OS/400 V5R3M0

OS/400 V5R2M0

OS/400 V5R1M0

Windows XP

Windows 2000

Internet Explorer 5.0 and above

Mozilla FireFox 1.5 and above

Netscape 8.1 and above

Opera 8.5 and above

The iSeries-PC Engine Setup program will place a file named TURBOGORLA.savf

into your Windows C:\Temp directory.

You will need to create a save file on the target iSeries system named TURBOGORLA

and then FTP the TURBGORLA.savf to the iSeries.

From an OS/400 command line:

CRTSAVF QGPL/TURBOGORLA

From a PC Dos prompt:

FTP YouriSeriesIPAddress

yourUserID

yourPassword

bin

put C:\Temp\TURBOGORLA.savf /qsys.lib/QGPL.lib/TURBOGORLA.savf

quit

Once the save file has been FTP'd to your iSeries, you will install the software by

creating a library for it, and then restoring the required files using the RSTOBJ command.

From an OS/400 command line:

You may choose to create a user profile on your iSeries named TURBOGORLA.  If you do this, when you perform the RSTOBJ Command,

you will not get any errors about User Profile TURBOGORLA not existing on your system. If the TURBOGORLA profile is not on your system,

everything will still restore correctly. The only difference will be that all objects restored will be owned by the user profile QDFTOWN. By creating

a user profile named TUROBOGRLA prior to the RSTOBJ command, all objects will be owned by user profile TURBOGORLA.

If you wish to create a user profile named TURBOGORLA, do the following from an OS/400 command line

CRTUSRPRF   USRPRF(TURBOGORLA) PASSWORD(*NONE) USRCLS(*USER) TEXT('User Profile To Own IPCECMD Objects')

Next, you will need to create the library that the objects will be restored into:

CRTLIB TURBOGORLA TEXT('TurboGorilla-Software')

Finally, you will restore the objects:

RSTOBJ OBJ(*ALL) SAVLIB(TURBOGORLA) DEV(*SAVF)

 SAVF(QGPL/TURBOGORLA) MBROPT(*ALL) ALWOBJDIF(*ALL)

After restoring the TurboGorilla files and programs to the TURBOGORLA library...

Add TURBOGORLA to your library list

(ADDLIBLE TURBOGORLA)

Call the iSeries PC-Engine main menu:

CALL IPCEMENUC

Select option 1- Enter Registration Key

Enter YOUR company name and the license key provided to you from TurboGorilla-Software.

If you are using the software in DEMO mode, enter the following license key:

BGM0WZ66DR09NQ3

You can further customize the iSeries PC-Engine by selecting menu option 5-Administration Panel

At the very least, you should set the PORT the iSeries PC-Engine will listen on. 

The default PORT is 4050 and this is also the default PORT the client software is

factory set to.

You may change this PORT on the server or on the client, but if you do, please

ensure that the PORT number matches on the client and on the server.

You may also choose to restrict which applications or file types on the PC your users

can access through the Administration Panel, or you may allow the users to open any

PC files or applications.

You may execute the iSeries PC-Engine command from the IPCEMENUC menu,  from a command line or from an RPG, RPGLE, CL or COBOL program.

The purchase price of $495.00 entitles you to the iSeries PC-Engine, the iSeries PC-Engine Spool to PDF, iSeries PC-Engine Google Interface, iSeries PC-Engine for Google Earth, iSeries PC-Engine UPS Package Tracker.

The purchase price of $495.00 also entitles the purchasee to unlimited software updates and fixes. As new features are added and as bugs are reported and fixed,

you will be automatically notified and you can download and use the updated software/new features, immediately. Nothing more to buy. Ever!

And finally, if you are using an LPAR iSeries with multiple partitions, your one purchase price of $495.00 entitles you to run the iSeries PC-Engine and the iSeries PC-Engine Spool to Tool commands across all of the LPARS. As long as all LPARS share the same iSeries Serial Number, you do NOT! have to purchase a separate license for each LPAR!

If you are interested in bulk iSeries licensing, we offer volume license discounts in groups of 10, 20, 40, 50 and 100. Contact us for pricing.

If you are a software vendor and are interested in packaging the PC-Engine technology inside your own software package and reselling it, please contact our sales team at sales@turbogorilla-software.com.

The iSeries PC-Engine requires that the iSeries system can communicate directly with the target PC.

That is, the target PC cannot be behind a router or firewall that uses Network Address Translation.

If it is, the iSeries system will not be able to make a direct connection to the target PC.

You must have ADMINISTRATOR rights on the PC's you wish to install the iSeries PC-Engine on.

You must have ADMINISTRATOR rights to set the PROPERTIES of the iSeries PC-Engine after it

is installed. If you do not have ADMINISTRATOR rights for that PC, the iSeries PC-Engine client will

always use the following defaults:

Listen on Port: 4050

Run Maximized

Loaded Automatically on Windows Startup

You must have QSECOFR rights on the iSeries to install the iSeries PC-Engine server software.

Generally the answer to this is no. However, if your NAT Server allows you to perform IP Forwarding, and your network router can receive forward requests over specific ports, then you should be able to use the iSeries PC-Engine suite of  tools. Check with your network technician to find out if this capability is available on your network.

You can download one of the tools shown here to test if the iSeries can connect to your client PC.  Be sure to download the file that's appropriate for your OS/400 version and release.

Test Connection for OS/400 V5R1 -  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ZIP FILE

When you are done downloading the zip file, unpack it onto your PC.

On your iSeries, create a library named TURBOGORLA and within that library, create an OS/400 Save File named TESTCONN.

On your PC, establish an FTP connection and FTP the save file you unpacked from the downloaded zip file from this website and using a binary transfer, send the save file to your iSeries.

If you are using a DOS command prompt, your session might look like this:

ftp yoursystem

userid  password

bin

put C:\TESTCONN.SAVF /qsys.lib/turbogorla.lib/testconn.file

quit

Now you can restore the connection test program as follows:

RSTOBJ OBJ(TESTCONN)   LIB(TURBOGORLA)   DEV(*SAVF)   SAVF(QGPL/TESTCONN)  RSTOBJ(*ALL)   ALWOBJDIF(*ALL)

To run the program, from an OS/400 command line:

CALL TURBOGORLA/TESTCONN

The IP Address of the PC (or Firewall) that the iSeries sees will be shown in a diagnostic message sent to the message line of your iSeries session.

To make sure that this is the same IP address your PC has, do the following:

Open a DOS Command Prompt

Type in the command IPCONFIG and press the Enter Key.

C:> IPCONFIG

You should see the IP Address currently being used by your PC.  If this IP address does NOT match the IP address shown by the TESTCONN program on your iSeries, then chances are very good that your PC is behind a Firewall that is using Network Address Translation. In that case, unless you can do port forwarding as described above, you will not be able to use the iSeries PC-Engine or the iSeries PC-Engine Spool to PDF tools.

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Do I have to be logged on to my iSeries to run commands on my PC using the PC-Engine?

No! You do not need to be currently logged onto the iSeries to use the PC-Engine. In fact, you can submit PC-Engine jobs to batch using the AS/400 Job Scheduler if you like, or by using the Date/Time parameters on the OS/400 SBMJOB command.

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Can I submit PC-Engine commands from my iSeries to batch so that they run on other iSeries User's PC's?

Yes! You can use the AS/400 Job Scheduler or the OS/400 SBMJOB (Submit Job) command to run your PC-Engine commands in batch for yourself and for other iSeries Users. As long as you have previously logged that user's current IP address into the PC-Engine (by calling the PC-Engine utility IPCEREGR1 once a day for that user), you can run PC-Engine commands for other user's interactively and in batch. . When the submitted job activates (starts running) it will run the PC-Engine command just as if you had ran it interactively. That means you can open Word Documents, Create PDF files, etc., all in batch mode!

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Can I submit PC-Engine commands from my iSeries to batch?

Yes! You can use the AS/400 Job Scheduler or the OS/400 SBMJOB (Submit Job) command to run your PC-Engine commands in batch. When the submitted job activates (starts running) it will run the PC-Engine command just as if you had ran it interactively. That means you can open Word Documents, Create PDF files, etc., all in batch mode!

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Can I really send Spooled Files as PDF Files from my RPG and COBOL Programs?

Yes you can! 

And you do not need to configure anything on your iSeries to do it. 

All you need is the PC-Engine client installed on the client PC, any standard eMail client software on the PC (such as MS Outlook Express, etc.) and for that PC to have a connection to the Internet. 

That's it! 

You are now all ready to start emailing OS/400 data and spooled files from your iSeries to anyone in the world!

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Can I really display images from my RPG and COBOL Programs?

Yes you can! 

The only thing you need is the PC-Engine client installed on the client PC and any standard image program. If you have Windows 2000 or Windows XP on the PC, then you already have a generic image viewer that came with the PC! You do not need any additional image viewing software, unless you really want it!

Of course you can use ANY! image viewing software with the PC-Engine.

The choice is yours!

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Can I really open a DB2/400 data base file in my spreadsheet software?

Yes you can! 

The only thing you need is the PC-Engine client installed on the client PC and any standard spreadsheet software program such as MS Excel. Simply convert the DB2/400 data to a *CSV (Comma Separated file) using the iSeries PC-Engine command on the iSeries and then let it fly!

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How do I customize the PC-Engine products so that it looks like my own software?

Please click here for complete details!

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