Verilink 9000 Series (34-00271) Product Manual - Manual (Page 212)

190 C HAPTER 11: DLP (D ATA L INK P ROTOCOL )
Parameters
List for SDLC
The SDLC Parameters menu screen is used to define an SDLC device on the
communications platform that communicates with other devices supporting SDLC.
Figure 11-3 is displayed from the Data Link Protocol screen when the selected
Data link type is S and F10 is pressed.
These parameters are described in the following paragraphs.
Defaults are shown underlined.
Line Module
This field indicates the line module number of the displayed port. Entering a
different line module number and pressing F10 transfers the program to the same
port on the new line module.
Port
The port field indicates the number of the displayed port. A different port may be
selected by entering its number here and pressing F10.
Recovery Counter
The RC Counter parameter indicates the maximum number of times a Request
Frame can be transmitted and unanswered before a failure is declared. The
selections are a decimal 1 to 255, 3.
Retransmission Busy Counter
While a remote station is in a busy state, it polls the specified number of times
waiting for the busy condition to clear. If it does not clear after all attempts have
been issued, a failure is detected. The selections are decimal 1 to 255, 10.
TXPORT INTELLINET Configuration Program
Configuration 1000
Data Link Protocol SDLC Parameters
Line Module [01] Port [4]
Level 2 Parameters Level 3 Parameters
Recovery Counter [ 3] Device Inoperationnal Timer [ 60]
Retransmission Busy Counter [ 10] Postpone Timer [ 1]
Modulo [ 8] Keep message [N]
Window Size [ 7]
T1 Timer [ 3]
Device Type [D]
Duplex Exchange [N]
Switched Link [N]
Poll Timer (10 msec) [ 1]
ESC=Main Menu F1=Help F5=Clear F7=Redisplay F8=Jump F9=Previous F10=Next
Figure 11-3 SDLC Parameters Screen
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