Re: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1

I'll check this because I just tried the cable on another brick port with
the same results.

Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@Sallybeauty.com>
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:10 PM
Subject: RE: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1


> Jerry, this is probably the first thing you checked, but I wasted several
> days once with a similar problem that came down to making sure the pins
were
> not being pushed out of the twinax connector.  Everything looked ok before
> trying to connect twinax to the brick, but one of the pins pushed in when
> trying to screw down the cable end.  With the twinax disconnected from the
> brick, try pushing the pins and see if one is loose.  (It's always the
> low-tech bits that get overlooked....)
>
> hth,
>
> Eric DeLong
> Sally Beauty Company
> MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
> 940-898-7863 or ext. 1863
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerome Draper [mailto:jdraper@trilosoft.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:12 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1
>
>
> We are cabled direct from the brick to one 4224 and then daisychained to
the
> other 4224.
>
> Jerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Richter <srichter@autocoder.com>
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:06 PM
> Subject: RE: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1
>
>
> > Jerry, Do you cable direct from the brick on the back of the as400 to
the
> > printer using twinax cable, no baluns, patch panel wiring?  Whenever I
> have
> > trouble with twinax devices I always try to factor out any faulty
wiring.
> > If not, can you cable direct from the brick to the printer with twinax
> > cable?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jerome Draper
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:51 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1
> >
> >
> > Yeah, it seems that if the controllers are the same type the results
> should
> > be the same.  I'm wondering if it's the speed of the controller or if
the
> > port on the brick isn't bad.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Philipp Rusch <Philipp.Rusch@rusch-edv.de>
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1
> >
> >
> > > Twinax has been improved in speed with newer controllers, they now do
> > > 2 Mbit instead of 1 MBit as before. That data area mentioned in other
> > posts
> > > controls stepping down of the speed back to the old level.
> > > I seem to remember that the old controllers were also only capable of
> > polling
> > > one port after the other, leaving only one port active at a time.
> > > The newer ones are able to poll several (two ?) ports simultanously,
> > > this causes troubles if your are using twinax-to-RJ45 multiplexers,
for
> > instance.
> > > It's strange that this should happen, when both controllers in your
> > machines
> > > seem to be of same type.
> > >
> > > HTH, regards from Germany, Philipp Rusch
> > >
> > > Jerome Draper schrieb:
> > >
> > > > I have two 4224 *IPDS printers hooked up to a V4R2 machine and they
> work
> > > > fine.  I move them to a new V5R1 machine and they hardly print at
all.
> > > > Funny scratching by the print head and sporadic print lines but
never
> > > > anything close to a full report.  For example, they won't print a
> > standard
> > > > report from QPRINT.  Put them back ont he V4R2 machine and all is
> fine.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone seen this?  PTF?
> > > >
> > > > TIA,
> > > >
> > > > Jerry
> > > >
> > > > Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
> > > > Network and Connectivity Specialist -- Mac's, LAN's, PC's, and
iSeries
> > > > Representing Synapse, Nlynx, Perle, CLI, Intermate and Others .....
> > > > (415) 457-3431 - (415) 258-1658fax - http://www.trilosoft.com
> > > >
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