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366 User’s Manual for InterForm400
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2. An available Twinax device address (0-6) should be provided by the
system administrator. Follow the instructions of your protocol converter in
order to alter this switch setting.
3. Attach the protocol converter to the Twinax network and power it on. After
a while a printer device and an output queue is created on the system. The
name of the device and the queue will be identical and will normally have a
notation like “PRT05" or “PRT010305". Type the following command and
scroll to locate the new printer device:
WRKDEVD *PRT
4. The device will indicate the text “Created by auto configuration”. Use option
5 to display the device description. Verify that the device type is 3812. If it
indicates 5219 then proceed with section Changing device description
from 5219 to 3812.
5. If the device indicates a 3812 model 1 you just need to start the printer
writer:
STRPRTWTR PRTXXX
6. Go to section Print font reference list for testing the connection
7. Note that if Auto Configuration is enabled on the AS/400 the protocol
converter might change the device description back to 5219 the next time it
is powered ON. Disable auto configuration to prevent this problem:
CHGSYSVAL SYSVAL(QAUTOCFG) VALUE(‘0')
Configuring a Printer Device Manually
The following describes how to create a new device without the use of Auto Configuration.
1. The following information for the device must be provided by the system
administrator: Port Number (0-7), the Switch setting (0-6) and the
Attached controller (CTL0x).
2. Make sure Auto configuration is disabled by the following CL command.
CHGSYSVAL SYSVAL(QAUTOCFG) VALUE(‘0')
3. Follow the instructions of your protocol converter in order to set the Twinax
address switch setting (0-6).
4. Attach the protocol converter to the Twinax network and power it ON.
5. The following CL command will create a new device description called
PRTXXX for a 3812 model 1 on port 2 switch setting 3 and controller
CTL01.
CRTDEVPRT DEVD(PRTXXX) DEVCLS(*LCL) TYPE(3812)
MODEL(1) PORT(2) SWTSET(3) CTL(CTL01) FONT(11)
If you are not able to fit the entire command on the command line, you can
prompt the command CRTDEVPRT with F4 and fill in the rest.
6. Vary on the device with the following command
VRYCFG CFGOBJ(PRTXXX) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)
7. Start the printer writer with the following command: