Re: Problem with AS/400 Devices -- MIDRANGE-L

Also check the cables for proper ends.  Just had a customer this week where the
maintenance guy was peeling back the shield to get the ends on easier! 
Interestingly this allowed your choice of ONE terminal to work.  Turn on more
than that and they all died.

If you can't find a twinax testor, turn off all the devices, and disconnect the
twinax at the AS/400 end.  WIth a DMM or Ohm meter measure from each pin to the
shield and you should get approx 55 Ohms.  Also measure from pin to pin and you
should get approx 110 Ohms.

HTH - Larry

Chris Bipes wrote:
> 
> Check your termination on the twinax line.  How many devices on the
> controller?  Do you have duplicate addresses in use?  I would start by
> disconnecting all the terminals in the chain and testing the twinax back to
> the controller with a port tester.  Then add one cable at a time to the
> chain testing with the port tester.
> 
> 1.) most likely bad termination.
> 2.) most likely to devices with same address
> 3.) most likely terminal emulation and device description not matching.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Pascual B Jose [mailto:josed@rcs.com.ph]
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 12:10 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Problem with AS/400 Devices
> 
> Has anyone experienced this?
> 
> 1.)  There is a 3486 Dumb Terminal that fails, cursor is on the upper left
> of the screen and the status of these devices on the AS/400 is "failed" .
> Do we have to change the emulation type that these terminals are emulating.
> 
> 2.)   There is this Dumb Terminal that return to sign on screen even though
> they are using these devices. And there are dumb terminals that return to
> sign on screen even though this terminals are idle, terminal screen are on
> users menu.
> 
>      Note: This is a terminal that had dual session and only one session
>      return to sign on screen.
> 
> 3.   Once users are using this device, there are times that the character
> they are encoding/typing is not displayed. But when they check it, number 0
> sometimes replaces the character.
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