The MAINVIEW Data Server can maintain connections with many host servers. Each host server is defined by its address and the TCP port number that was assigned to the host server in the started task JCL. This is the same Host Server used for MAINVIEW Explorer, with the same address and port number.
The user can define a new host server on the Host Computers tab by filling
in the fields for the
For purposes such as training, testing, and demonstration, the MAINVIEW Data Server includes the ability to simulate a host system. The simulated system will have only a couple of products and views available, and it will use an abbreviated interval of only five minutes so that the recording exits may be driven more frequently.
Data from a simulated system can be written to a file or an Access database on the same system allowing the whole MAINVIEW Data Server to be run on a single workstation without requiring a host system.
To define a simulated host, set the address field to "SIMULATE". The Port field can have any value. If the simulated host requires a logon, any password will be accepted except the characters "bad".