Tn5250E Printing (Scs Over Ip) - Axis 27980R1 User Manual

Setting Up - AS/400 (iSeries)
Verifying the
Communication Link

TN5250E Printing (SCS over IP)

Before you Begin
The AS/400 Host
System Checklist
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1. Type
WRKCFGSTS *CTL xxxx*
first four characters of the Axis Network Print Server 5494 LU
Name)and press Enter. After a couple of minutes, ensure that the
following items are displayed:
• One APPC controller with the same name as the Axis Network Print
Server 5494 LU Name.
• One APPC device with the same name as the Axis Network Print
Server 5494 LU Name, one controller session
currently active printer sessions
• One twinax controller named
five characters of the Axis Network Print Server 5494 LU Name.
• One, two or three twinax printer devices named xxxxPRT0z (xxxx
are the first four characters of the Axis Network Print Server 5494
LU Name and z is the printer device number).
The status of all items should now be ACTIVE or VARIED ON.
2. Type
STRPRTWTR xxxxPRT0z
the printer device name) and press Enter. This command starts the writer
for this printer device.
3. Press the Axis Network Print Server test button once to print a test page.
Ensure that the SNA status is defined on the test page as
.
LU-4
TN5250E is the recommended protocol to use when printing SCS data
streams over TCP/IP. This print method offers superior control,
management and throughput for the Axis Network Print Server.
Make sure that the AS/400 host is running OS/400 V3R2 or higher with
TCP/IP support installed and configured.
Make sure that the latest PTFs are installed. Information about which
PTFs to use can be obtained from:
http://as400service.rochester.ibm.com/
There is an AS/400 Parameter checklist in the AXIS 5570e Axis Network Print Server User's
Guide where you can enter the values described in this section for future reference.
on the AS/400 command line (
(QRMTWSC)
(QRMTWSC).
, where
xxxxxRMT xxxxx
on the AS/400 command line (
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is the
xxxx
and the
are the first
is
xxxxPRT0z
or
,
Idle Actv