ACKNOWLEDGE TIMER Default: 3000 Value: 1-60000 Time, in milliseconds, to wait for an acknowledgment before using error recovery procedures. The value of this characteristic corresponds to the T1 parameter of HDLC. You can modify this characteristic only when the entity is disabled. HOLDBACK TIMER Default: 0 Value: 1-60000 Maximum time to wait before sending an acknowledgment supervisory frame if no other frames carry the acknowledgment. A value of zero means that the frame will be sent immediately if no I-frame can be sent. You can modify this characteristic only when the entity is disabled. LINK TYPE Operational mode of the HDLC link. The value of this characteristic is a copy of the link type argument specified when the entity is created. You cannot modify this characteristic. MAXIMUM DATA SIZE Default: 1500 Value: 262-65532 Maximum number of bytes that users of the data link can specify. This number applies to both transmit and receive frames. The value of this characteristic must be greater than or equal to the value of the minimum data size characteristic. You can modify this characteristic only when the entity is disabled. MAXIMUM UNSEQUENCED PDUS Default: 1 Value: 1-127 Maximum number of unsequenced I-frames that a primary or secondary station can send in a single transmission. This characteristic is not used if the link type characteristic is balanced. MINIMUM DATA SIZE Default: 576 Value: 262-65532 Minimum number of bytes that users of the data link can specify. This number applies to both transmit and receive frames. The value of this characteristic must be less than or equal to the value of the maximum data size characteristic. You can modify this characteristic only when the entity is disabled. PHYSICAL LINE Default: None Value: Local-entity-name Local entity name of the the Physical layer entity over which the HDLC protocol is to operate. This characteristic must have a value before the HDLC link is enabled. You can modify this characteristic only when the entity is disabled. PREFERRED CRC TYPE Default: Either Value: 16-bit, 32-bit or Either CRC types available for negotiation. If the value of this characteristic is either, the station will try to use 32-bit but will use 16-bit if that is all that the remote station supports. PREFERRED LOCAL STATION ADDRESS Default: 2 Value: 1-253 Address proposed for the local logical station during negotiation. If there is no negotiation, the value of this characteristic is the value that is used. If negotiation is necessary, the value of this characteristic must be between 2 and 253. You can modify this characteristic only when the entity is disabled. PREFERRED MAXIMUM DATA SIZE Default: 1500 Value: 262-65532 Default size, in octets, of frames that the station receives and transmits. This value is used only if the link initialization does not specify a buffer value. The value of this characteristic must lie between those of the maximum data size and minimum data size characteristics. You can modify this characteristic to a lower value only when the entity is disabled. PREFERRED WINDOW SIZE Default: 2 Value: 1-127 Window size to be offered during negotiation for both receive and transmit frames. The value of this characteristic must be compatible with that for the sequence modulus characteristic. PROFILE Simple name that can be used when the HDLC protocol is dependent on network subscription time commitments pertinent to the Data Link layer. The value of this characteristic is a copy of the profile argument specified when the entity is created. You cannot modify this characteristic. RECEIVE BUFFERS Default: 4 Value: 1-128 Number of receive buffers reserved for the link. This characteristic can only be set to a lower value when the entity is disabled. RETRY MAXIMUM Default: 10 Value: 1-255 Maximum number of times that a frame will be retransmitted before the local station assumes that a fatal error has occurred. This characteristic can be modified only when the entity is disabled. SEQUENCE MODULUS Default: 128 Value: 8 or 128 Whether modulo-8 or modulo-128 sequence numbering is allowed on the HDLC link. The value 8 means that only normal sequence numbering is allowed. The value 128 means that both extended and normal sequence numbering are supported for negotiation.