Specifying a Transmission Algorithm

The transmission algorithm to be used for a networking link is identified on the TA operand on the PARM configuration statement for the link or in the link operational parameters on the RSCS DEFINE or START command. By specifying the TA=epname link parameter, you can have RSCS access transmission algorithms that reside in load modules outside the RSCS load library. See External Transmission Algorithms.

RSCS can also access transmission algorithms that reside within the RSCS load library. RSCS supplies transmission algorithms 0 and 1 (accessible by specifying TA=0 or TA=1). For compatibility with previous versions of RSCS, you can also create transmission algorithms 2 - F. However, there are some restrictions to using this method to create a transmission algorithm. See Internal Transmission Algorithms.

You can also specify a transmission algorithm parameter string on the TAPARM parameter. This string can be used to configure a transmission algorithm in several different ways. The string is passed to the transmission algorithm as part of the initial open request when a networking link driver initializes.