Connect a remote console to a local console by modem

Instructions for connecting the remote console to the local console directly attached with remote access allowed.

Connecting a remote console to a local console with remote support allows the remote console to communicate to a server through the local console. The remote console user must have dial-in authority at the local console. You need this authority so the operating system at the local console allows the dial-in connection between the PCs.

Perform the following steps to connect the remote console to the local console directly attached with remote access allowed:

  1. Open Operations Console to start the connection:
    1. Click Start and select Programs.
    2. Select IBM iSeries Access for Windows.
    3. Click Operations Console. By default, Operations Console does not automatically try to connect a remote console to the local console directly attached.
    • If you selected Start connection when Operations Console starts in Properties, the local console connects to the iSeries server automatically. The connection status shows Connecting before changing to Connecting Console.
    • If you selected Start connection when Operations Console starts when you configured the remote console, the remote console starts the connection to the local console automatically.
  2. If you did not select Start connection when Operations Console starts, you need to start the connection to the local console as follows:
    1. Select the configuration name.
    2. From the Connection menu, click Connect.
  3. If the User Logon window appears, sign on so the operating system at the local console checks whether you are a user with dial-in authority. After you sign on successfully, the connection status shows Connected.
    Note: If you do not sign on to the remote console connection in approximately a minute, Dial-up Networking ends the connection.
  4. If the Service Device Sign-on window appears, sign on using your service tools user ID and password.
  5. If you installed and configured the remote control panel, confirm that it appears. If it does not appear, see Remote console through dial-up fails to connect to local console in the troubleshooting topic. If it appears, the remote control panel is in read-only mode, and you do not have iSeries control at the remote console. To obtain control, you have to Request it of the local console.

If you encounter other connection problems, see Troubleshoot Operations Console connections to find a possible solution.

Parent topic: Manage your console configuration
Related tasks
Request control at the remote console
Related reference
iSeries control
Display the remote control panel in read-only mode