NET$MGMT_HELP.HLB  —  DDCMP  logical  Character
     ACTIVE BASE
         Default: 255                             Value: 0-255

         Base priority to which an active tributary is reset after it has been
 	polled. This characteristic is supported only if the characteristic
 	protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to control.

     ACTIVE INCREMENT
         Default: 0                               Value: 0-255

         Value to be added to the active tributary priority each time the
 	scheduling timer expires.  This characteristic is supported only if the
 	characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to
 	control.

     ADDRESS
         Default: 1                               Value: 1-255

         Data link address of the remote station or tributary. You can modify
 	this characteristic only when the entity is disabled.

     BABBLE TIMER
         Default: 6000                            Value: 1-65535

         Time, in milliseconds, for which a selected tributary or remote station
 	is allowed to transmit. This characteristic is not used on full-duplex
 	links. This characteristic is not supported if the characteristic
 	protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to tributary.

     BUFFER SOURCE
         Default: Implementation_specific         Value: see below

         Source of the receive buffers.

         CLIENT SUPPLIED - Buffers are provided by the client entity.

         COMMON POOL     - Buffers are assigned from the common buffer pool.

 	This characteristic is supported only if the characteristic protocol
 	of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to control. You can modify
 	this characteristic only when the entity is disabled.

     DEAD THRESHOLD
         Default: 8                              Value: 0-255

         Number of times that an active, inactive, or dying tributary is polled
 	before its status attribute polling substate is changed to dead
 	because of receive timeouts. This characteristic is supported only if
 	the characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set
 	to control.

     DYING BASE
         Default: 0                               Value: 0-255

         Base priority to which a dying tributary is reset after being polled.
 	This characteristic is supported only if the characteristic protocol
 	of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to control.

     DYING INCREMENT
         Default: 16                               Value: 0-255

         Value to be added to a dying tributary's priority each time the
 	scheduling timer expires.  This characteristic is supported only if
 	the characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set
 	to control.

     DYING THRESHOLD
         Default: 2                                Value: 0-255

         Number of times an active or inactive tributary is polled before its
 	status attribute polling substate is changed to dying because of
 	receive timeouts. This characteristic is supported only if the
 	characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to
 	control.

     HOLDBACK TIMER
         Default: 0                               Value: 0-13000

         Maximum time, in milliseconds, that the local station can delay
 	acknowledging a received message if there is no data to send. The value
 	of this characteristic is linked to the retransmit timer used on the
 	remote station. A suggested value is between 10% and 20% of that timer.
 	However, the actual values you can use may be limited by the
 	communications product. The default value indicates that no holdback
 	is used and the local station must acknowledge immediately.

     INACTIVE BASE
         Default: 0                              Value: 0-255

         Specifies the priority to which an inactive tributary is reset after it
 	has been polled. This characteristic is supported only if the
 	characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to
 	control.

     INACTIVE INCREMENT
         Default: 64                             Value: 0-255

         Value to be added to an inactive tributary's priority each time the
 	scheduling timer expires. This characteristic is supported only if the
 	characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to
 	control.

     INACTIVE THRESHOLD
         Default: 8                             Value: 0-255

         Number of times an active tributary is polled before its status
 	attribute polling substate is changed to inactive because of no
 	data response. This characteristic is supported only if the
 	characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set to
 	control.

     MAXIMUM BUFFERS
         Default: 4                            Value: Implementation specific

         Maximum number of buffers that a tributary can use from the common
 	buffer pool. A value of 0 means that there is no limit to the number of
 	buffers that can be used. This characteristic is supported only if the
 	buffer source characteristic is set to common pool. This
 	characteristic is supported only if the characteristic protocol of
 	the owning ddcmp link entity is set to control. You can modify this
 	characteristic only when the entity is disabled. Also, you can only
 	increase the characteristic value.

     MAXIMUM TRANSMIT
         Default: 4                            Value: 1-255

         Maximum number of messages that a tributary or a remote half-duplex
 	station can send at one time. The value of this characteristic must be
 	greater than or equal to that of transmit window on the selected
 	station. This characteristic is not supported if either of the
 	following conditions is true:

         o  The characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is
            set to tributary.

         o  The communications link is full-duplex and point-to-point.

         You cannot modify this characteristic.

     POLLING STATE
          Default: Automatic                   Value: see below

         Specifies the effect of the local station's polling algorithm on the
 	state of a tributary. The value of this characteristic is reflected in
 	the value of the status attribute polling substate.

 	ACTIVE -    The state is locked to active.

 	AUTOMATIC - The state varies according to the operation of the polling
  	            algorithm.

 	DEAD -      The state is locked to dead.

 	DYING -     The state is locked to dying.

 	INACTIVE -  The state is locked to inactive.

 	This characteristic is supported only if the characteristic protocol
 	of the owning DDCMP link entity is set to control.

     TRANSMIT TIMER
         Default: 0                           Value: 0-65535

         Time, in milliseconds, that the local station waits between data
 	transmissions.  This characteristic is supported only if the
 	characteristic protocol of the owning ddcmp link entity is set
 	to control.

     TRANSMIT WINDOW
         Default: 1                           Value: 1-255

         Maximum number of data messages that the local station can send
 	without receiving an acknowledgment.  This characteristic applies only
 	when the remote station is a control station or on a half-duplex,
 	point-to-point link.  The value of this characteristic must be less
 	than or equal to the equivalent of the maximum transmit
 	characteristic on the control station or remote station.
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