User`s guide

PC*MILER-AS/400 MVS User’s Guide 12
3.0 Installation
PC*MILER for the AS/400* works by connecting a 32-bit Windows PC to your
AS/400. The PC provides mileage lookups to the AS/400 via data queues.
Generally, there is one common input or request queue that all users write to, with
each user having their own output queue. The PC listens to the input queue for
mileage request packets. Within each mileage request packet is the name of the
user’s output queue. The PC does a destructive read of the request packet,
processes the request, and writes to the specified user’s output queue.
Multiple PC*MILER versions are made available via a bundling of one or more
instances of PC*MILER|TCP/IP (pcmsock.exe). AS/400 users communicate only
with the PC mileage server (as400.exe). The PC mileage server handles the
communication with the various instances of PC*MILER|TCP/IP. These
instances can be run on a single PC or a group of PCs.
PC*MILER for the AS/400 was developed using the data queue facilities of
IBM’s Client Access Express. You must have this connectivity product installed
and properly configured on the mileage server PC. ALK Technologies is no
longer supporting the use of the NS router as a connectivity option.
If you have to use the NS Router, it is bundled in many releases of Client Access.
For your PC*MILER for the AS/400 installation, you need only the NS Router.
The NS Router must be configured to use the Anynet or Twinax protocols.
Connecting via Anynet requires the creation of an Anynet Controller on the
AS/400.
If you are using NS Router, you need the NS Router 3.0 or higher for PC*MILER
AS/400 Version 17. Client Access 3.2 has the 3.0 Router bundled with it. Do not
patch your router without talking to ALK first. The PC*MILER for the
AS/400 system was developed on a non-patched Router, and installing any
patch may cause unpredictable behavior.
* PLEASE NOTE: In this manual, any reference to PC*MILER also applies to
PC*MILER|Tolls unless otherwise specified. Instructions specific to Tolls
products are included.