dummy terminal addresses

Mike and Mike (yeah, THATS not confusing!),

answers

<snip>
1.) What type of controller are you attached to....<snip>

a 2x4 connection controller wired right into the back of my system, not sure of 
what it is called.  It is not a Perle box or anything.  Just a standard hard 
connection.

<snip>2.) What type of wiring is in use - twinax, twisted pair, twisted pair 
with
a hub, etc.  In the twinax world it is possible to have the daisy chain
affect.....twisted pair world less likely.<snip>

Twinax

<snip>3.) With the terminals how are they acting?  I'm not that familiar with
3197's but you need to look for a System Availability (SA) indicator and
also make sure you know where the cursor is (upper right, or upper left).<snip>

not sure if SA indicator is on (bottom left on the operating status line is 
where it is supposed to be *see below).  cursor is upper right.

<snip>The controller will use a hex addressing scheme that will correspond to a
port number and a address number.  Starting with 00 (port 0, address 0) and
moving down the port...01, 02, 03, 04, etc.<snip>

One of my first actions was to try to check the terminals to make sure they did 
not lose their addresses when the power blipped.   I can view on the system how 
the defined devices are addressed.  My problem is that i have 15 defined, only 
4 machines.  I cannot tell by looking at the terminal itself which port it is 
defined for.

<snip>It is possible that you have a problem with the port itself.....rare but
I've had them get zapped on occasion.<snip>  

If daisy chained and the port for the first machine is bad, that would make the 
rest go down?  how do i test a port?


<snip>Sounds like the workstation controller may need re-setting.
Do a WRKCFGSTS *CTL CTL*
(assumes standard naming convention !) & see if any need
Vary-off then Vary-on..<snip>

have done this several times, nothing.

i just got back from the warehouse, i was going down to fiddle with the tester 
i have.  I started at the point where the wires first come out of the wall to 
the first Workstation(the one they removed).  Im assuming that green is good, 
but i did not get a green light from the cable marked inbound (or outbound, 
just to say i tested that too).  Do i need to have both ends of the tester 
connected?  i have no idea what it is testing... a connection to the 400?  or 
just a complete circuit tester?  tester does nothing at all on setting 1 or 2, 
but i got 2 amber lights on all tests on setting 0.  

As i was pulling the tester off, i noticed that one of the two pins was pushed 
in on the line marked inbound.  removing the screw casing revealed the pins 
soldering had worn and they fell to the ground.  Problem is, im not sure if i 
did this while testing??? ugh, so im going to repair the connector.