Digi MIL-3000FTX manual 2.4Digi’s fpstatus for TCP/IP Unix

7.Enter the IP address of the SYSLOG host and the priority of the message(s). Priority level are between 2 and 7. These numbers correspond to the types of events that are logged.

a.2 or 7: Sends critical messages only, including paper errors and printer faults.

b.4 thru 7: Sends both critical and warning notices, including start/ end of a print job or when the IP address is set.

To disable the feature, set the IP address of the SYSLOG host to 0.0.0.0. Default for SYSLOG on FastPort is 0.0.0.0. The syslog messages that FastPort sends generally get sent to the usr/adm/LPD-errsfile on systems running BSD UNIX. It is configurable on most System V machines. See the UNIX system documentation for more information.

7.3.2.4Digi’s fpstatus for TCP/IP UNIX

Digi includes an FPSTATUS binary on its UNIX portion of the CD-ROM. This is a UDP-based utility that can get real-time status and is commonly used in shell scripts. fpstatus program supports:

•Display of serial and parallel printer status

•Display of all currently printing jobs defined protocols

fpstatus uses a UDP connection to communicate with FastPort. For printer information, use the fpstatus command:

fpstatus <hostname>

When reporting, the program uses these terms:

•Active or Not Active: Whether FastPort is printing

•On-line, Not Busy, ACK: A typical status report

Device states may alter from Busy to Not Busy or ACK to Not ACK. The number of bytes is totaled from the last power cycle. A parallel port status of Off-line, Fault, or Paper_Fault suggests that user intervention can resolve the problem. Check the basic cabling when any Off-lineor Fault message appears. For example, a typical response from fpstatus:

Active parallel data session from india (128.192.8.184) PARALLEL STATUS: On-line NOT Busy, ACK

Total parallel bytes sent: 324444554 Active serial data session from NetWare

SERIAL STATUS: flow control FROM Printer by: XOFF

Total serial bytes sent: 102

MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers 7-4