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Page 1: ...MPS LPS Installation Guide For the MPS100 LPS1 T and LPS1 2 Micro Print Servers ...

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Page 3: ...e for this manual is 23 October 2000 Part Number 900 191 Rev B WARNING This product has been designed to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operating in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not in...

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Page 5: ...4 1 3 Using a BOOTP DHCP or RARP Reply 4 3 4 1 4 Using the Command Line Interface 4 3 4 2 LPR Printing 4 3 4 2 1 LPR on Windows NT 3 5 1 and later 4 4 4 2 2 LPR on Windows 95 98 4 7 4 2 3 LPR on UNIX Hosts 4 7 4 2 4 LPR on AIX Hosts 4 8 4 2 5 LPR on HP Hosts 4 9 4 2 6 LPR on SCO UNIX Hosts 4 10 4 2 7 RTEL Functionality 4 11 4 3 Unix Host Troubleshooting 4 12 5 NetWare Configuration 5 1 5 1 NDPS Pr...

Page 6: ...1 1 MPS Configuration 8 1 8 1 2 Host Configuration 8 1 A Contact Information A 1 A 1 Problem Report Procedure A 1 A 2 Full Contact Information A 1 B Troubleshooting B 1 B 1 Power up Troubleshooting B 1 B 2 DHCP Troubleshooting B 3 B 3 BOOTP Troubleshooting B 4 B 4 RARP Troubleshooting B 4 B 5 Printing Problems B 5 B 6 Entering Commands at the Boot Prompt B 6 C Pinouts C 1 C 1 Ethernet Connector C ...

Page 7: ... E 1 Power Information E 1 E 2 Environmental Limitations E 1 F Frequently used Commands F 1 F 1 Conventions F 1 F 2 Server Commands F 2 F 3 Port Commands F 5 F 4 Protocol Commands F 7 Warranty Statement Declaration of Conformity Index ...

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Page 9: ...rovides a twisted pair 10BASE T or BNC 10BASE 2 connector for network connections Note In this manual all MPS and LPS servers will be referred to as the MPS unless a distinction needs to be made between models 1 1 How to Use This Manual This guide is structured as follows Chapter 2 Installation explains how to physically install the MPS Chapter 3 Getting Started explains the minimum configuration ...

Page 10: ...Read chapters 2 through 4 in order then proceed to the protocol specific chapter that relates to your network Refer to Appendix F as needed The Print Server Reference Manual located on the CD ROM and web site provides additional information about configuring and using your MPS ...

Page 11: ...rk connector for the LPS1 T or a 10BASE 2 BNC connector for the LPS1 2 The rear panel also has a Centronics connector The LINK LED is solid green when there is a valid Ethernet network connection The ACT Activity LED flashes green or red when the MPS is in use The 100 100 MBit LED MPS100 only is solid green when a 100BASE T network is connected The Test button serves two functions When pressed bri...

Page 12: ...s for the MPS to fully boot It will run through a set of power up diagnostics for approximately 12 seconds The 4 LEDs will show varying patterns corresponding to the test being run It will try to obtain configuration information via DHCP BOOTP and RARP This step could last approximately 15 seconds if no hosts answer the requests The OK LED will blink approximately 3 times per second and the NETWOR...

Page 13: ... MPS is doing for example when code is being downloaded as the unit boots the LED will blink green quickly If you have connected a 100BASE T cable MPS100 only The Link and 100MBit LEDs should both be solid green If not check your network con nection 6 Print a Test page by pressing the Test Reset button Note If the Power LED does not light or the Test page does not print refer to Appendix B ...

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Page 15: ...ods 3 1 1 EZWebCon The EZWebCon configuration software is the recommended way to configure the MPS EZWebCon s graphical user interface guides first time users through the initial configuration process and allows experienced users to update any configurable parameters EZWebCon requires a Java Virtual Machine JVM on the client Lantronix provides JVM installers for Solaris and 32 bit Windows users as...

Page 16: ...has booted The default service names are based on the server name therefore the server name must be no more than 13 characters If you change the server name the service names will change as well For example changing the server name from MPS_xxxxxx to BIOLAB will change the service names to BIOLAB_TEXTS1 and so on The default serial port services have the TCP IP NetWare LAN Manager and AppleTalk pr...

Page 17: ... change the IP related settings A For Ethernet Address enter the number that appears on the bottom label of your MPS B For IP Address enter the desired IP address to use for this MPS C For Subnet Mask change the values provided only if you wish to use a mask other than the default The default value should be correct in most cases D For Loadhost enter the IP address of the loadhost where you intend...

Page 18: ... using the specified address If no duplicate is found the MPS will use the IP address and will respond to the ping packet The MPS will not save the learned IP address permanently this procedure is intended as a temporary measure to enable EZWebCon to communicate with the MPS or allow an ad ministrator to Telnet into the MPS Once logged in the administrator can enter the Change IPaddress command to...

Page 19: ...e LPR and RTEL host software Two parameters must be configured for LPR printing 1 The IP address or host name of the MPS 2 The remote output queue the name of the service on the MPS In addition there are a few important things to note about LPR printing Windows for Workgroups Windows 95 and Windows 98 do not support LPR di rectly however Lantronix has provided a peer to peer printing solution on t...

Page 20: ...ilters can be used when printing via LPR If this functionality is necessary use the named pipe interface program in the RTEL print queue configuration software 4 2 1 LPR on Windows NT 3 5 1 and later This section assumes that TCP IP Simple TCP IP and Microsoft TCP IP printing have been installed on the Windows NT host 1 In the Control Panel double click the Printers icon 2 Double click the Add Pri...

Page 21: ...ick Next 5 Select LPR Port Note If LPR Port is not an option open the Network Control Panel and add Microsoft TCP IP Printing to the List of services 6 Enter the name or IP address of your MPS on the first line and enter the name of your MPS print service on the second line ...

Page 22: ...ation 4 6 7 Select the manufacturer and printer type 8 Enter the queue name 9 If applicable choose Shared and select the type of operating system that the printer will be working with First confirm that the print queue is working ...

Page 23: ...many machines and is simple to con figure This section describes how to configure LPR print queues on generic UNIX hosts such as SUN hosts There are slight variations in LPR configuration for AIX HP and SCO hosts as will be explained in the following sections 1 Install a print queue on your host by adding the MPS name and IP address to the etc hosts file Figure 4 6 Adding etc hosts Entry 2 Add the...

Page 24: ...e ate the spool directory 5 Print to the queue using normal lpr commands Figure 4 9 Printing to Queue 4 2 4 LPR on AIX Hosts The System Management Interface Tool SMIT allows you to enable LPD printing and create print queues LPR has only been tested on AIX versions 3 2 and higher To create a print queue 1 At the host prompt type smit 2 Choose Print Spooling 3 Choose Manage Print Server and Start t...

Page 25: ...LPR on HP Hosts The System Administration Manager SAM allows you to create print queues Note If you are unable to use SAM the Print Server Reference Manual lo cated on the CD ROM describes UNIX commands that can be used to set up print queues Note Printer names on HP hosts are limited to 13 characters The MPS text service name will be too long so you will have to rename the MPS To create a print q...

Page 26: ... the printer name is your MPS service name and the remote host name is the name of your MPS as it is listed in your hosts file Remote Printing Configuration Enter information for remote printers or local printers accepting remote printing requests Please enter the printer name q to quit backupprinter Is printer backupprinter a remote printer or a local printer r l r Please enter the name of the re...

Page 27: ...ormal UNIX print commands and queue utilities such as lpc and lpstat Note RTEL binaries are provided for many systems Source code is also provided for use on non supported systems To print to the MPS using special formatting or using third party software packages you may have to create print pipes on the host The RTEL software provides this functionality by providing a UNIX named pipe interface To...

Page 28: ...e are entered in the host file Telnet to the MPS using the name in the host file and verify that the MPS name is resolvable and that the MPS is reachable via the network Jobs that appear in the host queue reach the MPS From within the LPC administrative utility enter these commands to clear and reset the host queue abort queue clear queue enable queue start queue ...

Page 29: ...the CD ROM 5 1 NDPS Printing Lantronix Terminal and Print Servers support Novell s NDPS for printing using the No vell NDPS Gateway For instruction on setting up NDPS refer to your Novell documen tation Lantronix also provides information on setting up NDPS in our FAQs on our support web site http www lantronix com support 5 2 NDS Print Queues 5 2 1 Obtain an NDS License If you wish to create NDS ...

Page 30: ...ne of the file servers in the directory service tree is in the access list 5 If desired file server is not in the access list add it Figure 5 4 Defining Access List 6 Reboot the MPS Figure 5 5 Rebooting 5 3 NetWare Administrator Quick Setup Print Queues The NetWare Administrator management utility allows you to manage network resources such as queue based print services in a tree structure You can...

Page 31: ...e name should be meaningful to you it will not affect MPS configuration 7 Click Create 8 Reboot the MPS 5 4 PCONSOLE Print Queues 1 Log in as Admin on the file server you will be changing 2 At the prompt type PCONSOLE to start the utility For example if your file server is mapped to the F drive you would use the F prompt 3 From the main menu choose Quick Set Up 4 When prompted by PCONSOLE enter th...

Page 32: ...server The passwords must match or the MPS will not be able to log into the file servers to scan for jobs The MPS has successfully attached to the queue Type NETSTAT at the Local prompt This will display information about fileservers printers and queues that the MPS has found If a queue is in JobPoll the MPS has successfully attached to the queue The DSTree DSContext and DSLicense Type Show Protoc...

Page 33: ... violation Turn down the NCP packet signature level so that it is not required Table 5 4 NDS Printing Errors Bit Meaning Remedy 1 Server out of memory Turn the MPS off wait a few seconds and turn it back on Disable unused protocols and or remove fileservers without print queues from the NetWare access list 2 3 Unexpected response from file server Report the problem to Lantronix Technical Support 4...

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Page 35: ... the CD ROM 6 1 Printing Directly to a Port 1 Create a LAT application port that references the MPS port Figure 6 1 Creating LAT Application Port 2 Create and start a print queue that uses the LAT application port Figure 6 2 Creating and Starting Print Queue 3 Add the commands to the SYS MANAGER LAT STARTUP COM file so the required LAT devices will be recreated after each host reboot Note LAT term...

Page 36: ... can be translated by issuing the following commands Figure 6 4 Translating LAT Error Codes SHOW QUEUE FULL ALL queue_name note the error code nnnnnnnn SET MESSAGE SYS MESSAGE NETWRKMSG EXE EXIT Xnnnnnnnn Table 6 1 Troubleshooting LAT Configurations Using a Port Area to check Explanation The specified node name matches the MPS node name Use the Show Server command to verify The specified port name...

Page 37: ...able Bitronics on an MPS port use the Define Port 1 Bitronics Enabled command Note MacOS 8 1 can also print via LPD See the Print Server Reference Manual located on the CD ROM and web site for configuration instructions 7 2 Macintosh Services Before attempting to print from a Macintosh ensure that AppleTalk and PostScript are both enabled on at least one service Once a PostScript AppleTalk service...

Page 38: ... 7 4 AppleTalk Host Troubleshooting Table 7 1 AppleTalk Host Troubleshooting Area to Check Explanation The printer is available to be selected in the Chooser Make sure the printer is in the right zone Bidirectional communication Lock the printer in PostScript mode and issue the Test Service PostScript Count n command This sends a job to the printer and waits for the response ...

Page 39: ...service with the DLC characteristic en abled The DLC characteristic may be associated with only one service on a given MPS Figure 8 1 Enabling DLC 8 1 2 Host Configuration To send print jobs from a Windows NT host to the MPS add the MPS as a Windows NT printer 1 Double click the Printers icon in the Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Printer icon 3 In the window that appears select My Computer a...

Page 40: ...r 8 2 7 Select Job based 8 Select the manufacturer and printer type 9 Enter the queue name 10 If applicable choose Shared and select the operating system the printer will be working with First confirm that the print queue is working 11 Test the printer ...

Page 41: ...uration including the information from a Netstat command Description of the problem Debug report stack dump if applicable Status of the unit when the problem occurred please try to include information on user and network activity at the time of the problem A 2 Full Contact Information Address 15353 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 USA Phone 949 453 3990 Fax 949 453 3995 World Wide Web http www lan...

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Page 43: ...errors may be caused by duplicate IP addresses on the network Make sure that your MPS IP address is unique B 1 Power up Troubleshooting There are several possible error situations if the LEDs do not flash Table B 1 Error Messages Message Diagnosis Remedy Power up diagnostic failure hardware failure Note which LED is blinking and its color then contact your dealer or Lantronix Technical Support The...

Page 44: ...power up diagnostics This generally indicates a hardware fault One of the LEDs will be solid red for three seconds followed by one second of another color Note the blinking LED and its color then contact your dealer or Lantronix Technical Support The MPS will not be operational until the fault is fixed The MPS completes its power up and boot procedures but there s no noticeable serial activity The...

Page 45: ... rapidly the Flash ROM code may be corrupt Reboot the unit If you get the same message you will need to reload Flash ROM See Reloading Software on page D 2 If you did not request a TFTP boot the flash ROM code is corrupt The unit will remain in boot mode Table B 3 DHCP Troubleshooting Area to Check Explanation DHCP is enabled on the MPS Use the Set Server DHCP Enabled command If you manually enter...

Page 46: ...download file in the BOOTP configuration file or add a default pathname to the download filename The MPS and host are in the same IP network Some hosts will not allow BOOTP replies across IP networks Either use a host running a different operating system or put the MPS in the same IP network as the host Table B 5 RARP Troubleshooting Area to Check Explanation The MPS name and hardware address in t...

Page 47: ...and to ensure queue entries appear in the job list Use the Monitor Port 1 Counters command to verify that the counter is incrementing with each job If it is not verify the connection between the MPS and the printer Table B 7 PostScript Troubleshooting Area to Check Explanation The MPS is communicating with the printer To test a PostScript printer use the Test Port 1 PostScript Count 2 command This...

Page 48: ...pear If the MPS does not have enough information to boot or the network or flash boot has failed it will print a message to the console and wait ten seconds for serial port activity If it detects serial port activity it will continue booting provided the flash is good However if the user presses a key during that time period the MPS will display the Boot prompt Note If you see the message Will att...

Page 49: ... and reload it into Flash ROM This is necessary when a new version of software is released and you wish to upgrade your unit If the server cannot download the file the code in Flash ROM will still be usable Help Displays a one page summary of available commands and what they do Init 451 Reboots the MPS after it has been configured If the MPS can find and load the specified soft ware loadfile it wi...

Page 50: ... by default Set Secondary ip_address Specifies a backup loadhost The IP address should be in standard numeric format no text names are allowed The backup loadhost will be queried if the primary host cannot load the server Set Software filename Specifies the name of the file to load The MPS will automatically add SYS to the filename you specify Note that all protocols must have a file name specifie...

Page 51: ...high quality parallel cables Choose one of the following A Lantronix parallel port cable part number 500 011 6 feet Any other brand of IEEE Std 1284 1994 compliant cable Compliant cables can easily be identified by the permanent label IEEE Std 1284 1994 compliant printed on the cable Note Non compliant cables have the same type of connectors but different electrical characteristics 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

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Page 53: ...tware file D 1 2 Via FTP The MPS software resides on the Lantronix FTP server ftp lantronix com Most of these files are binary data so the binary option must be used to transfer the files All released files are in the pub directory Always download the README file in the pub directory before downloading anything else it contains a list of available software files To log into the FTP server enter a ...

Page 54: ...rom a DHCP BOOTP or RARP server before starting the download attempts The MPS will then try TFTP NetWare and MOP booting in that order provided that it has enough information to try each download method Downloading and rewriting the Flash ROM will take approximately two minutes from the time the Initialize command is issued If the download file cannot be found or accessed the MPS can be rebooted w...

Page 55: ...lly log into the file server since it knows no username password it can only access files in the login directory itself On the MPS specify the file server name filename and path Figure D 3 Configuring NetWare Reload D 2 1 3 MOP The MPS SYS filename is the only parameter that the MPS needs to reload via MOP Make sure the service characteristic is enabled on the host s Ethernet circuit copy the MPS ...

Page 56: ... has very limited access to the server directories TFTP Check the file and directory permissions Ensure the loadhost name and address are specified correctly and that their case matches that of the filenames on the host system Ensure the file and pathnames are enclosed in quotes to preserve case Ensure that TFTP is enabled on the host several major UNIX vendors ship their systems with TFTP disable...

Page 57: ...ating Current MPS100 800 mA maximum 5V Reg DC LPS1 T and LPS1 2 700 mA maximum 6V Power Consumption MPS100 25 Watts LPS1 T and LPS1 2 4 2 Watts Fuse Rating 1 6A 250 Volts E 1 2 Power Supply Cord Cord type 3 conductors 1 0 mm2 minimum conductor size ap proximately 18 AWG Rated for 250 Volts AC 10 Amps Length 3 0 meters E 2 Environmental Limitations E 2 1 Temperature Operating range 5 to 50 C 41 to ...

Page 58: ... near heating or cooling devices large windows or doors that open to the outdoors E 2 2 Altitude Operating maximum 2 4 km 8 000 ft Storage maximum 9 1 km 30 000 ft If operating the MPS above 2 4 km 8000 ft decrease the operating temperature rating by 1 F for each 1000 ft E 2 3 Relative Humidity Operating range 10 to 90 noncondensing 40 to 60 recommended Storage range 10 to 90 noncondensing ...

Page 59: ...d into Server general Port and Protocol sections Within each section commands are listed alphabetically Commands may require privileged user status Enter Set Privileged then enter the privileged password when prompted When you enter a Define or Purge command you must reboot the MPS for the command to take effect Alternately you can issue several Set commands and then a Save command to make the Set...

Page 60: ...to be used as a TCP IP gate way to forward packets between networks Enter an IP address DEFINE SERVER INCOMING option BOTH Enables incoming LAT and Telnet connections LAT Enables only incoming LAT connections NONE Disables incoming connections TELNET Enables only incoming Telnet connections PASSWORD Causes the MPS to prompt for a password for all incoming connections NOPASSWORD Allows connections ...

Page 61: ...be up to 11 characters and the pathname can be up to 26 The MPS will add a SYS extension DEFINE SERVER SUBNET MASK ipmask Specifies the subnet mask to be used for the MPS The ipmask must be in n n n n format HELP option nothing Displays a list of top level general Help top ics keyword Displays information about the keyword s entered Multiple keywords must be specified in the order they occur in a ...

Page 62: ...abled causes the MPS to place a Post Script wrapper around each job SOJ string Causes the MPS to send a start of job string to the attached device before every job Enter a start string or the word none DEFINE SERVICE name option TCPPORT string Specifies a raw TCP listener socket for the ser vice Enter a socket number 4000 to 4999 or the word none TELNETPORT string Specifies a TCP listener socket f...

Page 63: ...seconds Monitor COUNTERS Displays characteristics related to the various counters kept by the MPS SHOW MONITOR SERVICE option nothing Displays characteristics about all configured services once Show or continually every three seconds Monitor service Displays only characteristics related to the named service ZERO COUNTERS option ALL Zeroes all port node and server counters PORT num Zeroes port coun...

Page 64: ...od NONE Removes the current flow control settings XON Specifies XON XOFF software flow control DEFINE PORT 1 NAME newname Enter a name of up to 16 alphanumeric characters for the specified port DEFINE PORT 1 PARITY option parity Enter even odd mark or space Specifying mark or space will change the character size to 7 bits NONE Specifies that no parity will be used the default DEFINE PORT 1 SPEED b...

Page 65: ...nto their numeric equiva lents for TCP IP connection attempts DEFINE PROTO LANMAN option EN DIS Enables or Disables the LAN Manager protocol for the MPS DEFINE PROTO LAT option EN DIS Enables or Disables the LAT protocol for the MPS LICENSE string Enables LAT on multi port MPS s Enter the license string obtained from Lantronix DEFINE PROTO NETWARE option EN DIS Enables or Disables the NetWare IPX ...

Page 66: ...ETWARE LOADHOST server See DEFINE SERVER NETWARE LOADHOST server PURGE IPSECURITY option ALL Removes the entire IP security table ipaddress Removes entries from the IP security table that are related to the specified IP address PURGE PROTO NET WARE ACCESS option ALL Removes all entries from the NetWare access list server Removes entries from the NetWare access list that are related to the specifie...

Page 67: ...or by any existing contract between the parties Any such contract states the entire obligation of Lantronix The contents of this document shall not become part of or modify any prior or existing agreement commitment or relationship The information recommendation description and safety notations in this or other documents supplied by Lantronix are based on general industry experience and judgment w...

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Page 69: ... 1991 3V m IEC 801 4 1988 prEN55024 4 1992 0 5kV Signal Lines 1kV Power Lines IEC 801 5 1993 prEN55024 5 1992 1kV Common Mode 0 5kV Differential Mode 1kV Network Cable Supplementary Information The product complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 72 23 EEC and the EMC Di rective 89 336 EEC Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio i...

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Page 71: ... Centronics 7 1 C 1 Chooser Macintosh 7 1 CLI Command Line Interface 4 1 4 3 Commands F 1 F 8 Configuration AppleTalk 7 1 Initial setup 3 1 LAT 6 1 NetWare 5 1 TCP IP 4 1 Contact information A 1 D Defaults restoring B 7 DHCP 4 3 B 3 B 7 D 2 Troubleshooting B 3 Digital Network Port 8 1 Displaying current settings B 8 DOS 4 2 Download file B 4 E Error codes LAT 6 2 Ethernet Address B 8 Ethernet addr...

Page 72: ...n port 6 1 Error codes 6 2 Printing to port 6 1 Printing to service 6 1 Queue 6 1 Troubleshooting 6 2 LEDs B 1 B 2 Loadfile B 8 Loadhost B 8 Local prompt B 3 Local prompt 4 1 LocalTalk 7 1 Logins Incoming 3 1 Password 3 1 3 2 Remote console 3 1 Service 3 2 lpc 4 11 LPD 4 8 7 1 8 1 LPR 4 3 4 8 AIX 4 8 HP 4 9 Print command 4 8 SCO Unix 4 10 UNIX Generic 4 7 Windows NT 4 4 lpstat 4 11 M Macintosh 7 1...

Page 73: ... queue 4 8 4 9 6 1 Privileged password 3 1 F 1 Problem report procedure A 1 Prompts Boot B 1 B 6 Local B 3 Protocols 1 1 AppleTalk 3 2 7 1 LAN Manager 3 2 LAT 3 2 6 1 NetWare 3 2 5 1 TCP IP 3 2 4 1 Protocols supported 1 1 Q QINST 5 1 Queue 1 1 3 2 4 4 4 8 4 10 5 1 5 2 5 3 6 1 8 2 R RARP 4 1 4 3 B 4 B 8 D 2 RARPD process B 4 Troubleshooting B 4 Rebooting B 7 Reloading software B 7 D 2 MOP D 3 NetWa...

Page 74: ... 9 System Mgmt Interface Tool SMIT 4 8 T TCP IP 3 2 4 1 4 12 8 1 B 1 Reloading software D 2 Telnet 3 2 4 2 4 12 Test Reset button B 1 TFTP D 2 Troubleshooting B 1 B 8 AppleTalk 7 2 Bitmap graphics B 6 BOOTP B 4 DHCP B 3 Flash software updates D 4 LAT 6 2 NetWare 5 4 PostScript B 5 Power up B 1 B 2 Printing B 5 RARP B 4 Unix 4 12 U UNIX named pipe interface 4 11 Updating software D 1 V VMS 6 2 W Wi...

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