Black Box 5250 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD
Graphics characters or blinking characters appear on the screen.
Cause: 5250 Remote Emulator Card not seated properly.
Action: Unplug the PC, open it, and check the installation of the
5250 Remote Emulator Card.
Cause: I/O-address conflict.
Action: Check the addresses of all other cards in the PC (referring
to those cards’ manuals if necessary). If one of the other
cards is using the same address as the 5250 Remote
Emulator Card, you must change one of the two cards’
addresses.
Cause: Cable-address conflict.
Action: Make sure the cable-address settings on the host and
in the 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s software match (see
Section 6.2.1).
Improper keystrokes or no keystrokes appear on the screen.
Cause: PC’s keyboard loose or unplugged.
Action: Make sure the keyboard cable is tightly connected
at both ends.
Cause: Host inhibited.
Action: Check the II indicator on the host session’s status line.
Cause: Wrong keyboard emulation.
Action: Make sure the right keyboard emulation (PC
or 5250)
is selected in the 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s
configuration (see Section 6.2.2).
Cursor appears at the top left corner of the screen when emulation starts.
Cause: Invalid station address.
Action: Check the station addresses on the host and in the 5250
Remote Emulator Card’s configuration (see Section 6.2.1).
Cause: Unanswered messages at the host.
Action: Check the host console for unanswered messages.