CHAPTER 9 LAT NETWORK CONFIGURATION

DECprint Supervisor Configuration Notes

If you want to use the Brother print server with the DECprint Supervisor software, you must have the DCPS-Open option in order to support Brother printers (you may also need to modify the DCPS device control modules and queue setup to handle "unrecognized" printers). Do not use the SET SERVICE RECEIVE command because bi-directional communications is required for DCPS.

Operation of the print server under ULTRIX is similar in concept to VMS in that you must create a LAT application port and associate a print queue with that port (note that ULTRIX can alternatively be configured with TCP/IP as described in Chapter

2). This procedure requires system manager privileges and is shown in the following sections.

1.Verify that LAT is working. This can be done simply with a LAT- compatible terminal server; by doing a SHOW NODE or SHOW SERVICE command, you should see the name of your ULTRIX host displayed. If you do not have a terminal server available, execute the following command:

lcp -c

This command displays the LAT traffic on the network. You should minimally see some number of frames transmitted because your ULTRIX computer periodically broadcasts messages across the network. If LAT is not working, first check your cabling and your network configuration. If LAT still does not work, then you may need to install LAT into your system. This is a fairly complex procedure that requires rebuilding your kernel; refer to your ULTRIX documentation for information on this procedure.

2.If you have not already done so, create some LAT devices. This is done by first changing your default directory to /dev and then use the MAKEDEV command to create 16 LAT devices:

cd /dev MAKEDEV lta0

This will create 16 devices numbered sequentially. For example, it will create tty00 through tty15 if you have not previously created any terminal devices. To create an additional 16 devices, type:

MAKEDEV lta1

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