Controlling IPDS connections

After you configure your IPDS connections, use the following procedures to start, stop, or restart the connections. Control of the printers remains with PSF on the mainframe.

You must be a member of the local Administrators group to start, stop, or restart connections. If you are not a member of the local Administrators group, connections must be configured to start automatically with Windows startup. On the Connection Configuration dialog box, select Automatic as your Startup type.

• Start connections

• Stop connections

• Restart connections

See also:

• Configuring IPDS connections

• Advanced Properties dialog box

Starting connections

Connections must be started to use BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS. Complete the following steps to start the connection manually.

You must be a member of the local Administrators group to start connections.

You can also configure connections to start automatically with Windows startup. On the Connection Configuration dialog box, select Automatic as your Startup type.

1. Open BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS.

2. Select the connection you want to start.

3. Use one of the following methods to start the selected connection. Once the connection is started, BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS is ready to receive jobs from the host. Control of the printer remains with PSF on the mainframe.

4. On the menu bar, select Connection | Start.

5. Right-click the connection and select Start.

Stopping connections

Connections must be stopped before you can modify or remove a connection. Complete the following steps to stop the connection.

You must be a member of the local Administrators group to stop connections.

If connections are stopped when data is being received from the host, the data stream The uninterrupted transfer of information over an interface to achieve high data transfer rates will stop and an error will occur at the host.

1. Open BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS.

2. Select the connection you want to stop.

3. Use one of the following methods to stop the selected connection.

4. On the menu bar, select Connection | Stop.

5. Right-click the connection and select Stop.

Restarting connections

Connections must be started to use BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS. Complete the following steps to restart the connection manually.

You must be a member of the local Administrators group to restart connections.

1. Open BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS.

2. Select the connection you want to restart.

3. Use one of the following methods to restart the selected connection.

4. On the menu bar, select Connection | Restart.

5. Right-click the connection and select Restart.