Mackie V7.0 manual Defining the local gateway, Modecompatible

Gateways Interoperability

Defining the local gateway

The local gateway is defined as follows on a host which, if possible, should have a constant connection to the BSD spooler to which the connection is to be established:

xpadd -gtw local_gw -tp LOCAL -ho local_host -ga 515 \ -np TCP -pp BSD [-aa] [-op option_list]

This command configures a local gateway named local_gw which administers the physical connection to the BSD system. For local_gw any name can be used; it does make sense, however, to use a name which indicates on which host the gateway is configured. With the option -holocal_host you specify the name of the host which is to act as the gateway to the BSD system from the local Xprint V7.0 domain.

The option -ga 515 specifies that the port 515 is to be used for accessing the BSD print services. If the BSD system uses a different port number for the print services (see /etc/services file on the BSD host), you must specify the relevant port number here.

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The port number is very important as no two gateways with the same port number can run at the same time on a system.

The option -np TCP defines that the TCP/IP protocol is used. No other protocol can be specified. For the connection to BSD printer spoolers the print protocol must be selected with the option -pp BSD. With the -aaoption you can define that the gateway is activated automatically each time Xprint V7.0 is started.

The option -opoption_list can be used to adjust the behavior of the local gateway. The following options/values are possible:

"MODE:COMPATIBLE"

This option is used to send requests to a BSD server. It requires the local gateway to act as a SUN BSD lp client. This option must be specified if jobs are rejected by remote BSD lpd daemons for no obvious reason.

For example: for all local gateways defined in "-bl", the option "MODE=COMPATIBLE" must be set if the partner gateway represents an ATT lp spooler system.

"PI=<first_port_number_client>" "PA=<last_port_number_client>"

These two options are important for receiving requests from remote BSD clients. The two values define the port range the remote BSD client must use for sending jobs to the local gateway or receiving jobs from it. Default values are "PI=721" and "PA=731".

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