When is v 1.2 released, and what are the changes

TN5250 v 1.1 has been released 5 August 2008

Problems solved in v 1.1

• In 27x132 mode , the screen update failed
• Only US EBCDIC codepage worked
• Connect dialog could crash
• Reset configuration, did not work
• If the EDGE network was passive, a connection would fail
• Selecting another font, would later pop up the Navigation bar in the 5250 screen

TN5250 v 1.2 has been released 14 July 2009

Problems solved in v 1.1

• DNS problem with OS 3.0 has been solved
• Better screen handling
• Removed delay in 27x132 mode

TN5250 v 1.3 has been released 10 September 2009

• In OS 3.0, the auto-correction option (Settings - General - keyboard) could give a crash

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Difference between Lite and Paid version

Compared to the Lite version the full version has:
- Fxx key board
- Another cool numeric key board
- Macro support

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What type of SSL is used

TN5250 can use the SSL protocol build into the iPhone OS.

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Cannot make a connection to the AS/400

Either
- wrong IP address for the AS/400
- The Telnet server is not running on the AS/400
- A firewall stopping access on port 23.
- The iPhone/iPod is not on the same network as the AS/400

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How to connect to an AS/400 from the Internet (EDGE)

To allow a connection with the iPhone on the EDGE network or another wifi network, maybe at your local Cafe, you must configure the router/firewall protecting your office network to allow traffic on port 23 or 992 if using SSL. This could be a security risk! Read the router manual for advice.

An example:

I have a router at my office, which connect to the Internet. It has IP address 88.1.2.44 on the Internet. The router has a fixed IP address on the Internet, if your internet provider (ISP) gives a  dynamic address, a solution could be to use a service as NO-IP

Our Office AS/400 has a fixed IP address on the local network (wifi) at 192.168.2.2

In the router firewall configuration I have configured, if it receives data on port 23 (or 992 if SSL is enabled in TN5250), forward it to 192.168.2.2.

When on the EDGE network with the iPhone, I will in TN5250 as AS/400 IP address write

• 88.1.2.44 , and as port 23 (Not the IP address for the AS/400!)

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Only US EBCDIC codepage works

There is a bug in v 1.0. Only EBCDIC codepage 037 can be used. This problem will be solved in v 1.1

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Program terminates in the connect dialog

In TN5250 v 1.0, there is a bug, if the keyboard is shown in the Connect dialog, and the user press "Host List" in the title bar. Close the keyboard with [Done] key in the keyboard, before using "Host List" . Will be solved in v 1.1

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