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1. Envelope hopper MFRTYPMDL MONARCH NUMBERY NUMBER10 B5 C5 DL NON default for Paper Envelope source above MFRTYP Ascii codepage 899 support Yes No default No GI MDL default Blank Custom Library custom library default Blank 1 4 paired with session 1 4 DHCP Auto Config NO set to NO to disable next time Save Auto Config YES save the Auto Config settings E 2 Emulation type ASCII display Host name Address 10 1 2 2 Port Number 23 Session ID 3 Device name Device type 3278 2 Emulation type IN3270 display Host name Address 10 1 3 3 Port Number 23 Session ID 4 Device name lt HOST gt PRT1 Device type 3812 Emulation type IN5250 printer Host name Address 10 1 1 1 Port Number 23 Host print transform Yes Message Queue Library Font Form Feed Printer Model HP540 Paper source l Paper source 2 Envelope hopper Ascii codepage 899 support Custom Object Custom Library Note that those statements that have no entry following the equal sign can be omitted Hy Page left blank intentionally Appendix F Useful Key combinations The purpose of this Appendix is to list under a single document the various Hot Key sequences scattered among the chapters of this manual When powering on the unit ALT SHIFT Del F12 Resets the unit to factory defaults Hit all key together after the bip From the Off Line Set
2. Key in your password then press Pause again to restart recording keystrokes The symbol on the status line is removed Position to the next field and continue keying When done press ENTER then press Record to save the recorded data and exit record mode Now test the recorded keystrokes Sign off back to a Sign On screen Press Play to enter the play mode Note the solid box in the Record ID Assignment for F1 P E i oogdogo E E E Buu G G G td G G G a Press the F1 key The user ID will be displayed and the cursor positioned at the Password field The symbol appears on the status line to indicate a pause has been encountered P 3 Type in your password and press the Pause key again The remaining recorded data is displayed including the ENTER key and the Play mode is exited To delete this recorded data for F1 press Record then F1 then Delete The exercise is complete 4 10 4 4 Special Key Sequences The following special functions are supported in Online mode Disconnect from Host To disconnect all OmniTerm Host sessions free up Host resources press Alt Shift Delete The message Disconnect Host HostID by OmniTerm is displayed on the screen from which the disconnect was issued and is logged in the Connection Log Turn power off Session Reconnect To attempt to reconnect a failed disconnected 5250 3270 display session at that sessions display screen press Alt Shift F9 To attempt to reconnect a failed disconnected ASCI
3. 1 1 1 2 Quick Start Please note o The symbol gt means you may require the assistance of your Data Processing Information Services Department because many of the items on this Quick Start Document are technical by nature Please keep in mind that the defaults provided are often sufficient for most applications o You MUST press ENTER after each selection or entry for the selection or entry to take effect 1 gt Determine and record your network and monitor settings This form should be completed by your network support staff Menu Item Options IP Address Notes USE DHCP YES NO IP ADDRESS N A if using DHCP SUBNET MASK N A if using DHCP Gateway N A if using DHCP N A if not using a gateway DNS N A if not using DNS services TFTP Server Static IP address for FlashRom address Update N A if not using OmniTerm Flash Update Monitor Type Color Monochrome 2 gt Determine and record your Host Computer settings SessionN Emulation IP address or Device Host Print umber Type Host Domain Name Session Name Transform Object Valid types TN5250 Display TN5250 Printer TN3270 Display TN3270 Printer VT100 Display Printer Sessions Only 1 2 3 4 3 Configure the OmniTerm for your environment using the information above 1 Hold the SPACE BAR down as you turn on the OmniTerm make sure the monitor is
4. e activity for 2 5 10 or 20 minutes The screen is blank except for the operating status line Record Mode Indicates that your display station is in Record mode While R is R displayed the current acceptable number of keystrokes are indicated next to R Play mode P Indicates that your display station is in Play mode Available Storage 1520 Indicates number of keystrokes available in record mode Record ID Indicates record data assignment for the 24 F keys Assignment The solid box indicates that the F key has data recorded The blank box indicates that the F key has no data recorded Cursor Locator RR CC Indicates the row and column where the cursor is currently positioned 4 5 3270 sessions System Connection Symbol Meaning M Connect with mainframe host A The communication method between host and controller is not SNA The display is connected to an application Lu Lu Connected to SSCP Enter a command or SysReq key to enter Lu Lu mode BA No Owner Input Inhibit Symbol Meaning X system System lock The application program locked the keyboard Yo Time Terminal wait The host needs more time to response to your request X 4 NUM Numeric data only X f Minus function X s Minus symbol X x gt Too much entered Xea Go elsewhere X An invalid diacritical mark key error XPROG nnn Program check The symbol may appear because the
5. powered on to go to the OFF LINE SETUP MENU of the OmniTerm 2 Use the arrow keys to select CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION then press ENTER 3 From the CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION MENU select NETWORK SETTINGS then press ENTER 4 Select the USE DHCP menu item then press ENTER E If your IP address is set by a DHCP server then select YES on the USE DHCP menu item press ENTER then press F3 to go back to the CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION MENU E Ifyou use a static IP address select NO on the USE DHCP menu item You will need to complete the IP settings for IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY DNS and TFTP SERVER Be sure to press ENTER after entering each IP address Press the F3 key to go back to the CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION MENU 5 From the CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION MENU select SESSION SETUP 6 From the SESSION SETUP MENU press ENTER on SESSIONI and you will go into the SESSION1 MENU 7 From the SESSION1 menu specify the following SESSIONx CONFIGURATION MENU DEVICE The name this session will be known as by the host A blank entry will cause the host NAME to create a virtual device name TN5250e and TN3270e servers only DEVICE TYPE TN5250 TN3270 or ASCII EMULATION DISPLAY or PRINTER TN5250e printer only TYPE Note When you specify PRINTER you will go to the Printer Configuration Sub Menu HOST NAME Static IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name ADDRESS Example 10 1 2 123 or hostl acme co
6. Field Exit key to start a new line Bottom F3 Exit F4 send and Exit F5 Delete Line New message Screen Example Address Book Select the option Address Book to create a list of frequently used Email addresses This selection invokes the following screen Work with E mail Address Book Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Name E Mail Address F3 Exit F4 New F5 Modify F8 Delete F12 Bookmark To bookmark your favorite address select it with the cursor and press F12 The address is now highlighted in red To create a new entry in the address book press F4 and use F5 to modify an existing entry To delete an entry select it with the cursor and press F8 Depressing F4 or F5 will invoke the following screen Work with E mail Address Book Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Name E mail Address E Mail Address Book Use Tab key to move cursor Name E mail address F3 Exit F4 Save and Exit F3 Exit F4 New F5 Modify F8 Delete F12 Bookmark Note When the Menu hotkey method has been selected SetUp Seup Display the user has from a session the possibility to hotkey to the InBox with Alt Numpad0 and to the OutBox with Alt NumPad 3 6 2 Ping Utility Selecting ping Utility will bring up the following screen Work with Ping utility Input host name address and press ENTER Host name address F3 Quitter This feature is a useful troubleshooting aid In the h
7. Host stopped responding physical network disconnect Host went down Approximate 10 minutes timeout Host subsystem refuses connection due to unacceptable device name Change check subsystem name restrictions WRKSBSD or delete the session name Destination Unreachable ICMP message from Router Gateway Invalid address outside of local net Disconnect by Host HostID Too many invalid sign on attempts Duplicated session name another terminal with the same name but different IP address Duplicate IP address bad DHCP or user setup Host refused connection wrong host address specified Printer session with Host Print Transform invalid Printer Model or Message Queue specified after successful connection TELNET inactivity timeout run CHGTELNA to check timeout 0 is recommended Host operator terminated session Telnet Server stopped run NETSTAT CNN and check Telnet state DHCP failed using ROM setting IP address is n n n n o Displayed only in Connection Log The IP address used by the terminal was that explicitly specified and not that provided by DHCP If no valid explicit values were specified the connection will fail IP address conflict with hardware address xx xx xx XX XX XX Displayed only in Connection Log user sees Connecting to Host HostID failed message on session screen The OmniTerm specified or assigned DHCP IP address is verified ARP and a duplicate IP address was found
8. Mail Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER OutBox Account settings Address Book F3 Exit Work With E Mail Before you can send and receive mail the Account settings must be set E Mail Account Work with E Mail Account Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER SMTP server POP3 server In E Mail address Username Password POP3 server Out E Mail address Username Password smith smtp nlynx com pop nlynx com j smith nlynx com jsmith kkkkkk pop nlynx com j smith1 nlynx com jsmith1 kkkkkk Password F3 Exit RESET Cancel Work With E Mail Account Example User Name Optional The sender field for any mail you send If blank your full E mail address will be displayed in the sender field For example enter omniterm SMTP server The SMTP server is the mail server which supports the Simple Mail Transport Protocol and is used to transmit email which you are sending This value is frequently the same as your POP server POP3 server General explanation The POP server is the mail server which supports the Post Office Protocol POP3 and is the server which hosts your mail account s This value may be entered as the fully qualified domain name DNS server required or an IP address This value is frequently the same as your SMTP server POP3 server IN This is the mail server which host your mail account For example if your administrator assigned you the
9. Record Mode data recorded may be lost Play Mode To play back a recorded key sequence 1 Position the cursor at the location where keys are to be entered 2 Press the Play key A and the F key assignment indicator appear on the status line 3 Press the F key for the desired recorded sequence The key sequence recorded will be automatically played back When complete disappears from the status line NOTE Play mode function keys Pause If a recorded Pause is encountered appears on the status line Key anything desired and then press Pause to continue the play operation Quit Alt Reset Pressing this key will cancel stop the playback sequence Record Play Exercise Below is a exercise to help you become familiar with Record Play Consider an AS 400 sign on where you enter a User ID Password Program Procedure name Menu and Library Say you want to record this sequence to eliminate keying but always want to enter your password to preserve security Use F1 to hold this data At the sign on screen press Record The status line right portion should look like this gagga eeee eegeag R1520 58868868 gga SEES Press F1 as where you want to record data The status line now looks like this R1520 FI Start your sign on Enter a User ID and position to the Password field Field Exit Now press Pause to temporarily stop recording keystrokes don t record password The status display now looks as shown below Rxxxx Fl
10. System is selected the host system specifies the Print quality Character height Standard Double The user can select two character heights Standard or Double Sheet feeder Yes No 3 6 Source drawer System 1 2 3 The No selection means that the printer does not support cut sheet feeder drawer changing If Yes selected you can select the number of source drawer Buffer print Yes No If the printer is not ready the Printer ready indicator is off and the System available indicator is on you can turn on the Buffer print indicator to have the printer print out the received data directly in the directly printing out mode Print key System Local Immediate The System selection allows the host system to directly address the printer if a print session was configured The Local an Immediate selection allows the operator to determine what and when to print by pressing the Print key the printer is not addressed by the host system in this mode and does not use a Printer Session System Print Full Screen Assumption You have data displayed and you want to print it You want to use the system designated printer Note The function of the Print key can be defined by the host application program Pre select the System parameter in the Print key on the Setup Printer panel 1 Press the Print key The terminal sends a screen print request to the host 2 The system designated printer will start
11. be an ASCII character or a hexadecimal value Locate the printer control string for nn 72 of an inch line spacing If the variable nn is an ASCII character then enter a constant FE in the nn value If the variable nn is a hexadecimal value then enter a constant FF in the place of the nn in the string Example Actual printer control string for nn 72 inch line spacing 1B 26 6C nn 43 If the nn value is to be a hexadecimal enter the string as 1B 26 6C FF 43 If the nn value is to be an ASCII character enter the string as 1B 26 6C FE 43 Control Code to set the Page Length nn lines per page The program must know whether the variable nn in the printer string for page length should be an ASCII character or a hexadecimal value Locate the printer control string for page length spacing If the variable nn is an ASCII character then enter a constant FE in the nn value If the variable nn is to be a hexadecimal value then enter a constant FF in the place of the nn in the string Example Actual printer control string for page length spacing 1B 26 61 nn 56 If the nn value is to be a hexadecimal enter the string as 1B 26 61 FF 56 If the nn value is to be an ASCII character enter the string as 1B 26 61 FE 56 2 5 Test Workstation This function can be used to check the keyboard functions By pressing any key on the keyboard the equivalent key shown on the screen change from L to Ml or vice versa Tes
12. buffered and played back as the system can accept them Hot key method Menu Circle The Hot key method determines how the user can jump between sessions When Circle is selected only the keys Alt Jump can be used to cycle between active display sessions If Menu is selected Alt d where d session number from numeric pad can be used to jump to a specific display session Note that Alt Jump will still cycle between sessions If you press the F8 key you will enter the following screen Setup display Move cursor to desired choice then press SPACE BAR to select Color Mapping Yellow Turquoise Pink White Yellow Turquoise Pin White Yellow Turquoise Pin White Yellow Turquoise Pin White Yellow Turquoise Pin White Yellow Turquoise Pink White Yellow Turquoise Pink White Overscan Display Character Font Style F3 Save and Exit F7 Backward F8 Forward The Color Mapping section above is only present for Color monitors Column Separator Off Typel Type2 This is applicable only for column separator fields The string ABCDE is formatted to show the display style selected Off no column separators Typel dots as separators Type2 vertical lines Overscan Display Off On Overscan On can be used with monochrome monitors in reverse image or some color monitors to eliminate the border around the screen Default is Off Character Font Style Typel Type2 Typel has bold thicker characters Typ
13. dot matrix printers with Epson LQ Esc P emulation OTHERS allows you to input the specific model type see AS 400 MFRTYPMDL supported printer table Paper Source 1 Type of paper used in paper source 1 MFRTYPMDL use suggested printer setting is the default Paper Source 2 Type of paper used in paper source 2 MFRTYPMDL use suggested printer setting is the default Envelope Hopper Envelope size MFRTYPMDL use suggested printer setting is the default ASCII Code Page 899 Support No Yes No is recommended Custom Object Default is Blank Library Default is Blank TN3270 Display Model Selection Select the desired 3270 Terminal Display model from the screen shown bel Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER 3278 2 E 80 24 3278 5 E 132 27 3278 3 E 80 32 3278 4 E 80 43 3278 2 80 24 3278 5 132 27 3278 3 80 32 3278 4 80 43 TN3270 Display Terminal Model Select Terminal model and press Enter The screen size for each model is shown in parenthesis Columns rows Select a terminal with the E extension if you are using session naming TN3270 e otherwise select a terminal without this extension TN3270 Printer Configuration Parameters When a 3270 printer session is specified the screen panel below is shown to capture Mainframe printer configuration data Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Yes
14. of an ASCII session use the Alt P key combination Note that this key combination can also be used on a 5250 or a 3270 session Trim print is not possible with this key combination only a full screen is printed 3 4 Browse printer information The Browse printer information screen gives you the following information about the printer Configured Printer Session Parameters Printer Name Host address and Host Print Transform Yes or No If no print session with the host has been configured the parameters are blank The local attached printer type from Printer Configuration Printer status indicators System available Printer ready Buffer print Graphic check and Paper out If an indicator is ON the indicator box is filled in Browse printer information Printer name Host Host Print Transform Local Attach Printer Type IBM Graphics Printer INDICATORS System available Printer Ready Buffer print Graphics check Paper out F3 Exit Browse Printer Information Panel Cancellation of Print Operations The operator can cancel the print request by performing the following steps 1 Press the SetUp key to enter the Online setup menu screen 2 Move the cursor to Setup printer or Browse printer information using the cursor move keys and press the Enter key The Quit Print cancel appears on the screen 3 Press the Quit key Alt Reset The cancel request will then be
15. user can turn On Off and adjust the volume of the audible clicker Cursor style Block Underline Cursor blink Yes No The user can change the style and blinking state of the cursor Rule style Horizontal Vertical Cross Rule follow cursor Yes No You can change the attributes of the rule line style and whether the rule follows the cursor Auto dim Off 2 5 10 15 20 20 Power Saver The screen becomes blank with only the status line visible when the user does not press a key or the display station does not receive any data from the host in the specified time values in minutes If Power Saver is selected the screen will be totally blank after 20 minutes of inactivity Row Column indicator On Off When turned On the current row R and column C numbers are displayed in the right of the operating status line as R C Extended display On Off The default is Off Set to On to display screen attributes codes on the screen Background color Black Blue Red User Define Color Monitor The user can select either of four background color black blue red or User Define You may use Color Palette to adjust the background color Reverse image On Off Monochrome Monitor The user can select either of two screen images On light text on dark background or Off dark text on light background Keyboard buffer On Off When turned On up to 32 keystrokes can be
16. whose MAC address is specified by xx xx xx xx xx xx in this message Respecify IP address IP address conflict Disconnect Host HostID by OmniTerm see above An OmniTerm received an Address Resoultion ARP request which indicated another unit wants to use its IP address It disconnects from Host to avoid a Time Out delay Resolve IP conflict o Check that DHCP has IP conflict detection active recommended state If not assigned IP could conflict Disconnect Host HostID by OmniTerm User typed Alt Shift Delete to disconnect unit from the Host xxxxxx Attached printer powered off Disconnect host HostID Printer session name xxxxxx was active and printer was powered off Session should be re connected when printer is powered on Connecting to Host HostID successful posted again Displayed only in Connection Log Reconnect Session You may retry to reconnect a failed session With the failed session screen displayed press Alt Shift F9 5250 3270 or Alt R ASCII to reconnect the session This operation needs to be performed for each disconnected session If the session connect failure is the result of a condition that can be corrected at the AS 400 or on the network this action should be performed first e g Vary Off device End connection etc Display and Operation See Appendix A for specifics on the various keyboards and their function keys Display session note If after succes
17. 1B 41 0C 6A 5F F1H C2H F4H F1H FOH C3H 5BH the printer emulation program will automatically take out F1H C2H F4H F1H FOH C3H without the header 7 and end and pack every two bytes into one byte F1H C2H gt 1BH F4H F1H gt 41H FOH C3H gt 0CH and then send those three bytes 1BH 41H 0CH to the printer Customize EBCDIC to ASCII Conversion from EBCDIC change to ASCII This item allows you up to twelve sets of customized printer codes Printer configuration Move cursor to desired choice then press SPACE BAR to select Printer type IBM Graphics Printer IBM Laser Printer HP Mode EPSON FX Printer HP Laser printer EPSON LQ Printer Panasonic KX P109X IBM Mode OKIDATA 321 IBM Mode OKI 19X 29X 39X IBM Mode IBM Laser Printer PPDS Mode Disconnect Printer Session when Printer is in Error Yes F3 Save and Exit F4 Delete F8 Forward F12 Cancel Printer Support Screen If you selected Other printers type use the F8 key to page forward to the next screen Other printers support screen The table shown below provides the rules for entering data in these screens In Other printers support screen press the F7 key to page backward to the last screen The Other printers support screen is where you can choose the printer quality Draft Letter character height Standard Double lines per inch 3 4 6 8 LPD character per inch 5 8 5 10 12 15 17 CPI LPI to nn 72 inch nn lines per page proportional
18. A 79 END Code 5B _ Customize EBCDIC to ASCII Conversion EBCDIC ASCID _ __ _ __ _ __ C C _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ Power on Sequence Select Drawer 1 Select Drawer 2 Select Drawer 3 F3 Save and Exit F4 Delete F8 Forward F12 Cancel Printer Support Panel Transparent Mode LEAD Code and END Code This feature allows you to control your PC printer features that do not correspond to the emulated IBM models An example would be to print bar codes on a printer that has a bar code mode Enter the lead and end codes that you wish to use to send with the printer codes from the host to enable or disable the special functions You may use any characters you want subject to the limitation below You may use either 1 or 2 lead or end characters however we recommend the use of 2 lead characters and either 1 or 2 end codes so as not to enter transparent mode in error The codes you choose for the lead and end codes are shown next to their HEX equivalents Valid codes begin at HEX 40 Any character below HEX 40 is reserved as an attribute or a 5250 control character and therefore cannot be changed To use the PC printer enhanced functions from your AS 400 add the hex codes from your printer manual into the file that you want to print In the example below 7 is the lead code and is the end code Example For example character string includes 7
19. DTAAUT RX OBJAUT NONE gt CHGAUT OBJ OmniTerm NLYNX2 yyy USER QTFTP DTAAUT RX OBJAUT NONE lt lt si lt 5 After all of these steps are complete be sure to start or restart the AS 400 TFTP server TFTP server end start commands ENDTCPSVR TFTP STRTCPSVR TFTP Please refer to section 2 6 for instructions on how to perform the flash update on the OmniTerm C 1 Page left blank intentionally Appendix D As 400 TCP IP Trace Procedure This procedure was written using V4R3 it may differ on other releases Certain OmniTerm problems may require a trace to identify the nature of a problem The user must have authority to run System Service Tools _ Enter the command STRSST SYSTEM SERVICE TOOLS screen _ 1 Start a service tool START A SERVICE TOOL screen ___3 Work with communications trace WORK WITH COMMUNICATION TRACES screen ___F6 START TRACE START TRACE screen only modify the following fields ___ Configuration Object CMN02 line name of Ethernet line e g TRNLINE CMN02 ___ Trace Description OMNITERM TCP TRACE _ Buffer Size 3 2M ___ ENTER SELECT TRACE OPTION screen ___1 All Data no filtering DO NOT hit ENTER yet get the OmniTermto the screen just before the failure point ___ENTER Perform the action to get the failure on the OmniTerm WORK WITH COMMUNICATION TRACES screen _ take option 2 STOP TRACE on the configurat
20. I display session at that sessions display screen press Alt R Switch Display Font When connected and online the following special keyboard sequence allows you to switch between the default display fonts see 3 1 AIt F11 Switch between default 1 bold and 2 fine fonts 4 11 Page left blank intentionally 4 12 Appendix A Keyboard Error Codes The keyboard error codes their meaning and the recovery procedures are described below These error codes are displayed in the lower left of the screen display area They set Input Inhibit on X and require that you press Reset to continue 0000 No Help Text Available You pressed the Help key Either no error code was displayed or the error was issued by Action a program that does not support the Help key Press Reset Continue entering data or refer to the meaning of the previously displayed error code and take the action described 0001 Keying too Fast The host or controller could not keep up with the rate at which you were pressing keys Action and the last keys pressed were not recognized Press Reset and continue keying 0002 Received Invalid Code The host or controller received an invalid key code Action _ Press Reset and try to continue entering data 0003 Key Not Valid You pressed an invalid key when holding down the Alt ley Action _ Press Reset 0004 Protected Field You tried to enter data into a field that does not allow keybo
21. Key Not Allowed You pressed the Dup key which is not permitted in this field Action Press Reset and continue keying 0020 Right Adjusted or Signed Numeric Field You pressed a key that is not allowed in this right adjusted or signed numeric field You Action __ must exit the field before pressing any of the following Function F1 F24 keys Backspace key Enter key Roll keys Help key Print key and the Home key when the cursor is in the home position Press Reset The cursor is in the same position as when the invalid key was pressed Continue by pressing the Field Field or Field Exit key 0021 Must Enter Field The cursor is positioned in a mandatory enter field Such a field must have data entered in Action it before you can exit by pressing Field Field or Filed Exit Press Reset and enter the required data 0022 System Error A host error occurred The status of the present field is not known This error can occur Action during an insert or delete operation Press Reset Check the display to see if the insert or delete function was done properly If not correct the field otherwise continue 0023 Non Hexadecimal Key You pressed the Hex key but the next key pressed was not an A through F key or a 4 Action _ through 9 key or the following key was not an A through F or 0 through 9 key This error also occurs when a hexadecimal code is used in a numeric only signed numeric al
22. MENU V02 93 01 64 A Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Browse display information Setup printer Browse printer information Lock Sessions E Mail and Utility Connection Log F3 Exit Online Setup Menu Panel 3 1 3 1 Setup display Setup display allows you to configure various display and keyboard options You will see twelve selections Alarm volume Clicker volume Clicker action Cursor style Cursor blink Rule style Rule follow cursor Auto dim Row Column indicator Extended display Background color Color monitor Reverse image Monochrome monitor Keyboard buffer and Hot key method Setup display Move cursor to desired choice then press SPACE BAR to select Alarm volume 4 5 Flash Clicker volume 4 5 Clicker action Off Cursor style Underline Cursor blink No Rule style Cross Rule Follow cursor No Auto dim 20 20 Power Saver Row Column indicator Off Extended display Off Background color Off Keyboard buffer Off Hot key method Circle F3 Save and Exit F8 Forward Setup Display Panel Color Monitor Move the cursor to the desired setup values parameters and press the Space Bar for each selection The selected values parameters will be highlighted Alarm volume Off 1 2 3 4 5 FLASH The user can adjust the alarm volume including Off FLASH causes the screen to flash in reverse video when an alarm occurs Clicker volume Off 1 2 3 4 5 Clicker action On Off The
23. OmniTerm User s Manual Version 2 05 Chapter 1 Setup and Quick Start The OmniTerm is a character based terminal designed to be connected to a TCP IP Ethernet network to allow Telnet access to Mini and Mainframe host computers Please refer to this manual for safety and complete installation instructions Please follow the Quick Start guide to setup and configure your OmniTerm 1 1 Components and Connections 1 You should find the following equipment in your package OmniTerm Logic Unit Cr Ethernet 10Base T Power Cord RJ45 Port AIC Power Adapter Port input Stand 2 Steps to connect the stand to the OmniTerm logic unit 1 Identify the front and rear orientation of the stand 2 Place the four clips on the stand into the four holes on the OmniTerm logic unit and firmly pull stand onto base so the locking clip engages 3 The stand will be attached as shown 1 Rea 3 Connect all components 1 Connect your Keyboard to the OmniTerm logic unit 2 Connect the VGA cable from your PC VGA or SVGA monitor to the VGA monitor port on the OmniTerm 3 Connect your Ethernet cable to the RJ45 port on the OmniTerm 4 Connect Power to your VGA monitor 5 Connect the power cord to the wall outlet then to the OmniTerm Do not connect the power cord to the logic unit unless the VGA keyboard and network cables are properly connected 6 DO NOT TURN ON THE LOGIC UNIT AT THIS TIME w
24. Save and Exit When all parameters are correct press F3 to exit to On line mode When this message appears during normal operation an electrical transients is the probable cause For possible cable problems check for loose connections cable runs next to radios heaters or florescent fixtures For electrical transients check that the power cable is firmly inserted at both ends Consider plugging the terminal into a different outlet or moving it to another location If brownouts or blackouts power hits lightning strikes have occurred that could be the cause of the problem If this message appears every time the terminal is powered on and the parameters must be reset the battery or other electronic circuitry within the Logic Unit may need to be replaced call technical support B 1 Page left blank intentionally Appendix C AS 400 TFTP Setup The following instructions will assist you in setting up the AS 400 TFTP server so it can be used for Flash Update of the OmniTerm You must have CA 400 or equivalent software running on a PC and Security Officer authority to complete these steps Please Note There are a number of changes which will be made to your current AS 400 TFTP server which may have security consequences and are entirely your responsibility Please be sure you are familiar with any security risks these changes may create You will obtain three files for flash update from our web site www Decision Data5250 co
25. To clear the CMOS SRAM Data power on the unit and immediately hold down two hands the following four keys Reset Tab Delete F12 If successful the message Selection have been reset to the default values is displayed press the Space Bar to enter Offline Setup Proceed to Offline setup to reconfigure the system Lockout User Setup User can be prevented from entering both Online and Offline Setup To enter this Lockout mode hold down Alt Space then press F9 after Power is turned on This will put you in Offline Setup mode with the Lockout set With Lockout set a user will be unable to enter Offline Setup by pressing Space when the unit is powered on In Online operation the SetUp key will be disabled The key symbol will be displayed following the session number on the status line to indicate Setup Lockout To remove Setup Lockout power on the unit hold down Alt Space then press F12 Chapter 3 Online Setup Set the power switch to on The display station will connect to the host system automatically Press the SetUp key to enter the Online Setup menu screen There are six selections on this screen Setup Display Setup Printer Browse Display Information Browse Printer Information Lock Sessions E Mail functions and Connection Log Use the cursor key to select each function and press the Enter key to enter the selected function Press the F3 key or SetUp key to quit the Online Setup menu MODEL OMNITERM ONLINE SETUP
26. accepted The printer will continue printing data that was sent to the printer buffer 4 Press the SetUp key again to exit setup mode 3 5 Lock Sessions This option allows you to lock the OmniTerm to protect the current state of your display session from viewing or modification while the terminal is unattended When locked a password is required to proceed from this locked state You define the password which can be from 1 to 10 characters in length not case sensitive If a password has been defined the Lock Sessions option screen is as shown below Lock Sessions Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Modify Password F3 Exit When Lock sessions is highlighted press Enter to lock OmniTerm If Modify Password is selected or if no Password has been defined the screen below requests entry and verification enter twice of a password Lock Sessions Lock Sessions Specify password twice then press ENTER Password Password F3 Exit F11 Clear Password When Lock Sessions is selected the lock screen is displayed Enter your password to continue Online Setup will exit Lock Sessions Modify Password The session is locked now Please enter password to unlock Password F3 Exit 3 11 3 6 1 E Mail and Utility The E mail option provides an untra lite E mail function When configured the user may send receive mail The screen below is displayed when E Mail is selected Work with E
27. ard input Action _ Press Reset 0005 Protected Area The cursor was not in an input field when a data key was pressed Action Press Reset and Tab or otherwise move to a valid input field 0006 Invalid Entry After pressing the SysReq Attn key and before pressing ENTER or the Reset key an Action invalid key was pressed Press Reset 0007 Must Enter Field Data was not entered into a Mandatory Enter field The cursor goes to the first position of Action _ the first mandatory entry field requiring data Press Reset and enter the required data 0008 Alphabetic Only Field You tried to enter non alphabetic data into an alphabetic field Valid characters are A Action through Z blank comma period and hyphen Press Reset 0009 Numeric Only Field You tried to enter non numeric data into a numeric only field Valid characters are 0 Action _ through 9 blank comma period and minus Press Reset 0010 Keying too Fast The host or controller could not keep up with the rate at which you were pressing keys Action and the last keys pressed were not recognized Press Reset and continue keying 0011 Received Invalid Code The host or controller received an invalid key code Action _ Press Reset and try to continue entering data 0012 Key Not Valid You pressed an invalid key when holding down the Alt ley Action _ Press Reset 0013 Insert Mode On You attempted to leave a field af
28. at a smaller value you can modify the MTU value to reduce the packet size the OmniTerm uses You must determine the correct value for you specific network needs The only recommendation is that you set the MTU size to the smallest packet size to avoid fragmentation DHCP Auto Config Default value is Yes This option enables the automatic configuration of OmniTerm via the DHCP server see appendix E HostName Enter here a unique name that will identify OmniTerm The DHCP server will associate this name with Omniterm s IP address Delay time before connect Default is 0 Use this option when OmniTerm experience connection difficulties when attached to a switch with Spanning Tree enabled In this case a value of about 20 seconds would solve the difficulty Keep Alive Address If after a short delay without activity OmniTerm is disconnected by the host enter here the host IP address or DNS name so OmniTerm can send Keep Alive packets to the host Frequence Enter here in second the frequency between the keep alive packets 2 7 Session Setup Select Session setup from the Customize workstation menu and press Enter The Session setup screen shows the four supported Sessions and their current definition Up to four displays or one printer session and up to three display sessions can be specified to one or more Hosts Also shown is a Connect Retry option which can be set to continuously retry a host disconnected or host no
29. ater than Current Version When Flash update starts the message Loading TFTP server Please Wait may be temporarily displayed then the screen below Other error displays are described below OMNITERM FLASH ROM Update Current version 02 70 01 58 Update version 02 85 01 62 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK xxx attention DO NOT TURN OFF DURING UPDAT THIS UPDATE WILL TAKE 30 S TO 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE UPDATE COMPLETE ER TERMINAL OFF AND ON NOW The Current and Update firmware version numbers are shown The line of s is a progress bar which is highlighted as the update progresses When the update completes the message to that effect is displayed Some updates will only cause the progress bar to advance 50 then the update complete message is displayed Turn power off then on to continue with the new firmware 2 26 If no TFTP IP address or name is defined the following message is displayed Configure a TFTP address or name and retry If any Offline configuration was performed before pressing Alt F1 at the Offline Menu screen the following message is displayed FLASH UPDATE NOT ALLOWED NOW PLEASE POWER OFF ON AND TRY AGAIN Press any key to continue When FLASH Update starts but there is a network address problem the fol
30. cessful is placed in the Connection Log for all successfully connected sessions 4 1 Printer session note If the attached printer is not Ready press SetUp and select Browse Printer Information to check status when the unit is powered on no print session connection is attempted and no messages are logged Power on the printer and place on line to start the connection The following table list the exception messages that can occur Press SetUp and select Connection Log to see more detailed information about the connection process and posted messages for all sessions OmniTerm Connection Exception Messages Ethernet cable is disconnected Connecting to Host failed On power on no Ethernet connection was detected During operation the Ethernet connection was lost and the Enter key was pressed Note 30 second to 3 minutes time out to detect this problem Host HostID no response Connect failed o Host address not found undefined IP address or DNS name Host address outside of subnet and Gateway address undefined or invalid Connecting to Host HostID failed TELNET server not started run NETSTAT CNN check for Telnet in the Local Port column Check Connection Log for DHCP failure DNS name resolution error invalid name no IP address Duplicate IP address found Printer Session see Connection Log Host needs PTF s to support printer or causes listed in Log a HostID no response Time Out
31. data received is not correct Please refer to IBM 3174 Establishment controller customer problem Determination for the definition of nnn Shift and mode Symbol Meaning i Shift A Caps Lock Num Numeric Insert q Diacritic mode 4 6 Sessions ASCII At the beginning of its connection process an ASCII session VT100 VT220 Xterm will display the following screen Telnet Applications Program Type VT220 Use ALT L Local Echo Turn ON OFF Use ALT X Can Break Connect Open Connect to HOST m x ASCII The dark solid block underneath the status bar means that the session is active and the letter x x 1 2 3 4 is the session number Alt L toggle On OFF the local echo at any time and Alt X forces the deconnection of the current session After a session has been disconnected either by Alt X or by the host computer the following message is displayed Disconnect By HOST or User ALT R Reconnect To HOST To reconnect the session press Alt R The hidden key combination Alt K invokes a keyboard remapping utility that allows the user to reconfigure the 24 function keys an some other keys as shown below Function Key Command Mapping Function Key Command Mapping F1 F3 Escape Control EL 7F F3 Save and Exit ESC Cancel F4 Load default E x ASCII 4 3 Record Play Mode The Record Play functio
32. e name to be used by the Host in configuring the session A blank entry will cause the host to create a virtual device name A printer session must have a device name Device type TN5250 TN3270 ASCII A TN5250 display session has a terminal type of 3477 FC Color or 3477 FG Monochrome and for a printer session the type is 3812 1 A TN3270 display session has a selectable terminal type of either 3278 2 E 24 80 3278 5 E 27 132 3278 3 E 32 80 or 3278 4 E 43 80 The TN3270 printer type supported is 3287 2 An ASCII display session has a selectable terminal type VT100 VT220 or Xterm Emulation type display printer Select either a display or printer session TN5250 If you select printer a TN5250 Printer Configuration screen will be displayed see below for entry of printer configuration parameters TN3270 If display a terminal type selection screen is displayed see below If printer a TN3270 Printer Configuration panel is displayed for entry of printer configuration parameters ASCII If display a terminal selection screen is displayed see below A printer session is not supported Host name address Enter static IP address or fully qualified Host name DNS server configured Port Number Default Custom The TCP IP port for TELNET on your host The Default is 23 A Custom port can be specified Activate session No Yes Yes Session will connect to host No Session will not connect to h
33. e2 has thinner lined characters Press the F8 key to set brightness for a Monochrome monitor or to set your color preferences for a Color monitor see screen below Setup display Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Color palette f gt HEH Green aaa Blue TTT Yellow Baaaa Turquoise Baaaa Pink BEREE White BEERE Alternate Red TTL Alternate Green Bail Alternate Blue Bail Alternate Yellow Baia Alternate Turquoise BEREE Alternate Pink Baia Alternate White Baia Background color User Define F3 Exit F7 Backward F9 Defaultl F11 Default2 3 2 Browse display information The Browse display information screen shows the following information about the display Language Character set Connect Retry option and Session Configurations Browse display information Language U S English Country Specific Connect Retry No Retry Session TN0402 TN5250 display 10 1 1 201 Session2 TN0403 1TN5250 display 10 1 1 201 Session3 TN0003P TN5250 printer 10 1 1 201 Session4 Inactive F3 Exit Browse Display information Panel Example The Language and Character set shown in parenthesis are configured in Offline Setup Language Option The Connect Retry option No Retry or 5 10 30 minutes is set in Offline Setup Customize Workstation Session Setup For the four 4 sessions configured in Offline Setup Customize Workstation the settings and status of each session is displayed Sessio
34. enu are stored in the display station and do not need to be reset each time you power on your unit MODEL OmniTerm OFFLINE SETUP MENU V02 93 01 64A Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Customize workstation Define an additional ENTER key Printer configuration Test Workstation F3 Exit Offline Setup Menu 2 1 Language option From the Main Menu highlight Language option and press the Enter key Select character set and language set with the cursor keys arrow keys Press the Space Bar at the desired setup parameters Language option Move cursor to desired choice then press SPACE BAR to select Character set Multinational Language set U S English Italian U K English French AZERTY Austrian German Belgian Swiss German Swiss French Spanish Spanish Speaking Portuguese Finnish Swedish Danish Norwegian Islandic Turkish Latin ROECE Canada French Netherlands F3 Save and Exit Language Option Panel 2 2 Customize workstation The Customize workstation menus and screens provide the basic setup block for the OmniTerm From the main menu one can select and configure the following The network and server addresses for the OmniTerm Display printer sessions for various Hosts The monitor type Color or Monochrome The Ethernet MAC address for the terminal can be displayed and changed as per 2 7 Password protection for Customize workstation optional From the Main Menu select Cu
35. error message displayed on the terminal and the circumstances surrounding the event E Press the SETUP key to go to the ONLINE SETUP MENU and check the CONNECTION LOG for errors E Refer to the OmniTerm manual for detailed analysis and troubleshooting procedures E Report the information to your help desk Chapter 2 Offline Setup Starting the Offline Setup Function Turn power on with the Space Bar held down Hold the Space Bar until the Model number and Version number screen appears MODEL OmniTerm WORKSTATION V02 93 01 64 A Copyright 1998 All Rights Reserved Please press SPACE BAR to enter the SETUP model NOTE Ifthe screen presents CMOS MEMORY ERROR OR BATTERY FAILURE reference Appendix C CMOS Memory Error or Battery Failure 2 1 Offline Setup Menu This screen allows you to Set your Language Option Character set and Language set Customize the Workstation Setup network and display printer session options and values specify the monitor type and display the Ethernet MAC address Set another Enter key to be different than the default Enter Configure a printer Printer type and character translation settings Test the workstation Keyboard and display Use the cursor key to select each function and press the Enter key to enter the selected function Press the F3 or SetUp key to quit the Main menu and connect the defined sessions to the host All the options selected in the Offline Setup M
36. es that the host system has one or more F messages for logical display station and the display screen for the logical display station is active The symbol indicates that the host system has one or more v messages for logical display station x and the display screen for x the logical display station x is inactive Input Inhibit This symbol appears when The host system is processing your input The host system is very busy x The host system detects an error condition When the input inhibited indicator is turned on alarm will sound when most keys are pressed The alarm indicates that the system is not accepting your keystrokes Type Ahead You can continue keying in even if the keyboard becomes locked This will be supported on AS 400 Release 2 or later Extended Extended keyboard layout has been selected This will be Graphics supported on AS 400 Release 2 or later Upper Shift 1 The keyboard is in upshift or locked in upshift Caps Lock A The keyboard is in Caps Locked The alphabetic characters are entered in uppercase Insert Mode a Indicates when the Ins Insert key is pressed Diacritic Mode Indicates that your display station is in Diacritic Mode Diacritic q Mode is a function of the host system program and not the display station To find out how to use Diacritic Mode see your system coordinator or the system program manual Dim Indicator Indicates that Auto dim has been selected and there has been no
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38. g NO CODEPAGE 899 SUPPORT CUSTOM We recommend the default setting blank OBJECT LIBRARY We recommend the default setting blank 10 If you specified a TN3270 printer you will be taken to Tn3270 Printer Configuration MENU Assoicated Printer No Yes paires with session 1 2 3 4 If select No the configured printer uses the specified Device Name to Connect the server if specified If select Yes the paired terminal device name is used to request the TN3270e server The TN3270e server may also have defined a partner or paired printer device for each terminal in the pool 11 When you are done configuring the Host Print Transform Settings press F3 to return to the PRINTER CONFIGURATION MENU press F3 to return to the SESSION1 CONFIGURATION MENU then press F3 to return to the SESSION SETUP MENU 12 Repeat the previous steps F through G to configure additional sessions PLEASE NOTE only one printer session can be configured for the OmniTerm 13 When at the SESSION SETUP MENU press F3 to return to the CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION MENU 14 At the CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION MENU select MONITOR TYPE and press ENTER Select either COLOR or MONOCHROME press ENTER and press F3 to return to the CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION MENU 15 When at the CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION MENU press F3 to exit to the OFFLINE SETUP MENU Press F3 again to go to On line operations 4 In Case of Trouble E Please record any
39. ine an additional ENTER key More X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX X X Xx E F3 Save and Exit 2 4 Printer Configuration From the Main menu select this option and move the cursor to select the printer configuration and press the Enter key When you attach a printer to your display station and you are not using Host Print Transform you must select the printer type and translation table Move the cursor to the desired printer and press the Space Bar to select the printer The available selections are IBM Graphics same as Proprinter IBM Laser HP Mode HP Laser EPSON FX LQ OKIDATA 321 19X 29X 39X IBM Mode Panasonic KX P109X IBM Mode and Others Press the F10 key to enter the Printer support screen Printer configuration Move cursor to desired choice then press SPACE BAR to select Printer type IBM Laser Printer HP Mode EPSON FX Printer HP Laser printer EPSON LQ Printer Panasonic KX P109X IBM Mode OKIDATA 321 IBM Mode OKI 19X 29X 39X IBM Mode Other Printers IBM Laser Printer PPDS Mode EBCDIC to ASCII translation table select IBM character set NON IBM Character set F3 Save and Exit F10 Printer support Printer Configuration Panel Up to version 2 70 1 58 Printer configuration Move cursor to desired choice then press SPACE BAR to select Printer type I IBM Laser Printer HP Mode EPSON FX Printer HP Laser printer EPSON LQ Pr
40. ine was inactive while the request to send line was active or Action _ vice versa Recovery from this error must be made at the Control Unit 0051 Transmit Clock Failed The transmit clock signal failed during a transmit operation Action Recovery from this error must be made at the Control Unit 0052 Controller Error The controller has detected an internal error Action Recovery from this error must be made at the Control Unit 0054 Controller Received Invalid Command An invalid command was received from the host Action Recovery from this error must be made at the Control Unit 0097 Unavailable Verification Tests An attempt was made to run online verification tests not supported by the host program Action _ Press Reset and continue without performing the verification tests 0099 System Not Available An error occurred before during or after sign on Action _ Press Reset If error persists contact system coordinator Appendix B CMOS Memory Error or Battery Failure The message CMOS MEMORY ERROR OR BATTERY FAILURE on the screen means that the CMOS memory which holds the setup parameters has been corrupted for some reason A electrical transient was received by the terminal The battery in the unit is bad or failing and cannot hold the CMOS parameters To correct this problem go into Off line setup power off power on with space bar depressed As described in section 2 check re enter all parameters Use F3 to
41. inter Panasonic KX P109X IBM Mode OKIDATA 321 IBM Mode OKI 19X 29X 39X IBM Mode Other Printers IBM Laser Printer PPDS Mode Disconnect Printer Session when Printer is in Error Yes F3 Save and Exit F10 Printer support Printer Configuration Panel From version 2 71 1 58 Starting with version 2 71 1 58 the unused option EBCDIC to ASCII translation table select has been replace by the option Disconnect Printer Session when Printer is in Error Select No if the printer session fails to reconnect after changing paper for instance This is to work around a problem with OS 400 V4 4 V4 5 and V5 1 that has been addressed in a later stage by IBM with the PTFs MF23725 V4 4 MF27783 V4 5 and MF28039 V5 1 Printer support F10 The Printer support screen is where you can choose the transparent mode lead and end characters create a custom EBCDIC ASCII character conversion power on sequence and select drawers You can edit the codes required by the host system to properly output on your printer Enter the required codes on the screen Editing these codes is required only if the printer output is not to desired specifications Make any necessary changes and press the F3 key to store If you want to delete codes of the cursor position press the Delete key or F4 key Use the F12 key to cancel codes you just entered and restore the original codes to screen Printer support More Transparent Mode Sequences LEAD Code 6
42. ion object doing the trace on the OmniTerm WORK WITH COMMUNICATION TRACES screen _ take option 6 FORMAT AND PRINT TRACE on the configuration object doing the trace on the OmniTerm FORMAT TRACE DATA dcreen Change the following options _ FORMAT TCP IP DATA ONLY Y ___ENTER SLECT IP ADDRESSES TO FORMAT screen ___IPADDRESS xxx xxx xxx xxx __ENTER A message will be displayed at the bottom of the screen FORMAT OF TRACE DATA COMPLETE ___F3 to exit the screen _ Print the job in compressed print or landscape on a laser printer and fax it to us D 1 Page left blank intentionally Appendix E Remote Session Configuration Session configuration can be performed using a script file accessed by TFTP This script file can set up all parameters of the ET not directly provided by DHCP Requirements DHCP Yes in Network Configuration DHCP Option Description 12 Host Name 66 TFTP server Remote Configuration server 67 Configuration File on above server e g ET2000 ETCFG ET CFG DHCP Auto Config Yes in Network Parameters On power on after DHCP has provided the requested parameters the Configuration file will be read and the ET2000 will be configured To configure a group of Ets each with its own unique setup requires a sophisticated DHCP server that supports user supplied custom programs which can build the configuration file to uniquely configure each ET2000 The Cisco Network Register is an example of such a server Thi
43. l the access to the account setting menus 3 14 In Out Box Work with E Mail In Box Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Form Subject F3 Exit F4 New F5 Reply F6 Forward F7 Reset F8 Delete F9 Checkmail F12 Toggle Mailbox Work With In Box Work with E Mail Out Box Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Form Subject F3 Exit F4 New F5 Reply F6 Forward F7 Reset F8 Delete F9 Checkmail F12 Toggle Mailbox Work With Out Box F3 Exit F4 New F5 RephLy F6 Forward F7 Reset F8 Delete Exit Any messages marked for deletion by F8 will be deleted Start entry of new message see following Reply to selected message Forward selected message Remove any mail deletion marks set by F8 Mark the selected message for deletion F9 CheckMail Press F9 to get list of In Out mail F12 Toggle Mailbox Switch between In and Out boxes To get and see existing mail press F9 mail is not received automatically To read mail move the cursor to a mail entry and press ENTER You can Scroll Page up or down to see multiple pages The screen below allows the display of an example message For multiple page messages Scroll Page up or down Work with E Mail From To CC Date Subject F3 Exit lt complete gt F7 Print Message Display Example New F4 Work with New E Mail Use Tab Key to move Cursor To test nlynx com CC Subject Test Message This is a test message Use the
44. lowing message is displayed FLASH UPDATE FAILED BECAUSE TFTP SERVER NOT FOUND NOT SETUP OR OmniTerm ETFLASH UPD NOT FOUND Specifically this message means either TFTP server is not active Files are in wrong directory OMFLASH UPD is not in OmniTerm directory TFTP server is not specified in setup or by DHCP Power Off On to restart If one of the firmware ROM update files is missing from the OmniTerm directory the message below is posted FLASH FILE NLYNX NOT FOUND FLASH UPDATE FAILED PLEASE TRY AGAIN The named file NLYNX was not found Correct the problem and power Off On to try again If there was an error in the update process file transfer error you will see the following Power Off On to try again If the OmniTerm is already at the latest version the message below is displayed UPDATE VERSION IS THE SAME OR OLDER THAN ORIGINAL Power Off On to restart 2 27 Change Ethernet MAC Address At the Display Ethernet MAC Address screen press Alt Shift F8 Enter the new MAC address then press Enter and F3 to exit to the Offline Setup menu Only under direct instruction from network management should this function be attempted Clear CMOS SRAM Data If the memory that holds most of the setup and working parameters becomes corrupted as may be possible if a power spike gets into the unit it may be required that this memory be totally reset Any passwords will also be cleared
45. m PORT TCP IP port for Telnet on your host Default is port 23 NUMBER ACTIVATE Yes Session will connect to host SESSION No Session is inactive 8 If you specified a Printer Session you will be taken to the PRINTER CONFIGURATION MENU PRINTER CONFIGURATION MENU MESSAGE gt We recommend the default setting QSYSOPR QUEUE LIBRARY gt We recommend the default setting LIBL FONT gt We recommend the default setting 011 FOR MFEED We recommend the default setting CONT HOST PRINT gt We recommend YES for this selection When you select YES you will be taken to TRANSFORM the HOST PRINT TRANSFORM MENU 9 If you specified HOST PRINT TRANSFORM YES then you will be taken to the HOST PRINT TRANSFORM menu HOST PRINT TRANSFORM MENU Printer Model Use the value you put in the worksheet under Host Print Transform Object in the OTHERS field OTHERS allows you to input the specific printer model type see the AS 400 MFRTYPMDL supported printer table IBM42011 will work for most dot matrix printers with ProPrinter emulation HP4 will work for most laser printers with PCLS emulation EPLQ1170 will work for most dot matrix printers with LQ esc P emulation PAPER We recommend the default setting MFRTYPMDL SOURCE 1 PAPER We recommend the default setting MFRTYPMDL SOURCE 2 ENVELOPE We recommend the default setting MFRTYPMDL HOPPER ASCII We recommend the default settin
46. m diskette or email The file names are OMFLASH UPD Version control file NLYNXI1 xxx xxx version number for TCP IP firmware NLYNX2 yyy yyy version number for Terminal firmware CAUTION All files are controlled as a group When you are updating or changing the files in the directory OmniTerm in the AS 400 IFS be certain that all files are replaced as a group 1 Ona terminal or emulated terminal session create the directory OmniTerm in the AS 400 IFS by entering the following command gt CRTDIR DIR OmniTerm 2 Ona terminal or emulated terminal session set the TFTP server to allow an alternate path of OmniTerm by entering the following command gt CHGTFTPA ALTSRCDIR OmniTerm 3 Ona PC running CA 400 copy the Flash Update files which you obtained from Decision Data to the AS 400 directory OmniTerm a Open two copies of Windows Explorer b Select the directory which contains the new Flash Update files in the first frame c Select the OmniTerm directory on the AS 400 in the second frame d Drag each of the Flash Update files to the OmniTerm directory on the AS 400 4 Ona terminal or emulated terminal session set the permissions of the directory and files by entering the following commands gt CHGAUT OBJ OmniTerm USER QTFTP DTAAUT rx OBJAUT NONE gt CHGAUT OBJ OmniTerm OMFLASH UPD USER QTFTP DTAAUT RX OBJAUT NONE gt CHGAUT OBJ OmniTerm NLYNX1 xxx USER QTFTP
47. mail address omniterm decisiondata com E mail address Your complete E mail address For example j smith nlynx com Username The user ID for this mail account which you use to authenticate to the POP3 server when retrieving mail Password The password for this mail account which you use to authenticate to the POP3 server when retrieving mail POP3 server OUT This is the mail server which will store your out going mail For example if your administrator assigned you the E mail address j smith1 nlynx com See the special note below NOTE The OmniTerm can not store E mail which you send to others and therefore must have a mail account to keep your sent mail Your E mail administrator can setup a special E mail account for you such as j smith1 nlynx com to allow you store the mail which you send to others The OmniTerm will automatically copy all mail you send to this account so you have a record of your outgoing mail If you use the same E mail account for both in and out mail no copy will keep of your outbound mail E mail address Your complete E mail address For example j smith1 nlynx com Username The user ID for this mail account which you use to authenticate to the POP3 server when retrieving mail Password The password for this mail account which you use to authenticate to the POP3 server when retrieving mail Password account settings password Set a password here to contro
48. n Name Emulation Display Printer Host address Port Example Sessionl TN0402 TN5250 display 10 1 1 201 23 If the session is not active the word Inactive is displayed 3 3 Setup printer The Setup printer option allows you to set various printer parameters You will see eight selections Lines Per Inch Characters Per Inch Print Quality Character Height Sheet Feeder Source Drawer Buffer Print and Print Key Move the cursor to the desired setup value parameter and press the Space Bar for each selection The selections are highlighted Setup printer Move cursor to desired choice then press SPACE BAR to select Line per inch i ji 8 Character per inch System PS Print quality System Letter Character height Standard Double Sheet feeder Yes No Source drawer System 3 Buffer print Yes No Print key Immediate F3 Save and Exit Setup Printer Panel The printer setup values parameters are Lines per inch System 3 4 6 8 You can select the number of lines printed per inch If System is selected the host system specified the Lines per inch Character per inch System 5 8 5 10 12 15 17 PS You can select the number of characters printed per inch PS stands for Proportional Space If System is selected the host system specifies the character pitch Print quality System Draft Letter The Draft selection sets the printer into draft mode the Letter selection sets the printer into letter quality mode If
49. niTerm can be updated from a TFTP server on the network If such a server is provided AS 400 or NT server and OmniTerm firmware flash update is to be supported enter the address of this server 0 0 0 0 if none or its fully qualified domain name Network parameter Select and press Enter to view the following screen 2 6 Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER MTU Size 576 1500 Custom 1500 DHCP auto Config Host Name Delay time before connect Keep Alive address Frequence F3 Save and Exit MTU Size The MTU maximum Transmission Unit Size is shown with the valid value range shown in parenthesis The Default size is 1500 but a custom value in the range shown can be specified DO NOT CHANGE THIS VALUE UNLESS YOU HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF PACKET SIZING AND HOW YOUR NETWORK IS CONFIGURED In some networks the packet size must be reduced to accommodate other high priority IP traffic such as Voice Over IP Other networks are setup where the router will fragment the packet into many smaller packets This can cause the OmniTerm to take a long time to display some application screens because there are not enough buffers available to process the fragmented packets The default packet size of 1500 is used in most Ethernet 2 networks and provides the best performance and reliability If you know that the Telnet packets are being fragmented by a router or your Telnet host is set to transmit
50. ns allow you to store then retrieve and display data with a single key entry These functions allow you to simplify repetitive operations Instead of keying the same data you can Record a series of key strokes and Play them back by pressing a single key The recorded data is kept in permanent storage and is not affected by power off on Recorded data can be overwritten or deleted Recorded keystrokes can be assigned to any of the 24 Function F keys The Record ID Assignment status display shows these 24 keys as three groups of 8 boxes each 2 rows of 4 boxes per group which correspond to the three groups of function keys on a 122 key keyboard If a box is solid filled in it means that data is recorded for that key e g if the 3rd box in the bottom row of the first group is solid F3 has recorded data The maximum number of keystrokes that can be stored is 1520 Record Mode To record a series of keystrokes proceed as follows 1 Press the Record Rec key The text nnnn appears on the status line The number nnn is the remaining number of keystrokes that can be recorded 2 Press any one of the 24 F keys to which you want to assign a word or message The F key number xx appears on the status line If the alarm sounds and the number increases when the F key is pressed there is already something recorded for that F key If you do not want to overwrite the recorded key sequence press the Record key to exit from record mode To overwrite thi
51. onochrome the primary color is purple When a Monochrome monitor is configured as Color some characters on the screen may appear very dim Be sure to Select the right monitor type Display Ethernet MAC address To display the Ethernet MAC address select this option from the main menu and press Enter The screen below shows an example of the display The Ethernet address is 48 bits wide and is displayed as six pairs of hex digits with a colon separating the hex values 8 bit bytes It is possible to change the MAC address for the terminal This is not recommended and only the network manager should be responsible for such a change See Appendix F for details Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER C0 01 02 03 04 01 F3 Save and Exit Display Ethernet Address Panel Config Password To password protect entry to Customize workstation select this option from the Workstation menu and press Enter The screen below allows you to define a password which must then be entered to permit display of the Customize workstation menu Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER F3 Save and Exit Config Password panel The password may be from one to ten characters in length and is not case sensitive A blank entry means no password is specified Press Enter to go to the password field Each character entered displays as an asterisk Press Enter after entering or dele
52. ost name field just put the IP address or the qualified name of the device you want to ping 3 7 Connection Log The Connection Log identifies the Omniterm hardware software version the memory detected and the various resources set by the connection process Any errors such as a DHCP server failure are noted in the log The final session connection status success or failure is recorded This log is useful for network management specifically what addresses are being used and is essential to help determine any configuration or network problem The log is cleared and rebuilt on power on It holds up to 2000 characters approximately 2 1 2 screens An example Connection Log screen is shown below OMNITERM Connection Log OMNITERM V02 85 01 62 A Memory detect 256K Ethernet init done Ethernet MAC address is 00 50 AC 00 00 88 DHCP on IP address is 10 1 1 50 Subnet mask is 255 0 0 0 Gateway address is 10 1 1 200 DNS is 10 1 1 201 TFTP server is host maple400 com TN0101 Connecting to Host 10 1 1 201 successful TN0102 Connecting to Host 10 1 1 201 successful F3 Exit PGUP Page Up PGDN Page Down Connection Log Panel Note The Omniterm version number displayed here and on the Setup menu screens has the following format VXxx xx yy yy a where xx xx TCP IP Telnet firmware version yy yy Display Printer terminal firmware version A Hardware version Refer to Chapter 4 Host Connection for other connection mes
53. ost and is Inactive TN5250 Enhanced User Interface OmniTerm supports Enhanced User Interface a functionality specific to IBM s InfoWindows II The applications that are specifically designed to use this feature would check if the terminal supports it If the terminal does then it will handle certain tasks in lieu of the AS 400 If the terminal does not then the application will handle these tasks In some situations it is the desire of the user not to use this feature even so the application supports it To accommodate this situation we give the possibility to deselect Enhanced User Interface by selecting the No option in the following screen which pops up when Display is selected in the Session Definition screen Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER F3 Save and Exit TN5250 Printer Configuration Parameters When a printer session is specified the screen below is shown to capture AS 400 printer configuration data Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER 2QSYSOPR Library LIBL Font O11 Form feed CONT CUT AUTOCUT Host print transform No Yes F3 Save and Exit Message Queue The default message queue is QSYSOPR Library The default for the message queue is LIBL Font The default is 011 and this value is recommended Form feed CONT CUT AUTOCUT The default of CONT is recommended The options are CONT Continuous fo
54. ount Password 1234567890 blank if Device name device name lt HOST gt device name default Blank no name m 3287 VT100 VT220 XTERM Port Number port number if Device type 3812 Host print transform Yes No Message Queue message queue Device type 3477 3812 3278 2 E 3278 5 7 m 3278 3 E 3278 4 Host name Address host ip address or fully qualified name default 23 default Yes Font font default 011 Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Printer Model IBM42011 HP4 default IBM42011 Library library default LIBL default QSYSOPR Form Feed CONT CUT AUTOCUT default CONT EPLQ1170 printer model Paper source 1 MFRTYPMDL LE ER LEGAL EXECTIVE LEDGER A3 A4 A5 B4 B5 CONT80 CONT132 NONE Paper source 2 MFRTYPMDL LE ER LEGAL EXECTIVE LEDGER A3 A4 A5 B4 B5 i CONT80 CONT132 NONE Custom Object custom object if Device type 3287 1 Associated Printer Session ID 0 No associated printer Example configuration script Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Connect retry 5 MIN LPD address 10 1 1 101 LPD Printer Name POCKETPRIN Session ID 1 Device name lt HOST gt A Device type 3477 Emulation type TN5250 display Host name Address 10 1 1 1 Port Number 23 Session ID 2 Device name Device type VT220
55. paired with session 1 2 3 4 F3 Save and Exit TN3270 Printer Configuration panel If the 3287 2 printer you select is not associated with any terminal you should choose NO not an associated printer If the printer is an associated printer chose YES and the select the paired terminal If an Associated Printer is selected the device name used by the host is the paired display session s name any name entered for this printer session is ignored ASCII Display Model Selection Select the desired ASCII Terminal Display model from the screen below Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER F3 Save and Exit ASCII Display Terminal Model VT100 VT100 is the lowest basic terminal type It supports 80X24 text mode only VT220 VT220 expands the control sequences provided by VT100 Xterm Xterm is a terminal emulator for the X window system It partially emulates a VT100 terminal and supports most of the control sequences for VT220 it also supports 80X24 color text mode It does not support graphic functions Monitor type To set the monitor type Color or Monochrome select this option from the Workstation menu and press Enter Select either Color or Monochrome press enter then F3 to return to the prior menu Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER MONOCHROME F3 Save and Exit Monitor Type Panel Note When a Color monitor is configured as M
56. pha only or feature I O field Press Reset and continue using correct keys 0024 Non Numeric Value You tried to enter a non numeric value in a numeric only field Action _ Press Reset and continue 0026 Not Number Key You pressed the Field key to exit a numeric only field but the last position was not a Action number 0 through 9 Press Reset Correct the last position of the field or exit the field using Field or Field Exit 0027 Key Not Assigned You pressed a key that is not used by this display station Action _ Press Reset and continue using valid keys 0029 No Diacritic Key The second key pressed during a diacritic key function did not give a valid combination Action _ Press Reset Enter a valid combination 0040 Data Set Not Ready The data set ready line is inactive and it should be active Action Press Reset Recovery must be made at the Control Unit 0042 Receive Check Failed The receive clock signal failed during a receive operation Action Press Reset Recovery must be made at the Control Unit 0043 Data Set Ready The data set ready line is active and should be inactive Action Press Reset Recovery must be made at the Control Unit 0044 Not Receiving Data The communication time out has expired with no valid data received Action Recovery from this error must be made at the Control Unit 0050 Clear and Request to Send Not Together Either the clear to send l
57. printing Local Print Full Screen When the Print key parameter is set to Local depressing the Print key will invoke the following screen Screen Data PRINT SCREEN F Enter Print Print Exit F13 Trim Local Screen Print Panel If the symbol P is displayed verify if the printer is powered on on line or connected to OmniTerm When the symbol P is displayed the printer is ready Depress the Print key to print the full screen data area Local Print Partial Screen You can also print only a specific area of the screen To do this depress the F13 key to activate the trimming function You will then obtain the following screen Trimming Area PRINT TRIM P Enter Print Print Exit F13 Screen F14 Jump marker Local Trim Print Panel To select the trimmed area you want to print use the cursor keys to move the trim marker the solid block t the top left corner The left cursor key will decrease the width of the area while the down cursor key will decrease its height The trim marker can also be positioned at the right bottom corner by depressing the F14 Jump marker key When the area you want to print is correctly defined press the Print key If you want to return to full data screen no trim press F13 Screen Important notice The print key options described above are only for the 5250 black Print key on the multi host keyboard and 3270 sessions blue Print key on the multi host keyboard To do a local print screen
58. response session after so many minutes Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER No Retry 5 minutes 10 minutes 30 minutes Session 1 tn0101 TN5250 display 10 1 1 201 23 Session 2 tn0102 TN5250 display 10 1 1 201 23 Session 3 Inactive Session 4 Inactive F3 Save and Exit Session Setup Screen Example The Connect Retry option if other than No Retry tells the unit to continuously retry to connect any session that was disconnected by the host or which has a host no response status see OmniTerm Connection Exception Messages in Chapter 4 Its primary purpose is to restore connections after a Host failure or shutdown Each session display line is formatted as follows Session lt session name gt lt devicetype gt lt display or printer gt lt host address gt lt port gt Example Session tn0101 TN5250 display 10 1 1 201 23 If the session is inactive the word Inactive is displayed following the session name Select the session to be configured and press enter to bring up the configuration screen Session Definition The setup configuration screen is shown below Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Session1 TNO101 Device type TN5250 TN3270 Emulation type display printer Host name Address 10 1 1 201 Port Number Default Custom Activate session No Yes F3 Save and Exit Session Configuration Screen Example Device name Enter a uniqu
59. rms continuous feed CUT Single cut sheets manual feed AUTOCUT Single cut sheets automatically fed Host print transform No Yes No normal print job you must specify Printer Type from the main menu Printer configuration option see section 2 4 Yes Host Print Transform is used and the Host Print Transform parameter screen will be displayed to capture the AS 400 transform parameters Note Host Print Transform drives a printer not as an emulated printer but as the printer it actually is The Host handles all data conversion and sends all native commands to the printer This data is then passed directly to the printer by the OmniTerm If you specified Host Print Transform Yes the following screen is displayed for specification of AS 400 Host Print Transform parameters 2 11 Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER IBM42011 HP4 EPLQ1170 OTHERS IBM42001 Paper source 1 MFRTYPMDL LETTER LEGAL EXECUTIVE LEDGER A3 A4 A5 B4 B5 CONT80 CONT132 NONE Paper source 2 MFRTYPMDL LETTER LEGAL EXECUTIVE LEDGER A3 A4 A5 B4 B5 CONT80 CONT132 NONE Envelope hopper MFRTYPMDL MONARCH NUMBER9 NUMBER10 B5 C5 DL NONE Ascii codepage 899 support No Yes Custom object Library F3 Save and Exit Host Print Transform Screen Printer Model IBM42011 will work with most dot matrix printers with ProPrinter emulation HP4 will work with most laser printers with PCL5 emulation EPLQI1170 works for most
60. s sequence continue keying To delete the entire key sequence assigned to a particular F key press Record then that F key and then press the Delete key Record Mode is exited 3 Type the key sequences you want to save As you type notice that the number following the on the status line decreases Type carefully as even mistakes get saved Besides being saved the keys you type are live to the system Press the Pause key to temporarily stop recording Press the Pause key again to continue recording Anything keyed in between will be handled by the system but not recorded 4 Press the Record key again to stop recording The recorded key sequence is saved NOTES The following keystrokes cannot be recorded Play Setup Record AlttJump Each make break key such as Shift Alt or Pause recorded counts as two keystrokes While in Record Mode if you record an AID sequence F Enter Clear Attn SysRq that cause an Input Inhibit condition the keystroke sequences will be recorded However when the key sequence is played back only the keys including the ID key just before the first AID key will be played back an Input Inhibit condition will occur and the remaining keys will be ignored by the host system The following three functional keys are applicable in Record Mode Pause When you want to manually insert some data in a playback press this key at the place where insertion is to be done Thena_ Do not turn power off before ending
61. s server can relay the ET requests and subnet ID to an external program which can based on this data build a unique CFG file for that request The NT4 DHCP server does not support external program interfaces The ET2000 configuration template is shown below followed by an example configuration file Note the following notation 1 starts remarks comments Blank lines are ignored 2 No space is allowed in front of mark are Capital or not 3 This mark means that no entry is also allowed as well as those entries listed A null entry defaults to the default value If the statement is omitted the default is used 4 This mark means OR e g Yes No means enter either Yes or No 5 lt HOST gt in a text string will be replaced by Host Name DHCP Option12 E 1 H Connect retry NONE number MIN default NON DHCP Renew Lease DHCP Auto Config DHCP Backup to Static Save Auto COnfig Ne Ne Ne Ne LPD address LPD Printer Name e e r no password E Mail User Name SMTP Server POP3 In Server POP3 In E Mail Address POP3 In Username POP3 In Password POP3 Out Server POP3 Out E Mail Address POP3 Out Username POP3 Out Password Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Session ID 1 4 Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Config Usage Template GI default No default Yes default No default No E Mail Acc
62. sages that may occur and their meaning 3 20 Chapter 4 Online Operation Online terminal mode starts after a normal Power On or on exit from Offline setup The display screen is formatted into a display area and a status line at the bottom see Display and Operation below Connection to the host is first established and when a display session one or more is connected you see a normal Host display screen The data area receives data from your keyboard the host system or messages from the OmniTerm It can display 24 lines of 80 characters 1920 characters or 27 lines of 132 characters 3564 characters The format depends on the host application program sending the display data You can setup the display and printer or look at the session definitions the printer status or the Connection Log by pressing SetUp see Chapter 3 Note Pressing SetUp does not affect any current terminal activity and on exit from this mode the original display is restored Host Connection Various connection messages are displayed as the Host sessions are established In these messages described below the name HostID stands for the IP address or the fully qualified host name whichever is specified for the session Host address Loss of connection with the Host will also cause a message to this effect to be displayed If there are no active sessions configured when the unit is powered on and enters Online mode the There is no active session Go in
63. server exists select Yes and press Enter then F3 to return to the prior menu Entries below can be made for addresses not provided by DHCP If a DHCP failure occurs then any addresses entered will be used in place of those normally provided by DHCP If DHCP is working the address provided override any specified If No is selected you must specify the at least the IP and Subnet addresses below and any other addresses defined by network operations If Yes is selected the following screen will be displayed 2 5 Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Renew Lease No Yes Backup To Static No Yes F3 Save and Exit The Renew Lease option forces OmniTerm to renegotiate its IP address lease with the DHCP server The default is No The Backup To Static option let OmniTerm use a preconfigured fix IP address whenever the DHCP server fails to respond The default is No IP address The IP address for this terminal Each device on a TCP IP network is identified by a unique address Subnet mask The Subnet address for this terminal This determines which part of the address denotes the network Gateway If a Host session address see Session setup refers to a Host outside the Subnet for this OmniTerm the specified Gateway is addressed to connect to that Host DNS A DNS Domain Name System server resolves symbolic Host names into IP addresses TFTP server The firmware in the Om
64. sful connection display is changed to a Sign On screen after a period of inactivity an AS 400 inactivity time out occurred Sign on to continue session is active See system value QINACTIVT for inactivity setting 4 1 Session Switching The display area shows only one display session at a time The display session number is shown at the left on the status line To switch between display sessions do the following Press Alt Jump to cycle between sessions Example 1 gt 2 gt 3 gt 1 If Menu was selected for the Hot Key option in the Setup display screen in Online setup then you can also press Alt d to go immediately to session d Note d is a digit 1 4 on the number pad 4 2 Status Line Display The status line occupies the bottom line of the screen The operational status of your display station can be seen by the operating status symbols Caps lock Upper Shift Extended Graphics Input Inhibit Type Ahead wy A AAAAA Available keystrokes 0 1520 System Available Mode R Record P Playback Status Line Format 5250 sessions The status symbols are described in the following table Symbol Name Symbol Meaning System Available The host system connected to your display station is operating and available Workstation N Indicates which logical screen is currently active with a number Number Message Waiting The symbol Indicat
65. space superscript subscript bold print mode underline landscape mode and portrait mode Note You must enter a printer code in each position without any spaces between the codes If you enter a wrong code in any position move the cursor to the wrong code and enter the correct code Printer Support More Printer quality Draft Letter Character height Standard Double Lines per inch LPI LPI LPI LPI Characters per inch CPI 5 4 CPI CPI CPI CPI CPI LPI to nn 72 inch nn lines per page Enter FF if nn is HEX FE if nn is ASCII Character F3 Save and Exit F4 Delete F7 Backward F8 Forward F12 Cancel Other Printers Support Panel A Printer support Proportional Space On Off Superscript On Off Subscript On Off Bold print mode Off Underline Off Landscape Mode Portrait Mode F3 Save and Exit F4 Delete F7 Backward F12 Cancel Other Printers Support Panel B Control Code to set the LPI to nn 72 inch Not needed with AS 400 This string needs to be completed only if you will be printing Display Write 36 or other word processing documents otherwise it may be left blank The display program needs to compute various increments of 1 72 nn 72 line spacing when supporting some word processing output Therefore the program must know whether the variable nn in the printer string for nn 72 lines per inch should
66. stomize workstation and press Enter Note Within the Customize workstation screen set press ENTER after each selection or entry for that selection or entry to take effect When editing or entering a field the display RESET Cancel at the bottom of the screen indicates that pressing RESET will cancel the entry and restore the original value Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER Session setup Monitor type Display Ethernet MAC address Config password F3 Save and Exit Customize Workstation Menu Network Settings Select Network settings from the Customize workstation menu and press Enter The screen shown below is used to setup your OmniTerm network settings IP addresses Note IP addresses and masks are entered in the form n n n n where n is a number in the range 0 through 255 A null address would be entered displayed as 0 0 0 0 and any entry is validated against this form when Enter is pressed prior value is re displayed if entry is invalid The default IP configuration is DHCP Yes Customize workstation Move cursor to desired selection and press ENTER OmniTerm addresses and network settings IP address Subnet mask Gateway DNS TFTP server LPD address Printer Name Network parameter F3 Save and Exit Network Settings Panel Use DHCP Yes No A DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server provides the TCP IP addresses used by the OmniTerm If such a
67. t workstation 00 0000000 JJJJ KKKK WWWW XXXX Alt F3 Exit Test Workstation Panel The bottom of this screen shows the various display attributes Between the keyboard and the field displays the EBCDIC character set is displayed on three lines 2 6 Special Functions The following special functions are available with the OmniTerm in Offline setup mode Flash Update The OmniTerm firmware may need to be updated to a later revision If a TFTP server on the network is available and setup for this purpose a flash firmware update can be performed This update preserves the current configuration data only the firmware is updated See Appendix D for AS 400 TFTP setup At the initial Offline Setup menu before any other setup activity and with the Network settings setup including the TFTP server address press Alt F1 Note To downgrade the firmware version press Alt F10 instead of Alt F1 When Alt F10 is used no check of the version number is made otherwise New Version must be gre
68. ter you pressed the Insert key Action _ Press Reset 0014 Must Fill Field You pressed a key function that moves the cursor out of this field However the Action requirements of this mandatory fill field have not been met Such fields must be complete or left blank Press Reset Enter data to fill the filed or move to field start and use the Field Field or Field Exit key to blank the field 0015 Does Not Compare You entered data into a self check field and the number and the check digit do not Action compare Press Reset Check your entry If entered correctly check that the entry is valid for this field 0016 Not Signed Numeric Field You pressed the Field key to exit a field but the field was not a signed numeric field or Action for some systems a numeric only field Press Reset Continue to enter data or press Field Exit to blank out the field 0017 Field Not Full You pressed the Field Field or Field Exit key However the requirements for this Action _ mandatory fill field have not been met A mandatory fill field must be filled completely or you must exit from the first position of the field Press Reset Enter data to the end of the field or move the cursor to field start and use Field Field or Field Exit to blank and exit the field 0018 Non Data Key Required You used a data key instead of a non data key Action _ Press Reset Use a non data key such as Field Exit or a cursor key to leave the field 0019 Dup
69. ting a password or press Reset to cancel an entry When the Customize workstation main menu option is selected and a password has been specified the user will be requested to enter this password in order to begin workstation customization Key the password then press Enter to see the Customize workstation menu Customize workstation Enter Password F3 Exit Customize Workstation Password Request Notes To remove this password protection select the Config password option again and delete the existing password then press F3 Should you forget the password use the special function Clear CMOS SRAM Data see Appendix F to clear the requirement for a password If this is done all setup values must also be re specified 2 17 2 3 Define an additional ENTER key This option allows you to program a second Enter key on the keyboard When you press the Enter key for this option you will see a keyboard layout with the symbol X in each position that cannot be changed and a blank box L in each position that can be changed into a second Enter key The solid box Il shows the current position of the Enter key Press the key that you want to map as a second Enter key and press the F3 key to store and exit 122 Key Keyboard Define an additional ENTER key XXXXXXXXXXKXX XXXXXXXXXXKXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXX X XX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX XX X XXXXXXXXXxxxx TO XX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX X x E F3 Save and Exit Enhanced Keyboard Def
70. to Offline Setup to configure a session Turn power off then on with the Space Bar held down to enter Offline Setup and configure an active session If only a Printer Session is configured no display sessions the message Printer Session Mode Press SETUP for status is displayed when that session is successfully connected to the host You may press Setup and Browse Printer Information to check printer status or Connection log to check the connection With active display sessions configured when online mode starts Power on or exit from Offline setup various connection messages are displayed for each active display session These messages are described below Note In the messages HostID IP address or fully qualified host name whichever is specified for the session s Host address Loading DHCP server please wait Ifin Offline setup the Network configuration specified DHCP Yes this message will be briefly displayed while the DHCP server is detected and parameters are retrieved If this message is displayed for more than a few seconds there is a problem with this process and a connection failed message may be forthcoming Connecting to Host HostID Some 5 20 seconds delay depending on network This message will display for a longer time while TCP IP retries are attempted on a failing session After successful connection a Sign On screen is displayed and the message Connecting to Host HostID suc
71. up screen ALT F1 microcodes upgrade ALT F10 microcodes downgrade From the Mac Address configuration menu ALT SHIFT F8 Overrides the built in Mac address From the sessions ALT F11 Toggles display fonts ALT SHIFT F9 Reconnect sa session ALT SHIFT Del Disconnect sall sessions ALT SPACE F9 Lock sout both On Line and Off Line configuration ALT SPACE F12 Resets lock out ALT Jump Circles between sessions ALT Num1 4 Direct access to session 1 4 ALT Num0 Direct access to Pop3 In Box return to session with F3 ALT Num1 Direct access to Pop3 Out Box return to session with F3 Note The direct access Hot Keys are functional only if you have chosen the Menu method as the default Hot Key method in the On Line Setup Set up key on the 122 key keyboard and Shift Esc on the 103 key keyboard The Circle method will still be usable F 1 Page left blank intentionally F 2 Appendix G AS 400 TCP IP parameters This appendix describes some of the AS 400 TCP IP parameters which can help troubleshooting network deconection problems The following is based on version 4 2 d OS 400 Some differences may be observed with the newest versionsof OS 400 Keep alive Do CHGTCPA Enter a value of 8 Inactivity Timeout Do CHGTELNA Enter a value of 0 TimeMark Timeout Do CHGTELNA Enter a value of 0 QINACTITV Do WRKSYSVAL Give a value of NONE Page le

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