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Installation
This section provides a “walk-through” approach to the installation of your terminal.
This will enable you to physically connect the terminal to a printer and one or two host
computer(s)/modem(s), as well as to configure the Setup menu to suit your
requirements and preferences.
The terminal is designed to provide great flexibility in configuring the terminal. An
example of the flexibility is apparent in the fact that either the EIA or Aux ports can
be used to connect either to a host or a printer port. . In addition, a physical port can
be assigned as a host port in one session and as a printer port in the other session, if
desired. In another case, data can potentially be “printed” from one session to the
other.
The procedures described here are among the most common. Described here are
conventional single and dual host setups, with or without a printer. These steps may
need to be adjusted to meet your requirements.
STEP 1 – Know Your Devices
The first step in our installation process will be to determine what type of serial ports
you are connecting to the terminal. The Communications section in the Introduction
chapter describes the differences between a DTE and DCE serial device. Determine
what type of devices you are using (a DTE host, a DCE modem, a DTE printer, a
parallel printer, etc.).