Now add all pertinent information determined from the above steps to the floor plan. You will find that the proper placement of shared user equipment such as printers and PC's become much more clear when using a floor plan. Add your telephone requirements to the plan. Also, on large installations, we will be glad to work with you to determine the best locations for your equipment. In the case of small installations, a simple drawing or written note will serve in place of a floor plan.
Emulation is necessary especially when new cabling is involved.
Our role for 3270 emulation for PC's only, is to provide the appropriate hardware circuit board, the cabling and the interface equipment to attach a PC to the mainframe. This is done in two different ways. A DFT connection causes a PC to emulate a data terminal. The PC is cabled to a control unit with coax cable or twisted-pair cable. The DFT method is used when a 3270 controller is already present or if a large number of connections are requested at the same time.