SDLC Toolkit

SDLC was invented by IBM to replace the older Bisynchronous (BiSync) protocol for wide area connections. An SDLC network is made up of a primary station that controls all communications, and one or more secondary stations.

Sangoma provides customers with a full API support manual, as well as sample code that accesses the SDLC API.

• SDLC to IBM standards.
  
• Primary and Secondary support.
  
• Up to 254 Secondaries per multipoint line.
  
• Full Duplex and Half Duplex.
  
• Adjustable RTS/CTS timing.
  
• Defined or automatic addressing.
  
• Frame size to 1027 bytes.
  
• NRZ or NRZi encoding.

Higher Level APIs:

• PTP Secondary SNA interface for LU0, LU1, LU2 and LU3