Digi MIL-3000FTX manual SYS LED Flashes Quickly, Cannot Print to the serial printer

If an extra blank page comes out at the end of a print job:

•Remove the formfeed option from the “.fpconfig” file. Use install.sh

On System V or RS/6000 systems:

•Specify an -margument to fpfilter.

When using direct LPD support, send data to the ASCII queue as described in Chapter 6.

D.2.3 SYS LED Flashes Quickly

If the SYS LED flashes quickly (approximately five times per second), FastPort does not have its IP address.

D.2.4 Cannot Print to the serial printer

If the printer is ASCII (or can be put in ASCII mode) or PCL:

1.Reset the printer.

2.Check queue name.

3.Put it on-line—ready to accept data.

4.Set the serial printer port to 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit.

5.Set both of the front panel switches down (D1 and D2).

6.Power cycle the unit. A test page is printed.

Serial printing problems may be due to wrong cable usage. Make sure that the unit’s serial port setting match those in its attached printer.

D.2.5 NET LED flashes, But User Cannot Print or Ping the Unit

1.Check the /etc/hosts file and see whether the IP address is set correctly. The following shows two printers: one serial (alpha_ser) and one parallel (alpha_par) with an IP address of 128.192.1.7:

128.192.1.7 alpha_par alpha_ser

2.For Yellow Pages or NIS, use the following to see the hosts database: ypcat hosts

MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers D-2