Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

[vane0326]

Hi everyone,

I'm posting a question here for my co-worker that she is our rpg programmer.

We use Iseries AS/400 that we just purchase last year. Mostly everyone here is using the AS/400 on their pc but there are a few that still uses the terminals (Dumb Stations) 8 in total. Last week there were 2 terminals that the users could not log onto. When they turned on the terminal it says IBM and then it comes blank. They could go on to the other workstations sign on from there with no problem but those particular terminals there's no log on screen.

The RPG programmer restarted the server on Wednesday but it did not help. But she said the server is scheduled to restart it self on the weekend and lets wait and see what happens. So when I came in on Monday morning only one terminal did had the sign on screen but the other is still blank.

Does anyone have any ideas to fix this?

[jamief]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Type this on the command line

 wrkcfgsts *dev

then anything that has a status of varied off

place a 1 on the option field and press ENTER



jamie

[as400Pro]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

I think I would start with a "New" AS400 person.

You can also print the devices out using PRTDEVADR

I am guessing you have only one controller and it is
most likely named CTL01

so type this
prtdevadr CTL01
and mash the enter key.

then do wkrsplf to see the spolled file and print it.
it is possible that you have the devices with the same addresses.

[vane0326]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Type this on the command line

 wrkcfgsts *dev

then anything that has a status of varied off

place a 1 on the option field and press ENTER



jamie

Thank You for your replys.

I used jamief solution and it works great. The RPG programmer signed in as the Administrator and then used the wrkcfgsts *dev. We notice one of the Terminals says FAILED so she select option 2 (varied off) then option 1 (varied on) and that fixed the problem.

Thank You for all your help everyone!

[jamief]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

your welcome....have the as400 person your writting for, log on and become an active member here....The more the merrier.

Take care
Jamie

[vane0326]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Hi me again


We've notice the sign on screen keeps disappearing everyday. The programmer here is doing what jamief suggested. Do you think the terminal is failing? Or is there anything else we could do before buying a new one?

[bryce4president]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Is it possible that you have a nightly process that is causing this?

[GLS400]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Hi vane0326:

Just a wild guess here but is the user signing off at night or just powering off?

Just a thought

GLS

[vane0326]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Is it possible that you have a nightly process that is causing this?

We do have some nightly programs running like the backup process. But we have not add anything.

Hi vane0326:

Just a wild guess here but is the user signing off at night or just powering off??

Just a thought

GLS

Not sure. Would that be causing the problem? If so thats werid because I turn off my terminal all the time or I just log off and never experince that kind of problem. But I will test it out.

[GLS400]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Hi vane0326:

Another shot in the dark.......

On a command line key in "wrkdevd yourdeviceid"

On the first page you should see "On line at IPL"

Shows whether this description is automatically varied online at
IPL.
o *YES: The description is automatically varied online at IPL.
o *NO: The description is not varied online at IPL.

Best of Luck
GLS

[arrow483]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Also check DSPMSG QSYSOPR and see if you can find a message where it gets varied off. One option in security varies off the user AND workstation for too many invalid passwords.

[Hokahey]

Re: Sign On screen is blank on the AS/400 workstation.

Type this on the command line

wrkcfgsts *dev

then anything that has a status of varied off

place a 1 on the option field and press ENTER



jamie

What if you can't get to a command line because the log in screen is blank though? I use a 5250 emulator from RDi, I can do the initial signon then when the green screen comes up it's blank. Message at the bottom says it connected fine though. Suggestions?

[Rocky]

Another signon - or the console.

[john.sev99]

Is the device always in "FAILED" state when this happens?
I would check the QSYSOPR message queue and the history log for messages relating to that workstation.