Mainframe Connector ISPF/PDF Interface
This section describes the configuration requirements necessary to activate the Mainframe Connector ISPF/PDF interface. PICS (Mainframe Connector Parallel Information Communication Service) furnishes windows into the Mainframe Connector internal list tables and dataspace log contents. This interface is entirely optional and does not need to be activated for Mainframe Connector to perform its normal function. If your site desires an online, dynamic view into Mainframe Connector events you would choose to activate this interface. The interface works in conjunction with, and in parallel to, the standard logging used in Mainframe Connector
The Mainframe Connector ISPF/PDF interface provides the opportunity to view two different areas of information. The first option is to display the contents of any or all of the in-storage lists that can be used to influence Mainframe Connector operation. The second option is to display recent Mainframe Connector events. The information available with this option is very similar to that which is produced in the AUDIT and SYNCHLOG DD as well as that available in SMF record format. To use this display, the optional Mainframe Connector dataspace collector must be active (see the DATASPACE parameter described in Run-time parameters for details).
To display information, PICS utilizes the ISPF VIEW service which permits the use of the VIEW primary and line commands. This includes SORT, CREATE, REPLACE primary commands or eXlude, Show, Repeat, Delete line commands. SORTing can prove very beneficial if, for example, you want to create a log data display that sorts by log type or in time-stamp descending order.
The version of PICS distributed with Mainframe Connector 7.0.3 is functionally equivalent to the version of PICS distributed with PSYNCH/390 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 or Mainframe Connector 7.0.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.2. The only fundamental differences are in the panel displays associated with the product rename. If you have installed PICS components from PSYNCH/390 2.1.1 or 2.1.2 or Mainframe Connector 7.0.0, 7.0.1, or 7.0.2, you can continue to use those components without updates from Mainframe Connector 7.0.3. If Mainframe Connector 7.0.2 is an upgrade from a release of PSYNCH/390 prior to PSYNCH/390 2.0.0 (i.e. - any PSYNCH/390 1.x.x version), the installed PICS components are not compatible with Mainframe Connector 7.0.3 and you will need to install version 7.0.3 PICS components to achieve compatibility with Mainframe Connector 7.0.3.