Message routing and descriptor codes

Routing codes provide the ability to route system operator messages to selected functional areas.

ICKDSF messages will be routed to default functional areas as defined by a specific installation or, in the absence of such definition, they will be routed to the master console.
Component Name
ICK
Program Producing Message
Device Support Facilities
Audience/Where Produced
For the operator/the operator's console. For the system programmer/printed output.
Message Format
ICK s nnn t text or ICK nnn t text
s
Condition code indicating severity of message received at the output printer. Messages received at the console do not have a condition code indicating severity.
0
Information: no effect upon processing
1
Warning: function might fail
2
Error: function probably failed
3
Serious error: function failed
4
Terminal error: ICKDSF processor ends

It is possible to determine which of several messages issued during command processing results in a specific condition code value. The highest condition code multiplied by four yields the command's setting of the LASTCC.

nnnn or nnn
Message serial number: 4 digits for printed messages, and 3 digits for messages that appear at the operator's console.
t
Type code:
I
Informational
E
Eventual action required
D
Decision required, processing waiting
A
Operator action required
text
Message text

** Indicates a ‘second-level’ message that further explains a preceding message. The track addresses (X'cccc:hhhh') in message text appear in hexadecimal format.

Associated Publications
None