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CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

INFORMATION

AUGUST 1989

PC001
PC006

Protocol Converter

Model A/S-4

Summary of Contents for PC001

Page 1: ...l support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 Mailing address Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox...

Page 2: ...erated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measure...

Page 3: ...ujo de aire por los orificios de ventilaci n 10 El equipo el ctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor como radiadores registros de calor estufas u otros aparatos incluyendo ampli...

Page 4: ...TRADEMARKS 3 TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL Any trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners...

Page 5: ...hes 18 5 LED Indicators 19 6 Power Up and Configuration Operations 20 6 1 Power Up 20 6 2 Power Up Message 21 6 3 A S 4 Main Menu 22 6 4 Switching from A S 4 s Main Menu to Running the Application 23...

Page 6: ...ansmitting Batch Data to the SNA Host 55 8 3 Batch Printer Operation 56 8 4 Batch Default Options 58 9 Battery RAM 63 10 Maintenance 64 11 Software Upgrade and Eprom Replacement 65 12 System Line GEN...

Page 7: ...onsists of the following components 16K of available Static Random Access Memory RAM and 32K Non volatile Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPROM Two 2 Input Output I O Serial interface ports cap...

Page 8: ...PCs with the generic acronym VDU Visual Display Unit Either port may be configured as data terminal equipment DTE or data communications equipment DCE This gives the system designer great flexibility...

Page 9: ...rminal Clear to Send Modem Transmit Data Modem Receive Data Modem Carrier DetectModem Clear To Send Error Environmental Operating Temperature 32 to 122 F 0 to 50 C Storage Temperature 13 to 158 F 25 t...

Page 10: ...d detection of 300 1200 1800 2400 4800 or 9600 baud to obtain A S 4 menus 4 Follow A S 4 s menus If you have an odd baud rate not listed refer to Section 4 0 for setting switches for terminal baud rat...

Page 11: ...for different power outlets is the responsibility of the purchaser 3 5 Synchronizer The A S 4 has a unique feature on the modem port to allow the A S 4 to run SDLC over asynchronous modems therefore...

Page 12: ...DB25 Terminal Connector Switch Bank S2 Switch 1 On connects pin 4 of connector to A S 4 s input of CLEAR TO SEND 2 On connects pin 5 of connector to A S 4 s input of CLEAR TO SEND for attaching DCE de...

Page 13: ...EQUEST TO SEND 7 On connects A S 4 s REQUEST TO SEND to A S 4 s CLEAR TO SEND so that no external signals are needed Used for Burroughs TDI and non hardware throttle devices 8 On connects pins 4 and 5...

Page 14: ...75 ON ON OFF ON 110 ON ON OFF OFF 134 5 ON OFF ON ON 150 ON OFF ON OFF 300 ON OFF OFF ON 600 ON OFF OFF OFF 1200 OFF ON ON ON 1800 OFF ON ON OFF 2000 OFF ON OFF ON 2400 OFF ON OFF OFF 3600 OF OFF ON O...

Page 15: ...F 5 ON 5 OFF 5 ON 5 OFF 5 OFF 6 ON 6 ON 6 ON 6 ON 6 OFF 7 ON 7 ON 7 ON 7 ON 7 OFF 8 OFF 8 OFF 8 OFF 8 OFF 8 OFF Switch 3 Switch 3 Switch 3 Switch 3 1 OFF 1 ON 1 OFF 1 OFF 2 ON 2 OFF 2 ON 2 ON 3 ON 3 O...

Page 16: ...witch Bank S4 Switch 1 On connects pin 4 of connector to A S 4 s input of CLEAR TO SEND 2 On connects pin 5 of connector to A S 4 s input of CLEAR TO SEND for attaching DCE devices 3 On connects pins...

Page 17: ...SEND to A S 4 s CLEAR TO SEND so that no external signals are needed Used for Burroughs TDI and non hardware throttle devices 8 On connects pins 4 and 5 of connector so external devices throttle itsel...

Page 18: ...OFF 8 ON 8 ON Switch 5 Switch 5 Switch 5 1 ON 1 ON 1 OFF 2 OFF 2 OFF 2 ON 3 OFF 3 OFF 3 ON 4 ON 4 ON 4 OFF 5 ON 5 ON 5 OFF 6 OFF 6 OFF 6 OFF 7 OFF 7 OFF 7 OFF 8 OFF 8 OFF 8 ON Switch 6 Switch 6 Switch...

Page 19: ...minal and modem connectors to 10 Volts DC Switch Bank S9 Switch Switch Switch Setting Number Function ON OFF 1 Terminal Port Data Bits 7 8 2 Reset Default Options on Reset NO YES 3 Single or Multi LU...

Page 20: ...rminal port This light must be on while TRX is flashing for A S 4 to process received data TCTS Lights when the A S 4 s input of Clear to Send is high on the terminal port This light must be on for th...

Page 21: ...connector so the small beveled lip faces up for ease of insertion The beveled lip can be inserted up or down and the unit will work fine with no harm to the A S 4 A substitute transformer may be orde...

Page 22: ...l be correct If no match occurs the A S 4 defaults to the IBM 3101 VDU command set This is not a problem if your VDU is not an IBM 3101 as you may change the VDU by the use of menus If your terminal d...

Page 23: ...s you of which keyboard layout the A S 4 will use when running SDLC SNA The A S 4 Main Menu is shown in Figure 2 This menu coordinates the changing of the many A S 4 options into main categories VDU S...

Page 24: ...fer I 6 12 Printer Options J 6 13 Verify switch settings K 6 14 Set all A S 4 options to default values 6 4 Switching from A S 4 s Main Menu to Running the Application Once all operating parameters ha...

Page 25: ...change PU address C LU address is incorrect Solution Return to A S 4 menus and change LU address After the LU comes Active the A S 4 will proceed to the following state Refer to Section 13 0 on Troubl...

Page 26: ...T100 Teletype 5410 5420 Televideo 970 960 C H Televideo 910 thru 950 Zentec Zephyr D I Lear Siegler ADM3A E J IBM PC 3270 Enter Number Figure 3 The change VDU menu allows 4 operations as described bel...

Page 27: ...ust type carriage return By typing the letter H he has copied the characteristics of VDU H into those of NEW VDU The CURRENT header will now show the VDU as NEW VDU Using the VDU commands menu selecti...

Page 28: ...RD Change CMD VDU Responds to for A Exit B ESC VDU CMD to Follow Set up 1st C ESC Data to Printer ON D ESC a Data to Printer OFF E ESC Data to Card ON F ESC a Data to Card OFF G ESC Data to Disk ON H...

Page 29: ...H UNPROTECTED NUMERIC HIGH INTENSITY I PROTECTED ALPHANUMERIC LOW INTENSITY J PROTECTED ALPHANUMERIC HIGH INTENSITY K PROTECTED NUMERIC LOW INTENSITY L PROTECTED NUMERIC HIGH INTENSITY M NONDISPLAY N...

Page 30: ...field e g Televideo 925 2 The video command does not occupy a space and does determine the type of video highlight for all subsequent received characters regardless of their positions on the screen e...

Page 31: ...PF8 PF9 PF10 DISC FIELD DUP UP HOME CUR VDC MARK ARROW SEL CTRL LOCK A S D F G H J K L PF11 PF12 PF13 PF14 PF15 PF16 PF17 PF18 PF19 PF20 DUAL LOCAL PRINT NEW MONO PRINT LINE SHIFT Z X C V B N M SHIFT...

Page 32: ...CHAPTER 6 Power Up and Configuration Menu Options 31 IBM PC Keyboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 _ PF1 PF2 PF3 PF4 PF5 PF6 PF7 PF8 PF9 PF10 PF11 PF12 Q W E R T Y U I O P...

Page 33: ...PROTOCOL CONVERTER MODEL A S 4 32 ADM 1178 Keyboard Layout...

Page 34: ...CHAPTER 6 Power Up and Configuration Menu Options 33 IBM 3101 Keyboard Layout...

Page 35: ...PROTOCOL CONVERTER MODEL A S 4 34 PNS Keyboard Layout...

Page 36: ...the name is less than ten characters long type carriage return or spaces to complete the ten character name If your keyboard looks like one of the fixed keyboards then you should enter its letter as...

Page 37: ...for great flexibility in keyboard layouts If you desire you may alter Key assignments or design your own keyboard layout The selections available from this menu is as follows Exit Go back to main men...

Page 38: ...splayed and will show the new value s CURRENT Application SDLC SNA 3274 76 Interactive VDU ANSI STD DEC VT100 Teletype 5410 5420 Televdeo 970 960 Keyboard STANDARD Change PF Keys Keys Typed on VDU to...

Page 39: ...9 3 COMMAND KEYS Selection of item D from the menu shown if figure 9 will cause the menu shown in figure 12 to be displayed Key changed are performed in the same manner as the PF key changes CURRENT A...

Page 40: ...evice Cancel J ESC 8 or System Request K ESC 0 or Reset Enter Letter Figure 13 6 9 5 A S 4 KEYS Selection of item F from the menu shown in figure 9 will cause the menu shown in figure 14 to be display...

Page 41: ...Mono Upper Case only Cent Key Allows cent key to be sent to IBM host since most VDU s do not have a cent key Redisplay Screen Used to redisplay current screen Used when VDU is attached to terminal po...

Page 42: ...o that on power up it will return to the last operating state 6 11 Changing Application Options Selection of item H from the main menu will cause the menu shown in Figure 15 or 16 to be displayed The...

Page 43: ...ed entering any key other than the Y will save the new baud rate NOTE SDLC baud rate has no effect when running with synchronous modems E XON OFF Entering an E allows the selecting of the DC1 XON DC3...

Page 44: ...the start printer bit set Type 1 data doesn t have this Write command or WCC in its data CURRENT Application SDLC SNA 3776 77 Batch VDU ANSI STD DEC VT100 Teletype 5410 5420 Televideo 970 960 Keyboard...

Page 45: ...nt to the VDU for complete details refer to Section 8 1 on Batch operation K Precede TRN Ctl Chars with DLE By entering a K this option can be toggled on or off This causes transparent control charact...

Page 46: ...e will be the same one as for the VDU LU except the data enclosed by CTL s will be replaced with the PRT auto logon field The PRT logon field is disabled by entering a carriage return as the first cha...

Page 47: ...define the length of a print line and can be changed by entering the letter B followed by any decimal number value from 001 to 255 An entry larger than 255 will set the column width to a value less th...

Page 48: ...nd final forms character can change or set the printer s programmable settings The Multiple value is also used with the Start Char DENSITY Separator and final density characters to change or set the p...

Page 49: ...r The following is an example of setting the printer for a 80 column page ESC F 8 0 OKI Microline 83A command to set 80 column page Printer Options Menu settings G Start Char FORMS ESC F H Multiple xx...

Page 50: ...har DENSITY ESC L Separator Char DENSITY space M Final Char DENSITY G 6 13 Verify Switch Settings To check the settings of the switches used for the terminal s baud rate data bits parity and other sel...

Page 51: ...ings menu will be displayed when running with the A S 4 PC card but the switches have no effect on the program running in the PC card because there are no switches on the PC card so the values display...

Page 52: ...or can have a job being printed out on the printer while doing other interactive work with the terminal simultaneously As described in Section 6 4 on the actual running of the A S 4 after all menu ite...

Page 53: ...s in the ON position change options on power up Entering of the SI X 0F command will cause the status of the PU and LUs to be displayed as described in section 8 1 Receipt of an SO X 0E followed by X...

Page 54: ...evice printer card or disk This command can also be disabled turned off by setting it to a space so that no Device On is sent If the command is set to a printable character X 21 or greater the VDU CMD...

Page 55: ...eived from the SNA host will be converted into ASCII before being transmitted to the VDU Transparent Data received from the SNA host will be passed to the VDU with no conversions except when the chara...

Page 56: ...sent to the SNA host The following is the Device Selection character with its assigned bits Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 Y X X 1 Outbound LU data 0 Inbound LU data 1 Transparent data XX 00 Console Data 0...

Page 57: ...aracter is sent but if disabled all data received may not be sent to the host 8 3 Batch Printer Operation Data received from the SNA host directed to the printer device by the use of the function mana...

Page 58: ...The host must do an Auto BIND to connect the A S 4 to he application e g JES2 CICS or use the Auto Logon function of the unit With a single device only one LU is needed but both may be used Normally...

Page 59: ...776 77 mode Below is the Batch options with its bit location BYTE DEFAULT SDLC MODEM PORT OPTIONS 1 17 BIT 7 6 5 4 00 ASYNC 01 SYNC 3 THRU 0 BAUD RATE 0101 300 1100 4800 0110 600 1110 9600 0111 1200 1...

Page 60: ...ECHO INPUT TO VDU CUSTOMER OPTIONS B 16 21 BIT 7 6 5 USE DLE X 10 CHAR TO PRECEDE TRANSPARENT CONTROL CHARS 4 3 2 1 0 LU TYPE 1 2 OR 3 17 08 PROTOCOL 08 ASYNC ASCII OUTBOUND PRT LU 18 07 ASYNC BAUD RA...

Page 61: ...ND LU XFR 25 00 CHAR OPTION NOT USED 26 03 LU ADDRESS NOT USED CUSTOMER OPTION C 27 00 BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CUSTOMER OPTION D 28 01 BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 LU TYPE NOT USED OUTBOUND LU XFR 29 00 CHAR OPTIO...

Page 62: ...4F 47 31 33 2C 2C 2C 1C 4C 31 36 33 41 43 30 30 1C 20 29 20 A0 L O G 1 3 CTL L 1 6 3 A C 0 0 CTL END 121 PRT Auto Logon Field 10 CHARACTERS 4C 31 36 33 41 43 30 B1 00 00 LAST CHAR NEGATIVE L 1 6 3 A...

Page 63: ...MODEL A S 4 62 BYTE DEFAULT continued 217 20 2nd Start Char DENSITY 218 20 20 Multiple character 220 00 Separator Char FORMS 221 00 Separator Char DENSITY 222 00 Final Char FORMS 223 00 Final Char DEN...

Page 64: ...he configuration menus are saved in battery backed up RAM Random Access Memory Therefore if AC power to the A S 4 is interrupted it is unnecessary to reenter the parameters previously selected If the...

Page 65: ...moved by blowing and or brushing with a long bristle paint brush 1 Check to see if the power indicator light is ON Make sure the unit is plugged in 2 Check for loose cables and reconnect with retainin...

Page 66: ...e socket 5 Insert the new EPROM by aligning one row of metal legs first with one side of the socket Make sure this row is firmly in the socket but not pushed down in the socket Now align the other row...

Page 67: ...o for leased line or yes for dial up A S 4 operation LNCTL SDLC For SDLC line TYPE NCP For NCP 3 CLOCKING EXT or INT Modem or A S 4 supplies clocks 2 DISCNT NO or YES If switched SDLC line should drop...

Page 68: ...e used by VTAM for PU bind parameters PASSLIM 7 if MAXDATA 265 Maximum number of PIUs that NCP can 4 if MAXDATA 521 xmit at one time PUTYPE 2 Physical Unit type 2 RETRIES 1 3 5 Retry 1 wait 3 seconds...

Page 69: ...d CONDEST nnn Console responses are to be directed to another terminal CONSOLE or NOCON Device other than a console printer may or may not receive console messages DISCINTV 0 Terminal disconnect on id...

Page 70: ...re each checkpoint is taken Chain size is the logical page number CLASS C 1 C n Output class used to group all output of a particular type CMPCT Specifies that printer has compaction capabilities COMP...

Page 71: ...e punched per logical page CKPTPGS 10 CLASS C 1 C n CMPCT COMP COMPACT n START Punch is active NOSEP SELECT PUNCH1 Device is a card punch with a sub address of zero READER ATTACHED TO 3776 Rnnn RD1 SN...

Page 72: ...used in logon and in VTAM configuration list COMPACT n n compaction tables PASSWORD cccccccc VTAM password for JESX MAXSESS 1 Number of active sessions at any point in time NUMBUFF nnn JESX I O buffe...

Page 73: ...MODEENT LOGMODE MLU2 FMPROF X 03 TSPROF X 03 PSNDPAC 4 SRCVPAC 2 PRIPROT X A3 SECPROT X A1 COMPROT X 7080 MLU3 MODEENT LOGMODE MLU3 FMPROF X 03 TSPROF X 03 PSNDPAC 6 SRCVPAC 3 PRIPROT X A3 SECPROT X A...

Page 74: ...ODE DEFAULT BUF512 USSPARM PARM DATA REP RMT101 RMT102 USS CMD RMT102 REP LOGON FORMAT BAL USSPARM PARM APPLID DEFAULT JES2 USSPARM PARM LOGMODE DEFAULT BATCH USSPARM PARM DATA REP RMT102 RMT103 USSCM...

Page 75: ...he way 2 No power up TCTS light is off on a A S 4 Switches SW2 SW3 message front oF A S 4 and SW6 for terminal port are not set correctly refer to Section 4 in manual b Terminal device does not supply...

Page 76: ...Section 4 5 4 Receive power up TCD light on front of a A S 4 switches SW2 message on terminal the A S 4 is off SW3 and SW6 for terminal but typing home or port not set correctly space bar will not ref...

Page 77: ...CRT at this point receives an enter request logon message from SSCP if the host system is GENed to send a SSCP message A GEN is how the host system operators set up different CRT options At this point...

Page 78: ...g he should signoff the application The system will then UNBIND the CRT so that the CRT and applications are no longer communicating with each other This leaves the CRT available for an operator to lo...

Page 79: ...when they are ready to start 4 SSCP System Services Control Point may send a message to the console requesting a logon message for the active LUs if the host system is GENed to send a SSCP message A...

Page 80: ...message which puts the work station back to step 4 so as to start things over again Batch Terms Function Management Header 1 FMH 1 is used to select a destination within an LU When sent by the A S 4...

Page 81: ...ng CRLFs to correct line if tabs setup by SVF command 5 Form Feed Sends form feed character or number of CRLFs if option set to position paper to top of page 6 Throws away this character and two follo...

Page 82: ...SM 00 THW 0B VT OB VT NOTE 4 2B 00 NOTE 10 0C FF 0C FF NOTE 5 2C 00 THW OD CR OD CR OD CR 2D ENQ 05 ENQ THW OE SO 0E SO THW 2E ACK 06 ACK THW 0F SI OF SI THW 2F BEL 07 BEL 07 BEL 10 DLE 10 DEL THW 30...

Page 83: ...00 00 48 00 00 68 00 00 49 00 00 69 00 00 4A CENT 24 24 6A 7C 7C 4B 2E 2E 6B 2C 2C 4C 3C 3C 6C 25 25 4D 8 28 6D _ 5F _ 5F _ 4E 2B 2B 6E 3E 3E 4F 7C 7C 6F 3F 3F 50 26 26 70 30 0 30 0 51 00 00 71 00 00...

Page 84: ...x 78 x 88 h 68 h 68 h A8 y 79 y 79 y 89 i 69 i 69 i A9 z 7A z 7A z 8A 00 00 AA 00 00 8B 00 00 AB 00 00 8C 00 00 AC 00 00 8D 00 00 AD 00 00 8E 00 00 AE 00 00 8F 00 00 AF 00 00 90 00 00 B0 00 00 91 j 6...

Page 85: ...9 Y 59 Y C9 I 49 I 49 I E9 Z 5A Z 5A Z CA 00 00 EA 00 00 CB 00 00 EB 00 00 CC 00 00 EC 00 00 CD 00 00 ED 00 00 CE 00 00 EE 00 00 CF 00 00 EF 00 00 D0 7D 7D F0 0 30 0 30 0 D1 J 4A J 4A J F1 1 31 1 31 1...

Page 86: ...5A 02 STX 02 STX 22 7F 03 ETX 03 ETX 23 7B 04 EOT 37 EOT 24 5B 05 ENQ 2D ENQ 25 6C 06 ACK 2E ACK 26 50 07 BEL 2F BEL 27 7D 08 BS 16 BS 28 4D 09 HT 05 HT 29 5D 0A LF 25 LF 2A 5C 0B VT OB VT 2B 4F 0C FF...

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