RE: Operations Console problem + question

We just use CA as an emulator but you should be able through CA to
select either scaleable or fixed fonts. Also you should be able to
select the window aspect ratio up to full screen. The select ion is
under (Window Setup) and font is only selectable when your window is
NOT maxed.

Also try diddling with the display settings in Win9x based upon the
graphics card installed, no clue that this will help but it is worth a
try.

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 <<Re: Operations Console problem + question>> 

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• Subject: Re: Operations Console problem + question
• From: "Larry D. Bolhuis" <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:09:16 -0500

Jamie,

  I have no clue on the font issue but I have set this up on NT
without this problem.

  A couple things:
  1) NT MUST have SP3 installed and Client Access needs a current
fixpack (we used SF50134).  
  2) Since you will probably be installing RAS and a null modem (This
is a SOFTWARE null moadem and
it's in the install steps for CA Console on NT) you MUST re-install
SP3 after that or the connection
will not work.

  Yes you will get the DST signon each time. There is now minimal
TCP/IP support in DST and the base
connection to the AS/400 is set up at that level so that you can run
DST from the console.

  And don't feel bad about the time.  We had the AS/400 up in 20
minutes but spent a day (including
trying new cables, and plenty of time on the phone with support) to
the the console working!


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Larry Bolhuis         |
Arbor Solutions, Inc  | Two rules to success in life:
(616) 451-2500        | 1. Never tell people everything you know.
lbolhui@ibm.net       |
  

Jamie Pratt wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone...
> 
> I just recently set up our new 9406-170 model using a Win95(b) PC as
> the console using the Operations Console cable setup.   (NOT the
> CA/System console variation)  After successfully getting it
connected,
> here is the big problem:  The pc5250 emulator font keeps defaulting
to
> "Tahoma - scaled 6 x 12" .   I can go to change the font, however it
> doesn't update the screen with the new font (both Fixed size, and
the
> other options),  it just keeps using "Tahoma".   This really wouldnt
> be a problem, however, most things are unreadable - for instance, a
> capital Q shows as a capital C, and all the letters you type
slightly
> overrun each other.  - As another example, you can only read the
first
> 3 digits of the machine serial number when you look at a signon
> screen, the rest floats off the side of the display....
>  I have tried everything I could think of to get this screen
readable,
> so we can get this baby up and running....  (Natives are getting
> restless, dontcha know!)   I even went so far as to remove the
Tahoma
> font from windows itself thinking that should surely do it....
> Result:  It just grabbed "Arial scalable 6 x 12" instead!!!
> ARGGHHH!!!   This font is about the same as the Tahoma in terms of
> readability, in fact it's almost worse! ....  I should also add that
> neither of these fonts shows in the list in the emulator, so I have
no
> idea where it is picking up the font settings from....  Even
rebooting
> after changing it and saving the *.ws file doesn't work!  Needless
to
> say,  I am about to give up, and start tomorrow afresh with a
> different PC running a fresh copy of NT(SP3) which should help the
> stability issue I'm having as well (5250 sometimes crashes 95 on
> MSVCRT.DLL and requires reboot to clear the connection)  and I'm
> hoping the font problem doesn't show up with NT...  (fingers
crossed!)
> 
>  I scoured the manuals and the web, as well as dejanews to see if
> anyone had reported the problem in comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc, but I
> found almost nothing on the PC5250 emulation, or fonts for that
> matter....   Anyone have any ideas before I go wallowing into NT and
> more IPL's tomorrow??
> 
> ...Another quick question, is it normal to get the DST signon box
> everytime the connection is made between the PC and the 400?? ...
> After I enter the default QSECOFR/QSECOFR in the grey DST signon
box,
> I get the normal "DSP01" display....  It does this everytime I
reboot
> the pc, and fire up the Operations Console icon...  ( Doesn't  quite
> seem right to me,  but our CE wasn't sure about whether it was
normal
> or not, I'm just assuming since virtually nothing is config'ed (no
> network, lines, etc...) on the 400 other than the date/time, that it
> must be normal??)
> 
> Thanks for any help,  I just cant' believe that I have spent almost
> two days trying to get the emulation font to work correctly, but it
> only took a few hours to get the hardware up!....(including numerous
> calls to IBM) ....  Talk about frustration!!
> 
> Also, sorry to write so much, but I wanted to be as clear as
possible!
> 
> thanks for any help,
> Jamie
> 
> Jamie Pratt
> prattj@bcbsvt.com
> EDI Systems Technician
> BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont
> (802)371-3634
> 
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