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5250

ALLY

MODE

5250 ALLY

Intelligent Protocol Converter

Users Guide and Reference

AGILE

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Summary of Contents for 5250 ALLY

Page 1: ...LY TM Intelligent Protocol Converter User s Guide and Reference AGILE 875 Alfred Nobel Drive Hercules CA 94547 1899 TEL 510 724 1600 TEL 800 538 1634 FAX 510 724 9624 Customer Support FAX 510 724 2222...

Page 2: ...of International Business Machines Inc Xerox and all Xerox products mentioned in this publication are trademarks of Xerox Corporation Hewlett Packard and all Hewlett Packard products mentioned in this...

Page 3: ...ices and provide solutions to their printing problems Over 50 000 AGILE interfaces have been installed worldwide By working closely with industry leaders including Xerox Lexmark Hewlett Packard and No...

Page 4: ...at enables serial and parallel ASCII and EBCDIC printers and plotters to be attached to a 3270 type controller Its alternate host feature allows the mainframe host and a PC to share the same printer w...

Page 5: ...for delays caused by shipping or non availability of replacement components or other similar causes events or conditions beyond its reasonable control Claims must be reported to AGILE s Technical Sup...

Page 6: ...te Optional Warranties and Services Extended Warranty lengthens the Standard Warranty and is available in 12 month increments for a maximum of three 3 years This extension can effectively lengthen the...

Page 7: ...50 ALLY into a different outlet so that the 5250 ALLY and receiver are on different branch circuits If necessary the user should consult an experienced radio television technician for additional sugge...

Page 8: ...a twinax port one parallel input port and one Centronics parallel output port The parallel input port is used for input from an alternate host The parallel output port is dedicated to output The twin...

Page 9: ...le reports a loop test and a twinax error log The 5250 ALLY is backed by a full two year warranty Optional warranties and services are also available About This Manual This manual covers the installat...

Page 10: ...rfacing Centronics DB 25 parallel output port Alternate Host Input Interfacing DB 25 parallel input port for PC PC LAN etc Printer Sharing Printer sharing between twinax host and alternate host Printe...

Page 11: ...racter Sets ASCII or EBCDIC character sets Custom Application Support Office 400 multi column justification GFIDs with multiple fonts per page superscripting subscripting bolding overstriking underlin...

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Page 13: ...nty v Standard Warranty v Optional Warranties and Services vi Extended Warranty vi Express Exchange Service vi Medallion Support Program vi Software Upgrades vi FCC Statement vii About the AGILE 5250...

Page 14: ...lternate Host 1 9 Connecting the 5250 ALLY to Power 1 10 5250 ALLY Front Panel 1 10 Modes 1 11 0 Normal Operating Mode 1 11 1 Twinax Addressing 1 11 2 Printer Emulations 1 11 3 Twinax Modes 1 11 4 Twi...

Page 15: ...1 Configuration Structure 2 1 Changing Configuration Option Parameters 2 3 Multiple Configuration Changes 2 3 Configuration Defaults 2 4 Power On Reset 2 4 Save Configuration 2 4 Configuration Groups...

Page 16: ...n 3 3 60 Twinax Translation 3 3 63 Alternate Host Translation 3 4 66 5250 ALLY Translation 3 4 67 Xerox EBCDIC Font Download Translation 3 5 Reading Translation Tables 3 5 Editing a Translation Table...

Page 17: ...t Download to ASCII 3 25 Chapter 4 Programmable Function Strings Overview 4 1 Editing PFSs 4 2 Power On Reset 4 3 Save Configuration 4 3 Parameters Within PFSs 4 4 GFIDs 4 5 User Font Configuration 4...

Page 18: ...DOFF 4 19 25 BSBOLD1 and 26 BSBOLD2 4 20 27 UNDL ON 4 20 28 UNDLOFF 4 20 2B SUBS ON 4 21 2C SUBSOFF 4 21 2D SUPS ON 4 21 2E SUPSOFF 4 21 2F LOWQUAL 4 21 30 MEDQUAL 4 22 31 HIQUAL 4 22 32 SIMPLEX 4 22...

Page 19: ...igital Display Fast Flash 5 2 Twinax Error Log 5 3 SCS Dump and Hex Dump Samples 5 3 SCSGEN File 5 3 Hex Dump Mode 5 3 SCS Dump Mode 5 4 IBM Emulation 5 4 Printing Reports Mode 9 5 5 Printer Test Mode...

Page 20: ...Based Formatting A 1 XES Mode A 2 Formatting Conflict Overview A 2 Coexistence A 3 Delimiting XES Jobs A 3 Well Formed XES Jobs A 4 Auto PFS Suppression A 4 Auto Form Feed Suppression A 5 Passing FFs...

Page 21: ...SPS B 4 Repeat RPT B 4 Form Feed FF B 5 Carriage Return CR B 5 New Line NL B 6 Unit Back Space UBS B 6 Back Space BS B 7 Interchange Record Separator IRS B 7 Word Underscore WUS B 8 Line Feed LF B 9...

Page 22: ...BUS B 36 End Underscore EUS B 36 Begin Overstrike BOS B 37 End Overstrike EOS B 37 Load Alternate Characters LAC B 38 Bell BEL B 39 Index Return IRT B 39 Absolute Horizontal Print Position AHPP B 40...

Page 23: ...ystem printer and alternate host All of the configuration operations described in this chapter can be performed from the 5250 ALLY front panel Other configuration operations must be performed by downl...

Page 24: ...e that will produce the same printed character The key to allowing this interpretation and character translation is the proper configuration of the 5250 ALLY Most important to the configuration proces...

Page 25: ...mensions of the 5250 ALLY are as follows 5250 ALLY TM MODE Electrical Requirements The 5250 ALLY requires 5 VDC at 1 amp provided by the 110 VAC adapter or 5 VDC at 1 5 amps provided by an optional 22...

Page 26: ...el Printer Cable 6287 ALLY PLUS TM MODE 5250 ALLY TM MODE Package Contents After unpacking the 5250 ALLY please check that all of the following items have been included If any of these items are missi...

Page 27: ...PARALLEL OUT PRINTER and a DB 25 parallel input port PARALLEL IN ALTERNATE HOST The PARALLEL OUT PRINTER port is a PC compatible DB 25 Centronics port that is dedicated to output to a printer or anoth...

Page 28: ...Data 7 9 Data 8 AGILE P N Description 830650 1 Parallel Output DB 25 S Centronics 36 830680 1 Parallel Alternate Host DB 25 P DB 25 P Parallel Port Pin Outs The pin outs for the parallel ports are as...

Page 29: ...t the 5250 ALLY to the host System or remote controller twinax line 1 Attach the twinax T cable adapter to the DB 15 connector located on the right side of the rear panel of the 5250 ALLY This connect...

Page 30: ...ALLY The cable supplied by AGILE may be used or if a standard Centronics parallel cable is already connected to the printer it may be used instead The PARALLEL OUT PRINTER port on the 5250 ALLY is IB...

Page 31: ...rator intervention is required to switch to the alternate host port the 5250 ALLY does this automatically The cable required to connect the PARALLEL IN ALTERNATE HOST port to an alternate host device...

Page 32: ...e end of the power cord into an AC power outlet Remember Never unplug either end of the power cord by pulling on the cord Always pull by the plug 5250 ALLY Front Panel The front panel of the 5250 ALLY...

Page 33: ...n press the MODE button until the LED displays the desired address 0 6 After two seconds the twinax address value will change and the unit will return to Normal Operating Mode 2 Printer Emulations Thi...

Page 34: ...desired printer configuration number After two seconds the LED will display an underscore _ and the user must enter the second digit of the printer configuration After two seconds the configuration w...

Page 35: ...e selection for the selected data type will change and the unit will return to Normal Operating Mode This process must be repeated for each data type that the user would like routed through a differen...

Page 36: ...ake certain the printer is powered on and ready to receive and to print data Power on the alternate host if any 2 Turn on the 5250 ALLY with the rear panel power switch The user may now configure the...

Page 37: ...s change takes place the 5250 ALLY will end communication on the address reconfigure the twinax port for the new address then reestablish communication on the new address 2 Printer Emulations In emula...

Page 38: ...and DCA commands of the incoming data stream from the twinax host 2 Xerox 275 twinax protocol converter emulation If the user selects this the user ordinarily should also select either 5225 or 5256 f...

Page 39: ...ob from one source could interrupt a job from the other source The following timeout values are available from the 5250 ALLY front panel For most twinax hosts the default value of 5 seconds is fine 0...

Page 40: ...oes not work properly with the user s printer either a configuration will have to be built from scratch or Generic or another configuration file will have to be modified by the user 5 Printer Configur...

Page 41: ...an equals sign The user must then press the MODE button until the LED displays the first digit of the desired printer configuration number After two seconds the LED will display an underscore _ and t...

Page 42: ...d and the unit will return to Normal Operating Mode 7 Alternate Host Timeout When the alternate host port has stopped using the printer port for a user configurable period the 5250 ALLY considers the...

Page 43: ...red only if the user s printer is not included among the supported output port configurations or if the user has selected Xerox 275 emulation mode rather than IBM emulation mode Detailed information o...

Page 44: ...derscore _ Then press the MODE button until the LED displays the number of the data type to be translated 0 3 6 7 After the data type has been selected the LED will display an equals sign The user mus...

Page 45: ...is configuration procedure will not have to be performed again For many applications this will be all that is necessary to install and use the 5250 ALLY However AGILE suggests reading subsequent chapt...

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Page 47: ...ws System administrators and end users to change the parameters of the 5250 ALLY without leaving their workstations Once the configuration changes are saved to the flash memory whether the changes are...

Page 48: ...Configuration Options Printer PFSs GFIDs Twinax Configuration Options Alt Host Configuration Options Translate Table Definitions Xerox 3700 ASCII Xerox 3700 EBCDIC Generic H P LaserJet 4 As illustrate...

Page 49: ...the name of the option or choice For instance the option number for changing the twinax address is 01 To change the twinax address to 3 enter AGILE 01 03 Commands are entered in a document to be print...

Page 50: ...etting enter the trigger the option number and the terminator The following example sets the twinax host Xerox PFS suppression value to its default setting note that this is one of the four digit opti...

Page 51: ...se an address that does not conflict with an existing device on the twinax line If the user chooses a conflicting address the 5250 ALLY will send a message to the printer that reads The twinax address...

Page 52: ...3 IBM 5224 2 dot matrix printer AGILE 02 04 IBM 5225 4 dot matrix printer AGILE 02 05 IBM 5256 1 band printer Note Do not choose the 3812 or 5219 emulation if using continuous form paper such as fanfo...

Page 53: ...do so by AGILE Hex dump mode will cause the 5250 ALLY to print all data it receives as 16 hexadecimal bytes per line on the left column of a page accompanied in the right column by the 16 ASCII chara...

Page 54: ...ransparent mode default AGILE 31 05 Hex dump 33 Alternate Host Timeout When the alternate host port has stopped using the printer port for a user configurable timeout period the 5250 ALLY makes the pr...

Page 55: ...inter Configuration Each of the following commands will load one of the available printer port configurations AGILE 40 00 Xerox 3700 printer in ASCII mode AGILE 40 01 Xerox 3700 printer in EBCDIC mode...

Page 56: ...specify the relative speed at which the printer can receive data In general laser printers should be set to fast and dot matrix printers should be set to slow The printer configurations available in f...

Page 57: ...choice assumes that the printer will perform this function To program this option AGILE 44 00 Do not add a CR AGILE 44 01 Add a CR at every FF default 46 Vertical Movement Some printers recognize a co...

Page 58: ...E 47 03 120 dots per inch horizontal resolution AGILE 47 04 144 dots per inch horizontal resolution AGILE 47 05 180 dots per inch horizontal resolution default AGILE 47 06 216 dots per inch horizontal...

Page 59: ...offset options specify the offsets only when the page orientation is COR Computer Output Reduction The default value for these options is 50 inches which is the same offset as the IBM 3812 printer To...

Page 60: ...14 95 inch vertical offset AGILE 4B 15 1 0 inch vertical offset AGILE 4C 01 No COR horizontal offset AGILE 4C 02 05 inch COR horizontal offset AGILE 4C 03 10 inch COR horizontal offset AGILE 4C 04 15...

Page 61: ...cal offset AGILE 4D 10 75 inch COR vertical offset AGILE 4D 11 80 inch COR vertical offset AGILE 4D 12 85 inch COR vertical offset AGILE 4D 13 90 inch COR vertical offset AGILE 4D 14 95 inch COR verti...

Page 62: ...set at the printer the CPI setting can be made to affect it To program this option AGILE 4F 00 Set CPI before sending font default AGILE 4F 01 Send font before setting CPI 51 Bolding The choices for...

Page 63: ...e command or an SCS Begin Underscore command The occurrence of a character backspace underscore character or a text Carriage Return underscore character sequence in the data stream will also initiate...

Page 64: ...t checks to see if it is possible to fit all of the data on the page determines which orientation is best and then executes the orientation command If the data will not fit on the page using this meth...

Page 65: ...es Physical paper width and height are determined by the settings of the individual paper drawer The 5250 ALLY supports only portrait landscape and COR Computer Output Reduction orientations it does n...

Page 66: ...ion of the paper in the drawer For example if the paper in the drawer is 8 1 2 X 11 inches select 8 5 inches If the size of the page is not one of the sizes listed here choose the next smallest size I...

Page 67: ...3 Paper 3 length is 17 inches AGILE 5801 00 Envelope length is 8 5 inches AGILE 5801 01 Envelope length is 11 inches default AGILE 5801 02 Envelope length is 14 inches AGILE 5801 03 Envelope length is...

Page 68: ...landscape AGILE 5802 02 Envelope rotation is COR 59 Font ID Look Up Xerox printers require separate font assignments for landscape and portrait fonts Other printers can use the same font assignments...

Page 69: ...ASCII EBCDIC to from ASCII EBCDIC Four are used for specialized printer applications One table is used to convert Xerox EBCDIC characters into ASCII format during downloading from the host The other s...

Page 70: ...necessary Tables 08 0E are reserved for definition by the user Selecting a Translation Table Group 60 When configuring the 5250 ALLY for each input device the appropriate translation table must be sel...

Page 71: ...rmat the user should select one of the EBCDIC tables 01 03 04 05 06 depending upon the printer Choose table 07 only if the twinax mode is Xerox 275 emulation mode AGILE 03 02 and if the Xerox printer...

Page 72: ...ILE 63 0C User Table 5 AGILE 63 0D User Table 6 AGILE 63 0E User Table 7 AGILE 63 0F Xerox EBCDIC font download to ASCII 66 5250 ALLY Translation All 5250 ALLY generated reports are in ASCII mode so t...

Page 73: ...LE 67 0E User Table 7 AGILE 67 0F Xerox font download to ASCII default Reading Translation Tables The left column of each table is a series of numerals and letters representing the most significant di...

Page 74: ...wnloading new values from the host or alternate host This procedure should be attempted only by advanced users with a clear understanding of the way in which the translation tables function The transl...

Page 75: ...following format The example changes User Table 2 Table 05 to a pass through table AGILE 05 00 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 20 21 22...

Page 76: ...is action Downloading a Partial Translation Table Downloading of a partial translation table uses the following format The example illustrates changing the value of all lowercase letters in Table 00 A...

Page 77: ...the 5250 ALLY performs is to send the data through a translation table and to send PFS 04 INITALT to the printer upon receipt of data from the alternate host Although the translation tables can trans...

Page 78: ...36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 64 4 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O 80 5 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F P Q R S T U V...

Page 79: ...F 41 41 41 41 41 41 43 4E 7C 2C 25 5F 3E 3F A A A A A A C N _ 112 7 6F 45 45 45 45 49 49 49 49 60 3A 23 40 27 3D 22 o E E E E I I I I 128 8 4F 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 3C 3E 64 79 70 2B O a b c d e...

Page 80: ...C8 C9 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O 80 5 D7 D8 D9 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 4A E0 5A 5F 6D P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ 96 6 7D 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 a b c d e f g h...

Page 81: ...P TRN NBS EOT SBS IT RFF CU3 DC4 NAK SUB 64 4 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F SP RSP 80 5 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F 96 6 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D...

Page 82: ...C5 C1 CD C9 D5 D1 DD D9 DE 5D 24 2A 29 3B 5E 96 6 2D 2F A2 D8 A1 E0 E1 D0 B4 B6 7C 2C 25 5F 3E 3F _ 112 7 D6 DC A4 A5 A3 E5 A6 A7 E6 A9 3A 23 41 27 3D 22 128 8 D2 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 FB FD E4 B...

Page 83: ...E1 5D 5B 2A 29 3B 5E 96 6 2D 2F 41 8E 41 41 41 8F 80 A5 7C 2C 25 5F 3E 3F A A A A _ 112 7 ED 90 45 45 45 49 49 49 49 61 3A 23 41 27 3D 22 E E E I I I I 128 8 4F 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 AE AF 64 79...

Page 84: ...P SP 80 5 26 E9 EA EB E8 ED EE EF EC DF 5D 24 2A 29 3B 5E 96 6 2D 2F C2 C4 C0 C1 C3 C5 C7 D1 A6 2C 25 5F 3E 3F _ 112 7 F8 C9 CA CB C8 CD CE CF CC 91 3A 23 40 27 3D 22 128 8 D8 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68...

Page 85: ...48 3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 64 4 20 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 F8 AA AB A2 2E 3C 28 2B 7C SP l 80 5 26 BA BB C0 C1 BD BC C4 C5 C6 21 24 2A 29 3B 98 96 6 2D 2F C7 C8 C9 D0 D1 D2 D3 D4...

Page 86: ...9 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F 96 6 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 112 7 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 128 8 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 144 9 90 91 92 93 9...

Page 87: ...9 4A E0 5A 5F 6D 96 6 7D 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 112 7 97 98 99 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 C0 BB D0 A1 00 128 8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 144 9 00 00 00 00 00 0...

Page 88: ...9 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F 96 6 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 112 7 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 128 8 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 144 9 90 91 92 93 9...

Page 89: ...A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F 96 6 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 112 7 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 128 8 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 144 9 90 91 92 93 94 9...

Page 90: ...8 E9 4A E0 5A 5F 6D 96 6 7D 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 112 7 97 98 99 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 C0 BB D0 A1 00 128 8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 144 9 00 00 00 00 0...

Page 91: ...A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F 96 6 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 112 7 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 128 8 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 144 9 90 91 92 93 94 9...

Page 92: ...9 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F 96 6 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 112 7 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 128 8 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 144 9 90 91 92 93 9...

Page 93: ...12 7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 7E 00 8 128 8 00 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 00 00 00 00 00 00 a b c d e f g h i 144 9 00 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 70 71 72 00 00 00 00 00 00 j k l m n o p q r 1...

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Page 95: ...modify an existing set as part of the output port configuration By changing or defining PFSs almost any printer can be driven by the 5250 ALLY If the user would like to use the PFSs in a way not anti...

Page 96: ...y Refer to the printer user s manual for information on the control code for the printer function to be entered as the PFS definition Some printer manuals list their control codes in hexadecimal and o...

Page 97: ...respectively the required line ending for this command Note that a Space Tab or line ending is required between MCK and EMULATE Remember that some PFSs must be coordinated with the format information...

Page 98: ...user will probably find the format of the required parameters in the section that discusses horizontal or vertical movement The format of the parameter may not be mentioned specifically in the manual...

Page 99: ...ion The Escape sequence that a particular GFID evokes is determined by two tables used by the 5250 ALLY The Portrait Font Correspondence Table contains the Escape sequences for portrait oriented fonts...

Page 100: ...ce tables 1 The printer may not have one or more of the fonts that will be evoked by the font correspondence tables If the System requests a GFID for a font that the printer does not have the user wil...

Page 101: ...the action of the PFS and indicates when each PFS will be sent to the printer by the 5250 ALLY The descriptions also indicate the type of command that should be entered by the user in the PFS definit...

Page 102: ...eives data from the twinax host regardless of the setting of Option 03 Mode 04 INITALT This PFS is empty by default in all printer configurations Use this to initialize the printer to a known state fo...

Page 103: ...Print Position or Required Form Feed command 08 CR Carriage Return This PFS is defined in all printer configurations This should move the print position horizontally to the left edge of the page It s...

Page 104: ...ge orientation and to select a default font for that orientation If page orientation for the printer is selected by font the user needs only to select the appropriate font 0D VERMOVE Move the printhea...

Page 105: ...nce when it receives a Form Feed Most printers set forms length as a number of lines per page after the line density has been set See PFS 0F PAGELEN below The new line density is sent as the parameter...

Page 106: ...r the current font If a specific font is needed to achieve 8 CPI then this PFS should be defined to select that font If Option 4F CPI Font Order is set to 00 AGILE 4F 00 then this PFS will be sent bef...

Page 107: ...PFS is sent to the printer when the 5250 ALLY s page orientation algorithm has selected a portrait orientation and when the System has requested a font with a pitch of greater than 10 but less than or...

Page 108: ...set the pitch for the current font If a specific font is needed to achieve 16 CPI then this PFS should be defined to select that font If Option 4F CPI Font Order is set to 00 AGILE 4F 00 then this PFS...

Page 109: ...to the printer when the 5250 ALLY s page orientation algorithm has selected a landscape orientation and when the System has requested a font with a pitch of greater than 5 but less than or equal to 8...

Page 110: ...If a specific font is needed to achieve proportional spacing then this PFS should be defined to select that font If Option 4F CPI Font Order is set to 00 AGILE 4F 00 then this PFS will be sent before...

Page 111: ...ape orientation This PFS is sent to the printer when the 5250 ALLY s page orientation algorithm has selected a landscape orientation and when the System has requested a font with a pitch of greater th...

Page 112: ...t to greater than or equal to 13 CPI in order to horizontally compress the print enough for 13 2 inches of print at the system s CPI value to fit on 10 inches of paper at the printer s CPI value If a...

Page 113: ...printer s CPI value If a specific font is needed to achieve 20 CPI then this PFS should be defined to select that font Example 15 CPI system s CPI value x 13 2 inches system s expected page width 198...

Page 114: ...OLD2 is sent to the printer It should perform a small offset to the left of the same distance that PFS 25 BSBOLD1 offset to the right This will place the print position at the printer at the same plac...

Page 115: ...ystem request for superscripting using the SCS Superscript command If the user defines this PFS with the printer s Superscript On command only one level of superscripting will be supported If the user...

Page 116: ...nter Start that mode of operation by selecting the appropriate print mode at the System 32 SIMPLEX Print in simplex single sided mode selected by sending the SCS Page Presentation Media command with t...

Page 117: ...n Media command with the sd parameter set to 01h It uses format information from Option 55 Paper 1 36 PPAPER 2 Use paper from source drawer 2 This PFS is sent to the printer at the beginning of each p...

Page 118: ...ion works only for PFSs 35 38 and 3C 3F It does not work for PORTTRC 3B PORTMAN Use manual feed paper sheet feed If the System specifies manual feed with the SCS Set Printer Setup command and if the p...

Page 119: ...rinter Setup command and if the printer is in landscape mode then this PFS will be sent to the printer Afterward one of the drawer select PFSs above will be sent to select the paper source drawer 41 L...

Page 120: ...selected paper output tray number 1 with the SCS Page Presentation Media command 45 DEST2 Select paper output drawer 2 This PFS is sent to the printer at the beginning of each page when the System ha...

Page 121: ...em The user may define this in any appropriate way 4D TIMEOUT This PFS is sent to the printer before switching hosts after the configuration defined timeout period This is not the result of a System r...

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Page 123: ...itiated with Mode E from the front panel of the 5250 ALLY NOTE to perform this test the twinax T must be attached to the 5250 ALLY twinax port and both cables must be disconnected from the T connector...

Page 124: ...polling that address either the unit is not connected properly or the System is not configured to have a device on that address Check the connections and if the error persists configure the System to...

Page 125: ...vpp 30 goto line 30 ahpp 30 column 30 text Sample test program avpp 32 ahpp 30 bus 1 underscore all text This line is underscored eus avpp 34 ahpp 30 bes start emphasis text This line is emphasized ee...

Page 126: ...9 A2 83 96 99 85 84 Text e r s c o r e d 00000061 2B D4 02 0E End Underscore 00000065 34 C4 22 Absolute Vertical To Line 34 00000068 34 C0 1E Absolute Horizontal To Column 30 00000071 2B D1 03 8A 00 B...

Page 127: ...on Report 2 Translation Table Report 3 PFS Report 4 PFS Test 5 Portrait Font ID Report 6 Landscape Font ID Report 7 Loop Test 8 Twinax Error Log To begin printing reports make certain that the printer...

Page 128: ...RSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 56789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 6789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _ abcde...

Page 129: ...tive ALTERNATE HOST GROUP 30 31 Mode Transparent mode 33 Timeout 5 second s 3400 Xerox UDK Translation UDK translation 3401 Xerox PFS Suppression Automatic PFS suppression 3402 Xerox Form Feed Suppres...

Page 130: ...Length 11 00 inch 5602 Paper 2 Rotation Portrait 5700 Paper 3 Width 8 50 inch 5701 Paper 3 Length 11 00 inch 5702 Paper 3 Rotation Portrait 5800 Envelope Width 8 50 inch 5801 Envelope Length 11 00 in...

Page 131: ...9 BA BB BC BD BE BF C_ C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF D_ D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF E_ E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF F_ F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7...

Page 132: ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D_ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E_ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F_ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 _0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _...

Page 133: ...48 49 2D C2 CE CA C6 EA D_ 7D 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 31 C3 CF CB C7 EF E_ 5C 20 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 32 DF DA E8 E7 E9 F_ 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 33 AE DB AD ED FF _0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _7...

Page 134: ...47 48 49 2D F4 F6 F2 F3 F5 D_ 7D 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 B9 FB FC F9 FA FF E_ 5C 20 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A B2 D4 D6 D2 D3 D5 F_ 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 B3 DB DC D9 DA 00 _0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6...

Page 135: ...8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF D_ D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF E_ E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF F_ F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF _0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _7...

Page 136: ...C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF D_ D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF E_ E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF F_ F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF _0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _...

Page 137: ...0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D_ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E_ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F_ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 _0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _7...

Page 138: ...C7 C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF D_ D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF E_ E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF F_ F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF _0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _...

Page 139: ...PFS INITALY 1B 2B 39 54 69 74 61 6E esc 9 T i t a n 31 30 69 73 6F 2D 50 0D 1 0 i s o P cr 0A 1B 39 1B 7A 66 1B 6D lf esc 9 esc z f esc m 33 33 30 30 2C 37 35 2C 3 3 0 0 7 5 37 35 2C 37 35 2C 32 34 7...

Page 140: ...FS L 10CPI END PFS L PSCPI END PFS L 12CPI END PFS L 15CPI END PFS L 16CPI END PFS L 17CPI END PFS COR 10 END PFS COR 12 END PFS COR 15 END PFS BOLD ON 1B 62 END esc b PFS BOLDOFF 1B 70 END esc p PFS...

Page 141: ...END PFS PPAPER1 1B 63 31 END esc c 1 PFS PPAPER2 1B 63 32 END esc c 2 PFS PPAPER3 1B 63 33 END esc c 3 PFS P ENVEL 1B 63 31 END esc c 1 PFS PORTCUT END PFS PORTTRC END PFS PORTMAN END PFS LPAPER1 END...

Page 142: ...RIGHTS RESERVED PFS Test Page This is a test of the PFSs for the printer Each of the following print enhancements are made with the indicated PFS P 5CPI 5 Characters Per Inch P 10CPI This text should...

Page 143: ...t a 67 65 31 30 69 73 6F 2D g e 1 0 i s o 50 0D 0A 1B 39 END P cr lf esc 9 GFID 00013 1B 2B 39 54 69 74 61 6E esc 9 T i t a n 31 30 69 73 6F 2D 50 0D 1 0 i s o P cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00018 1B...

Page 144: ...0D 0A 0 i s o P cr lf 1B 39 END esc 9 GFID 00041 1B 2B 39 56 69 6E 74 61 esc 9 V i n t a 67 65 31 30 69 73 6F 2D g e 1 0 i s o 50 0D 0A 1B 39 END P cr lf esc 9 GFID 00042 1B 2B 39 54 69 74 61 6E esc...

Page 145: ...cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00070 1B 2B 39 56 69 6E 74 61 esc 9 V i n t a 67 65 31 32 69 73 6F 2D g e 1 2 i s o 50 0D 0A 1B 39 END P cr lf esc 9 GFID 00071 1B 2B 39 56 69 6E 74 61 esc 9 V i n t a 6...

Page 146: ...1 r G o t h i c 1 32 42 69 73 6F 2D 50 0D 2 B i s o P cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00111 1B 2B 39 45 6C 69 74 65 esc 9 E l i t e 31 32 42 69 73 6F 2D 50 1 2 B i s o P 0D 0A 1B 39 END cr lf esc 9 GFID...

Page 147: ...2 i s o P cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00198 1B 2B 39 54 69 74 61 6E esc 9 T i t a n 31 30 69 73 6F 2D 50 0D 1 0 i s o P cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00204 1B 2B 39 4C 65 74 74 65 esc 9 L e t t e 72...

Page 148: ...ND GFID 00235 1B 2B 39 46 6F 72 6D 73 esc 9 F o r m s 31 35 2D 50 0D 0A 1B 39 1 5 P cr lf esc 9 END GFID 00252 1B 2B 39 58 43 50 31 34 esc 9 X C P 1 4 69 73 6F 2D 50 0D 0A 1B i s o P cr lf esc 39 END...

Page 149: ...n t a 67 65 31 30 69 73 6F 2D g e 1 0 i s o 4C 0D 0A 1B 39 END L cr lf esc 9 GFID 00013 1B 2B 39 54 69 74 61 6E esc 9 T i t a n 31 30 69 73 6F 2D 4C 0D 1 0 i s o L cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00018...

Page 150: ...0D 0A 0 i s o L cr lf 1B 39 END esc 9 GFID 00041 1B 2B 39 56 69 6E 74 61 esc 9 V i n t a 67 65 31 30 69 73 6F 2D g e 1 0 i s o 4C 0D 0A 1B 39 END L cr lf esc 9 GFID 00042 1B 2B 39 54 69 74 61 6E esc...

Page 151: ...L cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00070 1B 2B 39 56 69 6E 74 61 esc 9 V i n t a 67 65 31 32 69 73 6F 2D g e 1 2 i s o 4C 0D 0A 1B 39 END L cr lf esc 9 GFID 00071 1B 2B 39 56 69 6E 74 61 esc 9 V i n t a...

Page 152: ...1 r G o t h i c 1 32 42 69 73 6F 2D 4C 0D 2 B i s o L cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00111 1B 2B 39 45 6C 69 74 65 esc 9 E l i t e 31 32 42 69 73 6F 2D 4C 1 2 B i s o L 0D 0A 1B 39 END cr lf esc 9 GFID...

Page 153: ...2 i s o L cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00198 1B 2B 39 54 69 74 61 6E esc 9 T i t a n 31 30 69 73 6F 2D 4C 0D 1 0 i s o L cr 0A 1B 39 END lf esc 9 GFID 00204 1B 2B 39 4C 65 74 74 65 esc 9 L e t t e 72...

Page 154: ...69 73 6F 2D 4C 0D 0A 1B i s o L cr lf esc 39 END 9 GFID 00254 1B 2B 39 58 43 50 31 34 esc 9 X C P 1 4 69 73 6F 2D 4C 0D 0A 1B i s o L cr lf esc 39 END 9 GFID 00281 1B 2B 39 58 43 50 31 34 esc 9 X C P...

Page 155: ...nections 5250 ALLY to Twinax Host Check that the twinax T cable adapter is firmly connected to the 5250 ALLY and that the twinax cable is securely fastened to one side of the T Refer to the system doc...

Page 156: ...e report for sources of potential problems Step 6 Twinax Host Test Confirm that the 5250 ALLY does not indicate any address errors If an error is indicated correct it by reconfiguring the twinax ports...

Page 157: ...all the AGILE technical support hotline Please have the following information available before calling A printout of the Configuration Report if able to print one 5250 ALLY serial number found on the...

Page 158: ...word Re enter password C to continue Company name Voice phone number 5 Now answer a few questions about your system Hot keys Y N allow options to be selected without pressing Enter Color menus A auto...

Page 159: ...software upgrades are facilitated by downloading revised code to the 5250 ALLY flash EEPROM memory Code revisions can be obtained via the AGILE BBS see above or by contacting AGILE Technical Support...

Page 160: ...000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1D40 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1D80 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1DC0 000000000000...

Page 161: ...n is useful only to AGILE Technical Support and the user will ordinarily use this utility only when requested to do so by AGILE A sample printout follows 5250 ALLY parameter print utility 1 0 Copyrigh...

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Page 163: ...ues involved in using a Xerox printer s native command set to control formatting The last part of this appendix is a reference of the 5250 ALLY s options that are used to resolve these issues System B...

Page 164: ...instead is treated as part of the command The line ending terminator requirement of some XES commands can pose some special problems XES commands themselves also can cause some formatting conflicts F...

Page 165: ...mode the System effectively loses the ability to control document formatting allowing full control of the formatting via XES commands When PFS suppression is active the only PFSs sent to the printer...

Page 166: ...nt commands that can be used to begin a job These commands indicate to the printer that a new print job has begun These commands are listed below s Pd Print Job s Qd Print Job mixed orientation s Md M...

Page 167: ...s a new page as an effect of starting the new job Many existing applications take advantage of this behavior and use job start commands as Form Feed commands This use of the job start command works we...

Page 168: ...job beginning The second s Pd was translated into a Form Feed This means the second page is actually part of the same job as the first page The s Xd ended auto FF suppression mode and the job The last...

Page 169: ...the use of Logical Not commands to initiate PFS and FF suppression modes The PFS FF suppression modes that these commands initiate are not the same as Auto PFS and Auto FF suppression modes For examp...

Page 170: ...returns to the current translation table after the sixelized data The 5250 ALLY automatically strips all SCS control and formatting commands for the duration of the font download regardless of whethe...

Page 171: ...actually passed to the printer when this mode is enabled Line Endings The 5250 ALLY s handling of the XES command set is not limited to simple character translation The 5250 ALLY provides several spe...

Page 172: ...behavior of the 5250 ALLY There is no limit to the number of commands that can be placed on a single line except that the line length limit MPP Maximum Print Position must not be exceeded This feature...

Page 173: ...dence table instead of several small tables this command has little use It is treated as a no operation by the 5250 ALLY however it is removed from the data stream x Set Default Font Correspondence Ta...

Page 174: ...st be in the range of 1 65534 Leading zeros in the GFID number are acceptable but not required fontname is the name of the font to be used This name must be spelled exactly as it is referred to by the...

Page 175: ...ted by not specifying a font for the GFID In this case the orientation character at the beginning is required because there is no font name from which the 5250 ALLY can derive the orientation An examp...

Page 176: ...perform UDK character to Escape character translation or whether it should let the printer do the translation Do not translate UDKs This setting causes the 5250 ALLY to pass any UDK character assignme...

Page 177: ...ression except that the BOLD ON BOLDOFF BSBOLD1 BSBOLD2 UNDL ON and UNDLOFF PFSs are also not suppressed To program this option AGILE 0601 00 Do not suppress PFSs AGILE 0601 01 Auto PFS suppression de...

Page 178: ...y used To program this option AGILE 0602 00 Do not suppress FFs AGILE 0602 01 Auto FF suppression default AGILE 0602 02 Suppress FFs in form based jobs AGILE 0602 03 Suppress FFs For more information...

Page 179: ...of this appendix Logical Not Commands Antiquities and Downloading Font Correspondences 0605 Job Restart to Form Feed Translation This option is useful only for XDPM data streams The 5250 ALLY is capab...

Page 180: ...the printer When the 5250 ALLY receives a packet of the form Hex 35 countbyte data the printer will receive Hex 35 countbyte data To program this option AGILE 0606 00 Metacode transparency is inactive...

Page 181: ...in XPPM Mode Interfacing the 4235 printer in XPPM mode creates its own set of problems The primary problem is that the 5250 ALLY does not provide SCS DCA host System command to XPPM translation This...

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Page 183: ...those commands but are available in all of the IBM printer emulations For example the 5250 ALLY supports the DCA command Justify Text Field not only when it is emulating a 5219 or 3812 IBM printers th...

Page 184: ...IBM printer emulation on 3197 display station Action The following nn bytes of data are sent directly to the printer The nn parameter counts the number of following bytes The count nn does not include...

Page 185: ...t print position is on the last line of the logical page an automatic Form Feed FF is performed and printing continues on the first line of the next page Most IBM host system print spoolers use the Fo...

Page 186: ...F to be sent to the printer once per level The use of Subscript On Off and Superscript On Off printer commands in PFSs 2D SUPS ON PFS 2E SUPSOFF PFS 2B SUBS ON and PFS 2C SUBSOFF respectively will all...

Page 187: ...page IBMEMUL PFS 7 FF is sent to the printer Normally this PFS sends a Form Feed character to the printer Support for source paper drawer selection on some target printers requires that PFS 7 FF be em...

Page 188: ...t IBM host system print spoolers use the Form Feed character to delimit and count pages For this reason only Form Feed should be used to move to a new page New Line should not be used to move to a new...

Page 189: ...t line IBMEMUL Same as the 5219 275EMUL No operation Command Interchange Record Separator IRS Format 1E Printers 3812 4214 5219 5224 5225 5256 Action Performs a Carriage Return CR and a Line Feed LF I...

Page 190: ...ired New Line Line Feed Carriage Return Form Feed Required Form Feed Print Position Interchange Record Separator IBMEMUL Same as IBM If Option 53 Underlining is set to 00 AGILE 53 00 PFS 27 UNDL ON is...

Page 191: ...Feed FF and printing continues at the current position on the first line of the next page Most IBM host system print spoolers use the Form Feed character to delimit and count pages For this reason onl...

Page 192: ...tive If the current print position is MPP 1 when auto new line is active a new line sequence is automatically generated IBMEMUL Same as IBM 275EMUL The hh parameter is used as Maximum Print Position M...

Page 193: ...e ld parameter to be reduced automatically to 70 of its set value the default value for Option 4E Percentage Vertical Reduction in COR This reduces a form height of 11 inches to 7 7 inches IBMEMUL Sam...

Page 194: ...If the uu parameter value is between 00h and 02h the printer will not stop or return an error status to system If the uu parameter value is 03h or 04h the printer will stop and return an error status...

Page 195: ...f the corresponding character set 00 Multinational 01 United States 02 Austria Germany 03 Belgium 04 Brazil 05 Canadian French 06 Denmark Norway 07 Finland Sweden 08 France 09 Italy 0A Japan English 0...

Page 196: ...nn 01 gcgc cpcp Printers 3812 5219 Action Sets the character set used to map subsequent text The gcgc parameter specifies the Graphic Character set Global ID GCGID The cpcp parameter specifies the Cod...

Page 197: ...monospacing 01h or proportional spacing 02h is to be used A value of 00h means no change For the 3812 both the fntw and the ps parameters are discarded The 3812 always uses the spacing for which the...

Page 198: ...dscape 1B L PSCPI ps 02h Landscape 18 L 5CPI CPI 5 Landscape 19 L 8CPI CPI 8 Landscape 1A L 10CPI CPI 10 Landscape 1D L 15CPI CPI 15 Landscape 1E L 16CPI CPI 16 Landscape 1F L 17CPI CPI 17 Next the 52...

Page 199: ...ing Normally these PFSs turn bolding on and off at the target printer If Option 51 Bolding is set to 01 AGILE 51 01 bolding is achieved by printing each bold character in the following way Character B...

Page 200: ...ired New Line RNL Interchange record Separator IRS Form Feed FF or Required Form Feed RFF command For the 3812 the left margin is always released This command is used by the 3812 only in determining t...

Page 201: ...f lines to Space The distance of a full line is determined by the value most recently set either by the Set Line Density SLD command or by the Set Single Line Distance SSLD command IBMEMUL Same as IBM...

Page 202: ...nches 7 5 inches Top Margin none 1 inch Bottom Margin 11 inches none Typestyle GFID 11 87 Lines Per Inch 6 6 Auto New Line On Off Auto New Page On Off An ic value of FFh also specifies a job boundary...

Page 203: ...parameters supported by the 275 are set to their default values Command Set Horizontal Tabs STAB Format 2B D2 nn 01 ff a1 tab1 a2 tab2 a3 tab3 Printers 3812 5219 Action Sets horizontal Tab characteris...

Page 204: ...d s placement in 1 1440 inch units relative to the left margin The pr parameter specifies the percentage of white Space at the end of the field that is to be redistributed within the field Allowed val...

Page 205: ...JTF is not allowed When justification is active subsequent text is justified between the left and right margins Lines ended with any of the following combinations of commands are considered to be the...

Page 206: ...mrm parameter specifies the right margin position in 1 1440 inch units Both the lmlm and rmrm parameters are relative to the physical left edge of the page Valid values for both lmlm and rmrm paramete...

Page 207: ...of the page The htht parameter specifies the physical height of the page Valid values for both the wdwd and htht parameters are 0000h through 7FFFh A value of 0000h indicates no change to the last se...

Page 208: ...meter values are supported 001Eh 48 LPI 003Ch 24 LPI 0078h 12 LPI 0096h 9 6 LPI 00B4h 8 PLI 00F0h 6 LPI 010Eh 5 33 LPI 168h 4 LPI and 023Ah 1 line per centimeter For the 4214 all values are valid and...

Page 209: ...hrough GFID FSG command to 02h For the 5224 and 5225 values of 00h no change 0Ah 10 CPI 0Ch 12 CPI and 0Fh 15 CPI are valid This command recalculates the horizontal Maximum Print Position MPP If the n...

Page 210: ...COR 10 CPI 10 21 COR 12 CPI 12 10 or 22 COR 15 CPI 12 Although the 5250 ALLY automatically reduces all line spacing during COR printing to 70 the default reduction value the COR 10 COR 12 and COR 15...

Page 211: ...0006 Yellow 0007 White 0008 Black 0009 Dark Blue 000A Orange 000B Purple 000C Dark Green 000D Dark Turquoise 000E Mustard 000F Grey 0010 Brown FF00 Default FF01 Blue FF02 Red FF03 Pink FF04 Green FF0...

Page 212: ...eter specifies the destination output drawer Valid values are 00h no change and from 01h to the number of output drawers installed in the printer The 3812 jogs offsets the output tray if the value is...

Page 213: ...elete PFS 07 FF and rely on these PFSs to perform form feeding For printers that do not force a page eject when selecting a source drawer PFS 07 FF should be left unmodified usually containing only 0C...

Page 214: ...2 SIMPLEX 33 DUPLEX or 34 TUMBLE to the target printer whenever the parameter is changed 275EMUL No operation Command Set Vertical Margins SVM Format 2B D2 nn 49 tmtm bmbm Printers 3812 5219 Action Sp...

Page 215: ...ring of up to 60 bytes that is used to indicate the printer setup to the operator On the 5219 the first two bytes of this string are interpreted as decimal digits and displayed on the front panel LED...

Page 216: ...en for each of the exception condition levels The parameters en and an must be specified in pairs From zero to 4 pairs can be supplied The en parameter specifies an exception condition level The an pa...

Page 217: ...nd FFFFh default orientation based upon page size IBMEMUL Same as the 3812 The 5250 ALLY performs orientation selection in the same way as the IBM 3812 with two exceptions The 5250 ALLY allows system...

Page 218: ...s Underscoring is disabled either by an End Underscore command or by a Set Initial Conditions command IBMEMUL Same as IBM If Option 53 Underlining is set to 00 AGILE 53 00 PFS 27 UNDL ON is sent to th...

Page 219: ...s are 00h bypass horizontal Tab and indent Tab commands 01h continuous underscore and 80h bypass Space horizontal Tab indent Tab and relative horizontal print position commands The gcgc and cpcp param...

Page 220: ...which a new bit image is to be defined The ch parameter value may range from 00h to FFh Control characters that have bit images defined for them in this way may be printed in transparent mode See Tra...

Page 221: ...may result if the printer is made to print solid black areas for more than 5 minutes IBM suggests that after high density printing on the 5225 the printer is allowed to cool down no printing for 10 m...

Page 222: ...to the specified placement The vertical position is not changed by this command IBMEMUL Same as IBM 275EMUL Same as IBM Command Absolute Vertical Print Position AVPP Format 34 C4 av Printers 3812 4214...

Page 223: ...nd performs no operation This command causes no change to the vertical position IBMEMUL Same as IBM 275EMUL Same as IBM Command Relative Vertical Print Position RVPP Format 34 4C rv Printers 3812 4214...

Page 224: ...format commands does not include the count byte itself The count parameter is the count of following bytes not to be checked for SCS DCA control codes IBMEMUL The 5250 ALLY allows data to be sent dir...

Page 225: ...On Off and Superscript On Off printer commands in PFSs 2B SUBS ON 2C SUBSOFF 2D SUPS ON and 2E SUPSOFF respectively will allow only one level of sub superscripting because the target printer is perfo...

Page 226: ...inters 3812 5219 Action Prints the hyphen graphic IBMEMUL Same as IBM 275EMUL No operation Command Space SP Format 40 Printers 3812 5219 Action Prints the standard Space graphic It is a word delimiter...

Page 227: ...umeric Space NSP Format E1 Printers 3812 5219 Action Prints the standard Space graphic It is processed like Space SP but it is not recognized as a word delimiter and it is not increased in width durin...

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Page 229: ...rotocol converter that the data that follows it should be sent directly to the printer without translation The 5250 ALLY will recognize the triggers for IBM transparency 35h ASCII transparency 03h in...

Page 230: ...will remove these characters before sending the transparent command to the printer MPI Pseudo Transparency This form of pseudo transparency is valid only for twinax data streams when the 5250 ALLY is...

Page 231: ...rmation Interchange A 7 bit standard character code used for interchanging data between communications equipment B Backspace Moves the print position one column to the left Battery backed RAM A non vo...

Page 232: ...n a command string Column The vertical members of one line of an array Computer Output Reduction A feature that reduces and reorients SYSOUT output intended for 13 2 x11 paper so that it will fit on l...

Page 233: ...hat supports bolding underlining and overstriking DPA Display printer adapter DSC Data stream compatible A pre SNA protocol E EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code An eight bit charact...

Page 234: ...Machine Language Graphic Windows A feature of Xerox printers H Hardware Any physical device in a computer network Hewlett Packard A California company that produces a wide range of computer equipment...

Page 235: ...S IGS IRS IUS Interface The method by which different types of devices are linked to each other for communication e g parallel twinax Invalid character In hexadecimal any character other than numerals...

Page 236: ...character position on the physical page Metacode A Xerox printer command code Mode A method of controlling the 5250 ALLY using a pushbutton on the front panel The mode number is indicated by a seven...

Page 237: ...ly through 8 parallel wires PFS Programmable function string Plotter An output unit that graphs data by automatically controlled pens POR Power on reset Power on reset The method by which a peripheral...

Page 238: ...sequentially line by line instead of by vector Reset To return components to a specified static state Right margin The last column at which data can be printed on a page RM Right margin ROM Read only...

Page 239: ...Top margin Top margin The topmost position on a page where a character can be printed Translate tables Look up tables used by the 5250 ALLY to translate data input into the desired data output U UDK U...

Page 240: ...ce Page G 10 Xerox A large manufacturer of computers printers peripherals and other electronic equipment XES Xerox Escape Sequence The native print mode for Xerox 2700 3700 4030 4045 and 4213 printers...

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