I-Data ReRouter

Introduction

ida ReRouter

1. Introduction

This chapter provides a brief introductory description of the

ida ReRouter. Chapter 4 describes the installation and setup in details.

1.1 What is the ida ReRouter?

The ida ReRouter is a transaction program which is able to take Host

print using the LU 6.2 protocol and pass it to a bi-directional TCP/IP

(Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) protocol on any one of

the supported products stated in section 2.2. “Product Features”.

The configuration in the following illustrates the routing of Host data using

the ida ReRouter. See the explanation to the configuration below the

figure.

HOST

LU 6.2

Communications Manager

Transaction program

ida ReRouter

TCP/IP

Monitoring program:

idaRCtrl

Remote device

Data output:

TCP/IP using PPD/PPR

Network

Fig. 1.1: Printing host data using ida ReRouter

When the host IPDS print (LU 6.2 data) is received by Communications

Manager/2, it is sent via the defined transaction program profile to the ida

ReRouter.