Changing a Robot/NETWORK 9.0 Node System from SNA to TCP/IP Protocol

Changing a Node’s Communication Protocol

WARNING: Do not perform this procedure on a Host system. This procedure is for Node systems only.

To change a Robot/NETWORK Node’s protocol from SNA to TCP/IP, perform the following steps on the Node:

Note: Both the Node you are changing and its Host must be at Robot/NETWORK version 9.0.

1. Sign on using a user profile that has the following characteristics:
   • Is a member of the user class *SECOFR.
   • Has the special authorities: *ALLOBJ, *SECADM, and *IOSYSCFG.
   • Has Limit Capabilities set to *NO.
2. Make sure that no users are using Robot/NETWORK and that Robot/NETWORK has ended.
3. Enter the following command and press Enter:

ADDLIBLE RBTNETNODE

4. Enter the following command and press Enter:

CALL RBNNCLEAN

5. Enter the following command and press F4 to display the command prompt:

RBTNETNODE/RBNCFGNODE

6. From the command prompt, enter the following values:

Communication Type	TCPIP
Name	The current system name of the Robot/NETWORK Host.
Password	The Robot/NETWORK password. (If you do not know the password, ask your Network administrator for the Host RBTNETPT password.)
IP Address	The Host’s TCP/IP address.

Updated July 10, 2000