IC90439: PCOMM: AUTORECONNECT OF TELNET TAKES 2 SECONDS TO SEND OUT THE FIRST RECONNECTION ATTEMPT

Personal Communications 6.0.8
Personal Communications 6.0.9
Personal Communications 6.0.10
Personal Communications 6.0.11
Personal Communications 6.0.12
Personal Communications 6.0.13
Personal Communications 6.0.15

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer's applications depend on auto-reconnect function
  of telnet3270 if user jumps from one to another because
  their application issues DCTLU to TN3270 gateway when logoff
  from the source application and it translated to 'disconnect'
  of TCPIP connection with client.
  When customer was using old HOD, the HOD emmulater issued
  'connect' immediately after disconnected, however,
  Pcomm issues it two seconds later after the session was once
  disconnected.
  As the result, customer gets VTAM initial screen instead of
  the one for another host application.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of Auto-Reconnect option           *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: IBM Personal Communications waits 2     *
  *                      seconds before attempting a reconnect   *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  When "Auto-reconnect" is enabled for the session profile, PCSWS
  attempts reconnecting to the host whenever the connection drops.
  There is a delay of 2 seconds between each reconnect attempt.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSTLNET.DLL has been changed to reduce the 2 second delay on
  reconnect attempts.
  
  Fix scheduled for PCOM 6.0.8 Refresh Pack
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• PCSTLNET
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY

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