Boundless Technologies ADDS 3153 ASCII manual Connection B Host DTE, Connection C RS-232with Modem

20 Installation

Connection B: Host DTE

1.Enter the Setup menu. If the Aux port is to be assigned to Session 2, then switch sessions (Ctrl-Enter(num)). Remain in session 1, if it is to be assigned to that session.

2.In the Setup Quick (F1) menu, set the Host portion of the “Host/Printer” selection to “Aux” without changing the current Printer option (“Aux/xxxx”). The Printer will be set in another connection procedure if needed.

3.In the Ports (F6) menu, set the proper communications settings for the Aux Baud, Aux Data Format, Aux Parity Check, Aux Recv, and Aux Xmt. See the Setup chapter for more information on the individual settings.

Connection C: RS-232 with Modem

1.Follow all procedures of Connection A, step 1 through step 3.

2.If you are connecting to a modem, in the Ports (F6) menu, set the “EIA Modem Control” parameter to “On”.

Connection D: RS-232-C with Modem

1.Follow all procedures of Connection B, step 1 through step 3.

2.If you are connecting to a modem, in the Ports (F6) menu, set the “Aux Modem Control” parameter to “On”.

Connection E: Printer

1.In the Setup Quick (F1) menu, set the Printer portion of the “Host/Printer” selection to “EIA” without changing the current Host option (“xxxx/EIA”). The Host will be set in another connection procedure if needed.

2.Follow procedure of Connection A, step 3.

Connection F: RS-232-C Printer

1.In the Setup Quick (F1) menu, set the Printer portion of the “Host/Printer” selection to “Aux” without changing the current Host option (“xxxx/Aux”). The Host will be set in another connection procedure if needed.

2.Follow procedure of Connection B, step 3.

Connections G and H: Parallel Printer

1.Enter the Setup menu. If the PARA port is to be assigned to Session 2, then switch sessions (Ctrl-Enter(num)). Remain in session 1, if it is to be assigned to that session.

2.In the Setup Quick (F1) menu, set the Printer portion of the “Host/Printer” selection to “Para” without changing the current Host option (“xxxx/ Para”).

3.Repeat this procedure if the parallel port is going to be used to print from both sessions.

Only one session can access the parallel printer at one time.

If a print mode (Aux on, etc.) is on in both sessions, an error message will appear. To disable a print mode in a session, press Shift-Scroll Lock on a PC-style keyboard or Shift-F3on an ANSI keyboard.