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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
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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Getting Started
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Chapter 2 Advanced Configuration
Chapter 3 Character Code Translation
Chapter 4 Programmable Function Strings
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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
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Summary
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CHAPTER 2 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
Configuration Structure
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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
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4E Percentage of Vertical Reduction in COR
4F CPI/Font Order
51 Bolding
52 Page Resetting
53 Underlining
54 Orientation
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Page 2-19CHAPTER 2 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
55-58 Paper Sources (Drawers)
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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
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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.
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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
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0B User Table 4
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0C User Table 5
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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.
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CHAPTER 4 PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS
Editing PFSs
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Parameters Within PFSs
GFIDs
User Font Configuration
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Page 5-13CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING
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PFS Report (Mode 9-3)
AGILE 5250 ALLY Users Guide and ReferencePage 5-18
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PFS Test (Mode 9-4)
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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
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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
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Contacting AGILE Technical Support
The AGILE Bulletin Board System
Mode F Code Load
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Other Files Contained in the Self-Extracting Archive
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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
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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
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APPENDIX C PSEUDO TRANSPARENCY
Introduction
i-data Pseudo Transparency
MPI Pseudo Transparency
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