IBM 3270 Installation manual

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Using the
Hardware
GA23-0249-1

3270 Personal Computer Books
You Can Order
If you are:
• Responsible for helping work station users
solve problems with their 3270 Personal
Computers
• Responsible for calling IBM to obtain service
for the 3270 Personal Computers
• Doing your own problem diagnosis
• Customizing the 3270 PC Control Program for
yourself or others
And you have not already received these
manuals:
• IBM 3270 PC Hardware Problem
Determination, GA23-0233
• IBM 3270 PC Control Program Reference,
GA23-0232
You can order. a copy of these manuals by
contacting your IBM representative or the IBM
branch office that serves your locality.

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Using tile
Hardware
GA23-0249-1
IBM 3270
Personal Computer

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Statement
Warning: This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed
and used in accordance with the instruction manual,
may cause interference to radio communications. It
has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J
of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to
provide reasonable protection against such
interference when operated in a commercial
environment. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause interference in
which case the user at his own expense will be
required to take whatever measures may be required
to correct the interference.
IBM Statement
The FCC statement is required for those machines that
are used in the United States.
CAUTION
This product is equipped with a grounded line cord
designed to a void electrical shock. To insure
electrical safety, you MUST supply and use properly
grounded power receptacles.
Second Edition (July 1985)
This edition describes the IBM 3270 Personal Computer hardware.
References in this publication to IBM products, programs, or services do not imply
that IBM intends to make them available in all countries in which IBM operates.
Any reference
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© Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1985

About This Book
This book is your guide to using the 3270
Personal Computer. You may have just received
a large carton containing a 3270 Personal
Computer, or you may have just sat down in
front of one. You may be a manager or an
executive. You may be a secretary. You may be
a programmer. This may be the first time you
used a computer or it may be the first time you
used a computer like the 3270 PC. You may be
setting it up for someone else. You are about to
become a work station user, and this book is for
you.
How to Use This Book
This book is for the hardware. You should have
received this book, a 3270 PC Inventory Record
card, a 3270 PC Components Record card, and a
3270 PC Adapter Locations Record card, a
Diagnostic diskette, and a binder to hold
everything.
This book is designed to work with the books
that come with the 3270 PC Control Program.
• If you are using Release 1.22 or an older of
the control program, you will have a booklet
for the Online Tutorial and the Control
Program User's Guide and Reference in their
own binders.
• If you are using a newer release of the
control program, you will probably have a
package containing Book 2 - Setting Up and
Learning the Control Program, Book 3 -
U sing the Control Program, the Online
About This Book III

Tutorial diskette, two 3270 PC Control
Program diskettes, and the 3270 PC Reference
Summary. This package is designed to fit
into binder that came with Book 1.
You can use either set of books with this book.
If you ordered the Control Program with your
3270 Personal Computer, the books will be
packed with your work station. If you did not
order the Control Program with the hardware,
you will receive the books when you order the
control program.
What to Do Next
You may not have to read all of this book. Here
is a quick "road map" to help you decide how to
use Book 1 and when to go to the other books.
• Chapter 1. What Is the 3270 Personal
Computer
If you have already used a 3270 Personal
Computer, you can probably skip this chapter.
If you want to know what your 3270 Personal
Computer is and can do for you, you might
like to read Chapter 1.
• Chapter 2. Setting Up and Checking Your
3270 Personal Computer
If someone has already unpacked your work
station and set everything up for you, you can
skip this chapter. You might want to read
Chapter 3 to make sure that you know where
everything is and how it works.
If you are going to unpack or set up the units
yourself, read this chapter.
IV Book 1 - 3270 PC Work Station User's Guide

• Chapter 3. Operating Your 3270 Personal
Computer
If you did not set up your own 3270 Personal
Computer and want to learn how to operate
its controls, read this chapter.
• Chapter 4. Moving Your IBM 3270 PC to a
New Location
If you have to move your work station a short
distance to a new office or ship it a long
distance to another city or to a repair center,
read this chapter.
• Chapter 5. Locating Problems with Your
3270 Units
If you have problems while you are setting up
or using the units or using your work station,
read this chapter.
Control Program Books 2
• If your work station is already set up, you do
not need to read this book now. You can go
directly to books that came with the release
of the control program you are going to use,
either:
Book 2 - Setting Up and Learning the
Control Program and begin with Chapter
1.
Or.
Control Program Users's Guide and
Reference. and begin with Appendix A,
Customization, to setup your control
program.
These books will explain how to set it up and
use the control program.
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Contents
Chapter 1. What Is the 3270 Personal
Computer ...................... 1-1
How Does the 3270 PC Work? ....... 1-3
What Can the 3270 PC Do for Me? .... 1-5
What Should I Do Next? ........... 1-6
Chapter 2. Setting Up and Checking Your
3270 Personal Computer ........... 2-1
Step 1. Unpacking the Units and
Getting Organized ............... 2-3
Step 2. Setting Up the Units ........ 2-11
Step 3. Plugging in the Units and
Arranging Them ................ 2-29
Step 4. Checking Out the 3270 PC with
the Power-On Self Test ........... 2-37
Step 5. Option Instructions ......... 2-47
Chapter 3. Operating Your 3270 Personal
Computer ...................... 3-1
Operating the System Unit .......... 3-3
Operating the Diskette Drive ........ 3-4
Operating the Fixed Disk ........... 3-8
Operating the Monochrome Display ... 3-9
Operating the Color Display ....... 3-11
Operating the Keyboard ........... 3-14
Operating Optional Units .......... 3-15
Chapter 4. Moving Your IBM 3270 PC to a
New Location ................... 4-1
Chapter 5. Locating Problems with Your
3270 PC Units .......•........... 5-1
Step 1. Check Your Cable and Power
Cord Connections ................ 5-3
Contents Vll