Re: Remote Communications 5494

[mcrump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Yes.  It's called concurrent system access.  It is covered in the user's
guide.  Essentially PC, displays, and printers can be attached to a control
unit that is terminated on AS/400 A and communicate 'directly' with AS/400
B.  You need to be current on your 5494 microcode.  We use it here for
concurrent display access but not for printers but I know you can use it
for printers.

Essentially you configure the 5494 for concurrent access (it's a flag) then
you configure the other hosts (H2, H3, H4).  This is all on screen 2 of the
5494 config.  Then you can assign a device permanantly or temporarily to
whichever host.

If you need points to specific parts of the manual or have some specifc
question give me a shout.

Michael Crump
Ball-Foster Glass Container Corp.
1509 S. Macedonia Ave.
Muncie, IN  47302
(765)741-7696 voice
(765)741-7012 fax
mcrump@ballfoster.com




Jeff Carey <jeffreycarey@usa.net> on 07/22/98 01:28:54 PM

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To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
cc:    (bcc: Mike Crump/IS/Ball-Foster)
Subject:  Remote Communications 5494




We have a 5494 remote workstation controller connected to a dedicated
data line.  We are in the process of moving the line to another AS/400
system, but in the meantime would like to have the printers and displays

connected to this 5494 device accessible via another AS/400 on the same
network (we are using passthru and remote writers right now, but the
speed of the remote writers is inferior for our needs).    Is there a
way to configure the 5494 to point to a different system while remaining

physically connected to the same system as it is now?




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