User`s guide

32 DC 900-1340I

BSC Programmer’s Guide

1.5.1 Software Description

Protogate’s BSC product includes the following major software components:

• A group of communications software downloadable images:

1. Freeway server or embedded ICP software

2. Real-time operating system (OS/Impact or OS/Protogate)

3. BSC 3270 and BSC 2780/3780 communications software

• DLI library for linking with client applications

• A loopback test programs (bsc3270alp.c or bsc3780alp.c) to check product installa-

tion (see Appendix E)

• An interactive demonstration program (bscdemo) that allows a user to send indi-

vidual commands to the BSC software on Freeway. The

bscdemo program is

described in the BSCDEMO User’s Guide.

The Freeway Server User’s Guide or the user’s guide for your particular embedded ICP

and operating system (for example, the ICP2432 User’s Guide for Windows NT (DLITE

Interface)) describes the software installation procedures. The DLI provides an interface

by which data is exchanged between the client application and Freeway; refer to the

Freeway Data Link Interface Reference Guide.

1.5.2 Hardware Description

A typical Freeway configuration of Protogate’s BSC product requires the following

hardware:

• Freeway communications server (for example, Freeway 1100, Freeway 2000 or

Freeway 4000) or an embedded ICP (for example the PCIbus ICP2432)

• Ethernet connection to a client running TCP/IP (for a Freeway server)

1/96 Leslie: At

one time we

were going to

include

BSCTRAN

with the BSC

product, then

changed our

minds. The

following

bullet should

be added if we

ever re-change

our minds:

An interactive

file transfer

program

(bsctran) that

allows a user

to move a file

over