DELAY

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   .-DELAY--=--0-------------.   
>>-+-------------------------+---------------------------------><
   '-DELAY--=--timeout_value-'   

Specifies the maximum amount of time, in seconds and thousandths of seconds, that VTAM® should wait after getting low priority (that is, PIU transmission priority 0 or 1) data to transmit.

For more efficient operation, code this value as high as possible. For maximum speed across the interface, set this value to 0. See z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide for more information.

Note: If you plan to define the channel to the NCP in a channel-attachment major node, this operand is replaced by the DELAY operand on the PU definition statement for the channel-attachment major node. See DELAY for a description of the DELAY operand in a channel-attachment major node.