There are two EPI timeout conditions, install timeout and read timeout.
- Install timeout
- Install timeout is the maximum length of time that the CICS® Transaction Gateway will
wait for a terminal to be installed on a CICS server.
If a response is not received from the server within the specified time,
control is returned to the user application with an appropriate return code.
If the Client daemon is
subsequently notified that the terminal has been installed in the server,
the Client daemon deletes
the terminal. If no install timeout value is specified, there is no limit
to the wait time.
- Read timeout
- Read timeout is the maximum length of time that the CICS Transaction Gateway will
wait for a response from the user application. This period of time starts
when a user application has received an EXEC CICS RECEIVE
or CONVERSE command issued by CICS.
A read timeout occurs if no data is returned before the period specified has
elapsed. If no read timeout value is specified, there is no limit to the wait
time. When a read timeout occurs, the transaction on the CICS server
is terminated abnormally.