The 5394 remote workstation controller is a twinaxial workstation controller and uses conversion tables to map the data between the devices.
The 5394 remote workstation controller can support up to 4 MNCS languages at a time and only one language that is not a MNCS language. When changing languages, you must change the keyboard language code. Changing the keyboard language code is explained further in the 5394 Remote Control Unit Setup Guide and the 5394 Remote Control Unit Introduction and Installation Planning book.
The 5494 remote workstation controller has 4 ports for twinaxial workstations, a port for communication networks, and on the Model 002, a port for attaching to a token-ring network.
The 5494 remote workstation controller can support up to 4 MNCS languages at a time and only one language that is not a MNCS language. When changing languages, you must change the keyboard language code. Changing the keyboard language codes is explained further in the 5494 Remote Control Unit Planning Guide and the 5494 Remote Control Unit User's Guide.