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CHAPTER 4: Configuration
4.1 Do You Need to Configure the MPS-VIII?
Whether or not you need to configure the Multiport Spooler VIII depends
entirely on your specific needs. An MPS-VIII comes with a basic factory-set
default configuration, under which every fourth port (ports 4, 8, and 12) is
an output port. Connect printers, plotters, or other peripherals that primarily
receive
data to these ports. By default, the other ports are input ports (if
parallel) or bidirectional ports (if serial). Connect PCs or other devices that
primarily
send
data to these ports. Note that a serial bidirectional port can
serve either as an input or output port without any reconfiguration of the
MPS-VIII.
Once you have connected your peripherals, as described in
Chapter 3
, the
unit is fully functional according to the default settings. It only remains to
establish whether the default configuration of the Multiport Spooler VIII
meets your needs. If it does, you don’t have to configure the MPS-VIII. But
if it doesn’t, you’ll need to use the included configuration program (see
Section 4.2
) or the MPS-VIII’s control commands (see
Appendix D
) to
adapt the Multiport Spooler VIII to meet your requirements.
Basically, you need to configure the Multiport Spooler VIII if:
• You have to change an input port to an output port, or vice versa;
• The communication parameters of the Multiport Spooler VIII serial ports
do not match those of the attached peripherals; or
• You want to change various user-specific functions. (This is optional;
among the parameters you can set are port names, port-access restriction,
headers, etc. This chapter contains a full list of the parameters that can be
set and their default settings.)
Here are some of the MPS-VIII’s important default parameters:
• By default, ports 4, 8, and 12 are output ports, and all other ports are
input (if parallel) or bidirectional (if serial) ports.
• The communications parameters of every serial port are 9600 baud, no
parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and hardware (DTR/CTS) flow control.
4. Configuration
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