Re: 3489 mouse issue

[Paul Tykodi <ptykodi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James,

In a previous life, I provided support for a third
party IBM 3488 compatible logic unit. I saw an
equivalent problem with mouse usage when connected to
a machine running V3R1.

The problem was that the host saw the use of a mouse a
little differently than pressing the keys on the
keyboard. The terminal crash was caused when a mouse
click occurred in a protected area of the screen image
from the perspective of the workstation controller.

In my case, the third party vendor changed how it
reported mouse clicks back to the host and the problem
was resolved.

I don't know of any DEVD settings on the host that
would help with your current problem. I would tend to
think a PTF would have been the method that IBM might
have pursued to resolve this issue under V2R3 if it
was ever reported.

I checked the IBM web site and found that for R420
(APAR MA18622) the following problem with the
operation of the 3489 was resolved - Mouse release
position invalid in changing screen mode.

Unfortunately the fix is not listed in the APAR for
R230 (MA09907).

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
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Paul Tykodi
E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxx

>date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 09:12:27 -0700 (PDT)
>from: "James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>subject: 3489 mouse issue
>
>Recently, I had "Saturn," our D02, up to research a
>support question yesterday, and I noticed that if I
>clicked the mouse on our "new" 3489 while connected
>to the D02, it would immediately crash the terminal
>session, with a joblog message about a light pen or
>magnetic stripe reader problem.
>
>On our old 3487, such issues never came up. Mouse
>clicks were, for the most part, just ignored.
>
>Is there any setting I can change in either the
>terminal itself or the *DEVD, to suppress that,
>without eliminating mouse usage with any of 
>the other systems this terminal can be patched into?
>
>Or do I just need to put up a sign: "Don't click the
>mouse when connected to Saturn!"?
>
>--
>JHHL
>
>P.S.: We call that box "Saturn" because it's the
>oldest AS/400 we still use (as in "Saturn, the
>Bringer of Old Age").





        
                
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