match:

  • If the RIPSS response is N, DUPLEX(*HALF) must be specified for the CRTLINSDLC command.
  • If the RIPSS response is Y, DUPLEX(YES) must be specified for the CRTLINSDLC command.
Exchange identifier EXCHID SDLC Server Data Block number (hex) and XID (hex)

For SDLC connections, the values specified for the RIPSS configuration must match the value specified in the EXCHID parameter of the CRTCTLRTL command. The EXCHID parameter must be specified as: xxxyyyyy, where xxx matches the RIPSS Block number and yyyyy matches the RIPSS XID.

For switched connections, the block number must be 005.
Local location address LOCADR SNA Server Data, Session Data LOC Address (Dec)

The values specified for the RIPSS configuration must match the values specified on the LOCADR parameter of the CRTDEVRTL command.

Note that the RIPSS LOC Address is a decimal value; the iSeries value is a 2-digit hexadecimal number.
NRZI data encoding NRZI SDLC Server Data Data coding/decoding

For SDLC connections, the values specified for the iSeries CRTLINSDLC command and the RIPSS configuration must match:

  • If the RIPSS response is NRZI, NRZI(*YES) must be specified for the CRTLINSDLC command.
  • If the RIPSS response is NRZ, NRZI(*NO) must be specified for the CRTLINSDLC command.
SSCP identifier SSCPID HST Server Data SSCP Name

For SDLC connections, if used, the value specified by the RIPSS configuration must match the last 10 digits of the SSCPID parameter specified on the CRTCTLRTL command.
Station address STNADR SDLC Server Data Poll address (hex)

For SDLC connections, values specified for the iSeries CRTCTLRTL command and the RIPSS configuration must match.