IBM 6400 Series, Setup Manual

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Chapter 4
Serial Interface Menu
Serial Hotport
Gives the printer the ability to handle multiple data streams simultaneously. It
allows the printer to service hosts attached to the serial, parallel, and either
coax or twinax ports as if they were the only interface connected.
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Trickle Time . This functionality prevents an attached host from timing
out. To support this feature, the port has to be able to accept data from
the host and store it for future use. The selected value is the time that the
printer waits before getting the next byte of data from the host. Set the
value to be less than the host time out value. If the value is too much
shorter, the printer fills up its buffer too fast. This function is not applicable
for C/T hotport.
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Timeout . This is the value used by the printer to time out from the current
port and check the other ports for data to print. When the printer has not
received data from the host after a certain period of time, it needs to
Timeout in order to service the other ports.
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Report Status . When this option is enabled, faults are reported even if
the fault is not on the current active port. If the option is disabled, a fault
on the printer is reported only if it occurs on the active port.
Framing Errors
These are possible errors that can occur when serial interface settings of the
printer do not match those of the host computer.
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Enable . If a framing error occurs, a fault message will display on the
control panel.
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Disable . If a framing error occurs, a fault message will not display on the
control panel.
The factory default is Enable.