| Where allowed to run: All environments (*ALL) Threadsafe: No |
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The Change Device Description (Finance) (CHGDEVFNC) command changes a device description for a finance device.
Restriction: You must have input/output system configuration (*IOSYSCFG) special authority to use this command.
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| Keyword | Description | Choices | Notes |
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| DEVD | Device description | Name | Required, Key, Positional 1 |
| LOCADR | Local location address | 01-FF, *SAME | Optional |
| ONLINE | Online at IPL | *SAME, *YES, *NO | Optional |
| MAXLENRU | Maximum length of request unit | 8-4096, *SAME, *CALC | Optional |
| ACTTMR | Activation timer | 1-2550, *SAME | Optional |
| INACTTMR | Inactivity timer | 1-30, *SAME, *NOMAX, *SEC15, *SEC30 | Optional |
| SNPTDEV | SNA pass-through device desc | Name, *NONE, *SAME | Optional |
| SNPTGRP | SNA pass-through group name | Name, *NONE, *SAME | Optional |
| TEXT | Text 'description' | Character value, *SAME, *BLANK | Optional |
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Specifies the name of the device description.
This is a required parameter.
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Specifies the local location address for this device.
The type of controller to which the device is being attached determines which values are valid.
LOCADR 01 is used only to communicate with the system monitor session and is valid only if *FNCICF is specified for the Device type (TYPE) parameter.
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Specifies whether this object is automatically varied on at initial program load (IPL).
This device is varied on automatically at IPL.
This device is not varied on automatically at IPL.
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Specifies the maximum request unit (RU) length allowed.
Specify a value in the range of 8 through 4096 bytes as the maximum length for incoming request units.
Note: *CALC is the only allowed value for a 3624, 3694, or 4704 device type. If *FNCICF is specified for the Device type (TYPE) parameter and attached to either a 3694, 4730, 4731, 4732, or 4736 controller, *CALC or 256 are the only allowed values.
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Specifies the amount of time (in seconds) to wait for the device to respond to the activation request from the host IBM i. If the device does not respond within this time, it is considered not available.
Note: This parameter is valid only on switched lines and when *SNPT is specified for the DEVCLS parameter.
Specify a number ranging from 1 through 2550 indicating the number of seconds before the device is considered not available.
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Specifies, for devices connected using SNA pass-through support, a timeout value that measures the amount of time that the device is not bound to a host application. When the timeout value is exceeded, the session is ended.
No maximum inactivity time is tracked (no inactivity timer is to be enforced).
A 15-second time-out period is used.
A 30-second time-out period is used.
Specifies a time-out value in minutes.
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Specifies the name of the associated SNA pass-through device that is attached to a host or advanced program-to-program communications (APPC) controller.
No name is specified.
Specify the name of a device that is attached to a host or an APPC controller that is associated with this device.
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Specifies the name configured for a group of host devices in a configuration list (see CRTCFGL command). This indicates that this device is associated with any one of the devices in that group which is available.
This parameter is valid only when *SNPT is specified for the DEVCLS parameter.
No name is specified.
Specify the name configured for a group of host devices that must be associated with this device.
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Specifies the text that briefly describes the object.
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CHGDEVFNC DEVD(FNCDSP1) ONLINE(*YES)
This command changes the device description for the finance device FNCDSP1 so that the device will be varied on at IPL.
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