MODIFY NEGPOLL command

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>>-MODIFY-- --procname--,--NEGPOLL--=--number_of_responses------>

>--,--ID--=--line_name-----------------------------------------><

Abbreviations

Operand Abbreviation
MODIFY F

Purpose

Use this command to request that an NCP change the negative polling limit (the maximum number of consecutive negative polling responses accepted before polling another terminal on the line) for a nonswitched, multipoint line to one or more attached start/stop or BSC terminals.

Operands

procname
The procedure name for the command. If procname in the START command was specified as startname.ident, where startname is the VTAM® start procedure and ident is the optional identifier, either startname.ident or ident can be specified for procname.

If procname in the START command was startname, startname must be specified for procname.

ID=line_name
Specifies the name of a nonswitched multipoint line to one or more attached start/stop or BSC terminals.
NEGPOLL=number_of_responses
Specifies the negative polling limit as a decimal integer 1–255. This is the maximum number of consecutive negative polling responses accepted before polling another terminal on the line specified by the ID operand.