One other question:

Did your IBM CE do any work on the library recently?  In our case, we
used rs232 to talk to the LM during our evaluation.  Then when we bought
the 3494, the CE came in, made some changes and rs232 stopped working.
It turns out that one of the changes included swapping out the ARTIC
card for one that had no ports we could use for communication.  I guess
the vast majority uses ethernet so they figured it wouldn't be missed.

adam

Denis L'Huillier wrote:
>
> Brec,
> Be sure that you are connecting to the correct port of the ARTIC card on
> the LM.  By default the first 4 slots are rs232 and the second 4 slots are
> rs422.
> Usually, the config would be:
> Slot1 - rs232 TSM port
> Slot2 - rs232 w/ rs422 converter 3590 Cu Port
> Slot3 - rs232 w/ rs422 converter 3590 Cu Port
> Slot4 - rs232 w/ rs422 converter 3590 Cu Port
> Slot5 - rs422 3590 Cu Port
> etc, etc.
>
> In the above example you would have to relocate a
> 3590 rs232 connection to a rs422 connection ( no need for
> a converter now ) and plug TSM into the rs232 location.
>
> Fyi, the port configurations are configured during the
> "TEACH" of the 3494.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Denis
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> TSM'ers,
>
>   If anyone is using rs232 to communicate with
> a 3494, some help would be appreciated. We
> are currently running TSM 4.1 on AIX 4.3.3 on
> a 604e High node ( MCA ) in an SP2 complex.
> 3590 drives SCSI attached in a 3494 using rs232
> serial LM connection on a serial attached port
> extender.
>
>   We are trying to move to an H50 ( PCI ) , still
> using AIX 4.3.3 and attempting to attach the LM
> to the serial ( S2 ) port. We have tried using a 25 / 9
> pin converter, but still are unable to connect to the LM.
> We continue to get the 'Library is offline to host' message.
> We are using Atape 5.4.4and atldd 4.1.5.
>
> We have followed all doc about drivers. Adding atld through
> SMIT starts lmcp daemon correctly and ibmatl.conf is
> correctly configured. We have also tried a null / modem
> connection between the serial cable and 25 / 9 pin
> converter.
>
> There are a couple of threads about this type of thing
> but none of them address specifics about cable type
> or any extras that are needed for connection.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions or has made this
> work, we would appreciate hearing from you.
>
>                                                         TIA,
>                                                Brec Whitten
>                                                UAB Hospital