Black Box PC394A-R3 Specifications

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Key Features

Attach it to an IBM
AS/400 host in 5494
native mode.
PC397C supports up to
14 twinax attached
devices.
Only one modem
required for
attachment of up to 84
devices.
IPDS printer support.
Compatible with
OfficeVision/400,
DisplayWrite/36, and
Text Management/38.
Customer field-
upgradable.
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5494 REMOTE CONTROLLER
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The one-box solution: LAN/WAN and twinax
T he 5494 Remote Controller
offers a variety of configuration
options that provide both LAN and
twinax connectivity to IBM
midrange hosts.
As a LAN device, the Remote
Controller connects legacy twinax
devices, such as IPDS and SCS
printers and non-programmable
display stations, to an AS/400
through either an Ethernet or
Token Ring LAN/WAN. SDLC
configurations support either
Ethernet or Token Ring LAN
access to the AS/400 along with
any combination of up to 84
twinax devices.
Twinax applications benefit
from the Remote Controller's
capability to emulate,
simultaneously if you want, IBM
5494, 5394, and 5294 remote
controllers. It supports many IBM
functions, such as auto-
configuration or auto-device
recognition, SNA/SDLC
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connectivity for IBM midrange hosts.
communications protocol, V.35,
V.24, or X.21 interfaces, and IPDS
and SCS printers. The Remote
Controller also works with Client
Access/400, PC Support,
OfficeVision/400, TextManager/38,
DisplayWrite/36, Type Ahead,
Copy-to-Print, and more.
Typical Application
You can configure this versatile controller to replace many different
kinds of IBM devices:
• Up to three 28-device IBM
• A 56-device IBM 5494 on the AS/400.
• Up to six 14-device IBM 5494s on the AS/400.
• Up to six 8-device or 14-device 5394s on the AS/400.
• Up to three 16-device or 21-device IBM 5394s on the AS/400.
• Up to six 8-device IBM 5294s on the AS/400, System/38, or
System/36.
• One APPC controller on the AS/400 for Ethernet or Token Ring LAN
gateway support (up to 80 LAN devices supported).
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Enhanced features include the
ability to scale twinax device
support from 8 to 84 devices in
increments of 8 or 14. And the
diskette-based software with
transferable configuration data
allows simple, hassle-free
upgrades.
® 5494s on the AS/400 ® .