Defining a Terminal for Transaction Routing

On some versions of VTAM you might need to define a terminal so that you can perform transaction routing to the host CICS region from the local COBOL system.

This requirement is indicated by the error message TXCS1012E Comms error x'0006' during route of TRAN to system HST1 when you enter the first transaction ID to be run on the host CICS region.

If you define a transaction routing terminal, you also need to change the default terminal configuration. The example transaction routing terminal is: L21A.

1. Enter the transaction:

   CEDA DEFINE GROUP(group_name) TERMINAL(terminal_id)

   where group_name is the name of the group containing the terminal_id terminal definition. With the example values, the command is

   CEDA DEFINE GROUP(HSTTOSNA) TERMINAL(L21A)

2. Enter the following details under Terminal Identifiers:
   • Typeterm = DFHLU2
   • Netname=L21A
   • REMOTESYSTem = LU21
   • REMOTEName = L21A
3. Press Enter and you should receive the message 'Define Successful' near the bottom of the screen.
4. Press PF3 to end CEDA, followed by Clear.