Install Operations Console Connection Modem for Windows 2000

How to install Operations Console Connection Modem on a system running Windows® 2000.

You must install the Operations Console connection modem that is shipped with Operations Console in order for a local console to communicate with the server. Only use these instructions if you are configuring a local console directly attached to the server or a local console directly attached to the server with remote access allowed.

To install:

  1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Phone and Modem Options and click on the Modem tab to display the Install New Modem panel. If you have other modems installed, the Modems Properties panel will display, and you need to click Add.
  3. Click the Modems tab.
  4. Click Add.
  5. Select Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list, and then click Next.
  6. Click Have Disk...
    Note: If you know the full path to the Operations Console Connection driver (cwbopaoc.inf), enter it here. Then, go to step 8. If you do not know the path, continue with step 7.
  7. Click Browse...

    Navigate to drive:\path\Client Access\Aoc\Inf\ cwbopaoc.inf where drive: is the drive where iSeries™ Access for Windows is installed.

    Note: The default installation path C:\Program Files\Ibm\Client Access\Aoc\Inf\cwbopaoc.inf).

    Click Open.

  8. Click OK. Operations Console Connection should be listed.
  9. Click Next.
  10. Select the communications port where you are going to install the Operations Console cable (for example, COM1).
  11. Click Next.
  12. If the Digital Signature Not Found window appears, click Yes.
  13. Click Finish. You should be back in the Modems tab of the Phone and Modem Options folder.
  14. Click OK.
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