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LM6488 User Manual
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LM-6488
LM-6488 Thin Twinax Terminal
Installation and Setup Manual
July 2006
Copyright Ringdale, Inc.
Manual part number: 62-34880000
Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Manual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 1
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LM6488 User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS LM-6488 Personalities...............................................................................................................................3 Hardware Setup..........................................................................................................................................3 Twinax Connector...............................................................................................................................
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LM6488 User Manual Thank you for choosing this LM-6488 Thin Twinax Terminal from Ringdale. LM-6488 Personalities The LM-6488 product has two very distinct personalities, as follows: 1. An IBM-compatible Twinax terminal capable of accessing any IBM server that supports Twinax cable connections. (S/3X, AS/36, AS/400, iSeries, etc) 2. A Thin Client / Ethernet Terminal capable of connecting to a multitude of data resources via both Twinax and Ethernet connections, including access
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LM6488 User Manual Quick Configuration: Twinax Display Session When you power-on the LM-6488 for the very first time, the WBT Setup Wizard will appear. Follow and answer the prompts on this wizard and it will never appear again. Connection Manager Now click on the Connection Manager icon at the top left-hand corner of the desktop of the LM-6488 and this will bring-up the Connection Manager. From the Connection Manager select the “Configure” tab and then click on “Add”
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LM6488 User Manual Detailed Configuration: Twinax Display Session The Connection Manager has two tabs, “Connections” and “Configure”. You first need to “Configure” the display and / or printer sessions before selecting the “Connections” tab to activate or deactivate sessions. Select “Configure”, then “Add” and the New Connection menu will appear. Scroll through the various options until you come to the selection “NLynx Twinax Emulation”, highlight it and click on “OK” and th
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LM6488 User Manual The “General” tab is where you select the display language (English is the only selection at present). It is strongly recommended that the selection “Display warning message” is enabled, as this ensures that you are asked to confirm each time you select to disconnect a session. If you want the session to be displayed as a full screen (as opposed to tiled or windowed), enable “Full Screen Mode”. This selection will also activate the buttons so that you ca
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LM6488 User Manual The “Keyboard” tab allows you to review and reconfigure the position of most Host Key functions on your keyboard. A comprehensive list of the various Host Keys is available and you can use the scroll buttons to review the complete list in alphabetical order. When you place the cursor over a certain Host Key (“Enter” for example), the current settings for that function are displayed (RIGHT CONTROL, or ALT+NUM PAD ENTER, for example). If you want to modi
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LM6488 User Manual The LM-6488 terminal includes both a parallel port and a serial port. The parallel port supports directly-attached printers via a parallel printer cable, see the Printer section for more details. The Serial Input tab is where you enable and configure the parameters of the serial port to exactly match the attached serial input device, refer to the configuration options in this panel. The Serial port can be used to support either output devices (printers
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LM6488 User Manual Twinax Printer Session Configuration To configure a twinax printer session, follow the initial configuration steps as discussed earlier in this document (Connection Manager, - Configure, - Add, - NLynx Twinax Emulator) and then at the “Twinax” tab type in a Connection Name for the printer (PRINT1 for example), click on the “Printer” button and then select the appropriate printer emulation from the available supported printer emulations, as follows: 3812
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LM6488 User Manual The last printer configuration tab is “Printer Control Strings” where you can select from one of four printer types: 1. HP LaserJet 2. Generic Text 3. IBM ProPrinter 4. Epson Please refer to Ringdale Technical Support for more details on Printer Control Strings, or visit www.ringdale.com/support, and then select “Knowledge Base”. Configuration Security In environments where there is a need to restrict access to some or all of the configurati
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LM6488 User Manual CAUTION: Please be advised that it is important that any changes made to the default password of “guest” be noted somewhere safe. Once the password has been enabled or changed, the only way to get back into either the Control Panel or Connection Manager to add, modify or delete sessions and connections is via this password. To password-protect the settings of the LM-6488, from this Security panel enable “Control Panel Password Enable” which will make all acc
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LM6488 User Manual Management The ability to remotely manage, configure and reconfigure a network of IBM-compatible Twinax Terminals is a very powerful concept and is unique to the LM-6488 Twinax Terminal. Management Overview LM-6488 terminals can be remotely managed across an Ethernet network by eProManager, a copy of which is included with the enclosed CD. eProManager can manage and control an infinite number of LM-6488 terminals (and other NLynx Thin Clients) from a sing
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LM6488 User Manual Ethernet Configuration Options If you need assistance on configuring the Ethernet capability and functionality of the LM-6488, please contact Ringdale Technical Support. Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Manual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 13
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LM6488 User Manual Basic Trouble-Shooting: Symptom Possible Solution Cursor remains in the upper-right This normally means that there is no physical connection to corner of the session and then just the IBM host. Check that all wiring connections are secure stays there, no sign-on screen. and snug. Check for bad connections or broken wires in the Twinax or UTP cabling. If UTP cabling is used, check that the two baluns are a matching pair relative polarity and twisted pairs
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