I just updated to 'a2.0', and it still hangs. I assume someone designed this 'Thing', shouldn't that person know what the problem really is. Computer hardware is not mystical or magical, it's more logical and predictable. The problem and the solution are all in to code.
I sincerely hope the designer of this 'Thing' will find the problem in the code, and release another firmware update. Until then it will remain disconnected the HP-e3000. Not going have to any flakey hardware related to the reliable consistent HP-e3000. I 'll also need to rationalize or explain the fact that I spent (bought two of'em) money on junk, absolute JUNK! Thank You HP.
Automatically power cycled twice a day. That reminds me of the guy who decided to run his Mfg company on the MS Jet database engin. He had schedule nightly processes to repair all of his databases, every night. His thinking was that he had one or two databases become corrupted everyday. Not knowing which ones would be corrupted tomorrow, only that it probably (50/50 chance) wouldn't be the DB's that were repaired yesterday. He decided to repair all of'em every night. This gave him 50/50 odds that all his applications would be running tomorrow.
The moral to the story:
Why used the MS Jet database engin when we have Turbo Image DBMS?
Likewise, why use a console that hangs all the time, consistently, when we have the HP700/xx that is work all the time, consistently?
SWC, Sure to be Worthless (but cost money) Console!
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Michael Anderson
Spring Independent School District
16717 Ella Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77090-4299
office: 281.586.1105
fax: 281.586.1187
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>>> "Bob J." <[log in to unmask]> 09/28/01 11:36AM >>>
Today's rev is A2.00 but does NOT fix the hanging problem.
If you have the typical symptoms the SWC will answer a ping
but not download the scripts. Some people have put their SWC
on remote rebooting devices. A couple of creative folks have
put their SWC on an appliance timer so the box will get power
cycled a couple of times a day.
Bob J. -- Ideal Computer Services
http://www.icsgroup.com
John Clogg wrote:
>
> Is the SWC you bought new or used? The reason I ask is because it might not
> have the latest firmware, which is A1.9, I believe. See instructions for
> getting the latest firmware at:
> http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/hw/swc/firmware/index.html.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 7:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Secure Web Console
>
> On Sept 5th I wrote the following:
> ******
> I want to retire the old terminal, and connect the M.P.E. console to a
> Terminal Emulator using a COM port on a NT workstation. In fact I have done
> this, but it hangs sometimes, and the only way to get the console back is to
> power cycle the HP-3000, and restart the terminal emulator. Has anyone on
> the list done this before, or have any pointers to do this the right way?
> ******
>
> This list is great, I always get the full spectrum of opinions, and
> suggestions. When I asked about console emulation (above) , Secure Web
> Console was mentioned in almost all replies. The reason I asked about
> console emulation was because when I used Reflections, or Minisoft, or
> QCTERM, the console would sometimes hang, so I was thinking that maybe some
> serial communications settings of some kind was not set correctly, and maybe
> someone on the list would say, "make sure your parity and stop bits are set
> to...., and disable the ......". But most everyone mentioned Secure Web
> Console, so I thought maybe HP does some weird things with serial console
> I/O, and getting a SWC is the proper solution because it no doubt has all
> these serial communication problems workout. After all it is an HP product,
> designed to do exactly what I want, makes more sense. So, I purchased a
> Secure Web Console to replace the old HP700 terminal. Serial communications
> has always been a pain, so many variables to consider, now with the SWC we
> have Networked Serial Communications. My new SWC hangs just like the other
> terminal emulators, so I am back to the old HP700 terminal, it's simple and
> reliable. If anyone knows why my SWC is so flaky, I'd really appreciate the
> info.
>
> Thanks for listining ;-)
>
> --
> Michael Anderson
> Spring Independent School District
> 16717 Ella Boulevard
> Houston, Texas 77090-4299
> office: 281.586.1105
> fax: 281.586.1187
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