BayTech PRINT MASTER 706A Bedienungsanleitung
OWNER'S MANUAL
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PRINT MASTER
700 SERIES
PRINTER CONTROLLERS
706A
706C
708C
710C
706D
708D
706E
708E
710E
708F
710F
BayTech publication #U140E045-05
Dear Customer,
Thank you for selecting a BayTech Print Master printer controller.
The data provided in this Owner's Manual explains the various ways
you can operate your unit and configure it to your own computer
system. We suggest that you read this manual carefully before
attempting to install Print Master and that you place special emphasis
on correct cabling and configuration. If you have any problems with
your installation, please contact a BayTech applications engineer for
assistance.
BayTech also manufactures data communications devices that
provide port sharing and expansion, networking, port contention,
buffered and non-buffered printer sharing, and multiplexing. If you
would like information on any of these models, please contact
BayTech Customer Service.
We welcome any comments you may have about our products. And
we hope that you will continue to look to BayTech for your data
communications needs.
The information contained in this document is subject to change
without notice.
Copyright 1993 by Bay Technical Associates, Inc.
IBM PC, IBM PC/AT, IBM PC/XT and IBM PS/2 are products of
International Business Machines Corporation.
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet is a product of the Hewlett-Packard
Company.
Wordperfect is a product of Wordperfect, Inc.
WordStar is a registered trademark of MicroPro International Corp.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.
Print Master is a registered trademark of Bay Technical Associates,
Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 GENERAL INFORMATION............................................... 1
2 SPECIFICATIONS............................................................ 3
3 QUICK REFERENCE ....................................................... 6
4 INSTALLATION .............................................................. 10
4.1 UNPACKING........................................................ 10
4.2 SOFTWARE UTILITY DISKETTE........................ 10
4.3 POWER ............................................................... 12
4.4 FACTORY DEFAULTS ........................................ 12
4.5 PC SET-UP.......................................................... 13
5 CABLING........................................................................ 15
5.1 PARALLEL PORTS.............................................. 15
5.2 SERIAL PORTS................................................... 16
5.3 PRINT MASTER MODELS 706C, 708C AND
710C WITH RJ-45 MODULAR CONNECTORS .. 19
6 OPERATION................................................................... 20
6.1 USER-PROGRAMMABLE CONFIGURATIONS.. 20
6.1.1 THE PORT LOGICAL NAME .................... 20
6.1.2 THE NUMBER OF PRINTERS/THE PORT
ASSIGNMENT........................................... 21
6.1.3 THE PRINTER SELECT CODE................ 22
6.1.4 THE PRINTER SELECT MODE................ 22
6.1.5 THE SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION ... 23
6.1.6 THE INPUT INACTIVITY TIMEOUT.......... 23
6.1.7 THE FORM FEED MODE ......................... 23
6.1.8 THE HEADER PAGE MESSAGE.............. 24
6.2 PRINTER SHARING OPERATING PROCEDURE 24
6.2.1 SHARING A SINGLE PRINTER................ 25
6.2.2 SPECIFIED SHARING OF MULTIPLE
PRINTERS ................................................ 26
6.2.3 CONTENDING FOR MULTIPLE
PRINTERS ................................................ 27
6.2.4 BUFFERING OF PRINT DATA ................. 28
6.2.5 BEGINNING AND ENDING A PRINT JOB 28
6.2.6 BUFFER CLEARING................................. 30
6.2.7 MINIMUM SIZE PRINT JOB...................... 30
6.2.8 PORT SELECTION METHODS................ 31
6.2.9 FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION .......... 32
6.2.10PLOTTER SHARING HINTS..................... 32
6.3 LED INDICATORS............................................... 33
6.4 DATA FLOW CONTROL...................................... 34
6.4.1 HARDWARE HANDSHAKING.................. 34
6.4.2 XON/XOFF HANDSHAKING..................... 36
6.4.3 HP 3000 OPTION...................................... 37
7 CONFIGURATION.......................................................... 38
7.1 MODELS 706A AND 708A - CONFIGURATION
PROCEDURE...................................................... 38
7.1.1 MODELS 706A AND 708A - MAIN
CONFIGURATION MENU......................... 40
7.1.2 MODELS 706A AND 708A - STATUS....... 41
7.1.3 MODELS 706A AND 708A - CHANGE
LOGICAL NAME........................................ 42
7.1.4 MODELS 706A AND 708A - SET INPUT
INACTIVITY TIMEOUT.............................. 43
7.1.5 MODELS 706A AND 708A - SET
NUMBER OF PRINTERS.......................... 44
7.1.6 MODELS 706A AND 708A - PROGRAM
PRINTER SELECT CODE ........................ 45
7.1.7 MODELS 706A AND 708A - SET
PRINTER SELECT MODE........................ 46
7.1.8 MODELS 706A AND 708A - SET FORM
FEED MODE............................................. 46
7.1.9 MODELS 706A AND 708A - PROGRAM
HEADER PAGE MESSAGE...................... 47
7.1.10MODELS 706A AND 708A - EXIT............. 47
7.2 ALL 700C MODELS - CONFIGURATION
PROCEDURE...................................................... 48
7.2.1 ALL 700C MODELS - MAIN
CONFIGURATION MENU......................... 50
7.2.2 ALL 700C MODELS - STATUS................. 51
7.2.3 ALL 700C MODELS - SET SERIAL PORT
CONFIGURATION .................................... 52
7.2.4 ALL 700C MODELS - SET INPUT
INACTIVITY TIMEOUT.............................. 55
7.2.5 ALL 700C MODELS - SET NUMBER OF
PRINTERS ................................................ 56
7.2.6 ALL 700C MODELS - PROGRAM
PRINTER SELECT CODE ........................ 57
7.2.7 ALL 700C MODELS - SET PRINTER
SELECT MODE......................................... 58
7.2.8 ALL 700C MODELS - SET FORM FEED
MODE........................................................ 58
7.2.9 ALL 700C MODELS - PROGRAM
HEADER PAGE MESSAGE...................... 59
7.2.10ALL 700C MODELS - EXIT....................... 59
7.3 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS -
CONFIGURATION PROCEDURE ....................... 60
7.3.1 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS - MAIN
CONFIGURATION MENU......................... 62
7.3.2 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS -
STATUS.................................................... 63
7.3.3 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS -SET
SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION............ 64
7.3.4 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS
-CHANGE PORT LOGICAL NAME........... 67
7.3.5 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS - SET
PORT ASSIGNMENT................................ 68
7.3.6 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS -SET
INPUT INACTIVITY TIMEOUT.................. 70
7.3.7 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS
-PROGRAM PRINTER SELECT CODE.... 71
7.3.8 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS - SET
PRINTER SELECT MODE........................ 72
7.3.9 ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS - SET
FORM FEED MODE.................................. 72
7.3.10ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS -
PROGRAM HEADER PAGE MESSAGE .. 73
7.3.11ALL 700D, 700E, 700F MODELS - EXIT .. 73
8 MAINTENANCE.............................................................. 74
9 REPACKING FOR SHIPPING........................................ 74
10 TECHNICAL SUPPORT................................................. 75
11 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO
FREQUENCY INTERFACE STATEMENT ..................... 77
APPENDIX A
RECOMMENDED CABLING ......................................... 78
A.1 BETWEEN IBM PC, IBM XT, IBM PS/2
AND PRINT MASTER (DB-25) ............................ 78
A.2 BETWEEN IBM AT AND PRINT MASTER
(DE-9)................................................................... 80
A.3 BETWEEN PRINT MASTER AND
HEWLETT PACKARD LASERJET ...................... 82
A.4 BETWEEN PRINT MASTER AND
ANY CENTRONICS PRINTER ............................ 83
A.5 700C MODELS - MODULAR CABLING............... 84
APPENDIX B
OPTION 19 - CASCADE FEATURE FOR MODELS 710C,
710E, 710F..................................................................... 86
B.1 OPTION 19 - CONFIGURATION......................... 87
B.1.1 OPTION 19 - MAIN CONFIGURATION
MENU........................................................ 88
B.1.2 OPTION 19 - CONFIGURATION STATUS 89
B.1.3 OPTION 19 - SET UNIT ID NUMBER....... 90
B.2 OPTION 19 - CABLING ....................................... 91
B.3 OPTION 19 - SHARING OF PRINTERS.............. 91
APPENDIX C
TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................... 93
APPENDIX D
INDEX........................................................................... 102
1
The BayTech 700 Series Print Master is a flexible, intelligent device
that connects between your computers and peripherals allowing the
computers to share the peripherals, including expensive plotters and
laser printers. All models come in a self-contained desk-top unit or
with a rack mount.
Print Master comes standard with a 1 MB buffer which is optionally
available up to 2 MB. The built-in buffer saves valuable computer
time by spooling data until the printer or plotter can receive it, keeping
the computers working full time instead of waiting.
Print Master models are available with full duplex EIA-232 serial ports
and/or Centronics compatible parallel ports depending upon the
model purchased. The available serial/parallel port combination are
listed below by model.
Model 706A has six parallel ports.
Model 708A has six parallel ports.
Model 706C has six serial ports.
Model 708C has eight serial ports.
Model 710C has ten serial ports.
Model 706D has four parallel and two serial ports.
Model 708D has six parallel and two serial ports.
Model 706E has four serial and two parallel ports.
Model 708E has six serial and two parallel ports.
Model 710E has eight serial and two parallel ports.
Model 708F has four serial and four parallel ports.
Model 710F has six serial and four parallel ports.
On models with combination serial and parallel ports, you may set up
Print Master with parallel or serial in and parallel or serial out. Print
Master internally converts data from serial-to-parallel or
parallel-to-serial. Ports are user-configurable as computer ports or
printer ports.
2
In addition to port assignment, you may program the following
features to meet the need of your application: the individual serial port
configuration (baud rate, word size, stop bits, parity, and XON/XOFF),
the Port Logical Names, the Input Inactivity Timeout, the Printer
Select Code, the Printer Select Mode, the Form Feed Mode, and the
Header Page Message. Programming of these features is easily
accomplished via the menu-driven configuration mode, and all
changes are saved in non-volatile memory.
NOTE: Users of IBM compatible computers may utilize the BayTech
Print Master Support Software Diskette supplied with the unit. Refer
to
Section 4.2
for instructions.
A typical application using Print Master would allow various computers
(e.g., PCs, main frames, mini computers, etc.) to share printers and/or
plotters. For example,
Figure 1
below shows seven PCs sharing a
single HP LaserJet IIISi printer. This application would allow all the
PCs to send print jobs to the printer simultaneously.
Figure 1
This application
demonstrates just one
on the many Print
Master configuration
possibilities. Print
Master ports are
programmable as
computer or printer
ports
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