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MODEL(S): TBC Transportable Batch CATEGORY: SOFTWARE DESC: Communications *** TABLE OF CONTENTS AS OF 01/28/92 *** FIB 00001.Err 20s in TBC Programs on 7.2R and below (1800s) [ WPSF 4901/17/90 FIB 00002.Extra Files Created - TBC on 7.3A or 7.4A [ WPSF 484 ].....01/17/90 FIB 00003.TBC.- ERR 11 Displaying Task Prefixes - 7.4A/B [ WPSF 449-101/17/90 FIB 00004.Err 12 on TBC 7.5B when Calling 'perror' [ WPSF 586 ]......01/17/90 FIB 00005.TBC.File Expand Program Clears File [ WPSF 587 ]...........01/17/90 FIB 00006.Err 10 running in Ghost mode................................08/16/91 FIB 00007.SPx vconf Settings for TBC..................................01/08/92 SOFTWARE-BASIC FOUR-TBC Transportable Batch --------Table Of Contents Pg01 of 01 FIB 00001 01/17/90 *** Err 20s in TBC Programs on 7.2R and below (1800s) [ WPSF 494-1 ] *** PROBLEM: Error 20's occur in 5 TBC programs on the 1800 on OS levels 7.2R and below. CAUSE: The 'ENDIF' directive in 7.2 BASIC has been changed to use the BB86 directive 'FI', but the TBC programs didn't contain this change. SOLUTION: Perform a Search and Replace (bsearch) on the following programs: BAPFN - 4030 BRQF - 2240, 2700 BSIGN - 2240, 2670 BXQFO - 7230 BXQF2 - 4730 Search for: 'ENDIF' Replace with: 'FI' FUTURE: This problem will be corrected in a future release of TBC on the 1800. ORIGINATOR: T. Tiangco SOFTWARE-BASIC FOUR-TBC Transportable Batch --------FIB001 Pg001 FIB 00002 01/17/90 *** Extra Files Created - TBC on 7.3A or 7.4A [ WPSF 484 ] *** PROBLEM: Multiple files are created when receiving a single file on a BOSS/IX system on 7.3A or 7.4A using 2780/3780. SOLUTION: Modify program /tbc/BCOM/BRCV. Replace statement 4012: OLD: 4012 LET R8=R8+1; IF R$<>"" THEN LET L8=L8+1 NEW: 4012 IF R$<>"" THEN LET L8=L8+1 Add 5 statements: 1525 IF R$="" THEN LET L8=L8+1 2205 R8=R8+1 2245 R8=R8+1 2455 R8=R8+1 2720 R8=R8+1 ORIGINATOR: T. Tiangco SOFTWARE-BASIC FOUR-TBC Transportable Batch --------FIB002 Pg001 FIB 00003 01/17/90 *** TBC - ERR 11 Displaying Task Prefixes - 7.4A/B [ WPSF 449-16 ] *** PROBLEM: An err 11 may occur when displaying/maintaining your task prefix in TBC on 7.4A/B CAUSE: This problem can occur when upgrading from 7.3 to 7.4. The file that contains your task prefix uses the defaults of T0, T1,..., T9, TA, etc. instead of T0, T1,...,T9, T10, etc. SOLUTION: Execute the following steps: 1. Delete the /etc/comm/NODEPREFIX file. 2. Select the 'BCOM prefix (BCOMPFX) maintenance' option from the TBC utility menu. This will recreate the NODEPREFIX file. ORIGINATOR: T. Tiangco SOFTWARE-BASIC FOUR-TBC Transportable Batch --------FIB003 Pg001 FIB 00004 01/17/90 *** Err 12 on TBC 7.5B when Calling 'perror' [ WPSF 586 ] *** PROBLEM: When TBC experiences an error it may call a macro called "perror". An Error 12 will result if "perror" does not exist. The reason "perror" may not exist is that "perror" is only available in the ETL (Engineering Tools) product. The macro "perror" provides a message for a system error. ETL is not generally available to customers. CAUSE: TBC programs BCOM, ACS, ACS1, ACUTD, BCOM1 make a CALL to the macro "perror". An Error 12 will result if "perror" is not found. WORKAROUND: The CALL to "perror" should be eliminated as follows: 1. LOAD "BCOM" >DELETE 9921 2. LOAD "ACS" >DELETE 9920 3. LOAD "ACS1" >DELETE 9920 4. LOAD "ACUTD" >DELETE 9920 5. LOAD "BCOM1" >DELETE 9920 ORIGINATOR: Frank Csete SOFTWARE-BASIC FOUR-TBC Transportable Batch --------FIB004 Pg001 FIB 00005 01/17/90 *** TBC File Expand Program Clears File [ WPSF 587 ] *** PROBLEM: TBC calls a file expansion subroutine when support files fill up. 7.4/7.5 and 10/9/8.6 BCOM deletes entries from queue files or the autoprompt file when expanding. SOLUTION: Modify program /tbc/BCOM/BALOC or ().PGMTBC.BALOC OLD: 2146 WRITE RECORD(8,KEY=K$,ERR=2150)A9$ NEW: 2146 WRITE RECORD(9,KEY=K$,ERR=2150)A9$ NOTE: This problem will be corrected in any future levels of these operating systems. ORIGINATOR: Tom Nedbal SOFTWARE-BASIC FOUR-TBC Transportable Batch --------FIB005 Pg001 FIB 00006 08/16/91 *** Err 10 running in Ghost mode *** Preliminary Field Bulletin -------------------------- Data Communications BOSS/IX 7.5B, Author: Frank C. Csete BOSS/VS M.6G, M.7A. Error 10 running TBC in ghost mode. Type: Problem Purpose: TBC will not run as a ghost task (in background mode) on SPx systems running 7.5B or on MPx systems running M.6G or M.7A. Symptom: The ghost task hangs with an ERROR 10 when using the the "ghost" utility to trace it. Also the MAI proprietary message is displayed. In ghost mode TBC is running in background, therefore nothing should be displayed on any screen. Solution: Find the BASIC program "BCOM1" and make the changes indicated below: SPx systems --> /tbc/BCOM/BCOM1 MPx systems --> ().PGMTBC.BCOM1 Add this statement: 103 G$=FID(0);G$=G$(1,1) Change this statement to look as follows: 915 IF G$="G" THEN LET O$="N", E4$="N" Verify the following statment: 1501 IF G$="G" THEN GOTO 1535 ORIGINATOR: Frank Csete SOFTWARE-BASIC FOUR-TBC Transportable Batch --------FIB006 Pg001 FIB 00007 01/08/92 *** SPx vconf Settings for TBC *** The minimum vconf settings for TBC to run properly are not clearly stated in Software Announcements or manuals. The fields affected and minimum settings are: dsockets = 10 sockets = 10 lanbuffers = 10 procs = 48 lus = 192 buffers = 36 NOTE: These are minimum settings to allow TBC to function with four concurrent users, if some parameters are already set to a higher value than the settings shown here, do not lower them. PROCEDURE TO CHANGE VCONF SETTINGS a. Type "mount /dev/boot /mnt" b. Type "cd /mnt/etc" c. Type "copy conf conf.sav" d. Type "vconf -save conf lanbuffers=10 dsockets=10 sockets=10 procs=48 lus=192 fds=128 buffers=36" e. Type "cd /" f. Type "unmount /mnt" g. Shutdown and re-boot the system. ORIGINATOR: Norm Jones SOFTWARE-BASIC FOUR-TBC Transportable Batch --------FIB007 Pg001