Connecting a remote console to a local console by modem

Connecting a remote console to a local console allows the remote console to communicate to a server through the local console.

1. Open Operations Console to start the connection by clicking Start > Programs > IBM iSeries™ Access for Windows > Operations Console.

   By default, Operations Console does not automatically try to connect a remote console to the local console. If you select Start connection when Operations Console starts in Properties, the local console starts a connection to the server automatically. The connection status displays Connecting before changing to Connecting Console. If you select Start connection when Operations Console starts when you configured the remote console, the remote console starts the connection to the local console automatically. If a remote console connects to a local console that is not already connected to a server, upon completion of the remote console's connection, the local console automatically starts a connection to the server.

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 is displayed, sign on so that the operating system at the local console can check if you are a user with dial-in authority. After you sign on successfully, the connection status displays Connected.
   Note: If you do not sign on to the remote console through dial-up support connection in approximately a minute, Dial-up Networking ends the connection.
4. If the Service Device Sign-on window is displayed, sign on using your service tools user ID and password.
5. Request control of the local console that is directly attached with remote access allowed.