RE: Losing Device Descriptions when system is powered down

The printers are non-IBM label printers. If I turn auto configuration
off then the devices will not be auto configured on start but they will
still be dropped when the system is IPL'd. Is that correct? Then I'll
just have to run the CRT* command. If that's the case then it's better
than having to first delete the autoconfiged devices before creating the
correct devices. And it could be automated. 

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Landess
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:29 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Losing Device Descriptions when system is powered down

Grizzly -

AFAIK, I've never seen this happen with IBM devices...

I would suspect that (since you didn't specify) that these are non-IBM 
printers that can emulate several different IBM printer models, and that

when the system is IPL'ed that the "signature" that it gets is for the
basic 
printer model that it emulates

In my experience, this has been a common problem with non-IBM devices 
(printers and 5250-type displays).

In my client shops where this has occurred, I have typically seen the
system 
administrator turn OFF Automatic Configuration once everything is
initially 
configured properly, then from that point forward, either manually
create 
new devices using the appropriate CRT* command or turning Automatic 
Configuration on just long enough to configure any newly-attached
devices, 
then turning it back off.

Regards,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935