Re: Ops Console problems with Win2K

Hi Vern,

I had a similar problem which ended up being the subject of much
discussion about the OS/400 console.

I my case I was unable to resolve the problem in the time I was prepared
to give it. I resorted to (and still use) a 'Dumb' twinax terminal for a
console - vastly superior to anything else IBM has come up with.

The messages I received were much the same as the ones you outline
below, but in my case I could get a connection and I  was able to use
Ops Console. The problem I had was that it wasn't stable - It would
crash in the middle of a SAVSYS, or a Cum PTF install, or some other
important function. I would have considerable dificultly re-establishing
the connection to the system, which is not a pleasant situation when the
system is in restricted state. Sometimes it was necessary to force power
off, do a normal IPL, then start the process all over again and hope it
doesn't crash a second time. One can go round and round in circles here.

The message I am trying to put over, though rather negative, is - even
if you do get it working it might not be reliable. You might be better
to consider alternatives.

Syd Nicholson



vhamberg@attbi.com wrote:

>I'm having fits with Ops Console on a Win2K box. Same
>one I'm having Domino plugin problems with. It has
>worked fine consistently with a Win98 laptop.
>
>New Dell 500SC server, on which I put Win2K Pro instead
>of Server. Ops Console setup manual only speaks of Pro.
>Installed SP3 for Win2K.
>
>I'm setting up a direct cable LCS, no RCS's. I created
>the "modem" according to the manual, then went carefully
>through the steps for creating a new connection. Max
>speed 115200, as specified. It's going to a new 270-2248
>(1517) 1gig 6x17.54 DASD.
>
>I get a 'Communication error validating... Error code
>10060' when using 115200 speed. When I shut it down to
>19200, as suggested for authentication errors, I get 2
>messages, 'RAS connection to FLASH failed. There was a
>hardware failure in the modem', and 'Console connection
>to FLASH failed. Do you want to try again?'
>