The Operator Interface

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The Operator Interface enables you to issue Connect:Direct® for z/OS® commands from a z/OS console using a MODIFY command.

Access the Operator Interface after IBM Connect:Direct initializes if you specify the initialization parameters MCS.CLIST and MCS.SIGNON.

Following is the syntax for the MCS.CLIST and MCS.SIGNON initialization parameters:

`MCS.CLIST=console operator's CLIST library (dsn) MCS.SIGNON=(SIGNON USERID=(userid,password))`

An automatic signon is issued after the first IBM Connect:Direct CLIST is invoked using the information in MCS.SIGNON. This session is active until you submit a CLIST that contains a IBM Connect:Direct SIGNOFF command.

You can create easy to remember customized IBM Connect:Direct commands with the Operator Interface through a CLIST-type facility. The software supports symbolic substitution and CLIST-type parameters allowing you to alter IBM Connect:Direct commands without changing the CLIST.

In a IBM Connect:Direct/Plex, if you issue a console operator command to a IBM Connect:Direct/Server, the console interface actually signs on to the IBM Connect:Direct/Manager. As a result, any commands issued to IBM Connect:Direct/Server are actually issued to the IBM Connect:Direct/Manager, which is the only IBM Connect:Direct/Plex member that accepts operator commands.