I-Data 5250 ALLY manual

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5250 ALLY

Intelligent Protocol Converter

Users Guide and Reference

AGILE

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Contents

Main 5250 ALLY Intelligent Protocol Converter Users Guide and Reference AGILE Copyright Information Release Notes About AGILE Also From AGILE Page vPREFACE AGILE Product Warranty Standard Warranty AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage vi Optional Warranties and Services Software Upgrades FCC Statement About the AGILE 5250 ALLY About This Manual 5250 ALLY Features and Specifications Page Page Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Getting Started Page Chapter 2 Advanced Configuration Chapter 3 Character Code Translation Chapter 4 Programmable Function Strings Page Chapter 5 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Appendix A Interfacing Xerox Printers Appendix B SCS / DCA Command Summary Appendix C Pseudo Transparency Glossary CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED Overview / Objectives Physical Interface Data Stream Interface Before Beginning Selecting a Location Space Requirements 5250 ALLY Electrical Requirements Operating Environment Unpacking Package Contents Important Safety Instructions/Precautions 5250 ALLY Rear Panel AGILE 5250 ALLY Cable Chart Parallel Port Pin-Outs Twinax Adapter Port Unterminated Pin-Outs Shield (Ground) AB Key Shield (Ground) Connecting to the Host System Connecting the Printer Connecting the Alternate Host Connecting the 5250 ALLY to Power 5250 ALLY Front Panel Modes 0 Normal Operating Mode 1 Twinax Addressing 2 Printer Emulations 3 Twinax Modes 4 Twinax Timeout 5 Printer Configurations 6 Alternate Host Modes 7 Alternate Host Timeout 8 Translation Table Selection 9 Tests and Reports A Form Feed B Save Configuration C Power-On Reset Starting Up Basic Port Configuration Configuring the Twinax Port 1 Twinax Addressing 2 Printer Emulations 3 Twinax Modes 4 Twinax Timeout Configuring the Parallel Out Printer Port 5 Printer Configurations Available Configuring the Parallel In Alternate Host Port 6 Alternate Host Modes 7 Alternate Host Timeout 8 Selecting a Translation Table Data Type Translation Tables Page Summary Page CHAPTER 2 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Configuration Structure Page Changing Configuration Option Parameters Multiple Configuration Changes Configuration Defaults Configuration Groups Twinax Configuration (Group 00) 01 Twinax Addressing 02 Printer Emulations 03 Twinax Modes 05 Twinax Timeout Alternate Host Configuration (Group 30) 31 Alternate Host Modes 33 Alternate Host Timeout Printer Configuration (Group 40-50) 40 Loading a Printer Configuration 42 Printer Timing 43 Printer Error Timeout 44 Carriage Return at Form Feed 46 Vertical Movement 47-49 Resolution 4A-4D Offset Page 4E Percentage of Vertical Reduction in COR 4F CPI/Font Order 51 Bolding 52 Page Resetting 53 Underlining 54 Orientation Page Page 2-19CHAPTER 2 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 55-58 Paper Sources (Drawers) Page 59 Font ID Look-Up CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION Selecting a Translation Table (Group 60) 60 Twinax Translation 63 Alternate Host Translation 66 5250 ALLY Translation 67 Xerox EBCDIC Font Download Translation Reading Translation Tables Editing a Translation Table Resetting Translation Tables to Defaults Downloading an Entire Translation Table Downloading a Single Translation Table Value Downloading a Partial Translation Table Changing Multiple Translation Table Values Page AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-10 Translation Tables 00 ASCII to ASCII Page 3-11CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION 01 EBCDIC to ASCII This table is the default translation table for twinax data. AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-12 02 ASCII to EBCDIC This table can be used for alternate host data if using a Xerox printer running in EBCDIC mode. Page 3-13CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION 03 EBCDIC to EBCDIC This table can be used to translate twinax data if using a Xerox printer running in EBCDIC mode. AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-14 04 EBCDIC to HP LaserJet This table translates twinax data for printers that use Roman 8 extended ASCII. Page 3-15CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION 05 EBCDIC to PC AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-16 06 EBCDIC to PostScript This table translates twinax data for printers that use the IsoLatin1 extended ASCII character set. Page 3-17CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION 07 Xerox 275 Protocol Converter EBCDIC to ASCII AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-18 08 User Table 1 Page 3-19CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION 09 User Table 2 AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-20 0A User Table 3 Page 3-21CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION 0B User Table 4 AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-22 0C User Table 5 Page 3-23CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION 0D User Table 6 AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 3-24 0E User Table 7 Page 3-25CHAPTER 3 CHARACTER CODE TRANSLATION 0F Xerox EBCDIC Font Download to ASCII This is a table used to translate Xerox EBCDIC fonts for use on an ASCII printer. Page CHAPTER 4 PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS Editing PFSs Page Parameters Within PFSs GFIDs User Font Configuration Page PFS Descriptions 00 INITIBM 01 INITTWN 04 INITALT 05 INIT275 06 INITALY 07 FF 08 CR 09 LF 0A PORT 0B LAND 0D VERMOVE 0E LINEDEN 0F PAGELEN 10 P 5CPI 11 P 8CPI 12 P 10CPI 13 P PSCPI 14 P 12CPI 15 P 15CPI 16 P 16CPI 17 P 17CPI 18 L 5CPI 19 L 8CPI 1A L 10CPI 1B L PSCPI 1C L 12CPI 1D L 15CPI 1E L 16CPI 1F L 17CPI 20 COR 10 21 COR 12 22 COR 15 23 BOLD ON 24 BOLDOFF 25 BSBOLD1 and 26 BSBOLD2 27 UNDL ON 28 UNDLOFF 2B SUBS ON 2C SUBSOFF 2D SUPS ON 2E SUPSOFF 2F LOWQUAL 30 MEDQUAL 31 HIQUAL 32 SIMPLEX 33 DUPLEX Page 39 PORTCUT 3A PORTTRC 3B PORTMAN 3C LPAPER 1 3D LPAPER 2 3E LPAPER 3 3F L ENVEL 40 LANDCUT 41 LANDTRC 42 LANDMAN 43 JOG OUT 44 DEST1 45 DEST2 46 DEST3 4B JOBSTRT Page Page CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Diagnostics External Loop Test (Mode E) Twinax Addressing Error Codes Twinax Error Log SCS Dump and Hex Dump Samples SCSGEN File Hex Dump Mode AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-4 SCS Dump Mode This line is struck out----------------------- IBM Emulation Sample test program This line is underscored Printing Reports (Mode 9) AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-6 Printer Test (Mode 9-0) Page 5-7CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Configuration Report (Mode 9-1) AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-8 Page 5-9CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Translation Table Report (Mode 9-2) This eight-page report will print all sixteen translation tables. AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-10 Page 5-11CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-12 Page 5-13CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-14 Page 5-15CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-16 Page 5-17CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING PFS Report (Mode 9-3) AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-18 Page 5-19CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-20 PFS Test (Mode 9-4) This text should be proportionally spaced. WWWWWWWWWW iiiiiiiiii Page 5-21CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Portrait Font ID Report (Mode 9-5) AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-22 Page 5-23CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-24 Page 5-25CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-26 Page 5-27CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Landscape Font ID Report (Mode 9-6) AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-28 Page 5-29CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-30 Page 5-31CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-32 Loop Test (Mode 9-7) This report is a diagnostic test that is not normally used. Twinax Error Log (Mode 9-8) Troubleshooting Step 1: Power Step 2: Connections Page Contacting AGILE Technical Support The AGILE Bulletin Board System Mode F Code Load Page Other Files Contained in the Self-Extracting Archive Page APPENDIX A INTERFACING XEROX PRINTERS Introduction System-Based Formatting XES Mode Formatting Conflict Overview Coexistence Delimiting XES Jobs Well-Formed XES Jobs Auto PFS suppression Auto Form Feed Suppression Passing FFs in Auto FF suppression mode Page Logical Not () Commands Special Formatting Problems Font Downloading UDK Character Conflict Line Endings Support for all types of SCS line endings Auto UDK termination Line Feed vs. Relative Movements Antiquities Font Correspondences fontname Downloading Font Correspondences Font Correspondence Limits Xerox Options 0600 UDK Character Translation 0601 PFS Suppression 0602 Form Feed Suppression 0603 Change Form Feed to New Line 0604 Logical Not Commands 0605 Job Restart to Form Feed Translation 0606 Metacode Transparency 46 Line Feed Configuration Interfacing Xerox 4235 Printers in XPPM Mode Page APPENDIX B SCS/DCA COMMAND SUMMARY Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page APPENDIX C PSEUDO TRANSPARENCY Introduction i-data Pseudo Transparency MPI Pseudo Transparency GLOSSARY A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V X