RE: Faster CPU, barcode scanner problem

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark -

>  I am posting this for a friend.  They upgraded to a faster AS/400 CPU and

>now their Symbol barcode scanner doesn't seem to be functioning as quickly 
>as possible.  It's a wedge type deal connected to an IO terminal.  They get

>the 0005 error in the lower left.  They seem to have a 75% reduction in 
>productivity because of this.  Local keyboard and system keyboard buffers 
>have been checked.

We had weird problems with some terminals after an upgrade because of a
different workstation controller card.

Pre-upgrade we had CTL01 and CTL02, both of which were 6050s.

Post-upgrade, the MFIOP included a workstation adapter, so the old CTL01
became CTL03.  CTL01 is now a 266C; CTL02 and CTL03 are 6050s.

Some terminal types would not work properly on the 266C so we had to move
them to one of the 6050s.  They would work almost right, but, for example,
if you would page down when already at the bottom of a subfile, instead of
getting the normal "Roll up or down past the first or last record in file."
message, an error would be returned to the program, causing a halt.

So my first thought is, have them check what kind of controller card the IO
terminal is connected to.  Is it a different kind of controller card than it
used to be?  Is there a different kind of controller card in the system that
they could connect it to?

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.



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