6 Dec
2002
6 Dec
'02
6:08 a.m.
Hello folks,
recently (yesterday) I got a new (for me, of course) AS/400 box, and started
to play with it. Everything started okay, booted with no problems (after a
year unnoticed in the corner). Today a rebooted it (for whatever reason),
turned it on, re-connected the twinax console, but nothing appears. The
green cursor remains in the upper right corner (meaning that the AS/400 didn't
notice the console yet, afaik). Some hints, ideas, places to point me to?
Cheers,
--
freddy
6 Dec
6 Dec
12:04 p.m.
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Adrien 'freddy' Farkas wrote:
year unnoticed in the corner). Today a rebooted it
(for whatever reason),
turned it on, re-connected the twinax console, but nothing appears. The
green cursor remains in the upper right corner (meaning that the AS/400 didn't
notice the console yet, afaik). Some hints, ideas, places to point me to?
It would help to know what model of AS/400 you have.
I think you must have reconnected it to a different place than before. The
AS/400 console is expected at twinax port 0 address 0. If you didn't put
the terminal back on port 0, it won't be the console, and if the system
doesn't finish coming up, nothing will display anywhere other than the
console terminal.
Are there any diag codes indicated on the front panel?
ok
r.
12:19 p.m.
r. 'bear' stricklin (red(a)bears.org) wrote :
It would help to know what model of AS/400 you have.
Hmm, the problem is that I don't know what model that is. On the box there
is nothing that might help to identify the model type, the only thing I know
is that it was a little one (the smallest and narrowest) model with added
storage expansion (which makes it twice as wide).
I think you must have reconnected it to a different
place than before. The
AS/400 console is expected at twinax port 0 address 0. If you didn't put
the terminal back on port 0, it won't be the console, and if the system
doesn't finish coming up, nothing will display anywhere other than the
console terminal.
hmmm, I definitely didn't change any connections, it's connected to twinax
port 0 on the as/400 and enters _left_ part of the Y-cable on the 3477
terminal.
I'm dumb in all the IPL and other AS/400 basics, so I don't want to bother you
with dummy questions. if there is any place to read about this, please point
me to it so we can talk on another level, not 'do this, do that'.
Are there any diag codes indicated on the front panel?
when it worked, the IPL set was 'B N', which seemed to be 'disk' and
'normal
boot'. I tried perhaps all the combinations of ABCD and NM, but nothing
really worked for me. when selecting some IPL and powering on the box,
different addresses (?) appear on the LCD front panel. the left LED (the green
one) flashes in quite a random manner (loading something?), but there is
nothing on the console.
perhaps seems to be a console problem... perhaps. if you know the 3477
terminal, can you tell me all the requiered settings? one/two display, unit
numbers etc etc, I'd be really thankful!
thanks in advance,
--
freddy
12:36 p.m.
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Adrien 'freddy' Farkas wrote:
Hmm, the problem is that I don't know what model
that is. On the box there
is nothing that might help to identify the model type, the only thing I know
is that it was a little one (the smallest and narrowest) model with added
storage expansion (which makes it twice as wide).
It should say somewhere on it, though not likely in a big flashing sign.
It sounds like you have something like a 9406-400
hmmm, I definitely didn't change any connections,
it's connected to twinax
port 0 on the as/400 and enters _left_ part of the Y-cable on the 3477
terminal.
It shouldn't matter which side of the Y-cable.
I'm dumb in all the IPL and other AS/400 basics,
so I don't want to
bother you with dummy questions. if there is any place to read about
this, please point me to it so we can talk on another level, not 'do
this, do that'.
Nah, I don't know much about it either. There aren't any really good
references I could point you to, since I've been looking for one, myself.
different addresses (?) appear on the LCD front panel.
the left LED (the green
one) flashes in quite a random manner (loading something?), but there is
nothing on the console.
Those addresses are the diag codes I was inquiring after. What are the
last ones you see?
perhaps seems to be a console problem... perhaps. if
you know the 3477
terminal, can you tell me all the requiered settings? one/two display, unit
numbers etc etc, I'd be really thankful!
I doubt the unit number in the terminal could've changed itself, though I
suppose it's possible. Double check it's still set to unit number 0.
Otherwise it sounds to me like your terminal is all set up correctly, and
there's something else amiss.
ok
r.
1:03 p.m.
Hmm, the
problem is that I don't know what model that is. On the box
there is nothing that might help to identify the model type, the only
thing I know is that it was a little one (the smallest and narrowest)
model with added storage expansion (which makes it twice as wide).
It should say somewhere on it, though not likely in a big flashing sign.
It sounds like you have something like a 9406-400
1:05 p.m.
r. 'bear' stricklin (red(a)bears.org) wrote :
C6004260 seems to eb the last code shown, now the green LED flashes (quite
quickly), nothing on the LCD and 3477 changed for 15minutes...
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Adrien 'freddy' Farkas
wrote:
almost exact guess, 9402-400, written by hand inside the box ;)
Hmm, the problem is that I don't know what
model that is. On the box there
is nothing that might help to identify the model type, the only thing I know
is that it was a little one (the smallest and narrowest) model with added
storage expansion (which makes it twice as wide).
It should say somewhere on it, though not likely in a big flashing sign.
It sounds like you have something like a 9406-400 different
addresses (?) appear on the LCD front panel. the left LED (the green
one) flashes in quite a random manner (loading something?), but there is
nothing on the console.
Those addresses are the diag codes I was inquiring after. What are the
last ones you see? I doubt the unit number in the terminal could've
changed itself, though I
suppose it's possible. Double check it's still set to unit number 0.
Otherwise it sounds to me like your terminal is all set up correctly, and
there's something else amiss.
it's set to address 0 and 1 (two displays), still blank, cursor in the upper
right corner.
cheers,
--
freddy
1:40 p.m.
Adrien 'freddy' Farkas (Adrien.Farkas(a)sun.com) wrote :
correction, booting resumed, passed throug rest of C600xxxx codes, moved on
to C900xxxx and finished with C9002C30, after which 'display selected IPL -
"01 B N"' function appeared and remained there. this should already be
booted (seems to me), however terminal is still blank with no login prompt
asking me to enter the system.
I can even telnet to the system, however I get 'Connection to an AS/400 host
system ended because no NVT device description is available.', but this
seems to be another part of the story...
well, looks like my beautiful 3477 is broken :-/
--
freddy
Those
addresses are the diag codes I was inquiring after. What are the
last ones you see?
C6004260 seems to eb the last code shown, now the green LED flashes (quite
quickly), nothing on the LCD and 3477 changed for 15minutes...
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