Agilent Technologies 5250 5250 OPTIMA

Page iPREFACE

5250 OPTIMATM

Intelligent Protocol Converter

5250

OPTIMA

™

User’s Guide and Reference

AGILE

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Hercules, CA 94547-1899

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Contents

Main Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Getting Started Page Chapter 2 Advanced Configuration Chapter 3 Character Code Translation Chapter 4 Programmable Function Strings Page Chapter 5 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Appendix A Interfacing Xerox Printers Appendix B SCS / DCA Command Summary Page Appendix C Pseudo Transparency Appendix D OPTEDIT Glossary Page 5250 OPTIMA Intelligent Protocol Converter Users Guide and Reference AGILE Copyright Information Release Notes About AGILE Also From AGILE Page vPREFACE AGILE Product Warranty Standard Warranty AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage vi Optional Warranties and Services Software Upgrades FCC Statement About the AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Page 5250 OPTIMA Features and Specifications Page About This Manual Typographical Conventions d f CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED Overview / Objectives Physical Interface Data Stream Interface Before Beginning Selecting a Location Space Requirements Electrical Requirements Operating Environment Unpacking Package Contents Important Safety Instructions/Precautions 5250 OPTIMA Rear Panel AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Cable Chart Parallel Port Pin-Outs Twinax Adapter Port Unterminated Pin-Outs DB-25 Serial Port DB-9 Serial Port Connecting to the Host System Connecting Twinax Connecting the Printer(s) Connecting a Printer via Centronics Parallel Connecting Printers via Serial Connecting the First Printer via Serial Connecting a Second Printer via Serial Connecting the Alternate Host(s) Connecting an Alternate Host via Parallel Connecting the First Alternate Host via Serial Connecting a Second Alternate Host via Serial Connecting the 5250 OPTIMA to Power 5250 OPTIMA Front Panel Starting Up Basic Port Configuration Configuring the Twinax Ports Setting the Twinax Address Activating the Twinax Port Setting the Device Emulation Type Configuring the Parallel Out Printer Port Configuring a Serial Printer Port Page Page Configuring the Parallel In Alt Host Port Configuring a Serial Alt Host Port Page Page Saving the Configuration Summary Page CHAPTER 2 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Configuration Menu Menu Hierarchy Configuration Option Notation Punctuation Codes Menu Movement Twinax Ports Activating a Twinax Port Twinax Addressing Emulations Modes Data Routing Timeout Alternate Host Input Ports Parallel In Port Configuration Serial In Port Configuration Output Ports Printer Drivers Available Output Port Configuration Parallel Output Port Serial Output Ports Format Information Carriage Return At Form Feed Movement Resolution Offset Vertical Percentage Reduction in COR CPI/Font Order Justification Bolding Page Resetting Underlining Spaces Orientation Page The OPTIMA orientation selection algorithm: DRAWER: Paper Sources (Drawers) Page CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION Selecting a Translation Table Twinax Translation Alternate Host Translation 5250 OPTIMA Translation Reading Translation Tables Editing a Translation Table Page AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-6 Translation Tables ASCII to ASCII Page 3-7CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION EBCDIC to ASCII This table is the default translation table for twinax data. AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-8 ASCII to EBCDIC This table can be used for alternate host data if using a Xerox printer running in EBCDIC mode. Page 3-9CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION EBCDIC to EBCDIC This table can be used to translate twinax data if using a Xerox printer running in EBCDIC mode. AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-10 EBCDIC to HP LaserJet This table translates twinax data for printers that use Roman 8 extended ASCII. Page 3-11CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION EBCDIC to PC AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-12 EBCDIC to PostScript This table translates twinax data for printers that use the IsoLatin1 extended ASCII character set. Page 3-13CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION Xerox 275 Protocol Converter EBCDIC to ASCII AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-14 User Table 1 Page 3-15CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION User Table 2 AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-16 User Table 3 Page 3-17CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION User Table 4 AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-18 User Table 5 Page 3-19CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION User Table 6 User Table 7 Xerox EBCDIC Font Download to ASCII This is a table used to translate Xerox EBCDIC fonts for use on an ASCII printer. Page CHAPTER 4 PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS Editing PFSs (A Tutorial) Parameters Within PFSs GFIDs User Font Configuration Page PFS Descriptions INITIBM INIT T1 INIT T2 INIT T3 INITALT INIT275 INITOPT FF CR LF PORT LAND VERMOVE LINEDEN PAGELEN P 5CPI P 8CPI P 10CPI P PSCPI P 12CPI P 15CPI P 16CPI P 17CPI L 5CPI L 8CPI L 10CPI L PSCPI L 12CPI L 15CPI L 16CPI L 17CPI COR 10 COR 12 COR 15 BOLD ON BOLDOFF BSBOLD1 and BSBOLD2 UNDL ON UNDLOFF SUBS ON SUBSOFF SUPS ON SUPSOFF LOWQUAL MEDQUAL HIQUAL SIMPLEX DUPLEX TUMBLE PPAPER 1 PPAPER 2 PPAPER 3 P ENVEL PORTCUT PORTTRC PORTMAN LPAPER 1 LPAPER 2 LPAPER 3 L ENVEL LANDCUT LANDTRC Page Page CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Diagnostics Twinax Addressing Error Codes Twinax Error Log Printing Reports Page 5-5CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING TEST! Report: PFSTEST! Report Page 5-7CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING CONFIG! Report This report will print the current configuration settings of the AGILE 5250 OPTIMA. AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-8 OPTIONS! Report Page 5-9CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-10 Page 5-11CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-12 XLATES! Report Page 5-13CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-14 Page 5-15CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-16 Page 5-17CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-18 Page 5-19CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING PFS! Report Page 5-21CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-22 Page 5-23CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING PORTFID! Report This report will print a portrait font correspondence table. AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-24 Page 5-25CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-26 Page 5-27CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-28 Page 5-29CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING LANDFID! Report This report will print a landscape font correspondence table. AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-30 Page 5-31CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-32 Page 5-33CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 OPTIMA Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-34 LOOP! Report Troubleshooting Step 1: Power Step 2: Connections Step 3: Configuration Step 4: Printer Test Step 5: Configuration Test Step 6: Twinax Host Test Step 7: Alternate Host Test Other Issues Contacting AGILE Technical Support The AGILE Bulletin Board System Page APPENDIX A INTERFACING XEROX PRINTERS Introduction System Based Formatting XES Mode Formatting Conflict Overview Coexistence Separate Addresses Delimiting XES Jobs Well-Formed XES Jobs Automatic PFS suppression Automatic Form Feed Suppression Passing FFs in auto FF suppression mode Page Logical Not () Commands Special Formatting Problems Font Downloading UDK Character Conflict Line Endings Support for all types of SCS line endings Auto UDK termination Line Feed vs. Relative Movements Antiquities Font Correspondences fontname Downloading Font Correspondences x on fontname Page Font Correspondence Limits Xerox Menu Options The Xerox Menu UDK Character Translation Configuration PFS Suppression Configuration Form Feed Suppression Configuration Change Form Feed to New Line Configuration Logical Not Command Configuration Job Restart to Form Feed Translation Configuration Metacode Transparency Line Feed Configuration Interfacing Xerox 4235 Printers in XPPM Mode APPENDIX B SCS/DCA COMMAND SUMMARY Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page APPENDIX C PSEUDO TRANSPARENCY Introduction i-data Pseudo Transparency MPI Pseudo Transparency APPENDIX D OPTEDIT Installing OPTEDIT Running OPTEDIT Editing The Current Configuration Editing Configuration Options Basic Port Configuration Activating Ports Input Ports Setting the Mode Choosing the Data Routing Choosing the Timeout Period Configuring the Twinax Ports Setting the Twinax Address Setting the Device Emulation Type Interfacing Xerox Printers UDK Character Translation PFS Suppression Form Feed Suppression Change Form Feed to New Line Logical Not Commands Job Restart to Form Feed Translation Metacode Transparency Alternate Host Input Ports Configuring the Parallel Input Port Configuring the Serial Input Ports Selecting Input (Alt Host) Serial Interface Settings Configuring the Output Ports Loading an Output Port Configuration Page Saving an Output Port Configuration Configuring the Parallel Output Port Parallel Output Port Timing Configuring Serial Ports for Output Selecting Output Printer Error Timeout (ERRTIME) Format Information Page Choosing a Translation Table Special Editors Programmable Function Strings Page Translation Table Editing Page Page GLOSSARY A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V X Page INDEX Symbols A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Page Page R S T U V W X