RE: Vary on pending

You commented that you changed offices.  Is the new location on the same
controller as the old location?  You need to check the other end of the
wire the terminal is plugged into.  In order to use the original device
descriptions you need to have the wire that has been run to the new
location to be plugged into the same port on the controller brick as the
old location.  Otherwise Autoconfig will try to create a new device
description.  If the wire at the new location is not in the same port as
the old location you may need to change the switch settings on the 3487.
If the printer is trying to use a switch setting that is used by another
device description it will never come back up. Also if the above case is
true the device description from the old location will always say "Vary
On Pending" because no device is found there.  Hope this helps.

Joel B. Harvell
Food Lion, LLC
(704) 633-8250 x2709
jbharvell@xxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:04 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries; Midrange Mailing List
Subject: Re: Vary on pending

Going back and re-reading your original plus some follow up posts, I 
think I understand the problem but since I haven't had experience with 
the 3487 I don't know what the next logical step is.

Since the terminal works but the printer attached to it does not, that 
tells me that the "balun" part of the connection is OK.  It is possible 
that the electronics in the terminal were damaged in the move but I 
don't know.

David, who moderates these lists, suggested that this isn't an 
appropriate topic for the RPG list (true!) .  So I'll cross post this to

the midrange list.  You will need to subscribe to the Midrange-L list 
(if you are not already subscribed) to see the responses.

Pete Helgren


Raby, Steve (GE Advanced Materials, consultant) wrote:

>Hi Pete,
>
>No it does not generate the device description that's why I am
wondering if my assumption about the AUTOCONFIG is correct, the SYSVAL
is set to on, the printer is connected by a parallel cable, I have
changed nothing about the configuration and it worked before we moved
it. I thought it might have been the cable as I had to make 3 new extra
long cables, but like I said I swapped the cable with a laser printer
which works ok on both cables so I did at least one thing right, first
cable I made took 5 attempts :-). I am still stumped. 
>
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
>Sent: 29 August 2005 17:43
>To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
>Subject: Re: Vary on pending
>
>
>Does it generate the device description (auto config) and not vary it
on 
>or are you not seeing the device at all?
>
>If you are using baluns rather than twinax to connect them to the 
>iSeries, I am guessing it is a pure physical connection problem.
Either 
>the twisted pair coming and going from the iSeries to the printer IS 
>twisted and not straight through or the two wires aren't properly 
>crimped.  As I recall, the twisted pair option using baluns was a 
>straight through connection (not twisted as phone cords are).
>
>Pete Helgren
> 
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