Changes the characteristics of LAT data links. You must have OPER privilege to use this command. Format SET LINK link-name
1 – Parameter
link-name Specifies the name for a LAT data link. A link name can have up to 16 ASCII characters. The characters allowed are as follows: o Alphanumeric characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9 o A subset of the international character set: ASCII codes 192- 253 o Punctuation characters: dollar sign ($), hyphen (-), period (.), and underscore (_) The SHOW LINK command displays the names of the links defined for a node.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /LOG
/LOG /NOLOG Specifies whether LATCP displays a message confirming that the link's characteristics were modified. If you do not specify the /LOG or /NOLOG qualifier, the default is that no message will be displayed.
2.2 /STATE
/STATE=option Specifies availability of the link for use. The two options for STATE are: ON Specifies that the link will be available for use with the LAT protocol running. OFF Specifies that the link will not be available for use. If you do not specify the /STATE=option qualifier, the default is that the link will be available (ON).
3 – Example
LATCP> SET LINK NETWORK_A /LOG /STATE=ON The SET LINK command in this example directs LATCP to start the controller for link NETWORK_A and then to display a confirmation message.