NCPCOM Commander

User Manual
Version 1.0

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1. Table of Contents
1.

Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. 1

2.

Installation ...................................................................................................................... 2

3.

Application UI Layout .....................................................................................................3

4.

Connecting to Base24 ..................................................................................................... 4

5.

6.

4.1.

Logon to TACL ....................................................................................................... 4

4.2.

Logon to NCPCOM .................................................................................................5

Basic NCPCOM Command ............................................................................................. 6

5.1.

Deliver Sign-on ....................................................................................................... 7

5.2.

Deliver Sign-off ...................................................................................................... 8

5.3.

Deliver Key Change................................................................................................ 9

Configuring NCPCOM Commander ............................................................................. 10

6.1.

Adding Non-standard Object ............................................................................... 10

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2. Installation
NCPCOM Commander doesnt need special installation procedure. The
application comes with runnable executable. You just need to copy the
executable in your local disk.
Make sure the disk is not write protected to able the application writing
internal configuration into your local disk.
There are two (2) core files needed by the application:
1. NCPCommander.exe main executable
2. NCPCommander.ini application initialization file, this file
contains internal configuration including your login information,
and hosts addresses information (excluding the password data)
At the first time of execution the application will prompt you to enter an
activation code. This code can be obtained by sending an email contain
following informations:

Your name

Your company (if any)

Your expectation of the product feature(s)

Send your email to following email address:

[email protected]

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3. Application UI Layout

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4.Connecting to Base24
The application will need the user to first logon into NonStop system
terminal prompt (TACL). Application will displaying PATHCOM services
available in the system.
Following sub-chapter will guides you to connect to your NCPCOM
environment.

4.1. Logon to TACL

To logon to TACL (Tandem Advanced Command Language) first make
sure you have privileged TACL user name and password to access using
standard Telnet services to your NonStop.
To connect using the application first run your application after copied to
your local disk by double click the executable file. Select connect using
Tools > Connect.
NCPCOM Commander will prompt you with login dialog box:

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After successful login, the application will display your NonStop system
name, and enlisted available PATHCOM services.

4.2. Logon to NCPCOM

To logon to NCPCOM of available PATHCOM services the user can select
by double clicking the PATHCOM name displayed by the application.
Application will prompt the user to input NCPCOM SECURITY based on
the configured security in the system.

After succesfully logged in, the application will show all available XPNET
objects in selected NCPCOM path. The hierarchy will be shown as
following structures:
1. System Name
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2. Pathcom service(s)
3. Available node(s) in the selected path
4. Available process(es)
5. Available line(s) and station(s)
Following screen capture will shows the sample of the objects tree
displayed by the application.

5. Basic NCPCOM Command

The main function of the NCPCOM Commander is to able to control your
NCPCOM pathway server using simply a mouse click.
Some basic controls is provided in the free version of the application.
Another propietary command will only can be added or configured only in
the paid version of the application.

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5.1. Deliver Sign-on

This basic command only available for BICI processes. The command can
be accessed using pop-up menu in the XPNET object tree view. To trigger
the pop-up menu simply do a right-click in the XPNET object tree view
area while the cursor is selecting a BICI process object.

The command will encapsulate DELIVER /LOGON ALL/ command in the

NCPCOM telnet.

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5.2. Deliver Sign-off

This basic command only available for BICI processes. The command can
be accessed using pop-up menu in the XPNET object tree view. To trigger
the pop-up menu simply do a right-click in the XPNET object tree view
area while the cursor is selecting a BICI process object.

The command will encapsulate DELIVER /LOGOFF ALL/ command in

the NCPCOM telnet.

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5.3. Deliver Key Change

This basic command only available for BICI processes. The command can
be accessed using pop-up menu in the XPNET object tree view. To trigger
the pop-up menu simply do a right-click in the XPNET object tree view
area while the cursor is selecting a BICI process object.

The command will encapsulate DELIVER /LOGOFF ALL/ command in

the NCPCOM telnet.

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6.Configuring NCPCOM Commander

NCPCOM Commander comes with pre-configured settings that allows the
user to run the application without needed to necessarily configure the
application.
However the application provide some flexibility to be configured in some
part.

6.1. Adding Non-standard Object

The application by default will differentiate the objects especially the
XPNET process type. NCPCOM Commander can identify whether the
process objects are BICIs, Device Handler Processes, Settlement, Refresh
process or an AUTH process.
NCPCOM Commander will use the PROGRAM parameter of process(es)
object to identify the object type. The default process program name and
types is listed in following table.

Types

Program Name

AUTH Process

AUTHQ

RAM Process

RAM

SETLEMENT and EXTRACT

SETLQ, EXTR

Device Handler

C1000Q, N50Q

For example in your environment is having different standard naming

convention for the program name, then you need to configure the
NCPCOM Commander to be able to identify the process type corectly.

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To do the configuration you first need to understand the structure of the

configuration files.

As you can see, to add different objects program name by uncomment the
lines under ObjectType section.
For example you need to add program name C10DIGI as new Device
Handler object program name. You can achieve this you can uncomment
the line containing DH.
The resulting DH line will containing:
DH=C1000Q,N50Q,C10DIGI

Save the configuration file, and relaunch NCPCOM Commander.

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