Black Box PI750A, Manual

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CHAPTER 5: DOS Software Installation: UCTP and MPSDOS
Advanced: Instead of the “Use X Printer” command, the Advanced UCTP
menu has the “Select an Output Port” command. You can use this command
to choose any port on the unit by number; your jobs will go to that port
(and the attached peripheral) until you change your output selection. The
Advanced menu includes all the other commands of the Default menu, and
also has commands that enable you to:
• Reserve a peripheral,
• Establish a temporary or permanent bidirectional link (only possible if
the PC and peripheral in question are connected to the MPS-VIII through
serial ports),
• Cancel links (peripheral reservations and bidirectional links),
• Activate a pause for your jobs,
• Release one or all of your jobs from pause,
• Specify the number of copies to print,
• Send a Break, and
• Broadcast a job to several output ports.
5.3.5 T
HE
UCTP R
ESIDENCE
S
CREEN
(UCTP O
NLY
)
At this screen, you can choose to install the UCTP as either a resident or
non-resident program. If you install it as a
resident (TSR, Terminate and Stay
Resident) program, you need only press a hotkey combination to access it. If
you install it as a
non-resident program, you must enter the NRESUCTP
command at the DOS prompt to run and access UCTP, or enter the
RESUCTP command to make it resident.
If you choose to make the UCTP resident, the PATH statement and the
command line necessary to load the UCTP as a TSR when the PC is powered
up are added to your computer’s AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The command line
specifies the correct command (UCTPCGA, UCTPEGA, UCTPVGA, or
UCTPHER) as well as several parameters governing UCTP operation.
If you do not make the UCTP resident, only the PATH statement is added.
To run the UCTP as an application when installation is complete, you must
enter the NRESUCTP command at the DOS prompt. If you decide you want
to load and run the nonresident UCTP as a TSR after all, enter the RESUCTP
command at the DOS prompt.