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  3. |II07083                                                     |                  
  4. |           COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER/2 1.0 - 562125400         |                  
  5. |                                                            |                  
  6. |              5250 EMULATION TIPS AND TECHNIQUES            |                  
  7. |                                                            |                  
  8. | Last Update: 07/07/93                         By: ATD      |                  
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  11. |                                                                               
  12. | 1. 7/07/93 5250 EMULATION General Information:                                
  13. |                                                                               
  14. |    A limit of fifteen 5250 emulator sessions (any combination                 
  15. |    a workstation.                                                             
  16. |                                                                               
  17. |    5250 emulation does NOT support TWINAX connections to                      
  18. |    a SYSTEM36.                                                                
  19. |                                                                               
  20. |    5250 emulation is NOT supported to the SYSTEM38.                           
  21. |                                                                               
  22. |    TWINAX sessions can connect to only a single AS/400 host.                  
  23. |                                                                               
  24. |    The Text Assist feature of 400 PC Support program is not                   
  25. |    supported in Communications Manager/2 1.0.                                 
  26. |    This affects PC Organizer and Office Vision/400 Users.                     
  27. |    The plan is to incorporate this support                                    
  28. |    in a future release, reference the README on diskette 1,                   
  29. |    and the Information and Planning Guide, SC31-7007,                         
  30. |    page 4-16, under IBM 5250 Emulation.                                       
  31. |                                                                               
  32. |    5250 supports ONLY 3812 printer emulation, not 5219,                       
  33. |    5224 nor 5256 printer emulation.                                           
  34. |                                                                               
  35. | 2. 6/25/93  5250 Configuration information can be found in                    
  36. |    the following manuals:                                                     
  37. |                                                                               
  38. |    Communications Manager/2 Quick Installation Card:                          
  39. |    SX75-0085-00                                                               
  40. |                                                                               
  41. |    Communications Manager/2 Configuration Guide:                              
  42. |    SC31-6171-00                                                               
  43. |    - Chapter 5: 5250 Emulation                                                
  44. |    - Chapter 6: DLC Profiles                                                  
  45. |    - Chapter 7,8 & 9: SNA Definitions                                         
  46. |    - Appendix A: 5250 Emulator, Printer and KB remap                          
  47. |    - Appendix E: E-22 - E-27 AS/400 Host                                      
  48. |                                                                               
  49. |    Communications Manager/2 User's Guide: SC31-6108-00                        
  50. |    - Chapter 3: Communicating Using 5250 Session                              
  51. |                                                                               
  52. | 3. 6/15/93  Additional 5250 Planning, Migration,                              
  53. |    Configuration and Installation information                                 
  54. |    can be found in the following manuals:                                     
  55. |                                                                               
  56. |    Communications Manager/2 Host Connection Reference:                        
  57. |    SC31-6170-00                                                               
  58. |    - Chapter 8: Overview of AS/400 Host Programming                           
  59. |    - Chapter 9: SDLC Connection Scenarios to an AS/400                        
  60. |    - Chapter 10: T/R Connection Scenario to and AS/400                        
  61. |    - Chapter 11: TWINAX Connection Scenario to an AS/400                      
  62. |    - Chapter 12: X.25 Connection to an AS/400                                 
  63. |                                                                               
  64. |    Communications Manager/2 Information Planning Guide,                       
  65. |    SC31-7007-00.                                                              
  66. |                                                                               
  67. |    Communications Manager/2 Scenarios, SC31-6174-00:                          
  68. |    - Scenario  3: 5250 Emulation over APPN Network Node                       
  69. |    - Scenario 10: 5250 Emulation through X.25 using ISDN                      
  70. |    - Appendix: Terms used in Scenarios                                        
  71. |                                                                               
  72. |    Communications Manager/2 Network Administration and                        
  73. |    Subsystem Management Guide, SC31-6168-00:                                  
  74. |    - Chapter 1: 5250 Emulation                                                
  75. |    - Chapter 6: EHALAPI                                                       
  76. |                                                                               
  77. |    Communications Manager/2 EHALAPI Programming Reference,                    
  78. |    SC31-6163-00.                                                              
  79. |                                                                               
  80. |    Communications Manager/2 Workstation Installation Guide,                   
  81. |    SC31-6169-00.                                                              
  82. |                                                                               
  83. | 4. 6/25/93  Communications Manager/2 Maintenance:                             
  84. |                                                                               
  85. |    CSD WR06050 resolves the following 5250 related problems:                  
  86. |                                                                               
  87. |    - JR07034  5250 PRINTER SESSION RECEIVES ACS0608W ACS0653W                 
  88. |    - JR07047  S/36 SUBCONSOLE MODE DOES NOT WORK IN CM/2 5250                 
  89. |    - JR07056  CHANGES ON EMULATOR PRINT CONTROL PANEL DON'T                   
  90. |               WORK                                                            
  91. |    - JR07086  INCORRECT KEY (NOT RESET/CTRL) RESPONSE HANGS                   
  92. |               5250                                                            
  93. |    - JR07088  EHLLAPI SEND KEY (3) RECEIVES RC9                               
  94. |    - JR07115  COPY_PS DOES NOT RETURN BLANKS FOR FIELD                        
  95. |               ATTRIBUTES                                                      
  96. |                                                                               
  97. | 5. 6/25/93  Engineering Changes for the IBM Enhanced 5250                     
  98. |    Display Adapter:                                                           
  99. |                                                                               
  100. |    The IBM Enhanced 5250 Display Station Emulation Adapter                    
  101. |    (FC #2911, P/N 30F5383) requires engineering change                        
  102. |    C30692 when used with the IBM PS/2 Model 30 286, PC AT,                    
  103. |    and 7531/32/52 Industrial Computers.                                       
  104. |                                                                               
  105. | 6. 6/25/93  5250 Emulation support for the 122 Key Keyboard:                  
  106. |                                                                               
  107. |    See INFO APAR II06875 for details                                          
  108. |                                                                               
  109. | 7. 6/25/93  5250 Emulator Full-Screen Mode:                                   
  110. |                                                                               
  111. |    The Full_Screen mode is not available in Communications                    
  112. |    Manager/2. 5250 now has its own window, so that multiple                   
  113. |    sessions can appear at the same time.                                      
  114. |                                                                               
  115. | 8. 6/25/93  Problems Installing Communications Manager/2:                     
  116. |                                                                               
  117. |    A NOOP condition could occur during the Communications                     
  118. |    Manager/2 installation after configuring 5250 on the                       
  119. |    Communications Manager/2 Definition Window.                                
  120. |    The problem has been reported on workstations running                      
  121. |    OS/2 2.0 with ServicePak, XGA, and was resolved by                         
  122. |    applying OS/2 APAR PJ06671.                                                
  123. |                                                                               
  124. | 9. 6/25/93  5250 Host Print Job Properties:                                   
  125. |                                                                               
  126. |    If a Host Print Job Data File is not created for a                         
  127. |    required Host Print Job Property (ex. Landscape printing),                 
  128. |    then the Job Properties of the default Printer Driver in                   
  129. |    OS/2 Print Object will be used, if " Never" is selected as                 
  130. |    the "Job Change Prompt Level" in the Emulator Printer                      
  131. |    Control Window.                                                            
  132. |                                                                               
  133. |                                                                               
  134. |10. 6/16/93  5250 Emulation Blinking cursor:                                   
  135. |                                                                               
  136. |    Blinking cursor in a 5250 session is not supported under                   
  137. |    Communications Manager/2, this is a restriction of the AVIO                
  138. |    interface of OS/2.                                                         
  139. |                                                                               
  140. |11. 6/16/93  5250 Emulation Presentation Space Size:                           
  141. |                                                                               
  142. |    Communications Manager/2 offers two presentation                           
  143. |    space sizes or 5250 Emulation, 25 x 80 and 28 x 132. For                   
  144. |    25 x 80 the terminal device emulated is a 3197-C1 (color).                 
  145. |    For 28 x 132 the device emulated is a 3180-2 (monochrome).                 
  146. |                                                                               
  147. |12. 6/18/93  Backspace key works differently in Communications                 
  148. |    Manager/2 than ES 1.0:                                                     
  149. |    In Communications Manager/2 the Backspace key normally                     
  150. |    backspaces one space, regardless of where it's                             
  151. |    positioned in a field. To regain the same functionality                    
  152. |    of ES 1.0, the user must remap the Bksp key to                             
  153. |    FldBck (Field Backspace) per the User's Guide, page A-24,                  
  154. |    last item on the page.                                                     
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  157. |KEYWORDS: 562125400 CM2INFO CMINFO 5250WSF 5250 WSF         |                  
  158. |          EMULATION AS400 OS400 SYS36 SYSTEM36 S36          |                  
  159. |          R100 0964137 5250EM LP LP 5250LP 5250LT           |                  
  160. |          SYS38 SYSTEM38 S38                                |                  
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