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5250 WSF under OS/2 EE 1.3 and Extended  4/05/94..


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| II07164                                                     |
|   COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER INFORMATION APAR FOR 5250 WSF      |
|          UNDER OS/2 EE 1.3 AND EXTENDED SERVICES            |
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|LAST UPDATE:  08/18/93                          BY: ATD      |
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|PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE HELPFUL INFORMATION RELATING TO PLANNING,|
|         MIGRATING, INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING 5250WSF.      |
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| 1. 8/18/93  5250 Limitations
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|  o The IBM Enhanced 5250 Display Station Emulation Adapter
|    (FC #2911,P/N 30F5383) used with the IBM PS/2 Model 30
|    286, PC AT computer, and the 7531/32/52 Industrial
|    Computers requires EC change C30692; see an IBM CE.
|
|  o A maximum of five 5250 WSF sessions (any combo of display
|    and printer sessions) on a single ws. Support is for
|    AS/400 and System/36 hosts only.
|
|  o Twinaxial connection to an AS/400 host:
|    - Twinaxial sessions connect to a single host.
|    - One station address is required to provide up to five
|      5250 WSF sessions.
|      Ref Doc: Ch. 4 of the ES Hardware and Software Manual
|
|  o 5250WSF does NOT support PostScript data stream though,
|    if PCSUPPORT is installed, you can print the data stream
|    using ASCII PASSTHRU.
|
| 2. 6/16/93  5250 configuration and useability information
|    can be found in the following manuals:
|
|  o ES Configuration Guide:
|    - Chapter 4 - Auto start options
|    - Chapter 7 - Configuring DLC adapters
|    - Chapter 8 - SNA configuration
|    - Chapter 14 - 5250 WSF Configuration
|    - Appendix A - Worksheets
|  o ES User's Guide:
|    - Chapter 3: 5250WSF and 5250 Host Printing
|    - Chapter 5: 5250 Keyboard Profiles
|    - Appendix A: 5250 Keyboard Profiles
|  o ES Host Connection Ref. Manual - Ch. 2
|
| 3. 6/16/93  Additional 5250 information could be found
|    in the following manuals:
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|  o ES Network Administrator Guide - pages 2-9 and 3-9
|  o ES Scenarios Manual - Scenarios 5, 10 and 13
|  o ES Guide to User Profile Management:
|    - Appendix A & B: UPM LOGON Commands
|  o ES Keyboard Layouts:
|    - 5250 Keyboard Functions: Page 3-10 - 3-16
|
| 4. 7/27/93 Latest 5250 Emulator and Host Print maintenance:
|    - The latest 5250 Emulator APAR is JR06098
|    - The latest 5250 Host Print APAR is JR07295
|
|    Other ES 5250 related maintenance:
|
|*HOT* - TO ADDRESS TWINAX PROBLEMS ON NON-MC MACHINES APPLY
|        THE LATEST T1P1SDD.SYS - APAR JR06877.
|
| 5. 6/16/93 5250 Problem Documentation:
|
|    o 5250 EMULATOR OR CONNECTIVITY PROBLEM DOCUMENTATION:
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|    Traces: Start an Auto Trace selecting the APPC and
|            DLC type, APPC 1-5, 12 AND 17, then recreate the fa
|            Stop the trace and copy it to diskette.
|
|    HARDCOPY: Run AS/400 CMD DSPNETA
|
|    Readme: Create a txt file and document the steps taken
|            to recreate the failure.
|
|    Note: See note below regarding other required info and
|          mailing instructions.
|
|    o 5250 HOST PRINT PROBLEM DOCUMENTATION:
|
|    Traces: Start a normal trace selecting ONLY the DLC type,
|            then recreate the failure. Stop the trace and copy
|            it to diskette.
|
|    Spool files: If spool files are available, hold the
|                 Print queue, recreate the failure,
|                 and copy the *.SPL and *.SHD files
|                 located under C: SPOOL  to a diskette.
|
|    HARDCOPY: Failing output.
|            : AS/400 PRTF, Spool File Attributes, and DEVD.
|
|    HEX DUMP: If the Printer has the option, reference the
|              User's manual and perform a HEX DUMP.
|
|    README: Create a txt file to document the following info:
|            1.Printer Type:    2.Printer Driver and Version:
|            3.Printer Emulated:  4.Printer Mode:   5.PFT:
|            6.Steps to recreate failure:
|
|    Mail: For information on running traces and obtaining
|          required documentation, and mailing instructions,
|          ref. INFO APARS II06549 and II06001, respectively.
|
| 6. 6/16/93  How to AUTOMATICALLY SIGN-ON to the AS/400:
|
|    To auto-signon to the AS/400, you must configure it in
|    the CM 5250WSF Terminal Profile. This feature allows
|    you to ONLY automatically sign-on to the AS/400. You
|    will FIRST be required to logon to UPM. To automate
|    the UPM logon, you can use a CMD file containing the
|    LOGON cmd, but this is NOT recommended due to SECURITY
|    reasons. (Ref: pages 14-5 and 14-15 in the CM CFG manual,
|    page B-1 in the Guide to User Profile Mgmt, and
|    page 3-65 in the CM User's Guide.)
|
| 7. 6/16/93  How to REMAP the 5250 WSF KEYBOARD functions:
|
|    Information regarding remapping the keyboard can be
|    found in the CM User's Guide starting on page 5-1 and
|    in the CM Keyboard Layouts manual starting on page 3-10.
|
| 8. 6/16/93  How to USE the 5250 emulator session in a WINDOW
|    or FULL-SCREEN mode:
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|    In  CMLIB, edit STARTCM.CMD and locate SET EM5250=WIN.
|    To change from Window to Full-screen mode, change the
|    above line to read 'REM SET EM5250=WIN'. To activate the
|    change, stop, then restart CM.
|    (Ref. page 3-57 in the CM User's guide)
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| 9. 6/16/93  Starting 5250 emulator sessions AUTOMATICALLY
|
|    You can start all selected and configured 5250 WSF
|    sessions automatically by specifying the following in
|    the workstation profiles:
|    Enable auto-start options | 5250 WSF | SNA/APPC
|    (Ref. page 3-64 in the CM User's Guide)
|
|10. 6/16/93  How to JUMP between 5250 emulator sessions:
|
|    You can JUMP between 5250 sessions by using the
|    Alt+PageUp keystroke. Information about the JUMP key
|    could be found in the ref. documentation.
|    (Ref. page 3-62 in the CM User's Guide)
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|11. 6/16/93  Using BCS to configure a local 5250 session.
|
|    A directly cabled OS/2 machine can be quickly
|    connected to the AS/400 using ES Basic Configuration
|    Services. The BCS Main Menu is a four-item menu, and
|    selecting Option 3 (5250 WSF) will step you through
|    configuring the connection to the AS/400.
|
|    The most important data is the communication parameters.
|    Assuming that auto-config on the AS/400 is turned on
|    (at least for TWINAX connection), the connection can be
|    completed with the following information:
|
|    NOTE: For detail information on configuring the SNA
|          and AS/400 connections, please ref. CH. 8 and
|          CH. 2 of the Configuration and Host Ref. manuals,
|          respectively.
|
|  - 5250 LOCAL LU NAME.
|    This is the name you are assigning to your computer so
|    you can make this any name you want.  This will be your
|    device description.
|
|  - 5250 PARTNER LU NAME.
|    This is the name of your AS/400.  This is obtained from
|    the Default Local Location name (LCLONAME) in the AS/400
|    network attributes (DSPNETA).  Sometimes the System Name
|    is the same as the Default Local Location name,
|    but do not count on this.  Using the System Name
|    rather than the Default Local Location name is the most
|    common error so be sure to check the network attributes.
|
|  - 5250 MODE NAME.
|    QPCSUPP or other mode name.
|
|    LAN DESTINATION ADDRESS (If Token-Ring connected).
|    This is the AS/400 LAN adapter address.  This can be
|    obtained from the LAN line description.
|
|    TWINAX CONTROLLER ADDRESS (If TWINAX connected).
|    This is the device address on the TWINAX line.
|    Your can print out the available addresses on a
|    particular controller through PRTDEVADR on the AS/400.
|
|  - LOCAL NODE NAME.
|    This is the controller name on the AS/400.  If you have
|    auto-config turned on this can be anything you want
|    though BCS will make this the same name as the 5250
|    Local LU name.
|
|  - NETWORK ID.
|    The default Network name that ships on all AS/400s is
|    APPN, so in many cases the default of APPN that BCS
|    suggests will work.  Since APPN can be changed on the
|    AS/400, a good practice is to check the AS/400
|    network attributes for the Local Network ID (LCLNETID)
|    through a DSPNETA command.
|
|  - NODE ID (IN HEX).
|    The AS/400 does not use this so it can be left at the
|    default of 00000.
|
|    Pressing enter after filling in this information will
|    return you to the BCS Main Menu. Pressing F3 will lead
|    you through the installation of the configuration file.
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|12. 6/16/93  5250WSF LANDSCAPE printing.
|
|    5250WSF does not support Automatic Page Rotation, so
|    you must modify the AS/400 PRTF file to indicate
|    a Page Rotation of 90 degrees using the following cmd:
|
|       OVRPRTF FILE(PRTF) PAGESIZE(88) LPI(8) CPI(16.7)
|               PAGRTT(90)
|       To change back to Portrait, you can define
|       a second PF key specifying a PAGRTT of 0 degrees.
|
|13. 6/16/93  Under OS/2 2.0 the PrintScreen PF Key generates
|    GPI print instead of TEXT print.
|
|    In OS/2 2.0 the base operating system intercepts the
|    PrintScreen from 5250, which causes GPI printing
|    to occur instead of Text printing.
|    This problem can be circumvented by running 5250 in
|    fullscreen mode or remapping the Printscreen function
|    (PRTP) to another PF key.
|    To run 5250 in fullscreen mode, edit  CMLIB STARTCM.CMD
|    and change 'SET EM5250=WIN' to 'REM SET EM5250=WIN'.
|    To remap the PrintScreen PF key (PRTP) to another key,
|    reference the ES User's Guide.
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|14. 6/16/93 Running 5250 and 3270 emulation from the same WS.
|
|    IF your 3270 and 5250 connections exist on different
|    networks, you will likely experience error msg ACS0619
|    when starting 5250 emulation.
|
|    If so, you can use the AS/400 Remote Network ID
|    (RMTNETID) parameter and assign it to the network ID
|    of the System/370 host. This would enable the ES WS
|    to communicate to both the AS/400 and System/370 host.
|    (Ref. ES Host Connection Manual, Ch 2, page 2-16)
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|15. 6/16/93 Hewlett-Packard Printer Function Table Support
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|    PFT PFTHP2 resides in CMLIB and can used to support
|    Hewlett Packard Printers.
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|KEYWORDS: CMINFO 562121301 R100 566933602 R130 ES10 EE13     |
|          TRACE INSTALLATION PLANNING MIGRATING MIGRATION    |
|          INSTALLING INSTALL 5250WSF HOSTPRINT HOST PRINT    |
|          PRINTING                                           |
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