Visara LINCS Central Control - Manual (Page 7)

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1. LINCS Central Control
LINCS Central Control provides access to various LINCS features and customization utilities.
You can enter Central Control from any CUT type terminal or workstation that can access the
LINCS platform, or from the Central Site Control Facility of NetView on the mainframe.
When you enter Central Control, you will see the Main Menu, pictured below.
The LINCS Central Control Main Menu directs you to sub-menus where you can execute the
desired utility. While executing LINCS Central Control, the bottom row is used to display PF
key definitions.
Customization activities which will change some or all ports operating characteristics have
protected fields, and some menus require a password to gain access.
The Field Service menu option is normally not accessible from Central Control. When the FE
switch is on, you will see an additional menu item: 0, which accesses the Field Service menu.
Main Menu LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Item Description
1 Customization Data Menu
2 Supervisor Functions Menu
3 Media Management Menu
4 Vital Product Data Menu
5 Network Management Menu
6 Device Menu
7 Event Logs Menu
8 Communications Menu
Select: Depress Enter
Accessing Central Control
To enter or exit LINCS Central Control on a 3270 terminal: simultaneously press the Alt and
Test keys at a terminal. On an ASCII terminal, or a PC running an ASCII emulator: press
and or then . The TEST message appears on the operator status row
and the LINCS Central Control main menu is displayed. While a session on a device is in
LINCS Central Control, that session is taken off-line. If the device has Multiple Logical
Sessions (MLS), the other sessions on the device continue normal operation.
When any Central Control menu is displayed, enter the desired menu selection character
(number or letter) at the Select Item: prompt, then press the Enter key. If a utility has input
parameters (refer to individual utility descriptions), these are entered following the utility
select character, using a comma to separate utility parameters. For example, entering Select
Item: ‘1,u’ brings up the Customization Menu in update mode.
Some menu items provide further menu items. If the selections are known, direct pathing
(also called fastpathing) may be used to bring you to the desired panel. Parameters may also
be entered, for panels where a parameter is allowed. For example, entering Select Item:
6/1,MCC1.001 selects the Terminal Test for the first logical port on the first MCC board.