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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:28:00 EST
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- From: "Bill Rodatz 656-0264" <RODATZ@CLEMSON.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: PSF commands
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- On Thu, 5 Nov 1992 09:21:20 EST Dennis Caffi <ASMIDCC@VM7CG.HQ.AF.MIL> said:
- > I've got PSF V2.1 on MVS/ESA 4.2 running supporting a 4224 printer
- > under VTAM 3.3. We are going to add a 3820 shortly. I have some questions.
- >
- >
- > 1.) Where can I find a list of all the PSF/MVS commands ?
- > 2.) How do I bring PSF/MVS down (I am cnaceling it now) ?
- >
- > Thanks in advance for the help.
- >
- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Dennis Caffi IP: asmidcc@vm7cg.hq.af.mil
- > Senior MVS Systems Programmer
- > Grumman Data Systems / U.S. Air Force
- > Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Dennis,
-
- Sorry for the delay in responding. I was asking myself these same
- questions when I first began working with our printers. Our system
- configuration closely matches that of yours.
-
- I have never found any MVS commands for PSF. It is simply a bridge
- between application programs and page printers. We run PSF in
- 'Deferred-Printing Mode' which causes PSF to act as an output writer,
- meaning, that it processes spooled data from JES and sends it to a
- a printer device.
-
- PSF really doesn't exist until you start a PSF-attached printer. Such
- printers are defined as Functional Subsystem Applications (FSAs) that
- run in separate address spaces. IBM calls these address spaces,
- Functional SubSystems (FSSs). A FSS uses an interface to communicate
- between itself and JES. To create an FSS for a 3820 in 'Deferred
- Printing Mode', you must define the FSS in the JES initialization deck
- with the 'FSSDEF' statement. You must then code a startup procedure
- in your system procedure library, which specifies the PSF parms and
- the libraries that contain the system resources such as PageDefs.
-
- To terminate a FSS, drain the printer (i.e. $PPRTxx) and cancel the
- FSS (i.e. C FSSname). When all FSSs have been cancelled, PSF
- essentially 'goes away'. I have startup procs for both channel and
- SNA attached 3820s that I would be happy to send to you.
-
- I hope this helps.
-
- Bill Rodatz
- Systems Programmer Bitnet: Rodatz@Clemson
- Clemson University Internet: Rodatz@Clemson.Edu
-