Starting a connection from the CICS adapter control panels

To start a connection from the CICS adapter control initial panel:

1. Select Connection from the menu bar.

2. Select the Start action from the pull-down menu. See Figure 8.

3. Modify the connection values displayed in the Start a Connection secondary parameter window. Alternatively, use the defaults derived from the INITPARM settings, if defined.

4. Press Enter to confirm.

Messages indicating the success or failure of the attempt to start the connection are displayed on the CICS adapter messages panel, CKQCM1.

Figure 8. Starting a connection

    Connection        CKTI        Task
 +--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------
 | Select an action.  |CS Adapter Control -- Initial panel
 |                    |
 | 1 1. Start...      |sing Tab key. Then press Enter.
 |   2. Stop...       |
 |   3. Modify...     |  +--------------------------------------------------+
 |   4. Display       |  |                Start a Connection                |
 |                    |  |                                                  |
 +--------------------+  | Type parameters. Then press Enter.               |
 | F1=Help F12=Cancel |  |                                                  |
 +--------------------+  | 1. Queue Manager Name (SN) . . . QMGR            |  
                         | 2. Initiation Queue Name (IQ) . . . . . . . . . .|
                         | CICS.INITIATION.QUEUE1                           |  
                         | 3. Trace Number (TN) . . . . .   123             |  
                         |                                                  | 
                         +--------------------------------------------------+
 IBM WebSphere MQ for z/O| F1=Help  F12=Cancel                              | 
                         +--------------------------------------------------+
 
 
 
 F1=Help  F3=Exit