Agilent Technologies 6287 manual

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Main 6287 ULTRA AGILE 875 Alfred Nobel Drive Hercules, CA 94547-1899 Printer Interface Controller Users Manual Copyright Information Release Notes About AGILE Also From AGILE TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION INSTALLATION DIP SWITCH SETTINGS TROUBLESHOOTING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS TRANSLATE TABLES FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION Page COAX HOST CONFIGURATION ALTERNATE HOST CONFIGURATION TRANSPARENCY MODES DISPLAYWRITE 370 SUPPORT COAX HOST CONSIDERATIONS SCS DATA STREAMS DSC DATA STREAMS XEROX APPLICATIONS GLOSSARY ALTERNATE HOST CONSIDERATIONS APPENDIX Page PREFACE About This Manual 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage xviii AGILE Product Warranty Standard Warranty Page xixPREFACE Optional Warranties and Services Software Upgrades FCC Statement Warnings Cables Shock Notes Standard Factory Setup Serial Port Setup IBM Host Considerations Printer/Controller Configuration INTRODUCTION Supported Printer Interfaces and Character Sets IBM Port Alternate Host Feature 6287 ULTRA Features and Specifications Page 6287 ULTRA Front Panel } 6287 ULTRA } Status Indicator Lights POWER Page Operator Function Buttons RESET PA1 and PA2 LINE FEED HOLD PRINT TEST CANCEL FORM FEED ENABLE PRINT Page INSTALLATION Before Beginning Selecting a Location Space Requirements Electrical Requirements Unpacking Package Contents Connections AGILE 6287 ULTRA CABLE CHART 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 2-4 6287 ULTRA Rear Panel Outlet Banks CPU UL Alternate Host Port 6287 ULTRA Connection to Mainframe 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 2-6 6287 ULTRA Connection to Printer/Plotter Page 2-7INSTALLATION 6287 ULTRA Connection to Optional Alternate Host(s) 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 2-8 6287 ULTRA Connection to AC Outlet UL Sample Installation Diagrams 6287 ULTRA Basic Setup 6287 ULTRA Optional Setup #1 6287 ULTRA Optional Setup #2 6287 ULTRA Optional Setup #3 6287 ULTRA Power Up Page DIP SWITCH SETTINGS Common Printer Interface Settings Switch Bank A Settings General Information A1 Printer Interfacing A2 Printer Test A3 and A4 Serial Printer Parity A5, A6 and A7 Serial Printer Baud Rate A8 Auto Buffer Report Switch Bank B Settings General Information B1 and B2 Serial Alternate Host Parity B3, B4 and B5 Serial Alternate Host Baud Rate B6, B7 and B8 Configuration/Reports Switch Bank Tables Switch Bank A Printer Interfacing/Tests Page 3-7DIP SWITCH SETTINGS Switch Bank B Serial Alt Host Interfacing/Config/Reports B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 Page TROUBLESHOOTING Connection Tests Printer Test General Configuration Report Coax Host Verification Auto Buffer Report Translate Table Report Alternate Host Verification Alternate Host Buffer Dump Contacting AGILE Technical Support Firmware Replacement Instructions The AGILE Bulletin Board System Page CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Configuration Option Descriptions 1 Column Width 2 Lines Per Page Page 9 PA Key Usage 10 Output in ASCII or EBCDIC 11 APL Output 12 Reserved 13 Suppress Spaces Before Pseudo Transparent Packets 14 Suppress Carriage Control Characters 15 Bold Print Emulation 16 Suppress Leading Spaces Page 25 Centronics or Dataproducts Parallel 26 Intervention Required 27 Intervention Required Delay 28 Reserved 29 Reserved 30 Pseudo Transparency Mode (PTM) Selection 31 Discard PTM Terminating Delimiter 32 DSC Trigger 1 33 DSC Trigger 2 Page Page 48 Continuous Bell Ringing 49 Eliminate DSC C0 05 Header 50 Alternate Host Enable/Disable 51 DSC EM Generates CR/LF in Infinite Line Length 52 SCS EM Always Generates CR/LF 53 IBM 35 Hex Transparency 54 Power On Reset (POR) After 60 Seconds 55 MD-Laser Support 56 Reserved 57 DSC NL at EM Even If in Column 1 58 Metacode Support 59 Laserpage Support 60 Xerox Graphic Window Support 61 Reserved 62 Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading 6287 ULTRA Configuration Options Table Page Functional Grouping of ULTRA Options Printer Output Page Formatting SCS Options DSC Options Local Copy Page Formatting Host Parameters Transparency Modes Custom Configuration Alternate Host Setup Page PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS PFS Table Accessing PFSs from the Host Multiple Function Strings PFS Descriptions 0 Power On Sequence 1 6 LPI or User-defined 2 8 LPI or User-defined 3 DisplayWrite 370 Overstriking On or User-defined 4 DisplayWrite 370 Overstriking Off or User-defined 5 DisplayWrite 370 Underlining On or User-defined 6 DisplayWrite 370 Underlining Off or User-defined 7 PA1 Key (User-defined) 8 PA2 Key (User-defined) 9 DisplayWrite 370 Bolding On or User-defined A DisplayWrite 370 Bolding Off or User-defined B Coax Host PFS C Alternate Host PFS D Custom Banner E Begin Bracket F System Status Available (SSA) G Tray 1 or User-defined H Tray 2 or User-defined I Tray 3 or User-defined J Manual Feed or User-defined K Envelope Tray or User-defined TRANSLATE TABLES Translate Table Selection Reading Translate Tables General Considerations and Notes Functions Translate Table Charts Table 1 DSC to ASCII 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 7-6 Table 2 SCS to ASCII 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 7-8 Translate Table 3 ASCII to ASCII 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 7-10 Table 4 DSC to EBCDIC 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 7-12 Table 4 DSC to EBCDIC * indicates a superscript character. Table 5 SCS to EBCDIC 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 7-14 * indicates a superscript character. Translate Table 6 ASCII to EBCDIC 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 7-16 Table 7 DSC to ASCII APL 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 7-18 FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION Front Panel Key Sequences Reset All Configuration Options to Defaults Option 1 Column Width Page 8-3FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION Option 2 Lines Per Page Option 3 Line Spacing Option 4 Local Copy Null Line Suppression 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-4 Option 5 Xerox 36 Hex Transparency Option 6 Form Feed Before Local Copy Option 7 Form Feed After Local Copy Page 8-5FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION Option 8 New Line Order Option 9 PA Key Usage 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-6 Option 10 Output in ASCII or EBCDIC Option 11 APL Output Option 12 Reserved Page 8-7FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION Option 13 Suppress Spaces Before PTM Packets Option 14 Suppress Carriage Control Characters 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-8 Option 15 Bold Print Emulation Option 16 Suppress Leading Spaces Option 17 Reserved Option 18 Reserved Option 19 Reserved Option 20 Physical Buffer Size 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-10 Option 21 Logical Buffer Size Option 22 Reserved Option 23 Reserved Option 24 Reserved Page 8-11FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION Option 25 Centronics or Dataproducts Parallel Option 26 Intervention Required 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-12 Option 27 Intervention Required Delay Option 28 Reserved Option 29 Reserved Option 30 Pseudo Transparency Mode (PTM) Selection Page 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-14 Option 38 Reserved Option 39 Non-Transparency Trigger 1 Output Option 40 Alternate Host Lockout Duration Option 41 Serial Alternate Host CTS Enabled Page 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-16 Option 48 Continuous Bell Ringing Option 49 Eliminate DSC C0 05 Header Page 8-17FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION Option 50 Alternate Host Enable/Disable Option 51 DSC EM CR/LF in Infinite Line Length 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-18 Option 52 SCS EM Always Generates CR/LF Option 53 IBM 35 Hex Transparency Option 54 Power On Reset After 60 Seconds Page 8-19FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION Option 55 MD-Laser Support Option 56 Reserved Option 57 DSC NL at EM Even if in Column 1 Option 58 Xerox Metacode Support 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 8-20 Option 59 AGILE Laserpage Support Option 60 Xerox Graphic Window Support Option 61 Reserved Option 62 Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading COAX HOST CONFIGURATION Multiple Option Selections Resetting All Options to Factory Defaults Coax Host Configuration Within Data Streams Download Error Messages Downloading Programmable Function Strings Multiple Function Strings Downloading Translate Tables Downloading an Entire Translate Table Downloading a Single Translate Table Value Downloading a Partial Translate Table ALTERNATE HOST CONFIGURATION Alternate Host Configuration Rules Resetting All Options to Factory Defaults Downloading Programmable Function Strings Multiple Function Strings Downloading Translate Tables Downloading an Entire Translate Table Downloading a Single Translate Table Value Downloading a Partial Translate Table TRANSPARENCY MODES IBM 35 Hex Transparency Mode Metacode Transparency Mode Xerox 36 Hex Transparency Mode Pseudo Transparency Mode Trigger 1 + Trigger 2 PTM Trigger 1 + Count Byte PTM MD-Laser Pseudo Transparency Laserpage Pseudo Transparency Other Pseudo Transparency Mode Considerations DISPLAYWRITE 370 SUPPORT Document Formatting Information Page Page Page COAX HOST CONSIDERATIONS System Configuration VTAM and Network Control Program Requirements APL Support Extended Attribute Buffer Support Page SCS DATA STREAMS Presentation Surface: SNA Character String Definitions SCS Commands Supported by the ULTRA Interchange Record Separator (IRS) 1Eh Interchange Unit Separator (IUS) 1Fh Line Feed (LF) 25h Null 00h Set Horizontal Format (SHF) 2BC1h Set Line Density (SLD) 2BC6h Set Vertical Format (SVF) 2BC2h Transparent (TRN) 35h Vertical Tab (VT) 0Bh SCS Command Summary SNA Printer Exception Conditions/Sense Codes Request Errors = 10h Request Reject = 08h Page DSC DATA STREAMS Carriage Return (CR) 05h End of Message (EM) 01h Form Feed (FF) 02h New Line (NL) 03h Page XEROX APPLICATIONS User-Defined Keys (UDKs) XPAF Support Xerox Graphic Window Support Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading Metacode Support Page ALTERNATE HOST CONSIDERATIONS Activating the Alternate Host Port Configuring the Alternate Host Port Host Lockout Duration Alternate Host Translation Other Considerations Page APPENDIX 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 18-2 Page 18-3APPENDIX 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 18-4 Printer Test Auto Buffer Report 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 18-6 Page 18-7APPENDIX Alternate Host Buffer Dump Page 18-9APPENDIX 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 18-10 Page 18-11APPENDIX Translate Table Report 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 18-12 Page 18-13APPENDIX 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 18-14 Page 18-15APPENDIX 6287 ULTRA Users ManualPage 18-16 Page 18-17APPENDIX 6287 ULTRA Port Pin-Out Charts Alternate Host Input Port Serial Pin-Outs Parallel Pin-Outs Output Port Serial Pin-Outs Parallel Pin-Outs Page GLOSSARY A B C D E F G H I 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