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Document:	10.52.02 7805 CTS 300 DICAM
Order Number:	AE-0004C-TC
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Pages:	2
Original Filename:	http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/spd/10.52.02_7805_CTS_300_DICAM.pdf

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Software Product Description
PRODUCT NAME: CTS 300 DICAM, Version 1
DESCRIPTION:
CTS 300 DICAM (Datasystem Interactive Communications Access Method) is a communications option that
executes under the CTS 300 operating system. It permits a user-written DIBOL application program executing on a Datasystem 320 to communicate with a
user-written application program executing on an
IBM/360 or 370 system running CICS. With the
360/370, DICAM uses the same interactive communications facilities as a 3271 remote keyboard display
controller.
To the 360/370 application program, each display or
printer which is normally on the 3271 controller is a
DIBOL application program or programs in the Datasystem. In the Datasystem, the DIBOL application
program or programs communicate with the 360/370
via DICAM in the same manner they would with any
other peripheral device on the Datasystem.
DICAM permits full use of the Datasystem 320 commercial data processing capabilities. The DIBOL application program presents information to DICAM for
transmission to the 360/370 system. DICAM receives
data from the 360/370 system and presents it to the
DIBOL
application
program.
The
information
transmitted between the two systems is limited to the
EBCDIC alphanumeric and 3271 control codes. DICAM Version 1 cannot transmit or receive in transparent mode, but it can operate on a communications
line with other types of terminals that can transmit
and receive in transparent mode.
DICAM relieves the DIBOL application program of
message format and error control considerations. DICAM handles data errors between the Datasystem
and the 360/370 automatically. If the communications
link to the 360/370 is not operating or is operating
poorly, DICAM notifies the DIBOL program and the
program can treat the link as a malfunctioning peripheral.
DICAM will operate on communications links at
speeds up to 4800 baud.
Summary characteristics of DICAM Version 1 are:
• supports private or leased full- or half-duplex communications facilities
• operates in multi-drop line configurations
• uses BISYNC protocol (non-contention only)
• transmits and receives EBCDIC coded data over
communication line

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• supports up to eight logical data paths

MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIRED:
For Datasystem 320 series:
• D322 or D324 system (includes CTS 300)
• DS3CD DICAM communications package
• at least 8K bytes of memory available for DICAM
and at least 500 bytes of memory available for one
buffer
Host Environment:
The IBM 360/370 host system must be running CICS
using an access method that supports 3271.
OPTIONAL HARDWARE:
None
PREREQUISITE SOFTWARE:
CTS 300, Version 3 (included with all Datasystem 300
series systems)
OPTIONAL SOFTWARE:
None
TRAINING CREDITS:
None
SUPPORT CATEGORY:
A - Software Support will be provided as stated in
the Software Support Categories Addendum to this
SPD.
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES:
BEFORE installation of the SOFTWARE, the customer
must:
1. Obtain, install, and demonstrate operational to
DIGITAL's satisfaction any modems and other
equipment and faCilities necessary to interface
to DIGITAL's communications line interfaces and
terminals.
2. Install or have installed all hardware, including
terminals, to be used on the system.
3. Generate any and all IBM systems that will be
communicating with DICAM to DIGITAL's satisfaction.
4. Make available to DIGITAL personnel all hardware, including communications facilities and
terminals, to be used during installation and acceptance testing for a reasonable period of time
each day, as mutually agreed upon by DIGITAL

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CTS 300 DICAM, Version 1
-2and customer, until acceptance criteria are satisfied.
5. Provide access privileges and machine time on
any and all IBM systems on which the installation is to be performed.
Delays caused by any failure to meet these responsibilities will be charged at the then-prevailing rate for
ti me and materials.

UPDATE POLICY:
Software Updates, if any, released by DIGITAL during
the one (1) year period following installation, will be
provided to the customer for a media charge
(includes no installation). After the first year, updates,
if any, will be made available according to then prevailing DIGITAL policies.
ORDERING INFORMATION:
All binary licensed software, including any subsequent updates, is furnished under the licensing provisions of DIGITAL's Standard Terms and Conditions of
Sale, which provide in part that the software and any
part thereof may be used on only the single CPU on
which the software is first installed, and may be copied, in whole or in part (with the proper inclusion of
the DIGITAL copyright notice and any DIGITAL
proprietary notices on the software) only for use on
such CPU. All source licensed software is furnished
only under the terms and conditions of a separate
Software Program Sources Agreement between Purchaser and DIGITAL.

A single-use license only option is a license to copy
the software previously obtained under license, and
use such software in accordance with DIGITAL's
Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale. The category
of support applicable to such copied software is Category C.
The following key (E, Y, Z) represents the distribution
media for the product and must be specified at the
end of the order number, e.g., DS3CD-AE = binaries
on RK disk.
E
RK05 Disk Cartridge
Y = RX01 Floppy Diskette
Z = No hardware dependency
Standard Options
DS3CD -A- DUV11 line unit for Datasystem 320
series systems, DICAM single-use license, binaries, documentation, support services (media: E, Y)
DS3CD -D- DUV11 line unit for Datasystem 320
series systems, DICAM single-use license only, no binaries, no documentation, no support services (media: Z)

ADDITIONAL SERVICES:
None

ADDENDUM
SOFTWARE SUPPORT CATEGORIES
Each software product (hereinafter 'SOFTWARE') with a designated Support Category A or B in the applicable Software Product
Description (SPD) existing at the time of order will be the current release at the time of delivery and will conform to the SPD.
DIGITAL's sole obligation shall be to correct defects (nonconformance of the SOFTWARE to the SPD) as described below. Any
SOFTWARE with a designated Support Category C will be furnished on an 'as is' basis.
For SOFTWARE with a designated Support Category A or B, DIGITAL will provide the services set forth below without additional
charge.
CATEGORY A
1. Upon notification by customer to the nearest DIGITAL office that the computer system, including all required prerequisite
hardware and software, is ready for the installation of the SOFTWARE, DIGITAL will install such SOFTWARE in any location
within the contiguous forty-eight (48) United States, the District of Columbia, or a country in which DIGITAL or a subsidiary
of DIGITAL has a software service facility. The notification must be received by DIGITAL and the system must be ready for
installation within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the SOFTWARE to customer or DIGITAL will have no obligation to
install. Installation will consist of: (1) verification that all components of the SOFTWARE have been received by customer, (2)
loading the SOFTWARE, and (3) executing a DIGITAL sample procedure.
2. During the ninety (90) day period after installation, if the customer encounters a problem with the current unaltered release
of the SOFTWARE which DIGITAL determines to be a defect in the SOFTWARE, DIGITAL will provide the following remedial
service (on site where necessary): (1) if the SOFTWARE is inoperable, apply a temporary correction (TC) or make a
reasonable attempt to develop an emergency by-pass, and (2) assist the customer to prepare a Software Performance
Report (SPR) and submit it to DIGITAL.
3. During the one (1) year period following installation, if the customer encounters a problem with the SOFTWARE which his
diagnosis indicates is caused by a SOFTWARE defect, the customer may submit an SPR to DIGITAL. DIGITAL will respond
to problems reported in SPRs which are caused by defects in the current unaltered release of the SOFTWARE via the
Maintenance Periodical for the SOFTWARE, which reports SPRs received, code corrections, temporary corrections, generally
useful emergency by-passes and/or notice of the availability of corrected code. Software Updates, if any, released by
DIGITAL during the one (1) year period, will be provided to the customer on DIGITAL's standard distribution media as
specified in the applicable SPD. The customer will be charged only for the media on which such updates are provided,
unless otherwise stated in the applicable SPD, at DIGITAL's then current media prices.
CATEGORY B
During the one (1) year period following delivery, the services provided to the customer will be the same as set forth in 3 above.
CATEGORY C
SOFTWARE is provided on an 'as is' basis. Any software services, if available, will be provided at the then current charges.
DIGITAL shall have the right to make additional charges for any additional effort required to provide services resulting from
customer use of other than current unaltered release of the SOFTWARE operated in accordance with the SPD.