Randy
In our REXX that does the START for a stc… If we see X starts for a stc in Y mins, we set the task to DOWN DOWN, don’t let the start issue and alert someone of a possible LOOP condition. Once it is set to DOWN DOWN, the counter is reset to ZERO, so when you manually go to start, it is ok.
On occasion, if someone is manually starting/stopping (usually during testing), the limit is also reached and it doesn’t come up, but a message is displayed to tell the person to try again (as the counter is reset back to zero.)
'real' abends are handled differently - using Stateman counters.
Sal