Appendix A Pass Thru Messages

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Warning and Fatal Error Messages (PTWARN and PTERR)
Info String Error Messages (PTINFOERR)
Command and Command Acknowledgment Messages (PTMSG and PTCOMACK)
MPE V SNA Transport Error Messages (SNAERR)
MPE XL SNA Transport Error Messages (SNAERR)
Suppressing Localized Message and Help Text

This appendix lists the messages that can be generated by Pass Thru. Following each message is a short description of the cause of the message and the action you should take to resolve any problems.

The last section of this appendix, "Suppressing Localized Message and Help Text," tells Asian users of Pass Thru how to redirect the Asian message catalog to its English equivalent.

Six types of messages can be sent to Pass Thru devices. In some cases, these messages can also be sent to the system console.

Warning messages are identified by the prefix PTWARN xx, where xx is a number. The PTWARN and PTERR messages are listed together. They are listed in order by number.
Fatal error messages are identified by the prefix PTERR xx, where xx is a number. The PTERR messages are listed with the PTWARN messages. They are listed in order by number.
Info string messages are identified by the prefix PTINFOERR xx, where xx is a number. Info string messages indicate errors in the RUN command used to start Pass Thru or issue printer commands. The PTINFOERR messages are listed by number.
Command messages are identified by the prefix PTMSG xx, where xx is a number. The PTMSG messages are listed with the PTCOMACK messages. They are listed in order by number.
Command acknowledgment messages are identified by the prefix PTCOMACK xx, where xx is a number. The PTCOMACK messages are listed with the PTMSG messages. They are listed in order by number.
SNA Transport messages are identified by the prefix SNAERR xx, where xx is a number. SNA Transport messages are not generated by Pass Thru but by SNA Transport, the software portion of the SNA link product. The SNAERR messages for MPE V and those for MPE XL are listed in order by number.

All error messages, whether warning or fatal, are preceded by this header:

IMF Pass Thru Error, Host NAU:nau, Device LDEV:yy

where nau is the host Network Addressable Unit identified in the node management configuration file used to start the SNA link you are using, and yy is the logical device number of the HP line printer or terminal that is doing the emulation.

If the error involves an MPE file system error, the message includes a third line that explains the file system error. File system errors have the prefix FSERR xx.




	NOTE: Although this appendix focuses on Pass Thru diagnostic messages, you may encounter other messages while using SNA IMF. Refer to the SNA Link Services Reference Manual or Using the Node Management Services Utilities for generic messages produced by the NMMGR, NMMAINT, and NMDUMP utilities.

Appendix A Pass Thru Messages

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