AGILE 5250 OPTIMA User’s Guide and ReferencePage D-20
Configuring Serial Ports for Output
If either of the serial ports are not going to be used as alternate host input
ports, they may be used as output ports.
To build a serial output port configuration from scratch, the user will have
to activate the port as described earlier. The user must also select output,
set the printer error timeout period, specify format information, choose
translation tables and edit programmable function strings and GFIDs.
Additionally, the user will have to configure the settings of the serial
interface as described earlier, even if a configuration for the users printer
was supplied on the OPTIMA diskette. Be certain to load the configuration
before configuring the serial interface settings, because loading a
configuration will overwrite these settings.

Selecting Output

Serial 0 is set up for input (alternate host) by default. Serial 1 is set up for
output by default. If the word Output is displayed to the right of the
words Serial 0, or Serial 1, depending upon which port the user is
defining, no action is needed. The port is already set up for output.
If the word Alt Host is displayed at the appropriate port on the
OPTEDIT main screen, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the word
Alt Host, and press ENTER. The user will be presented with a choice of
Output or Alt Host.
Use the arrow keys to move the cursor the words Output, and press
ENTER.
After the port has been set up for output, the OPTEDIT main screen will
return.

Printer Error Timeout (ERRTIME)

Some printers do not send error information (e.g., out of paper, paper jam,
etc.) to the system. This is true of most Xerox printers and printers
connected via serial interfacing. The OPTIMA, however, recognizes when
the printer is no longer accepting data, and it is capable of alerting the
system.