Chapter 2
MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers
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5. Attach the parallel printer(s) cable(s).
Attach the parallel cable to the female DB25 parallel port
on the back of the FastPort. Connect the other end of the
cable to a standard, centronics port on the printer.
6. Attach the serial printer cable.
Attach the serial cable to the male DB9 printer port on the
front of the unit. The other end of the cable should be
connected to a female DB9 with the standard serial
interface pinout.
A null modem cable or adapter is necessary if the printer’s
serial port is a DTE device. If the cable works for an IBM
PC attached to a printer, then it will work for FastPort.
Note:
See Appendix A for the parallel and serial port pinouts.
7. Set the printer to the defaults for the serial port:
9600
baud
,
8 data bits
,
no parity bits
,
1 stop bit
, and
Xon/Xoff
for flow control.
Switch Position
Mode
Description
D1
Up
Flash
Bank
Selects bank 0 (upper) to run the 4 Mb Flash EPROMs for
uploading the new firmware image.
D1
Down
Selects bank 1 (lower) to run the 4 Mb Flash EPROMs for
uploading. If the upgrade process fails, use this setting
and power cycle the unit to return FastPort to its default
settings.
D2
Up
Test
Page
FastPort prints a test page over ports: parallel 2 and
serial 1.
D2
Down
FastPort prints a test page over ports: parallel 1 and
serial 1.
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D 3
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