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Connecting operations console
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2. From the DST main menu, do the following steps:
a. Select Work with DST environment.
b. Select Service tools device IDs.
3. Type 2 in front of the service tools device ID to be reset, and then press Enter.
4. Press Enter again to confirm the reset.
Note: When you reset the password in DST, the service tools device ID password becomes the service
tools device ID name in uppercase. If you delete and create a device ID, you also need to delete
and create the connection on the PC.
Using unused service tools device ID:
If you do not have another device (PC or other terminal) to sign on to the system, but do have an unused
service tools device ID, do the following on the PC.
1. Delete the current configuration as follows:
a. Select the configuration name (under iSeries connection).
b. From the Connection menu, click Delete.
c. Click Yes to confirm the deletion if prompted.
2. Use the unused service tool device ID to create a new configuration.
3. Use one of the previous methods to reset the failing service tools device ID after connecting.
Using the control panel or the remote control panel to reset the QCONSOLE service device ID password:
If you cannot use another service tools device (PC or other terminal) or service tools device ID to sign on
and you are using the QCONSOLE service tools device ID, you need to use the control panel or the
remote control panel to reset the service tools device ID password by following these steps.
1. Place the system in Manual mode. Systems without a keystick shows 01 B in the Function/Data
display.
Note: Systems with a keystick should show the mode as Manual and 01 B in the Function/Data
display.
2. Use the following information to help determine your progress and success of the reset:
Note: If your system uses the new double-row Function/Data display control panel, you might need
to perform a function 11 to display the results (D1008065). Allow at least 15 seconds for the
initial function 65 to complete before doing a function 11 if the display does not respond with
the D1008065.
The double-row display control panel presents data like this (models 270 and 8xx):
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Each word is 8 characters but 4 words are displayed at a time for words 12 through 19. For example,
requesting word 12 will provide you:
word__12word__13
word__14word__15
Requesting word 13 will provide you:
word__16word__17
word__18word__19
The single-row display control panel and the remote control panel presents data like this:
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