DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126 Issue 4
June 1999
Maintenance Object Repair Procedures
9-1289PMS-PRNT/JNL-PRNT (PMS Printer Link)
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PMS-PRNT/JNL-PRNT (PMS Printer Link)
A journal printer is a printer to whic h Emergency Access to A ttendant, Wakeup
and Property Management System (PMS) events are printed as they o ccur. The
PMS-log printer is used as a bac kup of the PMS output device to print an a udit
trail of all PMS transactions and Housekeeping Status Change events when the
PMS Printer Link is not available. There may be one or two journal printers. If
there is one, all events are printed there. If there are 2, then emerg ency access,
wakeup events, and sched uled reports are printed on one printer (JNL-PRNT),
and PMS events are printed at the other (PMS-PRNT).
The scheduled report p rinter is where summaries of daily wakeup ac tivity and
emergency acc ess activity are printed. If the c ustomer requests a summary
report, the report will be printed exactly once per day.
The distinction between Journal and Scheduled report p rinters is logical rather
than physical. Whether or not there are two printers, the scheduled reports are
always sent to the printer that journals the wakeup and emergency ac cess
events. A scheduled rep ort will temporarily suspend the journal activity. Upon
completion of the sched uled report, journaling will be resumed after the printing
of all the withheld events.
The journal printer device c onnects to the system via a data mod ule (PDM,
MPDM, DTDM) connected to a port on a TN754 Digi tal Line circuit pack that is
administered as a data exte nsion. A journal printer devic e can also be connec ted
through an ADU to a port on TN726B Data Line circ uit pack. The journal printer
link to the processor is via a system p ort. comprised of a p ort on the TN726B
Data Line circuit pack and a port on the TN553 Packet Data circuit p ack
connected to eac h other in a null-modem fashion. Refer to the PDATA-PT
Maintenance Service Descrip tion for information on the system port conn ectivity.
PMS/JOURNAL Printer Link Maintenance provides a strategy for maintaining the
link between the system and a PMS device (an exte rnal Journal Printer device).
The strategy includes a set of tests for p eriodic diag nosis, detection of errors
during normal operation , actions for troubleshooting, and raising alarms for
serious problems. PMS Printer Link Maintenance uses a try-and -wait mechanism.
If a PMS Printer Link is torn down due to an error, PMS Printer Link Maintenance
will try to bring the link up immediately. If the link setup fails, PMS Link
MO Name (in
Alarm Log) Alarm Level Initial Command to Run Full Name of MO
PMS-PRNT/JN L-
PRNT MINOR test journal [p ms-log | wakeup-log]
lPMS Printe r/ Jour nal
Printer
PMS-PRNT/JN L-
PRNT WARNING test journal [pms-log | wakeup-log] PMS Printer/ Journal
Printer