Installing Operations Console Connection Modem; Installing Operations Console Connection Modem For Windows 2000 - IBM System i Manual

v The iSeries Access for Windows Service Packs Web site.
v The IBM FTP site: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com
as400/products/clientaccess/win32/v5r4m0/servicepack.
Related reference
"Troubleshooting status message" on page 97
If you encounter connection problems when connecting a console, Operations Console provides status
messages to assist you in troubleshooting the connections.
Related information
iSeries Access Service Packs Web site

Installing Operations Console connection modem

Depending on your console configuration, you might need to install the Operations Console connection
modem.
If you are configuring a local console directly attached to the server or a local console directly attached
with remote access allowed, you will need to install the Operations Console connection modem.
Note: The Operations Console connection modem is not a physical modem, but a logical device driver
that is included with the Operations Console and allows a local console to connect to a system.
When the Operations Console connection modem is present, it is listed as Operations Console
connection.

Installing Operations Console connection modem for Windows 2000:

For a local console to communicate with the system, you must install the Operations Console connection
modem that is included with Operations Console. Use these instructions only if you are configuring a
local console that is directly attached to the system or a local console that is directly attached with remote
access allowed.
To install the modem, follow these steps:
1. Click Start → Settings → Control Panel.
2. Double-click Phone and Modem Options and click on the Modem tab to display the Install New
Modem panel. If you have other modems installed, the Modems Properties panel will display, and
you need to click Add.
3. Click the Modems tab.
4. Click Add.
5. Select Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list, and then click Next.
6. Click Have Disk...
Note: If you know the full path to the Operations Console Connection driver (cwbopaoc.inf), enter it
here. Then, go to step 8. If you do not know the path, continue with step 7.
7. Click Browse...
Navigate to drive:\path\Client Access\Aoc\Inf\ cwbopaoc.inf where drive: is the drive where iSeries
Access for Windows is installed.
Note: The default installation path C:\Program Files\Ibm\Client Access\Aoc\Inf\cwbopaoc.inf).
Click Open.
8. Click OK. Operations Console Connection should be listed.
9. Click Next.
10. Select the communications port where you are going to install the Operations Console cable (for
example, COM1).
Navigate down to the directory path:
35
Operations Console