AS/400 9406 170 OPS Console Difficulties – 9406-0367

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Ordered an IBM Operations console – part number 9406 0367

IBM Operations Console 9406 0367
Factory Part Packaging
IBM Operations Console 9406 0367 Bundle
IBM Operations Console 9406 0367 connector: as400 – #2745 IOA side connector
IBM Operations Console 9406 0367 – Connector – PC side RS232 connector

Followed all user/admin/installation and configuration guide regarding Operations Console

https://www.mcpressonline.com/operating-systems/ibm-i-os400-i5os/setting-up-your-new-as400e-server-170

iSeries Access for Windows Operations Console Setup

ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/as400/products/clientaccess/win32/files/ibm_access/fall_2004/OpConsoleBasics.pdf

https://www.mcpressonline.com/it-infrastructure-other/emulation/dump-your-twinax-5250-system-console-with-as400-operations-console

IBM Operations Console Options – IP and Local Attached

In case of 9406 170 Model the cabling looks like the following:

Cable run A: the Operations Cable – going into the direction to the PC
In the AS400 size the cable connected to the IOA card, in this example a 2745 which located at C08 slot.

Cable run B: if you would like to remote the control panel as well, you can make a remote control panel with connecting with a standard RS232 serial cable to AS400, but this serial port is not able to make OPS console functions!

Installed the Computer side components for being able to connect – in this case Client Access 4.5. Client access 7 does not support OPS console! Just IP console.

After the Client Access 4.5 install you have to install Operations Console as a modem to your serial port as well.

Switched Client Access to connecting stage
Start AS/400 in manual mode – IPL to 02 B M
After the manual mode started A6005001 error raised – which means the system is not finding a previous console: it was Twinaxial Console presented in this system and not OPS console
And client access throwing the connection error parallel.

If I IPL to 25,26,65,66,21 I got the same error both on AS400 side both in Client Access
So most probably one step cannot be done remotaly: OPS console not yet installed/enabled on OS400 system side, which is not able without Twinaxial console.

Next steps, looking for building up a Twinaxial terminal with the necessary cabling:

Necessary BOM for building up a retro Twinaxial Terminal Console – 5250 for As400

  • IBM 2746 IOA – 97H7760
  • db25 to 8db breakout to Twinax – 21F5093
  • InfoWindow II – 3488 Terminal
  • Balun Twinax to Rj45 2x
  • Twinax 5250 Y pigtail 38F8254
  • Twinax keyboard 1395665

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