Connecting to System

Xerox FS 3270, User's Guide

(The “T” position is used for testing purposes. See the section on testing later on in the manual.)

CAUTION:

When delivered, the switch is in neither the B, A or T position, but is nevertheless set to PCL as a default. To change the driver, it is very important you follow the instructions below in the “Changing the Printer Driver” section. Note that operating position is alwaysaway from the B, A or T position.

Changing the Printer Driver

To change from PCL to FSL driver or vice versa, first of all the rotary switch has to be in position T at power on. The current printer driver will be indicated on a printout. The actual selection of printer driver is then made by turning the rotary switch to position A (PCL) or B (FSL). The new position will be indicated as either “PCL” or “alternate printer driver” (FSL) on a second printout. When the correct position is obtained, turn the rotary switch away from the A, B or T positions (any other position will do). Power the unit off then on again. The new driver is now active.

NOTE:

Emulation change results in the interface being reset to factory default.

SERIAL (IN/OUT) RS232

The serial port can be configured either as input or as output.

Default configuration is input.

Serial input

The serial port is connected to the serial output on a PC or similar source able to share the printer with the host.

For this connection you need a spare cable ending in a 25-pole RS connector (i-data order no. 999010-030).

To use RS input Function 24, the "Data Input/Output Port Select" must be set to zero (which is factory default).

On the PC you must also make the following settings to match the default

settings on the box:

 

 

Baud rate

= 9600

Number of data bits

= 8

Parity

=

None

Stop Bits

=

1

If this is not possible, you must change functions 15, 16, 17 and 18 on the box to match the PC's values.

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Xerox FS 3270 instruction manual Changing the Printer Driver, Serial input