Define - EMS Interface Details

From the Define - Interfaces: EMS page, click Add or double-click an existing EMS interface, and then the EMS Interfaces Details page is displayed.

The following table describes the items that are available on the EMS Interfaces Details page:

Item Description
Name Type an EMS interface name.
Description Type a short description for the EMS interface.
Interface ID Type an EMS interface ID.
Workers Enter the number of concurrent worker subtasks that are started to service Substation ES requests.

Valid values for this field are in the range 0- 40.

The default value is 5.

Workers (End of Task)

Enter the number of End of Task (EOT) concurrent worker threads that are created for ESB to allow faster output for DPL worker connections.

Valid values for this field are in the range 2 - 40.

The default value is 30.

Message Free List Size Enter the value to dynamically set the messages free list size.
Suspend Services If you want this ESB interface to turn on the suspended function, select this check box.

By default, this check box is selected.

Use Properties Specify a keyword for EMS ESB endpoint, which determines whether this ESB interface uses properties for its own described fields, such as the tibss- fields. Because properties can be passed into Substation ES with Text and Bytes messages, this parameter is useful if XML and COBOL copybook layouts are passed. The output fields, such as tibss-status and tibss-envelope, can also be used for non-Enterprise Message Service mapped messages for CICS Request Reply.

The default value is N.

Error Message Type

Select the error message type for each ESB interface by selecting Map, Bytes, or Text from the list.

Error Message Type identifies the EMS message type of the Substation ES error message to be delivered.

By default, Map is selected.

Dead Message Queue Name Type the EMS queue name for EMS dead messages, they are the messages that cannot be delivered to their destinations.