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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 1 LM-64 88 Thi n Twinax Term inal Installation and Setup Manual July 2006 Copyright Ringda le, Inc. Manual part number: 6 2-34880000 Quick-ID LM - 6488[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 2 TABLE O F CON TENTS LM-6488 Personalities ...............................................................................................................................3 Hardware Setup. ................................................................[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 3 Thank you for choosing this L M-6488 Thin T w inax Terminal f rom Ringdale. LM-6488 Personalities The LM-6488 product has two v ery distinct personalities, as follow s: 1. An IBM-compatible Twinax terminal capable of accessing any IBM server that supp[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 4 Quick Configuration: Twinax Display Session W hen y ou power-on the LM -6488 for the very first time, the WBT Se tup Wizard w ill appear. Follow and answer the prompts on thi s wizard and it will never appear again. Connection Manager Now click on the[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 5 Detailed Configuration: Twinax Display Session The Connection Ma nager has tw o tabs, “ Connecti ons ” and “ Co nfigure ”. Y ou first need to “ Confi gure ” the display and / or pr inter sessions befor e selecting th e “ Connectio ns ”[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 6 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 warni ng mess age ” is enabled, as this ensures that you are asked to con firm eac[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 7 The “ Keyboard” tab allow s you to review and reconfigure the position o f most Host Key functions on your keyboard. A comp rehensive list of the various Host Ke ys is available and you can use the scroll buttons to review the complete list in alp[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 8 The LM-6488 terminal includes both a parall el port and a serial port. The parallel port supports directly-attached printers vi a a parallel printer cable, see the Printer section for more de tails. The Serial Input tab is where you enable and configu[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 9 Twinax Printer Session Configurati on To configure a twinax printer session, follow the initial configuration steps as discussed ea rlier in this document ( Connection Manage r, - Configure, - Ad d, - NLynx Twinax Emulator ) and then at the “ Twinax[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 10 The last printer configuration tab is “ Printer Control Strings ” where y ou can select from one o f four printer types: 1. HP LaserJet 2. Generic Text 3. IBM ProPrinter 4. Epson Please refer to Ringdale Technical Suppo rt for more details on Pri[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 11 CAUTION: Please be adv ised that it is important that any chan ges made to the default passw ord of “ guest ” be noted somewhere safe. Once the passw ord has been enabled or changed, the only w ay to get back into either the Control Panel o r Con[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 12 Management The ability to remotely manage, configure and reconfigure a networ k of IBM-compatible Twinax Terminals is a very pow erful concept and is unique to the LM-6488 Twin ax Terminal. Management Overview LM-6488 ter m inals can be rem otely man[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 13 Ethernet Configuration Options If you need assistance on configuring the Ethernet capability and functionality of the LM -6488, please contact Ringdale Technical Support.[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 14 Basic Trouble-Shooting : Symptom Possible S olution Cursor remains in the upper-right corner of the session and then just stays there, no sign-on screen. This normally means that there is no phy sical connection to the IBM host. Check that all w irin[...]
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LM6488 User Man ual Copyright © 1995-2008 Ringdale User Ma nual, 62-34880000 May 19, 2008. Page 15 Ringdale Inc 101 Halmar Cove Georgetown, Texas 78628 USA Freephone: 888 288 9080 Tel: +1 512 288 9080 Fax: +1 512 288 7210 Ringdale Ltd 56 Victoria Road Burgess Hill W est Sussex RH15 9LR United Kingdom Freephone: 0800 214503 Tel: +44 (0) 1444 871349[...]