Re: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1

["Jerome Draper" <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We are cabled direct from the brick to one 4224 and then daisychained to the
other 4224.

Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Richter <srichter@autocoder.com>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:06 PM
Subject: RE: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1


> Jerry, Do you cable direct from the brick on the back of the as400 to the
> printer using twinax cable, no baluns, patch panel wiring?  Whenever I
have
> trouble with twinax devices I always try to factor out any faulty wiring.
> If not, can you cable direct from the brick to the printer with twinax
> cable?
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jerome Draper
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:51 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1
>
>
> Yeah, it seems that if the controllers are the same type the results
should
> be the same.  I'm wondering if it's the speed of the controller or if the
> port on the brick isn't bad.
>
> Jerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Philipp Rusch <Philipp.Rusch@rusch-edv.de>
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:32 PM
> Subject: Re: 4224 works on V4R4 and malfunctions on V5R1
>
>
> > Twinax has been improved in speed with newer controllers, they now do
> > 2 Mbit instead of 1 MBit as before. That data area mentioned in other
> posts
> > controls stepping down of the speed back to the old level.
> > I seem to remember that the old controllers were also only capable of
> polling
> > one port after the other, leaving only one port active at a time.
> > The newer ones are able to poll several (two ?) ports simultanously,
> > this causes troubles if your are using twinax-to-RJ45 multiplexers, for
> instance.
> > It's strange that this should happen, when both controllers in your
> machines
> > seem to be of same type.
> >
> > HTH, regards from Germany, Philipp Rusch
> >
> > Jerome Draper schrieb:
> >
> > > I have two 4224 *IPDS printers hooked up to a V4R2 machine and they
work
> > > fine.  I move them to a new V5R1 machine and they hardly print at all.
> > > Funny scratching by the print head and sporadic print lines but never
> > > anything close to a full report.  For example, they won't print a
> standard
> > > report from QPRINT.  Put them back ont he V4R2 machine and all is
fine.
> > >
> > > Anyone seen this?  PTF?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > > Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
> > > Network and Connectivity Specialist -- Mac's, LAN's, PC's, and iSeries
> > > Representing Synapse, Nlynx, Perle, CLI, Intermate and Others .....
> > > (415) 457-3431 - (415) 258-1658fax - http://www.trilosoft.com
> > >
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