DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126 Issue 4
June 1999
Maintenance Object Repair Procedures
9-1595SYS-PRNT (System Printer)
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SYS-PRNT (System Printer)
The Report Scheduler feature provides the c apability to sched ule printing of
output form selected ad ministration commands on an async hronous System
Printe r (SYS-PRNT) o r a Pers onal C ompu ter (PC ). The Sy stem Pri nter d evic e
connects to the system via a d ata module (PDM, MPDM, DTDM) connected to a
port on a TN754 Digital Line circ uit pack which is ad ministered as a data
extension. A System Printer device can also b e connected through an ADU to a
port on TN726B Data Line circuit pac k. The System Printer link to the processor is
via a system port. A system port is comprised of a por t on the TN726B Data Line
circuit pack and a port on the TN553 Packet Data circui t pack connected to each
other in a null-modem fashion. Refer to the PDATA-PT section for information on
the system port connec tivity.
System Printer Link Maintenance provides a strateg y for maintaining the link
between the system and an external SYS-PRNT output device. The strategy
includes a set of tests for de tection of errors during normal op eration,
troubleshooting actions, and alarms for serious problems. System Printer Link
Maintenance uses a try-and-wait mec hanism for maintaining the SYS-PRNT link.
A minor alarm is raised when the link set-up fails. A warning alarm is raised whe n
the SPE has been busied out. A maximum of two link retry attemp ts is made.
After the second attempt, set- up attempts are only made b y the application
software. (The 15-minute timer fires and jobs are printed unles s an immediate job
was entered.) After two unsuccessfu l attempts to establish the link, a MINOR
alarm is raised. If the System Printer Link is torn down d ue to an error, System
Printer Link Maintenance will raise a MINOR alarm but will not a ttempt to bring up
the System Printer Link.
System Printer Link Maintenance does not cover the elements comprising the
SYS-PRNT physical link: the external SYS-PRNT output device, the Data Module
(PDM/MPDM/DTDM) and TN754 Digital Line, or the ADU and TN726B Data Line.
If System Printer Link Maintenance cannot restore the System Printer Link, the
maintenance tests of these individ ual components of the System Printer Link
must be executed to d iagnose faults.
MO Name As It
Appears in Alarm
Log Alarm
Level
Initial System
Tech ni cia n
Command to Run Full Name of MO
SYS-PRNT MINOR test sp -link l Sy stem Pri nter
SYS-PRNT WARNING releas e sp-l ink System Pr inter