RE: Getting data from a scale to a system i host

Answering my own question here. We need wedges because Client Access is looking for keyboard input and only keyboard input. Therefore, if we have additional input (such as RS232 scale data), there's no way for Client Access to see it without a wedge.

Bryan Burns
iSeries Specialist
ECHO, Incorporated
Lake Zurich, Illinois

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DeLong, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:41 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Getting data from a scale to a system i host

What exactly are you trying to do? I do not understand what iSeries
Access has to do with this. iAccess is TCP/IP based, and does not ever
make use of serial ports. What is a TN5250 application supposed to do
with scale data?

If your intent is to populate scale data into an input field on your
TN5250 screen, then you might need to look at DDE/EHLLAPI support, which
should let you write a program to receive scale data and pass it into
your screen buffer.

Perhaps this might help...
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037
e/c23649dd895a3a12862565c2007cad32?OpenDocument

Hth,
Eric DeLong

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Burns, Bryan
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:46 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Getting data from a scale to a system i host

Why won't iSeries Access for Windows (aka client access) running on a
laptop, accept RS232 data from a scale? HyperTerminal on the same
laptop accepts the data. Same serial port in both cases.

Bryan Burns
iSeries Specialist
ECHO, Incorporated
Lake Zurich, Illinois

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