Serial Printer and Terminal, DB9 Female DB9 Male | Digi MIL-3000FTX

A.4 Serial Printer and Terminal

	Print Server				PC
	Side				PC
	Side
	2				3
	2				3
	3				2
	3				2
	5					5
	5					5
	7				8
	7				8
	8						7
	8						7

Figure A-1.Common Dumb Terminal Connection

DB9 Female								DB25 Male
FastPort Side				Terminal/Printer
Function	Pin #			Pin #					Function
RXD	2				2				TXD

TXD	3				3				RXD

GRND	5					7			GRND

RTS	7				5				CTS

CTS	8						4		RTS

DTR	4							6	DSR

Figure A-2.Cable for Terminal and Serial Printers

DB9 Female				DB9 Male
FastPort Side			Terminal/Printer
Function	Pin #		Pin #		Function
RD	2			2	TD

TD	3			3	RD

SGND	5			5	SGND

RTS	7			7	RTS

CTS	8			8	CTS

Figure A-3.DCE Device: Dumb Terminal or Serial Port

DB9 Female				DB9 Female
	FastPort Side		IBM PC
Function	Pin #		Pin #		Function
RXD	2			2	TXD
TXD	3			3	RXD
GRD	5		5		GRD
RTS	7		7		CTS
CTS	8		8		RTS

Figure A-4.Wyse 60 Dumb Terminal

DB9 Female	DB25 Male
FastPort Side	Terminal/Printer
Function Pin #	Pin #	Function

RD 2

TD 3

DTR 4

SGND 5

CTS 8

2TD

3RD

5CTS

6DSR

7SGND

20 DTR

Figure A-5.DTE Printer/Plotter and PC Null: DB25 Male

DB9 Female				DB25 Male
FastPort Side			Terminal/Printer
Function	Pin #		Pin #		Function
RD	2			3	TD

TD	3			2	RD

SGND	5			7	SGND

RTS	7			4	RTS

CTS	8			5	CTS

Figure A-6.DCE Printer/Plotter: DB25 Female

MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers

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Digi MIL-3000FTX manual Serial Printer and Terminal, DB9 Female DB9 Male

Contents

Print Servers CD-ROM User’s Guide For Trademark Rights Legal Table of Contents Installing and Printing on a Unix Environment Installing and Printing on NetWare FastManage Installation Installing and Printing on an Apple NetworkPrint Management Features of FastPort Appendix a Resetting FastPort to Factory Defaults Ping and Bootp ServerDiscovery Application FastPort Application Appendix D Troubleshooting Unix Appendix B Troubleshooting MS WindowsAppendix C Troubleshooting NetWare Appendix F Upgrading Flash EEPROMs Appendix E Troubleshooting AppleTalk Index Appendix H Troubleshooting FastManageAppendix I Technical Support Services Features of the Print Servers Introduction and InstallationPhysical Features 2 Conﬁguration Features Utilities Firmware UpdateShared Printer Features 0040c8XXXXXX Installation RequirementsFirst Time Users Mode Description Installing FastPort Default Settings MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers Assigning the IP Address Setting the IP Address Alpha Save this ﬁle Setting an IP Address with Install ScriptSetting the IP Address using Telnet on Unix Setting the IP Address Using Rarp Setting IP Address with Windows 95, 98, and NT Setting the IP address with Bootp on Sun Setting the IP Address Dynamically with BootpUsr/etc/bootp Setting the IP address using Bootp on HP/UX Dhcp Support NT 4.0 server Setting an IP Address Using the Dhcp Manager Add Reserved Clients Menu Using Appletalk to Assign an IP Address Using Digis ACT to Assign an IP Address 10.2Using The Digi Utilities Using Digi’s NetBIOS to Assign IP AddressOpen the Apple Printer Utility 10.1About the Digi Utilities Showprn.exe -d1 Command ?, C, D, E, F,...., ZD1 or -d2 or -d3, etc Nbmon.exe FP0F0FBA Enter new IP address Verifying IP Address is Set Properly Introduction Printing From a NetBIOS Workstation Open the Print Manager Printing from Windows for WorkgroupsPrinting from Windows NT Open Network Neighborhood Printing from Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.x via SMB Net Use Printing From NetBIOS-supported DOS WorkstationNet View DOS and OS/2 Spooling Versus Non-Spooling Printing Introduction6.2 Conﬁguring Windows 95/NT to Mimic Spooling Printing from a TCP/IP Workstation Installing LPD Support on Windows NT Adding an LPD Printer to Windows NT Installing a Printer on Windows NTSelect Create Printers Select Microsoft TCP/IP Printing and click Ok Click on Add Port--LPR Port--New Port Printing using a Third Party TCP LPR/LPD Stack Choose a Destination Directory Add New Queue Menu Adding Queues in DigiLpr Next Adding a New Printer Printing from Windows using Tftp Client Printing from NT using the HP DLC ProtocolManagement Tools Used with NetBIOS and TCP/IP NetBIOS-DOS Tools Nbmon and showprn Introduction Installing and Printing on NetWare Choose Currently Attached Print Servers Using Act to Install the Print ServerConﬁguring in a Bindery Environment Using Pconsole to Install a Print Server Installing a Print Server in an NDS EnvironmentAdding Users to the Notify List with Pconsole Select Notify List for Printer Pconsole Installing a Print Server on NDS using PconsoleSelect Other/Unknown 1.1Additional Queues 2.1Creating a New Print Server Installing Print Server in NDS Using NWadmin 2.3Creating a Print Queue 2.4Connecting the print server to a Printer2.2Creating a New Printer Print Server 2.5Assigning a Print Queue to FastPort Conﬁguring in a Bindery and NDS Environment Printing Speciﬁc File Formats Printing to FastPortCapture /S=raisa /Q=lp1 Nprint myfile /S=raisa /Q=lp1 Host Software Versus LPD Installing and Printing on a Unix Environment Installing on System V Unix Digi Installation SoftwareInstalling Logical Printers Choose Option #2. qdaemon-based systems Install Script on IBM RS/6000 Choose Option #1, LPD-based systems Manual Installation on LPD SystemsInstallation on BSD Unix Systems Pre-deﬁned Queue Names Getting Started on an LPD System User Deﬁned Queue Names Manual Installation With LPD on a BSD Unix SystemLPR Options BetaFastPort LPD printer\ lp=\ Usr/lib/lpsched Manual Installation with LPD on System V Machines Manual Installation with LPD on RS/6000 Manual Installation Using Host SoftWare fpﬁlterFpfilter Command Line Options Device = sample host = alpha rq = ps Printer Options File .fpconﬁg Fpfilter -P alpha -m -f /etc/hosts Class hostname port list 2.1About Option Classes Usr/lib/lpshut Manual Installation for System V Machines2.2About Options Startstring and Endstring Usr/local/milan Manual Installation on IBM RS/6000Device = lp0 Backend = /usr/local/milan/commfilter.sh BetaFastPort host software printer\ lp=/dev/beta\ Manual Installation on BSD Unix Systems Serial hostname alpha ctrld Chmod 755 /usr/local/Digi/fpParallel hostname alpha mapcrlf formfeed Lpr -Pbeta filename, or lp -dbeta filename 5.2Customizing BSD Installation5.1Printing to FastPort 5.2.1Banner Pages and Accounting Information Assigning Host Name and IP Address Installing and Printing from Data Generals DG/UX Installing and Printing with DG/UX Printer Description Laser Printer on doc hallway Additional Unix Utilities Using pstext and NeWSprintDeleting Printers EtherTalk Features Installing and Printing on an Apple NetworkIntroduction to the Apple Workstation 1.1Newly Supported Apple Printer Utility Functionality Apple Applications How FastPort Operates Plug & Play Operation Printing to FastPortPrinter Communications Handling MiLAN-XXXXXX Tips on Using the Conﬁguration File Using the Apple Printer Utility for ConﬁgurationUsing the Apple Printer Utility to Download a Conﬁg. Files Advanced Utilities Select Download PostScript File from this menu 1.1Using Setup Printer Information File1.2Using Setup Defaults File Option Choice Description Serial Port Parameters 1.3Using Setup Font List Renaming FastPort Using Namer Using Namer to Rename the FastPort PrinterPrinting PostScript Binary Files Selecting Binary PostScript Encoding %ParallelNV% No Binary / Binary adobe / Binary tek / Binary hp Bi-directional Printing from Macintosh Systems Enable BiDirectional Interface = NoEnable BiDirectional Interface = Yes Issues Regarding Bi-Directional Macintosh Printing Managing Print Server Print Manag ement Features of FastPor tSerial Port Console Monitoring Enabling or Disabling the Console Monitor 2.2Using Telnet Diagnostic Monitoring 2 TCP/IP Stations 2.1Using FastManageManaging FastPort from Networked Workstations Multi-Protocol and Snmp Stations 2.3SYSLOG on FastPort 2.4Digi’s fpstatus for TCP/IP Unix NetWare Client Stations Disable background printingAppleTalk Stations NetBIOS / NetBEUI Stations FastManage Applications FastManage InstallationFastManage MIBs FastManage Requirements NetBIOS Conﬁguration Installing FastManageExpress Installation IP Conﬁguration IP Parameters Custom Installation 2.1General Parameters Maximum Retry Time and click Next. Default is 2.2Discovery Parameters ﬁle map.map Discovery Parameters Snmp Agent Parameters 2.3SNMP Agent Parameters MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers Introduction to Discovery Discovery FeaturesDiscovery Application FastManage for FastPort menu Launching Discovery Tool bar FastPort Icon NamesStatus Bar System Information Host Name/Address Discovery Application ToolsRenaming a Discovery Map 2.1Changing from the Node Name to an Address Using the Ping ManagerSend Broadcast Refresh Map Show Node Properties Tftp Icon Flash DownloadClose All Windows Icon Node Properties 10SNMP Fault Trace General Parameters Parameters Pull-Down Menu MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers Discovery Parameters menu Discovery Parameters MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers 4 Mib2 System Parameters Application Launch ParametersSelect Application Launch Parameters FastPort Application FastPort Application 10.3.1Traps Overview of Managing FastPort 10.3.4Digi Logo 10.3.3Reset10.3.2Uptime 10.3.6Parallel Port 10.4 Conﬁguration Sub-menus10.3.5Serial Port 10.4.1TCP/IP Conﬁg From TCP/IP Config., selections include From Novell Conﬁg., selections include 10.4.2Novell Conﬁg 10.4.4Ethertalk Conﬁg 10.4.3General Conﬁg 10.4.5SMB Conﬁg Parameters for the parallel port includes Help Menu 10.4.6NetBIOS ConﬁgStatus Menu Launching the Ping Application Ping and Bootp Server11.1.1Updating the Ping Settings Bootp Conﬁguration Troubleshooting Ping Select BOOTPtab File Resetting by Toggling the DIP Switches Resetting FastPort to Factory DefaultsResetting by Console Option Hardware Features DB9 Female DB9 Male Serial Printer and Terminal RJ-45 Connector Serial Port ConnectorParallel Port Connector Environmental Operating Conditions MS Windows-Level Browsing and Sharing Abilities Troubleshooting MS Windows After Upgrade Troubleshooting DOS ToolsDOS Tools Nbmon fpxxxxxx -d1 Features Troubleshooting NetWareACT-- Advance Conﬁguration Tool Beneﬁts of ACT Advanced Conﬁguration Menu in ACT SetupRequirements Navigating in ACT FastPort Nvram information NetWare Conﬁguration Menu1.1Conﬁguring the Print Server FastPort Side 1.4Example 1.2Conﬁguring the Print Server File Server Side1.3Conﬁguring a Queue Print Server Conﬁguration Select Netware Configuration and Configure Queue1.5Example Figure C-1. Print Server Conﬁguration Options Monitor Menu in ACT Status Menu in ACT FastPort does not power up Troubleshooting TipsFastPort does not login to bindery Novell 4.x server FastPort does not show up in ACT FastPort does not print via serial port FastPort does not login to the ﬁle serverNo Form Feed is sent after the print job PostScript jobs have trouble printing Could not attach QUEUE1 Notiﬁcation not Working if Created by PconsoleFastPort Console Messages Trying to read ﬁle SYSlogin/milan/FPXXXXXX on SERVER1 ACT Error MessagesFailed to login to ﬁle server SERVER1 for server Fakeps Could not Read Conﬁguration ﬁle from SERVER1 No Lights on the Unit Troubleshooting UnixAscii Text File Prints as a Single Line Usr/spool/name of printer on a BSD machine NET LED ﬂashes, But User Cannot Print or Ping the Unit SYS LED Flashes QuicklyCannot Print to the serial printer Unix Conﬁguration Files Using fpﬁlter Conﬁguration FilesCd /var/yp make Cp fpfilter.resolver fpfilter If=/usr/local/digi/hpfilter Dhcp TroubleshootingSample Entries for Direct and Remote Spooling Reset Time Troubleshooting AppleTalk2 Conﬁguration to Use the ACK Signal Situation 1 Printing Over Ethertalk Using Driver Options number for the 25-pin port is Situation Two Setting Serial Port Options For a Serial Printer Setup for AppleTalk PostScript Binary print TroubleshootingChanging the FastPort Settings Printer in chooser option is set to Sense or Always Troubleshooting Setup on AppleTalk More Troubleshooting Change to Postscript Printer no Downloading the Setup Defaults File to Change FastPort Select Apple Printer Utility Upgrading Flash Eeproms Network Upload ProcedureRecovering from a Failed Upload Completing the Upload Use the Copy This Image to Other Bank commandRestoring the Alternate Bank Image Troubleshooting Tips Flash Upload Commands Conﬁgure Console for status monitoring Diagnostic and Conﬁguration Commands Commands Display/Set Ethernet Options Flash Firmware Load Enable/DisableDisplay Summary Conﬁguration Parameters, Including Display/set IP Address Limit monitor Network Access by PasswordNetwork Protocols Menu Network Protocols Menu 1.3N-Netware Options 1.2M-Microsoft Windows Print Services Options Serial 1.4T-TCP/IP Sockets, LPD, RARP, BOOTp, Tftp Options1.4.1TCP/IP Menu Options S Socket Options Display/Set for MIL-3200FTX Display/Set Parallel Port Parms and Status1.4.2TCP/IP Menu Options L LPD Options 1.1Display/Set for MIL-3110FTX and MIL-3111FTX Display/set Serial Port Parms 12 *-Print Ascii Test Reset Nvram to Factory Defaults13 +-Print PostScript Test Select port Serial Parallel Enter dont change/continue General Problems Troubleshooting FastManageGeneral Messages IP address Validation Messages Ping Application Message Bootp Server Application MessagesDiscovery Application Messages Expediting Technical Support Service Technical Support ServicesReturning Procedures WWW and FTP Sites Unix Binary Files Available How to access Digi’s FTP SitesPub/fastport/software and /pub/fastport/faq SUN 3.X on 68K processor AT&T SVR4 Support Documents Available MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers Index Symbols Numerics MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers In-2 MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers In-3 MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers In-4 Orleans Drive Sunnyvale, CA Part Number 90000105 Rev. 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