Digi MIL-3000FTX specs

1299 Orleans Drive

Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Part Number: 90000105 Rev. B

Printed in the USA

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Digi MIL-3000FTX manual Orleans Drive Sunnyvale, CA Part Number 90000105 Rev. B

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 Print Management Features of FastPort Installing and Printing on an Apple NetworkFastManage Installation FastPort Application Ping and Bootp ServerAppendix a Resetting FastPort to Factory Defaults Discovery Application Appendix C Troubleshooting NetWare Appendix B Troubleshooting MS WindowsAppendix D Troubleshooting Unix Appendix F Upgrading Flash EEPROMs Appendix E Troubleshooting AppleTalk Appendix I Technical Support Services Appendix H Troubleshooting FastManageIndex 2 Conﬁguration Features Introduction and InstallationFeatures of the Print Servers Physical Features Shared Printer Features Firmware UpdateUtilities First Time Users Installation Requirements0040c8XXXXXX Mode Description Installing FastPort Default Settings MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers Assigning the IP Address Setting the IP Address Setting the IP Address using Telnet on Unix Setting an IP Address with Install ScriptAlpha Save this ﬁle Setting the IP Address Using Rarp Setting IP Address with Windows 95, 98, and NT Setting the IP address using Bootp on HP/UX Setting the IP Address Dynamically with BootpSetting the IP address with Bootp on Sun Usr/etc/bootp 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 10.1About the Digi Utilities Using Digi’s NetBIOS to Assign IP Address10.2Using The Digi Utilities Open the Apple Printer Utility Nbmon.exe FP0F0FBA Command ?, C, D, E, F,...., ZShowprn.exe -d1 D1 or -d2 or -d3, etc Enter new IP address Verifying IP Address is Set Properly Introduction Printing From a NetBIOS Workstation Printing from Windows NT Printing from Windows for WorkgroupsOpen the Print Manager Open Network Neighborhood Printing from Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.x via SMB Net View Printing From NetBIOS-supported DOS WorkstationNet Use 6.2 Conﬁguring Windows 95/NT to Mimic Spooling Spooling Versus Non-Spooling Printing IntroductionDOS and OS/2 Printing from a TCP/IP Workstation Installing LPD Support on Windows NT Select Microsoft TCP/IP Printing and click Ok Installing a Printer on Windows NTAdding an LPD Printer to Windows NT Select Create Printers 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 NetBIOS-DOS Tools Nbmon and showprn Printing from NT using the HP DLC ProtocolPrinting from Windows using Tftp Client Management Tools Used with NetBIOS and TCP/IP Introduction Installing and Printing on NetWare Conﬁguring in a Bindery Environment Using Act to Install the Print ServerChoose Currently Attached Print Servers Select Notify List for Printer Installing a Print Server in an NDS EnvironmentUsing Pconsole to Install a Print Server Adding Users to the Notify List with Pconsole 1.1Additional Queues Installing a Print Server on NDS using PconsolePconsole Select Other/Unknown 2.1Creating a New Print Server Installing Print Server in NDS Using NWadmin 2.2Creating a New Printer 2.4Connecting the print server to a Printer2.3Creating a Print Queue Print Server 2.5Assigning a Print Queue to FastPort Conﬁguring in a Bindery and NDS Environment Nprint myfile /S=raisa /Q=lp1 Printing to FastPortPrinting Speciﬁc File Formats Capture /S=raisa /Q=lp1 Host Software Versus LPD Installing and Printing on a Unix Environment Installing Logical Printers Digi Installation SoftwareInstalling on System V Unix Choose Option #2. qdaemon-based systems Install Script on IBM RS/6000 Installation on BSD Unix Systems Manual Installation on LPD SystemsChoose Option #1, LPD-based systems Pre-deﬁned Queue Names Getting Started on an LPD System BetaFastPort LPD printer\ lp=\ Manual Installation With LPD on a BSD Unix SystemUser Deﬁned Queue Names LPR Options Usr/lib/lpsched Manual Installation with LPD on System V Machines Device = sample host = alpha rq = ps Manual Installation Using Host SoftWare fpﬁlterManual Installation with LPD on RS/6000 Fpfilter Command Line Options Printer Options File .fpconﬁg Fpfilter -P alpha -m -f /etc/hosts Class hostname port list 2.1About Option Classes 2.2About Options Startstring and Endstring Manual Installation for System V MachinesUsr/lib/lpshut Backend = /usr/local/milan/commfilter.sh Manual Installation on IBM RS/6000Usr/local/milan Device = lp0 BetaFastPort host software printer\ lp=/dev/beta\ Manual Installation on BSD Unix Systems Parallel hostname alpha mapcrlf formfeed Chmod 755 /usr/local/Digi/fpSerial hostname alpha ctrld 5.2.1Banner Pages and Accounting Information 5.2Customizing BSD InstallationLpr -Pbeta filename, or lp -dbeta filename 5.1Printing to FastPort Assigning Host Name and IP Address Installing and Printing from Data Generals DG/UX Installing and Printing with DG/UX Deleting Printers Additional Unix Utilities Using pstext and NeWSprintPrinter Description Laser Printer on doc hallway 1.1Newly Supported Apple Printer Utility Functionality Installing and Printing on an Apple NetworkEtherTalk Features Introduction to the Apple Workstation MiLAN-XXXXXX Plug & Play Operation Printing to FastPortApple Applications How FastPort Operates Printer Communications Handling Advanced Utilities Using the Apple Printer Utility for ConﬁgurationTips on Using the Conﬁguration File Using the Apple Printer Utility to Download a Conﬁg. Files 1.2Using Setup Defaults File 1.1Using Setup Printer Information FileSelect Download PostScript File from this menu Option Choice Description Serial Port Parameters 1.3Using Setup Font List Selecting Binary PostScript Encoding Using Namer to Rename the FastPort PrinterRenaming FastPort Using Namer Printing PostScript Binary Files %ParallelNV% No Binary / Binary adobe / Binary tek / Binary hp Enable BiDirectional Interface = Yes Enable BiDirectional Interface = NoBi-directional Printing from Macintosh Systems Issues Regarding Bi-Directional Macintosh Printing Enabling or Disabling the Console Monitor Print Manag ement Features of FastPor tManaging Print Server Serial Port Console Monitoring Multi-Protocol and Snmp Stations 2 TCP/IP Stations 2.1Using FastManage2.2Using Telnet Diagnostic Monitoring Managing FastPort from Networked Workstations 2.3SYSLOG on FastPort 2.4Digi’s fpstatus for TCP/IP Unix AppleTalk Stations Disable background printingNetWare Client Stations NetBIOS / NetBEUI Stations FastManage Requirements FastManage InstallationFastManage Applications FastManage MIBs IP Conﬁguration Installing FastManageNetBIOS Conﬁguration Express Installation 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 Discovery Application Discovery FeaturesIntroduction to Discovery FastManage for FastPort menu Launching Discovery System Information FastPort Icon NamesTool bar Status Bar Renaming a Discovery Map Discovery Application ToolsHost Name/Address Refresh Map Using the Ping Manager2.1Changing from the Node Name to an Address Send Broadcast Close All Windows Icon Tftp Icon Flash DownloadShow Node Properties 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 Select Application Launch Parameters Application Launch Parameters4 Mib2 System Parameters FastPort Application FastPort Application 10.3.1Traps Overview of Managing FastPort 10.3.2Uptime 10.3.3Reset10.3.4Digi Logo 10.3.5Serial Port 10.4 Conﬁguration Sub-menus10.3.6Parallel 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 Status Menu 10.4.6NetBIOS ConﬁgHelp Menu 11.1.1Updating the Ping Settings Ping and Bootp ServerLaunching the Ping Application Bootp Conﬁguration Troubleshooting Ping Select BOOTPtab File Hardware Features Resetting FastPort to Factory DefaultsResetting by Toggling the DIP Switches Resetting by Console Option DB9 Female DB9 Male Serial Printer and Terminal Environmental Operating Conditions Serial Port ConnectorRJ-45 Connector Parallel Port Connector MS Windows-Level Browsing and Sharing Abilities Troubleshooting MS Windows Nbmon fpxxxxxx -d1 Troubleshooting DOS ToolsAfter Upgrade DOS Tools Beneﬁts of ACT Troubleshooting NetWareFeatures ACT-- Advance Conﬁguration Tool Navigating in ACT SetupAdvanced Conﬁguration Menu in ACT Requirements 1.1Conﬁguring the Print Server FastPort Side NetWare Conﬁguration MenuFastPort Nvram information 1.3Conﬁguring a Queue 1.2Conﬁguring the Print Server File Server Side1.4Example 1.5Example Select Netware Configuration and Configure QueuePrint Server Conﬁguration Figure C-1. Print Server Conﬁguration Options Monitor Menu in ACT Status Menu in ACT FastPort does not show up in ACT Troubleshooting TipsFastPort does not power up FastPort does not login to bindery Novell 4.x server PostScript jobs have trouble printing FastPort does not login to the ﬁle serverFastPort does not print via serial port No Form Feed is sent after the print job FastPort Console Messages Notiﬁcation not Working if Created by PconsoleCould not attach QUEUE1 Could not Read Conﬁguration ﬁle from SERVER1 ACT Error MessagesTrying to read ﬁle SYSlogin/milan/FPXXXXXX on SERVER1 Failed to login to ﬁle server SERVER1 for server Fakeps Usr/spool/name of printer on a BSD machine Troubleshooting UnixNo Lights on the Unit Ascii Text File Prints as a Single Line Cannot Print to the serial printer SYS LED Flashes QuicklyNET LED ﬂashes, But User Cannot Print or Ping the Unit Cp fpfilter.resolver fpfilter Using fpﬁlter Conﬁguration FilesUnix Conﬁguration Files Cd /var/yp make Sample Entries for Direct and Remote Spooling Dhcp TroubleshootingIf=/usr/local/digi/hpfilter Situation 1 Printing Over Ethertalk Using Driver Troubleshooting AppleTalkReset Time 2 Conﬁguration to Use the ACK Signal Options number for the 25-pin port is Situation Two Setting Serial Port Options For a Serial Printer Setup for AppleTalk Changing the FastPort Settings TroubleshootingPostScript Binary print 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 Recovering from a Failed Upload Network Upload ProcedureUpgrading Flash Eeproms Restoring the Alternate Bank Image Use the Copy This Image to Other Bank commandCompleting the Upload Troubleshooting Tips Flash Upload Commands Conﬁgure Console for status monitoring Diagnostic and Conﬁguration Commands Commands Display Summary Conﬁguration Parameters, Including Flash Firmware Load Enable/DisableDisplay/Set Ethernet Options Network Protocols Menu Limit monitor Network Access by PasswordDisplay/set IP Address Network Protocols Menu 1.3N-Netware Options 1.2M-Microsoft Windows Print Services Options 1.4.1TCP/IP Menu Options S Socket Options 1.4T-TCP/IP Sockets, LPD, RARP, BOOTp, Tftp OptionsSerial 1.4.2TCP/IP Menu Options L LPD Options Display/Set Parallel Port Parms and StatusDisplay/Set for MIL-3200FTX 1.1Display/Set for MIL-3110FTX and MIL-3111FTX Display/set Serial Port Parms Select port Serial Parallel Enter dont change/continue Reset Nvram to Factory Defaults12 *-Print Ascii Test 13 +-Print PostScript Test IP address Validation Messages Troubleshooting FastManageGeneral Problems General Messages Discovery Application Messages Bootp Server Application MessagesPing Application Message WWW and FTP Sites Technical Support ServicesExpediting Technical Support Service Returning Procedures Pub/fastport/software and /pub/fastport/faq How to access Digi’s FTP SitesUnix Binary Files Available 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. B