Acknowledgments and messages

An acknowledgment procedure is implemented to ensure that BCAM commands can be processed by automatic operators.

Acceptance acknowledgment

The acceptance acknowledgment is created when BCAM accepts a command for processing or when acceptance is refused.

The following acceptance acknowledgments are defined:

• Positive acceptance acknowledgment

  BCA0765 /command-string/ACC

  A positive acceptance acknowledgment is created:

  1. with the BCSHOW command, provided the command was issued from a console and a value greater than 10 (the default value) has been specified in the MAXMSG# parameter

  2. with the CALL-BCAM-COMMANDS command

  3. with all commands from the SOF or from a command file, provided the option BCSET ACCEPT-MSG=ON has been activated beforehand

• Negative acceptance acknowledgment

  BCA0764 /command-string/REJ

  A negative acceptance acknowledgment is created in the event of an error for all commands entered via the console. No acknowledgment is created for commands read from the SOF. The cause of the error is indicated beforehand.

Processing acknowledgment

The processing acknowledgment is output at the end of command processing; the acknowledgement is followed by further information on command processing. The processing acknowledgement NBR0740 is delivered in both positive and negative cases. For reasons of compatibility, the message NBR0740 is sent first in a positive case and the news BCA0762 in a negative case.

The use of process acknowledgement is noted of the respective command. If a command is specified for a class of processors, all functions executed are acknowledged.

All BCAM commands which are entered on the console before a DCSTART command or which are not console commands are acknowledged with the message NBR0744.