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Lantronix Printer EPS User's Manual

1. F 1 l N INCOME years 7 3 Printing ute 71 AppleTalk neennnen 8 5 a oe ATA Set Define Service LanManager seee 8 7 j 8 1 LAT naa 8 12 ER RR Ba a NetWare o ccoccccccccccinnononnanos 8 17 Be an Be Be D gt TERA ta 8 21 a eu Show Server command D 4 Protocols supported 1 2 Socket connections TCP 8 29 Q Software updating E 1 Software distribution 4 2 Queuing parameter ccoo 8 3 1 3 Index ETS EPS Installation Guide S cont Software installation host overview u 4 1 NetWare hosts 4 18 TCP IP hosts 42 0 4 10 VMS hosts coocccccncccncnnnonnnnnno 4 4 Specifications Altitude nei F 4 Humidity nee F 5 POWEer ee F 1 Temperature ccccccconcnnnnnnoss F 4 Startup messages Flash ROM units 3 1 System Admin Logins OvervieW comooooocccccnnonenncn nos 5 1 I TCP IP PostScript printing 8 28 Printing i e 8 21 Socket Connections 8 29 Technical support A 2 Telnet Incoming user sessions 5 8 Temperature specifications F 4 TFTP troubleshooting B 11 Troubleshooting Apple lake B 5 BOOTE sano aso B 10 1 4 MOP ae B 9 NetWare tortas B 7 PostScript ee B 8 Power up ee B 8 RARP un ars su B 10 IE IPs ne B 11 A a B 6 U Updating software coccconccnnnoo E 1 V VMS Console connections
2. NetWare Enables or disables NetWare access to the service NetWare is disabled by default Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide Command Format 8 4 RIEL TCPPort TelnetPort Virtual Enables or disables RTEL access to the service RTEL is enabled by default Associates a TCP socket with the service Connections to this socket will be accepted only if the service is currently available Associates a TCP socket with the service Telnet IAC interpretation will be done on the connection Connections to this socket will be accepted only if the service is currently available Specifies that the service is actually a Telnet host that should become a proxy service LAT hosts will be able to transparently connect to the Telnet host as if it were a LAT service All Set Define Service commands require being a privileged user some times called superuser on the server To become a privileged user use the Set Privileged command Figure 8 1 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM not echoed Figure 8 1 Set Privileged Command You will be queried for the privileged password The factory default priv ileged password is system this password can be changed with the Set Server Privileged Password command See the ETS EPS Reference Manu al for details on this command The format for Set Define Service commands is shown in Figure 8 2 f SET DEFIN E SERVICE ServiceName option option po
3. This chapter contains instructions for booting ETS units equipped with Flash ROM models ETS8F 16F and EPS4F 12F In these models the server stores its code and downloads from Flash ROM no network as sistance is necessary Downloading from the network is only necessary if the stored flash code needs to be upgraded See Appendix D for the pro cedure for doing this Diagnostic and Startup Messages When the server is powered on it will execute its Power Up Test proce dure The 4 LEDs should light in various sequences and messages are printed to the console device This process takes approximately 10 sec onds If the messages appear garbled or nonsense characters appear on the console check the terminal device s setup and restart the server by cy cling its power The console must initially be set to 9600 baud 8 bit char acters and no parity If the message that appears indicates an error note the error message and try restarting the server If the failure persists con tact your dealer The server will not pass its startup diagnostics if the MAU is attached to the ETS but not connected properly to the network If you suspect a problem with your connection to the network you can remove the MAU completely and restart the server It should pass startup diagnostics NOTE Flash ROM Units ETS EPS Installation Guide A nn nn nn Pressing the lt Return gt key on the console port while the server is booting
4. EPS amp ETS nter Terminal Servers LAM TEOM The information in this guide may change without notice The manufacturer assumes no re sponsibility for any errors which may appear in this guide DEC thickwire thinwire VMS VT100 and ULTRIX are trademarks of Digital Equip ment Corporation UNIX is a registered trademark of AT amp T Ethernet is a trademark of XEROX NetWare is a trademark of Novell Corp AppleTalk Chooser and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Corp Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Copyright 1994 Lantronix All rights reserved No part of the contents of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of Lantronix Printed in the United States of America The revision date for this manual is June 20 1994 Part Number 900 036 WARNING This equipment has been tested and found 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 installed and used in accordance with this guide may cause harmful interference to radio communica tions Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his or her own e
5. For instructions on remote console logins refer to Chapter 5 System NOTE Administration Logins Configuring the ETS When the server powers up for the first time it may need to be configured for everyday use There are three types of configuration Server Port Service These parameters affect the entire server They control downloading information network addresses etc They are configured with the Set Define Server commands These parameters affect individual physical ports They include serial settings baud rate parity flags modem control dedicated connections preferred hosts and session control characters All port configuration is done with the Set Define Port commands These parameters are used for network connections to the ETS primarily for printing For a description of Service parameters see Chapter 8 Printing Configuration ETS EPS Installation Guide 6 2 Even if the ETS will only be used with terminals we suggest taking a few minutes to look over the following examples of how the ports server and sessions can be configured A few important points about configuration commands are listed below Commands and options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique name and more than one option can be included in Set and Define command lines ETS commands are case insensitive except for strings enclosed in quotes and are therefore displayed in all capital letters The d
6. Needed information is as follows MOP load hosts Load file name TCP IP load hosts Load file name and IP addresses for server and network host these must be sent or the information must be discovered using the BOOTP or RARP protocols Netware load hosts File server and path Contents of the software distribution 4 2 The following files are provided as part of the software distribution 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ETS SYS ETS8 16 EPS SYS EPS4 12 TSCODE SYS 512 Kbytes memory ETS8 16 PSCODE SYS 512 Kbytes memory EPS4 RTEL_SRC TAR on Unix media this will be a source tree RELEASE NOT ETS CONFIGD C VMS download file handler program ETS STARTUP COM VMS config daemon startup command procedure ETSF SYS ETS8 16 EPSF SYS EPS4 12 TSCODEF SYS ETS8 16 PSCODEF SYS EPS4 ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units need to be handled carefully if FTP or Kermit are used to transfer them NOTE Both FTP and Kermit provide a binary mode option which MUST be en abled or file corruption will result ETS8 s with 320 kbytes of memory serial numbers below 3000 require the download file TSCODE8 SYS This file is no longer shipped as part of the normal distribution Contact Lantronix technical support if an older ver sion of this software is needed er the pathname to the file if applicable must be specified The default NOTE filename is in all capital letters be sure that the filename sp
7. 5 9 Troubleshooting B 6 W Warranty information G 1 Windows NT Printing from 8 7 Declaration of Conformity according to ISO IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014 Declaration of Conformity according to ISO IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014 Manufacturer s Name Lantronix Manufacturer s Name Manufacturer s Address Lantronix 15353 Barranca Parkway Manufacturer s Address Irvine CA 92718 USA 15353 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92718 USA Declares that the product Product Name Universal Terminal Server Declares that the product Product Name Communication Server Model Number s ETS 8 ETS 16 Model Number s EPS4 Conforms to the following standards Safety EN 60950 1988 Amendments 1 and 2 Conforms to the following standards Safety EN 60950 1988 Amendments 1 and 2 EMC Based upon EN 50081 2 Generic Emissions Standard EN 55022 1988 Class B Based upon EN 50082 1 Generic Immunity Standard IEC 801 2 1991 Level 3 A D and Level 2 C D IEC 801 3 1984 Level 2 IEC 801 4 1988 Level 2 EMC 55022 1988 Class A EN 50082 1 1992 IEC 801 2 1991 prEN55024 2 1992 4kV CD 8kV AD IEC 801 3 1992 pr EN55024 3 1991 3V m IEC 801 4 1988 prEN55024 4 1992 0 5kV Signal Lines 1 0kV Power Lines Supplementary Information The product complies with the requirements of the
8. Loaded image 192 0 1 12 tftpboot ETS SYS 467636 bytes Load Completed Boot in Progress 3 Ethernet Address 00 80 a3 02 00 03 Internet Address 192 0 1 240 Version V3 2 1 940601 Type HELP at the Local_1 gt prompt for assistance Username gt Figure 4 12 Sample TFTP Boot Pr the I ETS cannot Todd the bil ot file ak to gt TFTP Troubleshooting Tips in NOTE Appendix B If yc you eer to nea end use e the R Reverse Telnet ER rer to Char NOTE ter 5 gt of the ETS EPS nn Manual Unix Host ie Proceed to Chapter 5 Configuration 4 17 Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide NetWare Hosts Follow these instructions if you have a NetWare fileserver The following instructions apply to NetWare versions 2 2 3 1x and 4 x The installation is divided into three parts Pre installation Software distribution and installation Server configuration and downloading Pre installation The ETS when it boots will attempt to read its download file from the fileserver Since it does not have a username and password however the download files must be in the login directory generally SYS LOGIN There is a 15 character limit on the path name 11 character limit for the filename Non the ETS so the drive name and login directory must fit in that limit Finally each download file is roughly 500Kbytes long so ensure you have enough space on the fileserver for the necessary files Software Dist
9. NOTE Will put the server in boot mode It will then enter the Boot Configuration t input fr om the console When the unit has booted the following text will be displayed Flash ROM Version 2 2 Ethernet Address June 10 1993 00 80 a3 03 16 c6 Flash Version V3 2 1 940601 Skipping Skipping checking From From From From From BOOTP RARP 5 sections from address address address address address 0x20004 0x206c0 0x2071c 0x34928 0x60060 Loaded 46864 bytes Lantronix EPS 12 Ethernet Address 00 80 a3 03 16 c6 Internet Address 192 73 220 59 fl to to to to to ash 0x100000 0x100a54 0x180000 0x140000 0x19cd38 Internet Address 1704 bytes gt 72 bytes gt 82424 bytes gt 77956 bytes gt 53855 bytes gt Figure 3 1 Flash ROM Boot Sequence 192 73 220 59 The server sends out BOOTP and RARP queries before it boots for infor NOTE mation about these queries see the ETS EPS Reference Manual The server is up and running Proceed to Chapter 5 System Administration Logins Download Units IN 4 1 Host Software Installation Lc 4 1 Contents of the software distribution ccoo 4 2 MS ROSS ts rita 4 4 Frezinstallatorn A O 4 4 Software Installation n e 4 6 EC TAEI TOST AS o a a ee eee 4 10 Loading the Software onto the UNIX System 0 4 11 Configuring the Host for Downloading uaeee 4 12 Server Configur
10. The additional options will show that there is no physical device for this queue and tell the host that this is a remote connection LPR on AIX Hosts 8 24 LPR is available on machines running IBM s AIX operating system but has only been tested on AIX versions 3 2 and higher Using LPR on AIX hosts involves a slightly different configuration procedure The queue configuration file is etc qconfig and the format of the entry is different Figure 8 33 page 8 25 Note the lack of colons and the required white space ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing AAA AAA A A A A A A a ets_prt device ets_prtd TRUE host graphicserver s_statfilter usr lpd bsdshort I_statfilter usr lpd bsdlong rq NTX ets_prtd backend usr lpd rembak Figure 8 33 Adding to Printcap Entry Note that the device name is simply the queue name with a d appended To print the normal lp syntax is used Figure 8 34 lp dets_prt filename Figure 8 34 Printing to Queue LPR on HP Hosts LPR is supported in HP UX Version 9 0 and greater To configure a print queue using LPR become the superuser and issue the following com mands Figure 8 35 usr lib lpshut usr lib lpadmin pets_prt v dev null mrmodel ocmrcmodel osmrsmodel ormgraphicserver orpNTX usr lib accept ets_prt usr bin enable ets_prt usr lib lpsched Figure 8 35 Configuring Print Queue 8 25 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide
11. 230 230 Please get the README file before proceeding 230 230 230 Guest login ok access restrictions apply Remote system type is UNIX your type will be displayed here Using binary mode to transfer files FED Figure E 1 Lantronix FTP Session All released files are in the pub directory Always download the README file in the pub directory before downloading anything else as it contains a directory of available versions It also has complete instructions for down loading the server executables RTEL sources release notes etc E 3 Updating Software ETS EPS Installation Guide Downloading from the Lantronix Bulletin Board The Lantronix system uses Telebit T2500 modems capable of v 32 v 42 v 42bis 9600 2400 1200 baud operation for the physical connection and the KERMIT software package for the file transfer The modem phone number is USA 714 367 1051 The account name is ETS and the pass word is SERVER Figure E 2 page E 5 Remember that the download files SYS are image data and should only be transferred in binary mode If binary mode is not used the files will be corrupted E 4 ETS EPS Installation Guide Updating Software Welcome to the Lantronix software distribution system File Name Version File Name v312 ps1 sys cf 2 v312 ets sys oe v312 eps sys 2742 v2242 ets sys i 2 42 v2242 eps sys TSCODE SYS 2 42 v2242 tscode sys PSCODE SYS 2 42 v2242 pscode sys
12. 4 4 Presinstallaton sen ee 4 4 Software Installation u 4 6 1C P P HOS Siuro A 4 10 Loading the Software onto the UNIX System 4 11 Configuring the Host for Downloading neee 4 12 Server Configuration and Downloading eee 4 14 NetWare TIOSES a ae 4 18 Pre install hon ea ap 4 18 Software Distribution and Installation eee 4 18 Server Configuration and Downloading eeeee 4 19 System Administration Logins IntToduchon A A 5 1 AppleTalk Console Connections aseisiin aA 5 2 NetWare Console Connections ooccccoononcnonnnannononanonnoonanccnnnonnnccononnnnannos 5 5 TCP IP Connections een 5 6 petting the IP address un sen 5 6 Console Connections ae 5 8 Incoming User Connections cococooccnoccnannonnnnanannnnnonacnnaronanonos 5 8 VMS Console Connections ii iii 5 9 Configuration Introduelon rra 6 1 Onto uring ME ETS ia Bin 6 1 Server Contour aa 6 3 Port Configuration User Session PVT OCUICTION ita 7 1 ULE OING SESSIONS aida a 7 1 Initiating a Connection visi 7 1 Pausing Resuming a Session eunsesserseesnensensensenennnnennen 7 2 DISCONNECHANE a SESSION weni 7 2 INCOMING SESSIONS satin A NA 7 3 AppleTalk Z ne uses ee ei 8 5 PostScript Printing From AppleTalk nen 8 6 LanManager Configuration comcccncnnnnnonnnonanonanananencnnnnoncconncnnanonaconac nnoonos 8 7 Windows NT Users u a 50er aa 8 7 OS 2 Users o ccccccnncccncn
13. 8 41 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX POSTSCRIPT ENABLED PORT 4 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVICE NTX POSTSCRIPT ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 41 Enabling PostScript A very common problem when printing PostScript jobs from UNIX queues is including non PostScript data i e header or banner pages as part of thejob Verify that when printing from a UNIX host machine head er and trailer pages are not sent NOTE er pages 8 28 ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing TCP Socket Connections If custom queuing software has been designed on a host raw TCP IP or Telnet connections can be made directly to the physical EPS ports Open ing a TCP session to port 300n will attempt a direct connection to portn on the EPS The 30nn range of ports is 8 bit clean If Telnet IAC interpretation is needed form a connection to ports 200n If the port is in use or its access is set to Local the connection will be re fused at the TCP level It is the resonsibility of the host software to retry the connection attempt Connections can be formed to a specific port on the ETS by using the Tel net command with the port number parameter For example to connect to serial port 3 on the ETS first make sure the port is set to Access Remote or Access Dynamic then issue the following command Figure 8 42 telnet server_name 2003 Figure 8 42 Telnet Command to Connect to Sp
14. LAT Device to Serial Port The rest of the procedure for creating the print queue is the same as dis cussed in Printing Directly to a Port page 8 12 PostScript Printing From LAT PostScript printing from VMS requires that the PostScript attribute be en abled on the service being used Figure 8 16 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX POSTSCRIPT ENABLED PORT 4 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVICE NTX POSTSCRIPT ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 16 Enabling PostScript 8 14 ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing Using PostScript printers with LAT queues adds two extra steps to the host queue setup An application LAT port still needs to be created via LATCP In addition a PostScript form and a reset module need to be cre ated on the host The reset module will contain the Ctrl D that the printer needs to see to finish and eject thejob To create the form use the following commands Figure 8 17 DEF FORM POSTFORM formnum STOCK DEFAULT WIDTH 4096 WRAP Figure 8 17 Creating PostScript Form formnum is any unused form number use Show Queue Form All to see the form numbers that are currently in use The longer width prevents the spooler from truncating long and legal PostScript command lines To create the reset module use an editor to create a file named EOJ TXT Place a Ctrl D ASCII 0x4 in this file and insert it into the system device control library Figure 8 18 LIBRARY REP
15. Note that issuing the Ipshut command will stop the HP spooling sys tem so this command should not be performed when print jobs are active To print to this queue normal lp syntax is used Figure 8 36 lp dets_prt filename Figure 8 36 Printing to Queue LPR on SCO Unix Hosts LPR is supported in SCO V3 2 release 4 with TCP IP Version 1 2 and greater To configure a print queue using LPR first issue the following command Figure 8 37 mkdev rlp Figure 8 37 Installing Printing Files This will install the Berkeley remote printing files and executable pro grams Note that this should only be done once To actually create a re mote printer use the following command Figure 8 38 rlpconf Figure 8 38 Creating Remote Printer This command will ask a series of questions and create a printcap entry for the specified queue To print to this queue normal Ip syntax is used Fig ure 8 39 lp dets_prt filename Figure 8 39 Printing to Queue 8 26 ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing RTEL Functionality NOTE If the LPR method of printing is not adequate for an application banners needed before jobs more flexibility needed in printing etc Lantronix supplied RTEL software can be configured on the host RTEL enables a host to send a print job to the ETS rather than directly to a tty device After installing the software and configuring connections to the ETS normal UNIX print commands can be used
16. a gateway host allows TCP IP connections to other con nected network segments For example Figure 6 5 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVER NAMESERVER 192 0 1 2 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVER DOMAIN weasel ctcorp com Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVER GATEWAY 192 0 1 188 Figure 6 5 Outgoing Session Configurations The examples above use the Define command so they will not take effect until the server is rebooted Use the Set command to make them take ef NOTE fect immediately 6 4 ETS EPS Installation Guide Configuration The TCP IP security table can be used to restrict incoming or outgoing TCP IP connections Managers can restrict connections by address or net work on a port by port basis See IPSecurity in the ETS EPS Reference manual or Help Set IPSecurity on the server s on line help system LAT Server Parameters NOTE The LAT parameters should not need to be modified The server may be given a more descriptive nodename and identification string if desired See the Set Server Name and Set Server Identification commands in 6 5 Configuration ETS EPS Installation Guide Port Configuration There are various attributes associated with each physical port that may need to be changed In general they are configured with the Set Define Port lt n gt command where lt n gt is the port number to modify and defaults to the current port Show List Port lt n gt will display the current and saved sett
17. and normal queue utili ties Ipc Ipstat etc will be usable RTEL s processing of print jobs is somewhat limited If you require com plex formatting of printjobs in a backend program supplied by your host for example post application processing of a WordPerfect file it may be desirable to use RTEL in conjunction with your host s program In order for RTEL to interface with your host s backend program without Ip or lpr it may be necessary to create print pipes on the host The RTEL software provides this functionality by providing a unix named pipe in terface Installing print pipes is described in detail in the RTEL man pages provided with the RTEL source files To recreate the RTEL source files copy the file RTEL_SRC TAR from the distribution media to the Unix host If on a Unix distribution media look in the source subdirectory If copying via the network a binary copy must be performed Untar the archive using the following command Figure 8 40 tar xvf rtel _src tar Figure 8 40 Getting Files From Tape In the created directories there will be RTEL man pages that describe the contents of the RTEL distribution and various man pages that describe the actual software functionality and installation procedures 8 27 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide PostScript Printing from TCP IP PostScript printing from TCP IP requires that the PostScript attribute be enabled on the service being used Figure
18. available Use the Show Service Local Characteristics command either from a terminal attached to port 1 or from a network login to the ETS to see service characteristics Figure B 2 Local_4 gt SHOW SERVICE LOCAL CHAR Service ETS_xxxxxx_Sl Ident EPS1 Serial Port Rating 255 Ports 1 Characteristics Queuing Rtel Connections AppleTalk Netware Enabled Groups 0 Service ETS_xxxxxx_Pl Ident EPS4 Parallel Port Rating 255 Ports 2 Characteristics Queuing Rtel Connections Netware Enabled Groups 0 Figure B 2 Show Service Command In order for a service to be accessible from the network its rating must be non zero If it is zero the physical port is either inaccessible access is de fined as Local or is in use either by a local user or by another network host In addition verify that the protocol list for the service in question has the appropriate protocols enabled Verifying IP address One of the most common problems encountered is that of duplicate IP ad dresses on the network Signs of this problem are Telnet Rlogin connec tions that fail soon after connecting or ARP requests that do not resolve a host known to be working If these problems occur make sure that the ETS has a unique IP address on the network If the server either loses its IP address when booting or will not allow a new IP address to be configured it is probably an indication that another host is using that address B 3 Troubleshooting E
19. gt DEFINE SERVER IPADDRESS 192 0 1 228 Figure 6 2 Specifying IP Address If the ETS has no IP address it will set its address from the first directed IP packet it receives To generate such a packet create an entry in the host s ARP table Figure 6 3 Note that this requires superuser privileges arp s 192 0 1 228 00 80 a3 xx xx xx Figure 6 3 Generating IP Packet Substitute the intended IP address and the hardware address of the server Then ping the server Figure 6 4 unix ping 192 0 1 228 Figure 6 4 Pinging the Server Configuration ETS EPS Installation Guide When the server receives the ping packet it will notice that its IP address is currently not set and will send out broadcasts to see if anyone else is us ing this address If no duplicates are found the server will use this IP ad dress and will respond to the ping packet The ETS will not save this learned IP address permanently Itis intended as a temporary measure to let the administrator telnet into the ETS s console port and issue the com mand Define Server IPaddress w x y z to make the address permanent See page 7 3 Incoming Logins for instructions for logging into the NOTE server Outgoing Session Support This section covers server settings related to outgoing sessions A nameserver host can be specified to allow text TCP IP hostnames to be resolved and a default domain name to use in case a domain is not speci fied Specifying
20. or polarity on their own printers and thus custom cables may be necessary Refer to printer documentation for interfacing details DB25 Pin DB25 Signal Name Centronics Signal Name nd Centronics Pin Data Strobe Data Strobe EEE u ce ICO CCC ECC CS n men pe as Dumme je r than fy diyan o a Daa ia Cae sk in 10 Acknowledge Acknowledge 10 charts tive low 11 Busy Busy 12 Hu Ha m me Paper End Select Autofeed Paper End Select Autofeed O Rie 14 al Error Error pa ON Initialize Initialize 31 17 Select Inhibit Select Inhibit Q3 ON Ground 1 Ground 21 22 6 19 20 Ground 23 24 3 QO Logic Ground m NO Ground Ground N pa Ground poa N N N N ios o 00 Ground Ground 25 26 Ground 27 28 29 30 Ground N Ha Ground Ground 25 Ground Ground C 10 Table C 5 Centronics 36 Pin Parallel Cable Pinouts ETS EPS Installation Guide Pinouts Dataproducts 50 Pin Parallel Cable Pinouts products os can be mger than 10 ft tals ked by an risk in e charts ctive low ital LP32 mts DEC aproducts ion are d in pa heses The chart below shows the pin connections that are provided with Lantronix supplied Dataproducts parallel cables Note that many manu facturers have changed pin functions or polarity on their own printers and thus custom cables may be necessary Refer to pr
21. provides the same functionality as the ETS with the addition of one parallel port for connections to a Centronics or Dataproducts compatible printer Protocols The ETS supports five major protocols 4 4 4 4 AppleTalk EtherTalk LAT LAN Manager Netware TCP IP The ETS can use and interpret all 5 protocols at once and can queue print requests from hosts using any of the protocols simultaneously The ETS also allows connections to network hosts via LAT and TCP IP ETS EPS Installation Guide Introduction ETS Configuration There are several ways to configure the ETS settings Using the ETS command line via a terminal attached to a serial port Logging into the ETS over the network via AppleTalk NetWare Telnet Rlogin or TSM NCP LAT Logins via AppleTalk and NetWare require the included MACCON AppleTalk and EPSCON Netware utili ty programs BOOTP replies from a TCP IP network host The IP ad dress load host and download filename are definable this way RARP replies from a TCP IP host The IP address is definable this way Aconfiguration file downloaded from a TCP IP LAT or NetWare host at boot time containing ETS com mands ETS Software NOTE Flash based ETS units store their executable code in Flash rewritable ROMs software does not need to be downloaded from a host at boot time Host software downloading is necessary only when booting a non flash server or w
22. server See host based man pages for configuration information Keep in mind that many BOOTP daemons will not reply to a BOOTP request if the download file name in the configuration file does not exist If this is the case create a file in the download path to get the BOOTP daemon to respond If the ETS has no IP address it will set its address from the first directed IP packet it receives To generate such a packet create an entry in the host s ARP table Note that this requires superuser privileges Figure 5 7 arp s 192 0 1 228 00 80 a3 xx xx xx Figure 5 7 Generating IP Packet Substitute the intended IP address and the hardware address of the server Then ping the server Figure 5 8 unix ping 192 0 1 228 Figure 5 8 Pinging the Server When the server receives the ping packet it will notice that its IP address is currently not set and will send out broadcasts to see if anyone else is us ing this address If no duplicates are found the server will use this IP ad dress and will respond to the ping packet The ETS will not save this learned IP address permanently It is intended as a temporary measure to let the administrator telnet into the ETS s console port and issue the com mand Define Server IPaddress w x y z to make the address permanent 5 7 System Admin Logins ETS EPS Installation Guide Console Connections The ETS enables a TCP IP user to configure the server via a single telnet connection to the
23. up to answer MOP requests Before beginning this procedure make sure DECnet has been installed and is running on the system Refer to the appropriate DEC documentation for installation in structions ler s device name Your device name may be different Use the NCP com NOTE mand Show Known Circuits to find actual device names See the NCP documentation for details The necessary commands are as follows RUN SYSSSYSTEM NCP NCP gt SHOW CIRCUIT QNA 0 CHARACTERISTIC NCP gt SET CIRCUIT QNA 0 STATE OFF NCP gt SET CIRCUIT QNA 0 SERVICE ENABLE NCP gt SET CIRCUIT QNA 0 STATE ON NCP gt DEFINE CIRCUIT QNA 0 SERVICE ENABLE NCP gt SHOW CIRCUIT QNA 0 CHARACTERISTIC NCP gt EXIT Figure 4 2 Configuring VMS Host 4 4 ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units Show Circuit Characteristic Set Circuit State Off Set Circuit Service Enable Set Circuit State On Define Circuit Service Enable Show Circuit Characteristic Shows the current state of the Ethernet circuit If Service is already enabled the circuit is ready to download servers and no further NCP configuration is needed skip down to the exit command Sets the circuit state off so that circuit characteristics can be changed Note that if any users are using the network their sessions will be aborted Use the Show Known Links command to show current network users Allows the circuit QNA 0 to respond to download requests Restarts the Eth
24. use the Set Privileged command in order to configure the unit Like the other ETS ports the remote console port is password protected The default access password is access The default privileged password is system 5 1 System Admin Logins ETS EPS Installation Guide AppleTalk Console Connections The MACCON utility allows users on Macintosh computers to configure an ETS unit via AppleTalk It requires a Macintosh with access to the net work either with an Ethernet card or a LocalTalk to EtherTalk router and System 6 0 2 or higher The utility is provided on a floppy disk it can be run from the floppy or copied to the Macintosh hard drive It is strongly recommended to make a backup copy of this disk To install the utility on the hard disk drag the file from the floppy disk to the appropriate folder on the hard drive MACCON does not use any sys tem or other resources so it can be anywhere on the drive To run the util ity either on floppy or the hard drive double click the MACCON icon or select it and choose Open from the File menu The MACCON Connect window will appear listing all configurable Lantronix devices Figure 5 1 MacCon AppleTalk Zones EP5_043DE6 EP5_0464FC HP4FLEA LAT 0080A302109D LB 08059A LB 0806 7C MIKEPS1 AppleTalk Address aut Help Zone IX Figure 5 1 MACCON Connect Window 5 2 ETS EPS Installation Guide System Admin Logins TT ee eee Doubl
25. using a service verify that The nodename specified matches the server s node name Use the Show Server command on the ETS The service name used matches the appropriate ser vice name Use the Show Service Local Characteristics command on the ETS The service rating is non zero The LAT characteristic has been enabled on the ser vice On the VMS host the LAT symbiont was specified as the queue process when the queue was created Use the VMS command Show Queue Full queue_name to see the queue characteristics If a connection attempt has been unsuccessful when initially configuring a LTA device the LAT host software may get confused Deleting and re cre ating the LTA port is often required to clean things up B 6 ETS EPS Installation Guide Troubleshooting By default the LAT error message codes are not translated into text error messages If a LAT job fails and appears in the queue with an eight digit hex result code the code can be translated by issuing the following com mands Figure B 5 SHOW QUEUE FULL ALL queue_name note the error code nnnnnnnn SET MESSAGE SYSSSYSTEM LATMSG EXE S EXIT Xnnnnnnnn Figure B 5 Translating LAT Error Codes NetWare Host Troubleshooting The troubleshooting section assumes the Novell queue was created using the Qinst utility If the queue was created manually using PCONSOLE ei ther delete the queue and re create it using Qinst or re verify the steps Us t
26. 2 does not support the DLC protocol NetBios must be used To install NetBios create a service with LanManager enabled Figure 8 9 Note that in the example below we ve also used the Set Server command to give the server a name Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Local_1 gt system not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET SERVER NAME GRAPHICSERVER Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX LANMANAGER ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 9 Enabling LanManager ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing Choose one of the Ipt ports to redirect typically the ports to choose from will be Ipt1 Ipt2 or lpt3 Before you select a port to redirect ensure that it doesn t currently have a printer connected to it Open an OS 2 session At the OS 2 prompt use the NET USE command to indicate that the lpt port will be redirected to the ETS service Figure 8 10 C gt NET USE LPTn GRAPHICSERVER NTX Figure 8 10 Redirecting LPT Port The OS 2 node will attempt to connect to the ETS If it cannot connect to the ETS it will inform you of the problem At this point all references to LPTn the port specified with the NET USE command above will go to the service that you created For testing purposes you can try to use a copy command if the ETS is ready to accept data Exit the OS 2 shell Open the OS 2 PrintManager Choose Printer install from the Setup pull down menu In the Printer Installer dialog box select the printer driver to use enter a queue name and enter a
27. 5 6 L LanManager Printing an 8 7 LAT PostScript printing 8 14 Printing ss 8 12 LPR AIX OSES ee 8 24 HP hosts aussen 8 25 SCO UNIX hosts 8 26 Ultrix hosts oooococonocononenos 8 24 UNIX hosts iasoer craneae 8 21 MACCON ee 5 2 Manual using u 1 1 N NetBios configuration OS IZ surta 8 10 Windows NI nesebi 8 9 NetWare Console connections 5 5 PEL printing art 8 20 PostScript printing 8 20 Printing nat 8 17 Troubleshooting B 7 O OS 2 Printing from iu 8 10 Outgoing sessions mmoononccnnnnonss 7 1 ETS EPS Installation Guide Index Password parameter 8 3 RARP troubleshooting B 10 Pausing a connection 7 2 Rating parameter 000006 8 2 POL DIN INS usada 8 20 Reporting problems A 2 Pinouts RIED tauro 8 27 Centronics iaa C 10 Dataproducts ssseeee C 11 S Overview oocccccccccnnnncnnnnnnnnos C 1 m Serial MitS eisen C 8 Ports Servi Configuration oocccccnnccnn o 6 6 na o Characteristics cccooommmm o 8 2 Ports parameter nen 8 2 l A 8 1 PostScript parameter 8 3 E Ident string parameter 8 1 PostScript printing Ports parameter 005 8 2 AppleTalk oia 8 6 tol 8 3 Da cea iad 8 14 ee ida a NetWare ooccooocccnnncccnoninccnnno 8 20 2 ms aa a ri TC een 8 28 R ce N Sessions Power specifications
28. AT To use Telnet or Rlo gin use Connect Telnet Rlogin lt name gt This can also be shortened to Just Telnet lt name gt or Rlogin lt name gt For TCP IP sessions lt name gt can be either a hostname or a numeric IP address For example Figure 7 1 Local gt CONNECT LABVAX Local gt CONNECT TELNET labsun Local gt RLOGIN 192 0 1 29 Figure 7 1 Connect Commands 7 1 User Sessions ETS EPS Installation Guide E nm nn If a text TCP IP host name is used the ETS will first try to use the local host table to resolve the name into a numeric IP address If that fails it will query any configured nameservers for the name resolution If the ETS can not resolve the name into a numeric IP address the connection attempt will fail If the connection is successful an informational message will be displayed and the user will be connected Pausing Resuming a Session Toreturn to the Local gt prompt local mode from a session press either the lt Break gt key or the defined local switch Toreturn to a session from local mode use the Resume command It will return to the last used session Disconnecting a Session To disconnect a session use the Disconnect command This will close the last used session and leave any others intact Users can also specify All closes all open sessions for that user or a number to close a session other than the last used Also if the user logs out or is logged out by t
29. E tftpboot ETS SYS Boot gt SET SERVER LOADHOST 192 0 1 188 Boot gt SET SERVER SECONDARY 192 0 1 22 Boot gt INIT 451 Initialization begins in 5 seconds Figure D 1 BCP Command Examples These commands set the ETS address set the software load file name and set the load host s IP address as well as that of a backup loadhost The server then reboots using the Init 451 command At this point the ETS at tempts to load the file ETS SYS from the host at 192 0 1 188 Until the server has been able to load its complete set of code from a load host only a small subset of the server s full command set is available Any unknown characters will end the line and cause the command to be abort ed D 1 BCP ETS EPS Installation Guide Commands These are the commands that are available to you from within the Boot Configuration Program BCP Help Displays a one page summary of the commands available and what they do Init 451 Reboots the ETS after it has been configured If it can find the file you specified with Set Server Software it will load that file and then restart itself with full functionality If there are no errors but the loadfile is not found the server will attempt to load continuously with longer intervals between attempts If there are errors or if the lt Return gt key is pressed on the console the BCP will be reentered Set Server option Used to tailor your configuration LAT loading serv
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31. Introduchon A efnne 8 1 Setting Upa Service 8 1 AppleTalk Configuration uneessesensenessensenennenannnnnenennennnennennnnennannnnn 8 5 LanManager Configuration 0 c cccsssssesssssssssssssssssssssesesessesscsessssssssasens 8 7 EAT Configuration wesen sabe 8 12 NetWare Configuration unesscesesesssssenennnenennnenennnnnnnennnenenenananenn see 8 17 EE AP CONSUL O 8 21 ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing Introduction With few exceptions setting up a print queue on the ETS requires the use of a service A service specifies a set of attributes for a particular port on the server As services are primarily used for printing the set of attributes are often customized for a particular printer or modem In general there must be at least one service associated with a port before the port can be used by network users Setting Up a Service To set up a service you will need to use the Set Define Service com mands Set Service commands change the service s characteristics imme diately but the effects are temporary lasting only until the server is reset If the specified service does not currently exist one will be created and configured according to the command s specifications If the specified ser vice exists 1t will be modified Define Service commands specify permanent changes These changes will not take effect until the server is reset Possible attributes for services are listed in the following s
32. LACE SYS LIBRARY SSYDEVCTL TLB EOJ TXT Figure 8 18 Creating Reset Module Finally the INIT QUEUE command creates the queue itself Figure 8 19 SINIT QUEUE START DEFAULT NOFEED NOFLAG FORM POSTFORM ON LTAnnn PROCESSOR LATSYM RETAIN ERROR SEPARATE RESET EOJ ETS_POST Figure 8 19 Creating Queue 8 15 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide Note the addition of the form specification and the reset module A print request would then look like the following Figure 8 20 PRINT QUEUE ETS_POST filename ps Figure 8 20 Print Request Printing Using CPS Software The CPS software supplied by DEC requires a bidirectional data path therefore the parallel ports on the EPS4 and EPS12 will not support this software On the parallel port this is only available if the printer supports the Bitronics extensions to the Centronics interface See the Macintosh bi directional printing requirements for more information 8 16 ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing NetWare Configuration NOTE The ETSCON and QINST utilities provided on floppy disk are the recom mended way to communicate with the ETS and configure NetWare print queues ETSCON is used for logging into the ETS and is described more fully in Appendix D Network Logins The QINST utility should be used to actually create a NetWare print queue To see the steps QINST uses to install the queue see the ETS EPS Reference Manual The QINST utili
33. RTEL source code V4 1 and binaries are available in rtel_41 Old RTEL source code V3 2 is available in rtel_32 Please download and read the release notes before installing new terminal server code Note this is important NOTE All software is also available via anonymous ftp at ftp lantronix com Questions and or comments can be mailed to support lantronix com Please enter your first name john Please enter your last name smith Please enter your company name Widgets Inc ETS Terminal Server Main Menu Use KERMIT to Download ETS Software Use KERMIT to Download Release Notes Send Mail Message to Lantronix List the Currently Available Uploadable Files Logout Please enter option Figure E 2 Lantronix BBS System When downloading has been completed use option 5 to logout of the bul letin board system ETS EPS Specifications This appendix lists the power requirements temperature requirements altitude limitations relative humidity limitations and electrical limits of the ETS Check these values to make sure the ETS will be able to operate correctly Power Specifications Listed below are the power requirements for the ETS Note that the unit can operate using either 110 Vac or 220 Vac voltages There are no switch es or jumpers to change for international use Voltage 95 250 Vac 3 wire single phase autoranging Frequency 47 to 63 Hz Operating Current 0 5 Amp maximum Power 30 Watts Fu
34. SYSSSYSROOT MOMSSYSTEM directory Any other download files for other products will also be there This directory now needs to be add ed to the search list for download requests The system logical MOMS LOAD points to the directories to be searched for requested download files If this logical is not set correctly any load attempts will fail To cor rect this problem verify and insert if necessary the following line in your site startup file Figure 4 5 DEF SYSTEM EXEC NOLOG MOMSLOAD SYSSSYSROOT MOMSSYSTEM Figure 4 5 Setting System Logical If this line already exists in a startup file simply add the server directory separated by commas to the search list already there Note that for VMS versions 5 2 and greater this is done automatically If the host system will not be rebooted at this time execute the DEFINE command shown in Figure 4 5 interactively to immediately change MO MSLOAD At this point the host VMS installation is complete When the ETS at tempts to boot it will broadcast a request for this file and the host should download the file to the server 4 7 Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide NOTE 4 8 Power on the ETS or if it was still running type the following Figure 4 6 Boot gt INIT 451 Figure 4 6 Initializing Server The Init command will reboot the server and enable it to request the soft ware file If it cannot access the file for some reason you will see a me
35. Server ETS and Ethernet Print Server EPS The appendices contain information about pinouts the Boot Configuration program and downloading software from Lantronix Throughout this manual the terms ETS and Server refer to the ETS8 16 and EPS4 12 units unless otherwise noted The remainder of this chapter is an introduction to the ETS functionality Chapter 2 explains hardware installation and software downloading Chapter 3 shows how to configure the ETS for normal operation It covers both network protocol setup and port setup for logins and modems Chapter 4 is a short introduction to login sessions for the ETS Chapter 5 shows basic setups needed to print to the ETS products from the various supported host types Appendices are provided for troubleshooting cable pinouts environmental and cabling restrictions and details on downloading new software from the Lantronix development systems 1 1 Introduction ETS EPS Installation Guide What are the ETS and EPS The Ethernet Terminal Server ETS is a device that can connect computing equipment such as personal computers terminals modems or printers to an Ethernet network The ETS supports a serial device on each of its ports and the Ethernet simultaneously It is configurable and can offer its at tached devices as services to the network and conversely can provide connections to other devices on the network The Ethernet Printer Server EPS
36. TS EPS Installation Guide ETS Queue Status On the host system print a file using the appropriate print command The use the Show Monitor Queue command to see if a queue entry appears in the ETS queued job list Figure B 3 Local_1 gt SHOW QUEUE Posn Entry Source Node Service Port Status Source 192 0 1 10 LABEPS_P1 Port2 Active RLpr LAB_VAX LABEPS_P1 N A Queued RLat ACCT_FSERVER LABEPS_P1 N A Queued Netware Figure B 3 Show Monitor Queue Command Figure B 3 shows several entries for the parallel port The first entry is ac tive meaning that it currently owns the printer attached to the parallel port Entries numbered 2 and 3 have been queued meaning that they are waiting for the parallel port to become available When printing from a host if a queue entry never appears on the ETS see the appropriate host section in this chapter Monitoring Port Counters If an active queue entry appears the next step is verifying that data is ac tually being sent to the serial or parallel port This is accomplished by ex amining the port counters Issue the command Monitor Port lt n gt Counters and examine the output bytes count Figure B 4 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM Local_1 gt gt MONITOR PORT 2 COUNTERS Figure B 4 Monitor Port Counters Command B 4 ETS EPS Installation Guide Troubleshooting If the output byte counter is incrementing data is being sent to the print device If not verify t
37. UI cable to connect the ETS to the MAU Determine the type of Ethernet to be used and complete the correspond ing instructions discussed on the following page An AUI cable can be used between a transceiver and the ETS if the server is to be located some distance from the Ethernet cable ETS EPS Installation Guide Hardware Installation AAA u ee A ne u ed ne er u msn u Thinwire Ethernet Install an LTX 2 transceiver or equivalent on your server The LTX 2 connects between the AUI port and a BNC T connector on the network segment You will have two ends of cable to connect to the T of the T connector If you are connecting the LTX 2 to the very end of the network cable you will have one end of cable to connect to one of the T connector s sockets and you must put a 5002 terminator on the other end Cable cannot be used between the transceiver and the T connector NOTE The transceiver must be connected directly to a T connector and either the ETS or an AUI cable must be connected to the transceiver Thickwire installations Use a transceiver AUI cable to connect the ETS AUI port to the LTX 5 transceiver and the thickwire tap 10BASE T media Install an LTX T on the ETS Then connect the LTX T MAU to the 10BASE T hub with a UTP cable To lock the MAU if used onto the ETS slide the MAU onto the server s AUI port and then lock it into place by pushing the AUI port s sliding lock toward the pow
38. al port are prevented If the port is only used for printing it should be defined to access Remote Dynamic This setting enables ports to accept serial logins OR network connections If a user is logged into a Dynamic port network connections to that port will fail unless a queued connection was requested until the user logs out ETS8 16 and EPS4 12 serial ports default to access Local Parallel ports al ways default to access remote User Sessions TNE OCU CEION A E ATS E E 7 1 UES oing Sessions anne 7 1 Initiating a Connection errara 7 1 Pausing Resuming a Session unananannnnnnnnnnnn 7 2 Disconnecting a Session sssr 7 2 ETS EPS Installation Guide User Sessions EXA AAA AAA AAA A A A nn Introduction The chapter covers sessions from the ETS serial ports to other network hosts and logins from network hosts into the ETS NOTE _ istration Logins Outgoing Sessions The ETS and EPS4 12 servers provide the ability for local serial users to connect to hosts on the network These connections or sessions can be to hosts using either LAT or TCP IP protocols Users can have multiple ses sions open simultaneously and toggle between them with single key strokes There are three aspects of using sessions initiating pausing resuming and closing Initiating a Connection To start a connection the basic format is Connect lt name gt This will at tempt to start a session to node lt name gt using L
39. ation and Downloading ee 4 14 INGCEVV AAA A 4 18 re INS ta AG OW ada 4 18 Software Distribution and Installation cnn 4 18 ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units A A ARE Introduction This chapter is for ETS units without Flash ROM it contains information the system manager needs to load the software for the ETS Please be sure you have read through and understand the entire software installation procedure before you start it If your ETS is a Flash based ETS8 16 or EPS 4 12 model software does NOTE Ot need to be installed unless you wish to use the RTEL functionality Proceed to Chapter 5 System Administration Logins Host Software Installation disk space you will need at least this much space to load the software Af NOTE ter the software installation is complete extra files can be deleted to re claim disk space When the ETS powers up it will attempt to download its executable file from a network host The server will only attempt to load code if it has enough information to request the file There are three cases illustrated in this chapter ETS software will be loaded from a VMS host via MOP ETS software will be loaded from a TCP IP host via TFTP ETS software will be loaded from a NetWare file server Installation for all 3 protocols involves installing the software on a host computer and then telling the ETS how to access it 4 1 Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide
40. be world readable for the BOOTP request to be answered Note that BOOTP implementations frequently add a default pathname to the download filename if no explicit path is present in the configura tion file You should in general specify the complete pathname for the download file in the BOOTP config uration file 4 Some hosts will not allow BOOTP replies across IP net works For example if the ETS IP address is 192 0 1 100 and the host s is 192 0 2 30 some host op erating system swill not provide BOOTP replies to the ETS Either use a host running a different operating system or change the ETS to be in the same IP net work as the host In the event that the aforementioned tips don t solve the problem the fol lowing sections detail some additional troubleshooting suggestions B 10 ETS EPS Installation Guide Troubleshooting RARP Troubleshooting If the RARP request is failing check the host configuration In general the ETS name and hardware address must be in the host s etc ethers file and the ETS and its IP address must be in the etc hosts file Also many oper ating systems do not start a RARP server at boot time Check the host s RARPD documentation for details or use the ps command to see if there is a RARPD process running TFTP Troubleshooting Verify that the TFTP has been enabled on the loadhost i e the machine the ETS is using to get its boot code by ensuring that the file etc inetd conf has an unco
41. bout LPR Because of the way the LPR protocol is typically implemented on the host the processing options and the banner page are sent after the job data it self Because of this the ETS will print a banner page at the end of a job and cannot support most of the LPR options If it is necessary to have the banner page at the beginning of the printout install and use the RTEL soft ware If banners are not needed they can be disabled using the following ETS commands Figure 8 31 Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE service name BANNER DISABLED Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVICE service_name BANNER DISABLED Figure 8 31 Disabling Banners 8 23 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide Many LPR spoolers are not intelligent about using multiple queues on one host If two queues on the print host refer to two services on the same ETS they must use separate spooling directories If only the default directory is used data from the 2 queues can be intermixed or sent to the wrong ETS service No special purpose input or output filters can be used when printing via LPR If this functionality is necessary use the named pipe interface pro gram in the RTEL software LPR on Ultrix Hosts Ultrix hosts will need the following additional information added to the printcap entry Figure 8 32 ets_prt Printer on LAB ETS lp ct remote rm graphicserver rp NTX sd usr spool lpd ets_prt Figure 8 32 Adding to Printcap Entry
42. ce or twice check the ter minal s setup and its connection to Port 1 If the problem persists try an other terminal or cable or try powering the ETS off waiting 5 seconds and then powering it on again Also check the wiring for the terminal to ETS connection If these suggestions do not help call your dealer for assis tance If the terminal is usable try to correct the problem reported by the diagnostics and cycle power to the server When the terminal server is powered up it goes through the power up di agnostics These diagnostics first blink the LEDs to indicate that the pro cessor can execute firmware correctly and that the LEDs are individually visible It then tests RAM the serial channels and the Ethernet controller After this it checks the NVR non volatile RAM to verify that the saved data including its Ethernet address has not been corrupted If the test fails the ethernet address is set to 00 00 00 00 00 00 which is a known in valid address and other server parameters are rest to factory default val ues Upon completion of the power up diagnostics the terminal server will at tempt to boot If the installed Ethernet address is not valid as in the case above the terminal server will enter the boot monitor see Appendix D Boot Configuration Program ETS EPS Installation Guide Troubleshooting MOP Troubleshooting If the server is not booting using MOP check the following items Verify that the downl
43. description string Click the Connect To menu arrow to view its pull down menu and scroll down to the name of the redirected lpt port Click the OK button A dialog box will appear containing configuration options Change the configuration if desired when you re satisfied with your changes click the OK button 8 11 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide LAT Configuration Creating a LAT print queue can be done by printing directly to an ETS port or printing to a service Both methods are discussed in the following sections Printing Directly to a Port Configuring a LAT print queue on a VMS host machine is a two step pro cess First a LAT application port that references the ETS print resource must be created Second a print queue that uses the LAT application port must be created The simplest method of creating a LAT print queue is printing directly to a port on the ETS The serial ports are named Port_1 Port_2 etc Use the following commands Figure 8 11 RUN SYSSSYSTEM LATCP LCATCP gt CREATE PORT LTAnnn APPLICATION LATCP gt SET PORT LTAnnn node barney port Port_2 LCATCP gt EXIT Figure 8 11 Creating LAT Application Port LATCP ports are not permanently configured on a host Add the com mands necessary to create required LAT devices to the SYS MANAGER LAT STARTUP file so that they will be recreated after each host reboot Note that LAT terminal device characteristics may have to be chang
44. drive must be in the pathname Check that the directory on the fileserver is readable by the world Verify that the download file is in the login di rectory itself If the server still does not boot after verifying these conditions contact Lantronix technical support for assistance B 13 Pinouts When making MMJ or RJ style cables note that flat cable frequently has a rib or seam on one side of the cable To create a swapped twisted cable for use with most terminals the seam should be on that same side of the MMJ RJ jack at both ends of the cable If the seam is on the same side as the locking tab at one end it should be on the tab side at the other end of the cable For modem connections the tabs will be on opposite sides of the cable un Swapped ETS lt gt Terminal p zu Straight through Modem lt gt ETS u Figure C 1 Swapped and Straight through Cables A few notes about pinouts Keep in mind cable length limits discussed in Appen dix G when making serial cables Y In the examples below the term ETS typically refers to the ETS8 ETS16 EPS4 and EPS12 The modem examples below assume the use of the DSR signal from the modem If DCD is used see the Mo dem Configuration section substitute DB25 pin 8 DCD for pin 6 DSR in the examples on page C 2 Pinouts ETS EPS Installation Guide ze 1 Data Terminal Ready Serial Port DTR out 2 Transmit TX 3 Transmit return TX 4 Rece
45. e ETS to look like another host that can print files The Lantronix supplied RTEL software which requires installation and configuration on the host provides more functionality than RemoteLPR It allows the host s printing system to transparently use the ETS s print de vices and also allows the creation of named pipe devices on the host that map to the ETS s ports See the man pages included with the software distribution for a full dis cussion of RTEL functionality and configuration The server must have an IP address before print configurations can be made See Setting the IP address on page 5 6 for details Any host wishing to access the ETS will have to be informed of this IP address this is typi cally configured in the Unix file etc hosts or via a nameserver Refer to the host s documentation for additional information LPR on Generic Unix Hosts The Berkeley remote printing system is supported on many machines and is simple to configure for the ETS Add the host print queue name into etc printcap and then specify the remote nodename the host name of the ETS and the service name on the ETS For example to add a serial port print queue for an ETS add the ETS s name and IP address to the etc hosts file Figure 8 26 SOCK XKE XXE XK graphicserver Figure 8 26 Adding Name and IP Address 8 21 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide 8 22 Edit the etc printcap file and add an entry in the following format F
46. e by using the following commands Figure 8 4 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET PROTOCOL APPLETALK ZONE radon_lab Local_1 gt gt DEFINE PROTOCOL APPLETALK ZONE radon_lab Figure 8 4 Changing AppleTalk Zone PostScript Printing From AppleTalk 8 6 Before a Macintosh can be used to print a service must be created See Fig ure 8 5 below for an example Since printing from a Macintosh requires a PostScript printer the Post Script attribute must be enabled on the service being used Figure 8 5 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX APPLETALK ENABLED PORT 4 Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX POSTSCRIPT ENABLED Local _1 gt gt DEFINE SERVICE NTX POSTSCRIPT ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 5 Enabling PostScript All the Macintoshes printing to the ETS must be running the same version of LaserPrep Print jobs can be lost if Macintoshes are using different La serprep versions as reloading the Laserprep file repeatedly can prevent jobs from printing reliably Ensure that the laser printer being used is configured to use 8 bit charac ters If special characters or bitmaps are not printing correctly it is typical ly because the printer is configured to use 7 bit characters ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing LanManager Configuration The following sections cover print configuration for LanManager hosts These i
47. e clicking on one of the available nodes will open a login window for that unit Note that making configurations requires being a privileged user some times called superuser on the server To become a privileged user use the Set Privileged command Figure 5 2 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt Figure 5 2 Set Privileged Command You will be queried for the privileged password The factory default priv ileged password is system this password can be changed with the Set Server Privileged Password command See the ETS EPS Reference Manu al for details on this command Once you ve become the privileged user click the Configure button to configure the unit Figure 5 3 HPAFLEA ZONE_1 server Configuration Server Name HP4FLEA Ident String Appletalk Zone Services HP4_PCL HP4_PS HP4_TEHT Server Setup Port Setup Figure 5 3 Configuration Window System Admin Logins ETS EPS Installation Guide NOTE NOTE 5 4 The MACCON configuration window will appear Using the edit bars and buttons in this window you can change the server s name service names and serial port settings make sure they match with what any attached printers expect ae Seda with I MACCON V take e effect liga oe are per manent if yo you o your Macintosh ER running g MACCON there will be a short delay approximately two minutes before another MACCON ses sion can be started MACCON cannot detect that th
48. e machine was re booted and will require the two minute timeout period before permitting another session When you have finished configuring the unit click the Quit button A Help button is also provided to show basic features and any keyboard shortcuts ETS EPS Installation Guide System Admin Logins NetWare Console Connections The EPSCON utility enables Netware users to log into the ETS from a Net ware client PC To use the utility copy the EPSCON EXE file from the floppy disc onto the fileserver Make sure it is in your path or the path is changed to include the directory where it resides To use EPSCON type EPSCON at the prompt Figure 5 4 F PUBLIC gt EPSCON Figure 5 4 EPSCON Command A list of all available commands will be displayed Figure 5 5 Epscon epscon epscon epscon epscon epscon epscon epscon epscon epscon lt PsName gt lt PsName gt lt PsName gt lt PsName gt lt PsName gt lt PsName gt lt PsName gt lt PsName gt reset show show netstat name newname serial reload F PUBLIC gt EPSCON EPS_XXXXXX Connection established Ctrl break to terminate access not echoed list available print servers establish a console connection force rescan of queues show Netware protocol info send show command to server display server network status set the server name set serial port parameters reload a print server Lantronix EPS4 Version n n n yymmdd Ty
49. ea is that the server is an interface between the network and local users Ethernet Backbone A Figure 2 1 Sample ETS Layout 2 1 Hardware Installation ETS EPS Installation Guide The following sections detail the hardware installation Unpack the ETS Check to make sure everything listed on the Packing List is present In spect the ETS for any external damage If any part is missing or appears damaged contact your dealer If the ETS is not equipped with Flash ROM a software media kit is re quired If the software was ordered verify that the media kit is included in the package Select a location for the ETS The server s position should be close to the terminals printers it will be servicing but out of the way of everyday activity Since powering down the unit will terminate any active sessions it may be desirable to place the server in a location secure from user access Also be aware of its environ mental operating limits and cabling limits described in Appendix F Connect to the Ethernet 2 2 Depending on the type of cable you have to connect to the AUI port on the ETS you may need a transceiver or MAU Medium Attachment Unit to connect the ETS to the Ethernet backbone If you have thinwire 10BASE2 cable you can use an LTX 2 thinwire to AUI adapter The LTX T will con vert the AUI signals for use with 10BASE T media The LTX 5 will convert AUI signals for use with 10BASE5 media you can also use an A
50. ecific Port A TCP socket number can also be associated with a multi port service This allows an application program to request a connection to a single socket and be given the next available port For more information about TCP socket connections refer to the ETS NOTE EPS Reference Manual 8 29 Technical Support If you have reached this point we ll assume the ETS is installed and work ing correctly Congratulations The ETS EPS Reference Manual covers in much greater detail additional capabilities of the ETS Terminal Server Error Messages In the case of a detected software error the terminal server will attempt to report the cause and circumstances of the error to the console port to aid in tracking down the problem A typical error message would be Figure A 1 Panic Out of Memory Error Stack dump follows Figure A 1 Error Message Example You should write down the error and these values before cycling power to the terminal server to clear the error You should also note the current ver sion of code running on your server do a Show Server and look at the first line of the display Please call your dealer with this error information A 1 Technical Support ETS EPS Installation Guide Lantronix Problem Report Procedure A 2 If you are experiencing problems with your ETS have suggestions for ad ditional functionality or suggestions for improving the product please contact Lantronix Techn
51. ecified in the pathname is also in all capital letters The RTEL source code is included as a single tar archive file RTEL_SRC TAR on non Unix distribution media On Unix distribution media the RTEL software is restored when loading the media onto the Unix machine If the RTEL_SRC TAR file is moved with FTP remember to set the file transfer type to binary Otherwise the files will be corrupted by the transfer The F SYS executables are identical to the SYS files with one important difference They will require that a startup file be available via TFTP at boot time even the first time they boot If a loadhost hasn t been specified i e the server was MOP downloaded the startup file will not be loaded and the server will not finish booting These executables are intended for sites where is it desirable that the serv er not be allowed to boot unless a specific startup file resides on the TFTP loadhost See the ETS EPS Reference Manual for more information Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide VMS Hosts Follow these instructions for VMS hosts The following instructions apply to VMS Version 5 0 and higher The distribution software for the ETS will arrive on a TK50 tape cartridge or 9 track tape The software is installed using the VMSINSTAL proce dure When the installation is completed the download files will be on your system in the SYSSSYSROOT MOMSSYSTEM directory Pre installation The VMS host must be set
52. ections Service Name Each service must have a name Ident String Each service may have an identification string This string typically con tains a more verbose description of the service and will be displayed by LAT when a Show Services command is issued It is ignored by all other protocols 8 1 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide Rating Ports The rating describes the current state of the service A non zero value means that the service is available Zero means that the service is either in use or not available The port list shows the port s this service is associated with Service Characteristics NOTE 8 2 These parameters specify how the ETS will appear to network hosts and how it will treat print data Characteristics consist of the following default Banner Binary Connections This parameter only affects banner pages that the ETS generates when printing via LPD or NetWare If a host generates its own banner the ETS will treat it as print data The default setting is to print banner pages If the binary parameter is specified the ETS will not perform character processing on the data By default binary disabled the ETS will expand linefeeds into carriage return linefeeds and will perform tab expansion for LPD jobs This parameter is typically used for printing graphics jobs PCL files Disabling connections prevents connections to a particular service The service w
53. ed to correctly print some files For example by default the VMS terminal driver will change form feeds into an equivalent number of line feeds To disable this behavior create and start the queue Figure 8 12 page 8 13 8 12 ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing SET TERMINAL PERM FORM LTAnnn INITIALIZE QUEUE START ON LTAnnn PROCESSOR LTASYM RETAIN ERROR queue_name Figure 8 12 Creating Queue See the VMS ern Ge more matan er terminal char NOTE acteristics A print request would then look like Figure 8 13 S PRINT QUEUE queue_name filename txt Figure 8 13 Print Request Printing Using LAT Services Printing using a LAT service requires the creation of three items 9 A LAT service The LAT application port that references the ETS print resource A print queue that uses the LAT application port LAT services can be created and connected to using the commands below Figure 8 14 page 8 14 8 13 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX LAT ENABLED PORT 4 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVICE NTX LAT ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 14 Creating LAT Service A LAT device to the serial port here can then be created using the fol lowing commands Figure 8 15 RUN SYSSSYSTEM LATCP LATCP gt CREATE PORT LTAnnn APPLICATION LATCP gt SET PORT LTAnnn node barney service NTX LATCP gt EXIT Figure 8 15
54. eleted If you do not plan to install Reverse Telnet on the host delete these non SYS files Un Configuring the Host for Downloading NOTE 4 12 The first two steps below apply whether you are using BOOTP or interac tive setup for the ETS The ETS attempts to load its software using TFTP TFTP must be installed and enabled on the loadhost See the host s documentation man entries for tftp and tftpd for example for this information Some systems require modifying the TFTP setup in one or more system startup files etc servic es etc inetd conf or etc rc to enable TFTP service Some implementa tions of TFTP also have a default directory that is searched for requested files This is where the file from the distribution tape must be placed if the system cannot specify other search directories This directory must have world other read privileges enabled If the loadhost does not provide a default directory for TFTP the full path name of the file must be specified on the ETS see Server Configuration and Downloading on page 4 14 The pathname without filename cannot ex ceed 15 characters in length Case is important the file and path will be re quested exactly as typed directory ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units NOTE NOTE Move the server s load file from the tmp rtel directory to the directory where the ETS will expect it In the example shown in Figure 4 9 the di rectory tftpboot
55. er connector Be certain the MAU or any other cables are securely locked onto the server If the Ethernet cable becomes detached during normal operation the server may have to be reset for normal oper ation to resume Care should be used when attaching devices to the network as breaks in Ethernet communications can cause system crashes If a tap T style connector transcelver or repeater 1S already present connecting the ETS should have no effect on the network AUTION Hardware Installation ETS EPS Installation Guide Connect the Console Terminal The ETS designates one of its ports as a console where diagnostic mes sages and initial configuration messages are sent The console device must initially be connected to Port 1 but this can be changed after the server is booted The server s ports are initially configured for 9600 baud 8 bit characters no parity The console device also must be set to operate this way If it is not it will not be usable so ensure that the console device is set up prop erly Printers and terminal devices frequently do not come with RJ connectors on their cables so adapters may be needed to attach them to the server See Appendix C for a description of the universal connector pinouts Provide Power and Turn on the Server Attach the power cable to the ETS and plug it in to a wall outlet At this point there is power to the server so please use appropriate care when handling t
56. ernet circuit QNA O Defines the circuit ONA 0 with service enabled in the permanent network database Displays the circuit characteristics for circuit QNA 0 Verify that service is enabled Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide Software Installation 4 6 Load the tape in the tape drive and execute VMSINSTAL you must have SYSTEM privileges Refer to the VMS manuals for more instructions or type a question mark when you are prompted for information The process should look similar to Figure 4 3 and Figure 4 4 SYSSUPDATE VMSINSTAL welcome information DECnet questions backup options etc Where will the distribution volumes be mounted gt MUAO name of tape drive Enter the products to be processed from the distribution set gt TSCODE Figure 4 3 VMSINSTAL Commands There will be a brief pause while the tape is read Note that the installation procedure will also install the download file for the EPS as well as the ETS files The following products will be processed TSCODE Vn n Beginning installation of ETS Vn n at time Figure 4 4 Installation of Software After a few more minutes VMS will report that it has finished the instal lation of the software At this point exit VMSINSTAL Type lt CTRL Z gt at any prompt and un load the distribution tape ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units The installation procedure has loaded the software files from tape into the
57. ers only need to use the Software option to specify the name of the file to load TCP IP loaders also have to specify their own network address and that of the host to load from BOOTP Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the sending of BOOTP queries during the boot se quence Default is enabled ETS EPS Installation Guide BCP Hardware xx xx xx Specifies this server s hardware address xx xx xx is the last three num bers of the server s hardware address The first three numbers will be sup plied automatically AUTION correct address could cause serious network problems Ipaddress ip_address Specifies this server s IP address Uses the standard numeric w x y z for mat Loadhost ip_address Specifies the host to attempt to load the file from ip_address should be in the standard numeric w x y z format no text names are allowed Netwserver fileserver Specifies the NetWare fileserver to attempt to load the file from RARP Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the sending of RARP queries during the boot se quence Default is enabled Secondary ip_address Specifies a backup host to attempt to load the file from 1p_address should be in the standard numeric w x y z format no text names are allowed The backup host will be queried if the primary host does not or cannot load the server BCP ETS EPS Installation Guide Software filename Specifies the name of the file to load The ETS wi
58. ers that are not correct Init 451 Reboots the server and enables it to download its software 4 19 Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide The server will continue trying to download until it is successfully loaded or the boot cycle is stopped While in boot mode the ETS cannot be fully configured as the server has not downloaded operational software Pressing the lt Return gt key on the console port while the server is wait NOTE ing between retry attempts will put it in boot mode It will then enter the Figure 4 15 displays a sample NetWare boot sequence Lantronix ETS8 Boot Rom Version 2 2 June 10 1993 Ethernet Address 00 80 a3 02 00 03 Internet Address 192 73 220 143 Request BOOTP no valid reply received Request RARP no valid reply received Attempting NetWare boot file server RFS4_M2 found Loading file sys login ETS SYS downloading from node 00 00 c0 cd 53 50 text 00100000 2644 bytes vers 00100a54 72 bytes excess 00180000 78492 bytes data 0019329c 84640 bytes code 00140000 259236 bytes tLoader Entry point 0x100000 Load Completed Boot in Progress ES Ethernet Address 00 80 a3 02 00 03 Internet Address 192 73 220 143 Version V3 2 1 940601 Type HELP at the Local_1 gt prompt for assistance Username gt Figure 4 15 Sample NetWare Boot 4 20 ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units _ __ __ _ _ Quo A es NOTE Prom
59. he PCONSOLE utility to examine the queue and server information and verify that they match the server and service name on the ETS Verify that the NetWare access table will allow access to the specified file server By default only local non routed file servers are scanned for queues See page 8 19 for more information on manipulating the NetWare access lists If the login password on the ETS has been changed ensure that the queue password on the file server has also been changed If the passwords do not match the ETS will not be able to log into the file servers to scan for jobs If there is a significant delay between NetWare jobs it may be a result of scanning too many file server This will be especially true if these file serv ers are distributed across a wide area network Configure the NetWare ac cess list to only allow scanning for jobs on the file servers of interest See page 8 19 for more information Troubleshooting ETS EPS Installation Guide Power Up Troubleshooting If the ETS encountered a problem while booting it will display an error message and wait at the Boot gt prompt The most common error encoun tered is that of a network cabling fault so that the ETS cannot use the Ethernet correctly It will also display an error message if its Ethernet ad dress somehow becomes invalid If the Boot gt prompt is displayed type lt Return gt on the console terminal If you get no response after pressing lt Return gt on
60. he ad ministrator all sessions are closed The Show Session command will show all open connections for the cur rent user The session numbers displayed are those used with the Discon nect and Resume commands Global and per port session limits are provided to restrict the number of sessions a user can initiate They are configurable with the Set Server Ses sion Limit and Set Port Session Limit commands respectively 7 2 ETS EPS Installation Guide User Sessions Incoming Sessions The ETS servers also allow logins into the server from the network These are typically used for remote management so that the administrator does not have to have a dedicated serial line to the server It also allows an easy way for users to connect between TCP and LAT hosts for example they can Telnet into the ETS and then LAT out This gives easy access to hosts running either protocol Incoming sessions can be restricted or prevented with the Set Server In coming command It can be used to prevent LAT or TCP logins or both or require entering a password before using the command line The NetWare AppleTalk and LanManager implementations of the ETS do not provide for interactive sessions to hosts since these would be of limited usefulness Most hosts running these protocols are single user with no provision for logging in multiple network users Only print spool ing from hosts is provided for these two protocols 7 3 Printing
61. he connection between the ETS and the printer AppleTalk Host Troubleshooting NOTE NOTE Verify that the printer is actually available and selectable in the Chooser If it is not visible either itis configured in the wrong zone or AppleTalk is not enabled on the appropriate service istics If printing via AppleTalk make sure a consistent version of the LaserPrep file is used If this is not possible try testing from only one workstation to reduce version conflicts until printing is working Verify that both the printer and the ETS are configured to user 8 bit char acters and agree on the type of flow control being used See Chapter 6 Configuration for ETS port configuration and refer to the printer s docu mentation for instructions on configuring the printer If the queue was working and stops try reinstalling the LaserWriter driv er The LaserWriter driver modifies itself to save configuration informa tion and may become corrupted ual Troubleshooting ETS EPS Installation Guide VMS Host Troubleshooting When configuring a LAT device on a VMS host machine using a port name verify that 4 The nodename specified matches the server s node name Use the Show Server command on the ETS The port name specified matches the appropriate port s name Use the List Port lt n gt command on the ETS The default port names are in the format Port_X When configuring a LAT device on a VMS host machine
62. he install procedure will move files into the appropriate directories Mount the distribution tape on the tape drive and read the software file from the tape using the tar utility For example if dev rmt0 is the special device name for the tape drive the command would be as follows cd tmp rtel tar xvf dev rmto Figure 4 8 Reading File From Tape In Figure 4 8 the pound sign is the system s prompt tape properly i e dd if dev rmt0 conv swab tar xvf Refer to your system s documentation for more information regarding dd some Sili con Graphics systems need to use dd to read the tape When the file has been read from the tape the server load files ETS SYS EPS SYS PS1 SYS TSCODE SYS PSCODE SYS and all of the F SYS ver sions will be on the system There should also be a source directory for the RTEL software as well as aREADME file and two shell scripts Ipinstall and uninstall List the contents of the current directory and be certain the load files are present and the files sizes are in the range from 400 to 500 Kbytes 800 to 1000 blocks on most machines In addition to the load file the directory should contain other files for the Reverse Telnet package The names of the load files are in uppercase letters 4 11 Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide NOTE Once the load files have been moved into the TFTP download directory all the files in the Itmplrtel directory can be d
63. he unit Press the power switch located on the front of the unit Check to see if the LEDs on the front of the server light If not power down the server check the power supply and connections and try turning the server on again If it still does not power up check the fuse in the back of the server Power up Diagnostics 2 4 In order to successfully complete power up diagnostics the AUI port must be connected in one of the following ways Connected to a properly terminated transceiver Connected to an AUI cable connected to a thickwire tap Not connect to anything At power up time the terminal server does not care if there are any devices connected to the serial ports However if any errors are detected it will report the problem to the console device con nected to port 1 ETS EPS Installation Guide Hardware Installation Where to Go From Here Hardware installation is now complete If your ETS is a Flash ROM unit flash based ETS8 16 and EPS4 12 models software will not need to be downloaded when the unit is booted no software in stallation is necessary Continue to Chapter 3 Flash ROM Units Narr If RTEL functionality is desired on TCP IP hosts the RTEL software Y If your unit does not have Flash ROM software will need to be downloaded when the unit is booted Con tinue to Chapter 4 Download Units Flash ROM Units ETS EPS Installation Guide Flash ROM Units eee Introduction
64. hen updating the code in the Flash ROMs with a new version of the software Hardware Installation Intro uction Sse ase srr eine 2 1 TiS Call A on lada ad 2 1 Unpack thie of bo aia 2 2 Select a location for the ETS ccccccssscssssscsssscsecsscssssscsscseeees 2 2 Connect to the Ethernet csccsccssssssssscsscssscssesscssssesccesensees 2 2 Connect the Console Terminal ccccccccssssscssscesscscceseceesees 2 4 Provide Power and Turn on the Server oconnncccinocononococonnncccnno 2 4 Fowerup Diagnostics ri ine 2 4 Where to Go From Here o ccccsssssssssecsccceccccesscecsesssstecsesscececccecccceccceees 2 5 ETS EPS Installation Guide Hardware Installation Introduction This chapter contains information the system manager needs to install the ETS hardware The ETS was designed to be installed with a minimum of effort The use of universal connectors on the serial lines makes wiring and connection simple the Ethernet AUI connector allows the use of 1OBASE5 thickwire 10BASE2 thinwire 10BASEFL FOIRL fiber or 10BASET media via ex ternal transceivers See Appendix F for more information on the serial ca bles necessary for connecting devices to the ETS Installation Figure 2 1 shows a sample hardware layout It shows an ETS and two hosts on a segment of network cable Your installation may be more or less complex than this but the basic steps involved will still be the same The id
65. hooting printing from a particular host system is covered Verifying the Physical Connection The first step in troubleshooting a printer problem is verifying the physical connection between the ETS and the printer To test a non PostScript printer use the Test Port n command where nis 1 for a serial printer and 2 for a parallel printer Figure B 1 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM not echoed Local_1 gt gt TEST PORT 2 COUNT 100 Figure B 1 Testing For PostScript Printer This command will generate 100 lines of test data and send it out port 2 If print data has been lost or corrupted on the serial printer verify that transmit and receive ground see Pinouts Appendix C have both been connected to DB25 pin 7 signal ground On a parallel printer verify that a Lantronix supplied cable is being used Verifying Serial Flow Control Verify that the printer and the ETS agree on the method to be used for flow control The ETS defaults to XON XOFF flow control To verify that flow control is working issue a test port command and take the printer off line momentarily This will cause the printer to stop accept ing data and will flow control the ETS When the printer is placed back on line printing should continue with no disruption in the data ETS EPS Installation Guide Troubleshooting Verifying Service Characteristics One of the most common printing problems in the ETS service not being
66. host will generally not answer a BOOTP query if it cannot find or read the bootfile specified Some operating systems or hosts do not support the BOOTP process in addition some network managers may not wish to enable it The server can always be configured using a terminal attached to the serial port Server Configuration and Downloading 4 14 If BOOTP was not used to configure the server the ETS must be told its own IP address the name of the file to request and which host to request it from This is done from the terminal attached to the ETS console port while in boot mode The commands are as follows Figure 4 11 SET SERVER SOFTWARE tftpboot ETS SYS SET SERVER IPADDRESS ip_address SET SERVER LOADHOST ip_address SHOW SERVER INIT 451 Figure 4 11 Specifying Download Information An explanation of each of the commands is given on the following page ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units Set Server Software file name Set Server IPaddress ip_address Set Server Loadhost ip_address Show Server Init 451 Specifies a download file file_name is the name of the file that came from the tape Sets the IP address of the server ip_address is the network address of this ETS in numeric w x y Z format Sets the IP address of the host to load from ip_address is the network address of the download host Verifies the commands typed The server will display its configuration Check the pa
67. ical Support at 800 422 7044 or 714 453 3990 We are also reachable via Internet email at support lantronix com If you are submitting a problem please provide the following information Your name company name address phone number and email address Product name Unit serial number Software version available by issuing the Show Server command Network configuration including the output from a Netstat command Description of the problem Provide a Debug report stack dump if applicable Product status when the problem occurred Please try to include information on user and network activity at the time Ifthe problem is with a particular port please have the results of a Show Port Counters and Show Port Char acteristics for that port Enjoy your ETS and thank you LANTRONIX 15353 Barranca Parkway Irvine California 92718 USA 714 453 3990 e FAX 714 453 3995 e Toll Free 800 422 7044 Email support lantronix com Troubleshooting Introduction This Appendix discusses the following types of troubleshooting 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Printing Power up MOP BOOTP RARP TFTP NetWare B 1 Troubleshooting ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing Troubleshooting The procedures discussed in this section begin at the most basic trouble shooting level verifying the physical connect ion between the printer and the ETS After these fundamental procedures are explained more complex troubles
68. ifference between the Set and Define commands is important Set commands are put into effect imme diately but not permanently while Define changes characteristics permanently but do not take effect un til the server is rebooted Define Port commands take effect when the port is logged out Y The Show and List commands will display current and permanent settings respectively on the server Many of the commands discussed in this chapter require being a privi leged user sometimes called superuser To become a privileged user use the Set Privileged command Figure 6 1 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt Figure 6 1 Set Privileged Command You will be queried for the privileged password The factory default priv ileged password is system this password can be changed with the Set Server Privileged Password command See the ETS EPS Reference Manu al for details on this command ETS EPS Installation Guide Configuration Server Configuration Setting the IP Address If TCP IP connections are needed Telnet Rlogin LPD or RTEL support the ETS must have an IP address If one was set at boot time it does not need to be re entered There are three ways to specify the IP address The first is at boot time by a BOOTP or RARP reply or from the Boot gt command line The second is with the Set Define Server IPaddress command from the ETS command line Figure 6 2 Local_1 gt SET SERVER IPADDRESS 192 0 1 228 Local_1
69. igure 8 27 eps_prt Print on LAB ETS rm graphicserver rp ntx sd usr spool lpd ets_prt Figure 8 27 Editing etc printcap File Note that the punctuation shown is required and whitespace should be avoided within each option This will create queue named ets_prt The rm parameter is the name of the ETS in the host s address file the rp parame ter is the name of the service as it exists on the ETS and the sd parameter specifies the name of a directory used to hold temporary spooling files The spooling directory will have to be created using the mkdir command and should be world writable Figure 8 28 mkdir usr spool lpd ets_prt chmod 777 usr spool lpd ets_prt Figure 8 28 Creating Spooling Directory The mx option may be used to allow unlimited size files to be printed and the sh option may be used to prevent header pages from being generated See the host s documentation or man pages for more information on the NOTE format of the printcap file and how to create the spool directory ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing After adding the queue entry to the printcap file it should be visible via _ the Ipc status command Figure 8 29 lpc status ets_prt queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present Figure 8 29 LPC Status Command Print to the queue using normal lpr commands Figure 8 30 lpr Pets_prt etc hosts Figure 8 30 Printing to Queue Notes a
70. ill still be advertised on the network but connection attempts will fail ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing A _ m zm FormFeed If Formfeed is enabled the default the server will append a formfeed to the end of LPD jobs Password Specifies a 1 to 6 character service access password that the user must supply in order to connect to the service PostScript If enabled the ETS will send a small PostScript job to the printer before the user print data to force auto selection printers into PostScript mode it will also attempt to confirm that the printer finished a job before starting the next one If the printer attached to this service will be used only for PostScript this option must be enabled Queuing Disabling queueing will cause any printjob request received while the service is in use to be rejected rather than queued Disabling this parameter is not recommended Each service is associated with a protocol list This list controls which pro tocols can access the service Protocol parameters include the following AppleTalk Enables or disables AppleTalk access to the service AppleTalk is disabled by default DLC Sets the service as the handler for NT DLC print connections ONLY ONE SERVICE PER SERVER MAY HAVE DLC ENABLED LanManager Enables or disables LanManager access to the service LanManager is disabled by default LAT Enables or disables LAT access to the service LAT is disabled by default
71. ings for the specified port Note that unlike server settings port set tings are re initialized each time the port logs out or each time a print job completes For this reason Define commands are the recommended meth od for configuring port settings Most commonly changed settings are the serial parameters Speed baud rate Character Size Parity and Flow Control The default for all serial ports is 9600 8 bit None and Xon Xoff Some examples of changing the port settings Figure 6 6 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SPEED 38400 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE 2 SPEED 2400 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE 2 PARITY EVEN Local_1 gt gt DEFINE 2 CHARACTER SIZE 7 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE 3 FLOW XON Figure 6 6 Define Port Commands Refer to the ETS EPS Reference Manual or the Help Set Port display NOTE fora list of all configurable parameters for the ports ETS EPS Installation Guide Configuration Access Mode A port s access mode controls how the port can be connected to and can prevent services from working if mis configured A port s access can be one of 4 settings None This setting means the port is not usable This is typically only used if the device attached to the port is out of service Local This setting enables users to log into that port via the serial line and form connections to network hosts Network users cannot form connections to the port Remote This setting allows only network connections Logins from the seri
72. inter documentation for interfacing details Dataproducts Connect to DBAS Pina DBA signal Name Signal Name Dataproducts Pin Data Strobe Data Strobe PBB Data Bit 1 Data Bit 1 Data Bit 2 Data Bit 2 Data Bit 3 Data Bit 3 Data Bit 4 Data Bit 4 A Data Bit 5 Data Bit 5 Data Bit 6 Data Bit 7 Data Bit 8 Acknowledge Data Bit 6 Data Bit 7 Data Bit 8 28 30 38 19 20 1 41 34 43 36 23 On Line Return One NI Paper Instructions Ready Busy m m ej m N Paper End Select Autofeed 13 p gt Error Initialize Select Inhibit 16 Interface Conn Verify Buffer Clear Return 15 45 Ready Return 6 14 IE gt Data 7 6 Return 35 42 Data 5 4 Return 18 40 Ha 00 Logic Ground NO Ground N m m N p Ground N Ground Ground N QW Ground N gt Ground Data 3 2 Return 21 30 22 31 46 5 24 Table C 6 Dataproducts 36 Pin Parallel Cable Pinouts Ground nn C 11 Boot Configuration Program The Boot Configuration Program BCP executes at power up and pro vides the commands necessary to configure the ETS to boot up and func tion normally The Boot Configuration Program stores parameters in the server s non volatile memory For example a typical TCP IP configuration might use the following com mands Figure D 6 Boot gt SET SERVER IPADDRESS 192 0 1 229 Boot gt SET SERVER SOFTWAR
73. ion DTR DSR RTS CTS 1 Toren EEN Signal Ground 7 Signal Ground 7 6 DSR in DSR out 6 RTS out 4 Table C 2 MMJ RJ12 to DB25 Pinout for Modem connections Also DSR can be wired to Carrier Detect if your modem cannot force DSR to follow CD NOTE Refer to your terminal equipment User s Manual for special cases C 6 ETS EPS Installation Guide Pinouts To connect a DB 9 style 9 pin connector to MM or RJ 12 connectors use the following tables Note 2 things the transmit and receive returns are ALWAYS connected to Ground on the DB 9 and pins 1 and 9 DCD and RD respectively are not used ETS Pin ETS Signal Name DB 9 Signal Name Pin Direction DSR DTR RTS CTS 2 sat ESC Rn 3 Trennen _ ras oras Table C 3 MMJ RJ12 to DB 9 Pinout for Terminal Connections ETS Pin DB 9 Signal Name Pin EIS S gnal Name DSR DTR RTS CTS 1 QW N Transmit 3 DTR out 4 EXEC Table C 4 MMJ RJ12 to DB 9 Pinout for Modem connections Pinouts ETS EPS Installation Guide Serial Limits Note that the Lantronix servers are RS 423 compliant and are thus limited by the equipment at the remote end of the serial line If the ETS is connected to an RS 232 device it is subject to the RS 232 limits shown be low If connected to an RS 423 device it is subject to the RS 423 limitations 4 RS 232 lines are limited to 15m 50 ft in length They
74. ires into the bottom half of the connector You will have to cut off the end of the wire that does NOT extend through the connector Make sure that the wire that does not extend out is in the connector as far as pos sible to ensure a solid connection Carefully put the top half over the wires and press together tightly Use a pair of pliers to make sure the connector is fully latched If this connector is not provided you must insert both MMJ R J wires into the DB25 connector at pin 7 Ensure that both wires are in securely inter mittent serial errors may result otherwise The following tables give the actual pin to pin connections for the ETS re gardless of cable configuration These are for use if you are making your own cables from scratch Note that some of the table entries do not apply to the EPS1 and EPS2 as they support both DSR DTR and CTS RTS si multaneously The DB25 pin numbers are the same in both cases howev er ETS EPS Installation Guide Pinouts To provide RTS CTS flow control the CTS output Clear to Send is driv en by the ETS while the RTS output Request to Send is driven by the mo dem terminal device Table C 1 DB25 Signal Name Pin Direction DTR DSR RTS CTS Tan Table C 1 MMJ RJ12 to DB25 Pinout for Terminal Connections Pinouts ETS EPS Installation Guide To connect a modem to the ETS simply reverse the cabling for a terminal Table C 2 DB25 Signal Name Pin Direct
75. is used mv tmp rtel ETS SYS tftpboot chmod 444 tftpboot ETS SYS Figure 4 9 Moving Load File The server will attempt to use BOOTP to configure its IP parameters when it is booted The BOOTP protocol allows the ETS to broadcast a message on the network asking for configuration information If anetwork host has been configured as a BOOTP server it will provide the ETS with its own IP address as a loadhost the IP address for the ETS and the name of the download file to request The server can then attempt a TFTP load without having to be configured interactively with the Define Server BOOTP RARP Disabled commands See the ETS EPS Reference Manual for more information about this command See the host documentation or man pages for information on setting up BOOTP The process generally involves setting up a configuration file usr etc bootptab for example with the terminal server s hardware ad dress an IP address to give to the server and a download file and path name For example Figure 4 10 page 4 14 4 13 Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide Note that s are typically comment characters host ht hardware address IP address bootfile etsl 1 00 80 a3 00 55 88 192 0 1 240 ETS SYS Figure 4 10 Setting Up Configuration File The software file and path names must contain less than 11 characters of filename without the SYS extension and 15 characters of path informa tion The
76. ive return RX 5 Receive RX 6 Data Set Ready DSR in Note When connecting MMJ or RJ12 MMJ style connectors to Connector RS 232 both the Transmit return and Receive return pins must be connected to signal ground pin 7 on the DB 25 RJ MM J to DB25 Female Connector Reverse side of RJ12 or MM J Figure C 2 Modem Pinout Examples ETS EPS Installation Guide Pinouts RJ MMJ DB25 Adaptor RJ MMJ DB25 Terminal or Printer ETS8 16 and EPS4 12 to DB25 Cabling Note use of swapped cable Figure C 3 Printer and Modem Pinouts Pinouts ETS EPS Installation Guide A small square connector is provided with many MMJ to DB25 and RJ12 to DB25 adapters This connector is used to connect both transmit and re ceive grounds from the MMJ RJ cable to the single signal ground on the DB25 See the pinouts above for details The connector internally splic es the two wires together and provides one wire into the DB25 connector It consists of 2 pieces the top half has a small metal punch block in it while the bottom half holds the 2 wires to be spliced It is used as shown Figure C 4 Sealed doesn t open at this end MMJ RJ Tx Return pin3 To DB25 signal ground pin 7 MMJ RJ Rx Return pin 4 C 4 Figure C 4 Using Splicer Note that it does not matter which wire extends to the DB 25 connector only that both are connected within the splicer To splice the wires in sert both w
77. l and workmanship During this period if the customer experiences difficulties with a product and is unable to resolve the problem by phone with Lantronix Technical Support a Return Material Authorization RMA will be issued Following re ceipt of a RMA number the customer is responsible for returning the product to Lantronix freight prepaid Lantronix upon verification of warranty will at its option repair or replace the product in question and return it to the customer freight prepaid If the product is not under warranty Lantronix will contact the customer who then has the option of having the unit repaired on a fee basis or having the unit returned No services are handled at the customer s site under this warranty Lantronix warrants software for a period of sixty 60 days from the date of shipment that each software package supplied shall be free from defects and shall operate according to Lantronix specifications Any software revisions required hereunder cover supply of distribution media only and do not cover or include any installation The cus tomer is responsible for return of media to Lantronix and Lantronix for freight associated with replacement media being returned to the customer Lantronix shall have no obligation to make repairs or to cause replacement required through normal wear and tear of necessitated in whole or in part by catastrophe fault or negligence of the user improper or unauthorized use of the Product or u
78. lative Humidity Limitations Operating 10 to 90 noncondensing 40 to 60 normal recommended Storing 10 to 90 noncondensing There are various limits the network wiring must obey to function correct ly and consistently Thinwire 10BASE2 segments can be no longer than 185m 600 ft and can have taps no closer together than 0 5m 1 5 ft apart There can be no more than 30 taps per segment Thickwire segments can be no longer than 500m 1650 ft Taps must be 2 5m 8 ft apart There can be no more than 100 taps per segment 10BASE Tsegmentscanbenolongerthan 100m 330 ft Cable must be phone grade or better unshielded twisted pair UTP cable RJ45 connectors Y AUI cables can be no longer than 50m 165 ft F 5 Specifications ETS EPS Installation Guide Relative Humidity Limitations cont F 6 For all media types a total of 4 repeaters are allowed between any two nodes connected by 5 segments of cable A maximum of 3 segments between any two nodes can have taps on them the others must be point to point links 10BASE T or fiber For exam ple if 5 segments are used to go across 4 repeaters be tween 2 nodes 2 of the segments 5 3 2 must have NO taps on them ETS EPS Installation Guide Warranty Warranty Statement Lantronix warrants for a period of FIVE YEARS from the date of shipment that each Lantronix Terminal Server and transceiver supplied shall be free from defects in materia
79. ll automatically add SYS to the filename you specify Note that all protocols must have a file name specified either the default or set by the user The defaults are ETS SYS and EPS SYS for the ETS and EPS respectively For NetWare and TFTP loaders you can specify the complete path name of the file 15 characters or fewer if the file is located in a directory other than the default For TFTP the case of the filename must match that of the filename loaded onto your host computer Show Server Show is used to display the current settings of the parameters You should use this command before and or after you issue other commands to see what the current setup is or has been changed to Flush NVR Flash This command is used to restore the ETS non volatile RAM to its factory default settings It will reset everything that is configurable on the server including the unit s IP address Flash ROM equipped units only This command will force the ETS to download its operational code and reprogram it into Flash ROM This is necessary for example if a new version of software is released and you wish to upgrade your units to this version If the server cannot download the file the code in Flash ROM will still be usable NOTE See Appendix E for more information NOTE Updating Software The latest version of the Lantronix Terminal Server Software its associat ed release notes and manuals can be downloaded directly fr
80. mmented line enabling the TFTP daemon The inetd conf file is the file most hosts use to configure their TCP IP services Most ma chines have the TFTP daemon line commented out in their default config uration file If the etc inetd conf file has to be modified the TCP IP server process daemon has to be told of this via a signal In general find the process ID PID of the inet daemon using one of the following commands and then signal the process Figure B 6 ps aux grep inetd for Berkeley BSD UNIX systems ps ef grep inetd for System V UNIX systems Figure B 6 Finding Process ID of Daemon Normally the process is signalled by sending it a HUP signal kill HUP inetd_pid For example Figure B 7 ps ef grep inetd root 1 0 ttycO usr etc inetd kill HUP 117 Figure B 7 Sending HUP Signal B 11 Troubleshooting ETS EPS Installation Guide The etc inetd conf file is re read whenever the UNIX host boots Verify Filenames Verify that the name and case of the software download file are correct The software file names are uppercase but can be renamed if necessary Note that the default action for the terminal server is to look for uppercase names Verify IP Addresses Verify that the correct IP addresses have been set for both the terminal server and the download host To do this use the Show Server command at the Boot Configuration Program prompt Both addresses should be in the
81. n the network option This is not recommended until the print queue is confirmed to be running properly Click the Print To menu arrow to view its pull down menu Scroll to the Network Printer option From the dialog that appears choose the Hewlett Packard Network Port option and click the OK button Click the Card Address menu arrow to view its pull down menu all known DLC nodes will be listed Select the ETS hardware address Enter a name to be associated with this address at the prompt Click the Timers button In the dialog that appears click the Job Based ra dio button Click the OK button in each print dialog displayed If you d like this printer to be the default printer click the Default menu arrow on the Create Printer window s title bar and scroll to the printer s name F ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing NetBios Configuration To install NetBios create a service with LanManager enabled Figure 8 7 Note that in the example below we ve also used the Set Server command to give the server a name Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Local_1 gt system not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET SERVER NAME GRAPHICSERVER Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX LANMANAGER ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 7 Enabling LanManager Choose one of the Ipt ports to redirect typically the ports to choose from will be Ipt1 Ipt2 or lpt3 Before you select a port to redirect ensure that 1t doesn t currently have a printer connec
82. ng GRAPHICSERVER to ETS_PRT Adding print server NTX Please wait Attaching NTX to ETS_PRT Print queue installed successfully Resetting GRAPHICSERVER Resetting print server Install another queue y n n F gt Figure 8 21 Creating Novell Print Queue Use the NPRINT command to print a job to the ETS Figure 8 22 F gt NPRINT C AUTOEXEC BAT QUEUE ETS_PRT Figure 8 22 NPRINT Command 8 18 ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing ee a A A NetWare Access List By default the ETS will only scan local file servers file servers one hop away for print queues to service File servers on non local Ethernets i e with a IPX router between them and the ETS can be enabled using the fol lowing command Figure 8 23 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET PROTOCOL NETWARE ACCESS fileserver Local_1 gt gt DEFINE PROTOCOL NETWARE ACCESS fileserver Local_1 gt gt SET PROTOCOL NETWARE RESET Figure 8 23 Enabling Non local File Servers To enable scanning for jobs on all file servers in the extended network re Place the file server name with the keyword All However on an extended wide or local area network with many file servers specifying All can se verely impact the time between jobs and the overall printing performance NetWare Queue Password The default login password on the ETS is used as the password that the ETS logs into NetWare file servers wi
83. nn EEE A EEAO DER ENEA E ES AS 8 10 ill iv EAT Contis raton ansehen 8 12 Printing Directv 10a Port ada 8 12 Printing Using LAT Services 8 13 PostScript Printing From LAT eeneneenenn 8 14 Printing Using CPS Software unsseesesesessensneneensenennnnn 8 16 NetWare Configuration une 8 17 NetWare Access List uta lis 8 19 NetWare Queue Password cssscessecesssecesssssssscessseens 8 19 PCL Printing From NetWare ecccciconniccnncnnonnnnnnconaonnononnonnos 8 20 PostScript Printing From NetWare eesse 8 20 TCP IP Configuration P EE E E E N ETT 8 21 LPR on Generic Unix Hosts sssrini 8 21 Notes about LPR a 8 23 EER o Ulik Hosts erstes 8 24 LERON AIX Tossa 8 24 AA nsencscqunaly thectcdueanddacanieanaauasseeeees 8 25 LER oN SCO Unik Hosts ass ade iii 8 26 RIEL Funchonalily aura 8 27 PostScript Printing from TCP IP 8 28 TCP Socket Connections uueenesesnesonsonsessennennensenensennannnenne 8 29 Technical Suppo q IN DENE TENTEEEITESILEETEEELSETEETEENTITNHIH ERNEUT Troubleshooting Pinouts ETS EPS Specifications Warranty Index Introduction About This Manta isa 1 1 What are the ETS and EPS unserer 1 2 Protocol atada ae eee 1 2 BS COMMS UL AMON dao 1 3 EIS DOLEW ALC A A NO 1 3 ETS EPS Installation Guide Introduction About This Manual NOTE This manual explains how to install configure and use the Lantronix Ethernet Terminal
84. nstructions are designed for Windows NT and OS 2 users Sending print jobs to the ETS from Windows for Workgroups hosts via LanManager will not work reliably It is recommended that Windows for Workgroups users spool their print jobs to a Windows NT host and print from that machine NOTE Windows NT Users To send print jobs from a Windows NT host to the ETS the ETS must be added as a Windows NT printer This can be done in two ways using DLC or using NetBios DLC configuration is simpler than NetBios config uration however NetBios is more flexible Note that the ETS does not support NetBios over TCP IP Both methods are discussed in the follow ing sections For more information on DLC and NetBios configuration refer to the NOTE ETS EPS Reference manual DLC Configuration To install DLC a service must be created with DLC enabled Figure 8 6 below displays an example Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Local_1 gt system not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX DLC ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 6 Enabling DLC Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide NOTE Open the NT PrintManager its icon is located in the Main window on the desktop Choose Create Printer from the Printer menu In the dialog that is displayed choose the following Name of the queue on the NT host A description string Type of printer driver required installation disks If applicable choose the Share this printer o
85. oad file is in the directory speci fied by the logical named MOM LOAD This is the di rectory that will be searched by the download process Y Verify that the file protection allows world read per mission for the download file itself and all directories in the pate Note that the protections should be ade quate unless these directories were created by hand Use the Directory Owner Protection command to display the access rights to the files Verify that service is enabled on the Ethernet circuit used for booting using the NCP command Show Cir cuit Characteristics Messages are logged to the VMS system s console and any operator consoles enabled using the command Reply Enable when a node requests a download file Check these messages to verify the ETS hardware ad dress and download filename are correct One mes sage should appear when the ETS requests the download file and another when the file loading is complete Troubleshooting ETS EPS Installation Guide BOOTP Troubleshooting If the BOOTP request is failing and you have configured your host to re spond to the request there a few areas you can quickly check Ensure that BOOTP is in your system s etc services file as a real TCP IP service 4 In general the terminal server needs to be in the load hosts etc hosts file for a host to answer either a BOOTP or TFTP request The download file also has to be in the correct directo ry and must
86. ol The Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP is used for downloading the software to the server To download using TFTP the server must be configured with its own IP address as well as which machine to query for its software This can be done automatically if the load host supports the BOOTP or RARP proto cols and can be configured to use them The installation is divided into three parts Loading the software onto the UNIX system Configuring the host for downloading ETS configuration and downloading The server software file will generally come on one of the following media a TK50 tape cassette Sun or HP compatible 1 4 cartridge tape 9 track 1600 bpi reel tape or floppy diskettes 3 5 or 5 25 If the wrong media format was included please contact your dealer If you received DOS style floppy diskettes you will need to copy the con tents of the diskettes onto the loadhost machine Ensure that the copy is done in binary mode or the SYS files will be corrupted ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units Loading the Software onto the UNIX System NOTE Log into the host machine as the super user Create the directory tmp rtel and set your default to this directory using the command cd tmp rtel Ap proximately 5 MB of disk space is required for the distribution use the df command to ensure this space is available The distribution can actually be loaded anywhere there is sufficient disk space T
87. olatile Summary as of lt date time gt Circuit State QNA 0 on NCP gt NCP gt SET NODE server_name Node Address 1 1 63 1023 13 241 Node Name 1 6 characters server_name NCP gt SET NODE server_name SERVICE CIRCUIT QNA 0 NCP gt SET NODE server_name HARDWARE ADDRESS 00 80 A3 XX XX XX NCP gt EXIT Figure 5 10 Configuring Node This defines the server only in the temporary database Define commands must be used in order to make a permanent entry in the database 5 9 System Admin Logins ETS EPS Installation Guide Once the node has been created in the database the Connect command can be used to establish a session Figure 5 11 S RUN SYSSSYSTEM NCP NCP gt CONNECT NODE server_name access not echoed Lantronix EPS4 Version n n n yymmdd Type Help at the Local_4 gt prompt for assistance Enter Username gt xXxxx Figure 5 11 Establishing a Connection NOTE a remote console connection see the NCP and TSM documentation 5 10 Configuration Tit GOON aia 6 1 Contiguting the ETS raid ito 6 1 Server Configuration Port Configuration da 6 6 ETS EPS Installation Guide Configuration Introduction This chapter explains how to configure the ETS for operation Please refer to the ETS EPS Reference manual for more information on unfamiliar terms and commands Remember that commands and parameters can be abbreviated to the fewest letters needed to uniquely identify them
88. om the Lantronix development systems in one of two ways via dial in modem or using anonymous ftp through the Internet Comments and or requests for help via e mail are welcome send them to support lantronix com and they will be routed appropriately Ques tions or comments regarding the ftp download process itself can be sent to ftp lantronix com Mail can also be sent from within the dial in mo dem menu access Note that due to space and bandwidth considerations the RTEL archive available from FTP or Kermit includes source code but no executables Machine specific binaries are available in files named machinetype_bin tar i e aix executables would be in a file named aix_bin tar If the target ma chine has a C compiler and the appropriate libraries and include files it is simplest to simply get the source code and recompile on the target system See the man pages ee details on n building th the RTEL code E 1 Updating Software ETS EPS Installation Guide Downloading via FTP The server software resides on the Lantronix FTP server ftp lantronix com The current IP address of the server is 192 73 220 81 but this is subject to change at any time and the text name should be used if at all possible The files are stored in normal and Unix compress formats filename Z if you have access to the Unix uncompress utility you should get the compressed versions Also these files are binary data so you must use the binary opti
89. on to ftp whenever transferring the files To log into the FTP server use a username of anonymous and enter your full email address as the password If the FTP server cannot verify the username or email address you will be denied access The machine issu ing the ftp command must be resolvable via the INADDR ARPA DNS record for the connection to succeed If access is denied try using a known machine i e a gateway or nameserver When connected to the Lantronix FTP server the following text will be displayed Figure E 1 page E 3 ETS EPS Installation Guide Updating Software AAA IA ftp ftp lantronix com Connected to ftp lantronix com 220 Welcome to the Lantronix Ftp Server 220 220 To log in type anonymous at the Name prompt and enter 220 your e mail address as a password Invalid e mail addresses 220 will result in no access 220 220 Machines not resolvable via DNS will be refused all access 220 220 IMPORTANT Please get the README file before proceeding 220 IMPORTANT Set BINARY mode before transferring executables 220 220 Direct questions to support lantronix com or 1 800 422 7044 220 Questions about this ftp account only to ftp lantronix com 220 220 gordius FTP server Version 2 OWU 11 Mon Feb 21 17 27 06 PST 1994 ready Name ftp lantronix com susan anonymous 331 Guest login ok send your complete e mail address as password Password xxxx domain com your e mail address here 230
90. ons of the actual approval symbols and are for the user s reference only Italy IMQ Figure F 1 Approval Marks F 3 Specifications ETS EPS Installation Guide ETS8 16 and EP54 12 Fuse Under normal use the fuse should not need to be replaced If it does en sure that the proper replacement fuse is used Never replace the fuse with the unit plugged in CAUTION For continued protection against the risk of fire replace only with the same type and rating of fuse T2A 250V Pour la protection continuante contre le risque d incendie remplacer seulement par le m me type et le cote de fusible T2A 250V AVIS Zum Schutz gegen das Risiko eines Brandes darf die Sicherung nur mit einer mit gleichen technischen Daten ersetzt werden T2A 250V ORSICHT Temperature Limitations Operating range 5 to 50 C 41 to 122 F Storage range 40 to 66 C 40 to 151 F Maximum temperature change per hour 20 C 36 F Rapid temperature changes may affect operation Therefore do not oper ate the ETS near heating or cooling devices large windows or doors that open to the outside Also do not mount the unit on its side F 4 ETS EPS Installation Guide Specifications Altitude Limitations Operating 2 4 km 8000 ft Storage 9 1 km 30 000 ft If you are operating the ETS above 2 4 km 8000 ft decrease the operating temperature rating by 1 8 C for each 1000 m 1 F for each 1000 ft Re
91. or consequential damage or loss of equipment plant or power system cost of capital loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement power additional expenses in the use of existing software hardware equipment or facilities or claims against the user by its employees or customers resulting from the use of the information recommendations descriptions and safety notations supplied by Lantronix Lantronix liability is limited at its election to 1 refund of buyer s purchase price for such affected products without interest 2 repair of such products or 3 replacement of such products provided however that the buyer follows the procedures set forth herein Warranty claims must be received by Lantronix within the applicable warranty period A replaced product or part thereof shall become the property of Lantronix and shall be returned to Lantronix at the Purchaser s expense ALL RETURN MATERIAL MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RETURN MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION NUM BER ASSIGNED BY LANTRONIX Index ETS EPS Installation Guide F Flash command cccccconcnnnnonnnss D 4 Flush NVR command D 4 FTP Servera is E 2 A ee F 3 H Hardware installation 2 1 Help command D 2 Humidity limitations F 5 I Ident string parameter 8 1 Incoming sessions oommmmommm o 7 3 Init 451 command A D 2 Installation hardware 2 1 IP address setting
92. pe Help at the Local_4 prompt for assistance Enter Username gt xxxx Figure 5 5 EPSCON Connection 5 5 System Admin Logins ETS EPS Installation Guide NOTE Note that the prompt requires that the login password be entered before the connection can be made The default login password is access This password can be changed with the Set Server Login Password command See the ETS EPS Reference Manual for details on this command Settings changed with EPSCON take effect immediately and are perma nent To end the EPSCON connection and log out of the ETS press Ctrl D or type logout TCP IP Connections Setting the IP address The ETS s IP address must be configured before any TCP IP functionality is available The address can be defined using a terminal connected to the serial port via ahost BOOTP or RARP server or by forcing an ARP entry on a host machine To define the IP address via the serial port connect a terminal to the ETS become the privileged user and issue the Setand Define Server IPaddress commands Figure 5 6 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM not echoed Local_1 gt gt SET SERVER IPADDRESS XXX XXX XXX XXX Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVER IPADDRESS XXX XXX XXX XXX Figure 5 6 Setting IP Address ETS EPS Installation Guide System Admin Logins The ETS s IP address can be configured when the unit boots by using in formation supplied by a host based RARP or BOOTP
93. pt is displayed on the console terminal refer to Appendix B Trou bleshooting Proceed to Chapter 5 Configuration 4 21 System Administration Logins Introduction osii E 5 1 AppleTalk Console Connections seeesssensceessusesccesunenecesnnnnseesannnseesnsanseeesen 5 2 NetWare Console Connections O 5 5 LCP TP COMMECHON SA R 5 6 Setting the IP address citas 5 6 Console COnnecHons eiaa a ei 5 8 Incoming User Connections uueesenseseneeseenennsnenennenennenenennenennnn 5 8 VMS Console Connections ij ann 5 9 ETS EPS Installation Guide System Admin Logins Introduction The ETS enables a system manager to log into and configure the unit Con figuration can be done using a terminal connected to the serial console port or remotely using the remote console port Remote console logins are supported from AppleTalk LAT NCP TSM Netware and TCP IP It is important to consider the following points before configuring the unit Only one person at a time may be logged into the re mote console port regardless of the protocol being used This eliminates the possibility of several people simultaneously attempting to configure the ETS Remote console logins cannot be disabled This is for your protection although all other login sessions may be disabled the system manager should always be able to access the unit Logging into the remote console port does not auto matically create privileged user status you must
94. remote console port The remote console port is desig nate as port 7000 To make a connection to this port use the telnet com mand Figure 5 9 telnet xxx xxx xxx xxx 7000 Trying XXX XXX XXX XXX Connected to xXXX XXX XXX XXX Escape character is access not echoed Lantronix EPS4 Version n n n yymmddd Type Help at the Local_4 gt prompt for assistance Enter Username gt xxxx Figure 5 9 Connecting to Console Port Note that the prompt requires that the login password be entered before the connection can be made The default login password is access This password can be changed with the Set Server Privileged Password com mand See the ETS EPS Reference Manual for details on this command Incoming User Connections The ETS can be configured to allow incoming Telnet virtual sessions This will enable a user to make a Telnet connection directly to the ETS and con figure the unit without using a port number or an access password Incoming Telnet virtual sessions are enabled by default ETS EPS Installation Guide System Admin Logins VMS Console Connections From a VMS host machine a connection to the remote console port can be established using NCP or TSM First the node must be configured in the NCP database To accomplish this use the following commands Figure 5 10 NOTE The NCP name cannot exceed six characters RUN SYSSSYSTEM NCP NCP gt SHOW KNOWN CIRCUIT Known Circuit V
95. ribution and Installation The distribution software for the ETS will arrive on a set of 3 5 or 5 25 floppy diskettes These disks contain the download files ETS SYS EPS SYS PS1 SYS along with an RTEL archive EPSCON utility and the release notes Copy the appropriate download files onto your fileserver Figure 4 13 The EPSCON and QINST utilities should also be copied to the hard drive F gt COPY A ETS SYS SYS LOGIN F gt COPY A EPSCON EXE F PUBLIC F gt COPY A QINST EXE F PUBLIC Figure 4 13 Copying Download Files 4 18 ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units Server Configuration and Downloading The terminal server must be configured with the fileserver to use and the name and path of the download file This is done from the terminal at tached to the ETS console port Issue the following commands on the con sole port Figure 4 14 Boot gt SET SERVER NETWSERVER RFS4_M2 Boot gt SET SERVER SOFTWARE SYS LOGIN ETS SYS Boot gt SHOW SERVER Boot gt INIT 451 Figure 4 14 Pathname of Download File Y Set Server Netwserver fileserver Specifies a Netware fileserver from which to load the download file Set Server Software Specifies the name and path of volume path filename the download file Path and filenames are not case sensitive Show Server Displays the server configuration Check the fileserver name and the path name of the boot file Commands can be reissued to change paramet
96. rt Figure 8 2 Set Define Command Format ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing For example Figure 8 3 Local_1 gt SET SERVICE BACKUPPRINTER LAT ENABLED PORT 2 Figure 8 3 Set Service Example AppleTalk Configuration Printing from a Macintosh simply requires selecting a printer attached to the ETS from the Chooser Since the ETS advertises printers as LaserWrit ers the printer attached to the ETS must be PostScript compatible Macintoshes that do not support EtherTalk will need either an Ethernet card or a LocalTalk to EtherTalk router to use the ETS In addition Macin toshes must have the LaserWriter driver installed otherwise no Laser Writers will be available in the Chooser Printing via a Macintosh requires a PostScript printer and bi directional communication with that printer Most parallel printers only accept data from a host and are not able to send status messages back to that host so printing from a Macintosh would fail AppleTalk Zone If the ETS is attached to a network without an AppleTalk router all devic es should be visible to all Macintosh Chooser clients The ETS will not accept AppleTalk print jobs for 60 seconds after booting NOTE while it listens for the nonexistent router Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide If there is a router on the network the ETS will appear in the default zone specified by the router The zone name can be changed if the default zone is not the desired zon
97. same network as gateway support is not built into the boot code If you need to correct the IP addresses us the Set Server IPaddress and Set Server Loadhost commands at the Boot gt prompt to do so Verify the Condition of the Download File NOTE B 12 Verify that the download file has not been corrupted If the server appears to download properly but does not run when the boot procedure is com plete the download file has probably been corrupted Likely causes of cor ruption include downloading from the Lantronix dialup service without using binary mode or transferring a file using FTP between machines without first enabling hinary mode Loading the EPS code into an ETS model or vice versa will also cause this behavior If the server still does not boot after verifying these conditions contact Lantronix technical support for assistance ETS EPS Installation Guide Troubleshooting NetWare Troubleshooting Tips If the server is not booting using NetWare it will distinguish between 2 er rors Couldn t find the fileserver the message reads File server xxxxxx not found Check that the fileserver name is correct and that the fileserver is up and run ning Also check that the server is on the same net work as the file server Couldn t get the file Check that the path and name of the file are correct on the ETS a forward slash could accidentally been substituted for a back slash A Also the
98. se field replaceable Time delay 2 Amp 250 V To reduce the risk of electric shock in countries using an IT power sys ARNING temor where protective earth ground connection is not made the ground conductor of the power cable should be connected to earth ground Specifications ETS EPS Installation Guide Power Supply Cord Specifications Cord type 3 conductors 1 0 mm minimum con ductor size approx 18 AWG Rated for 250 Volts AC 10 Amps Length lt 3 0 meters The cord should have a harmonized cable type number Harmonized refers to an internationally standardized cable descrip tion and is prefixed by the letters HAR NOTE An example of a valid harmonized cord type is HAR HO5VV F 3G1 00 Connectors The cord should terminate in a molded on IEC 320 C13 female connector body at one end for proper insertion into the terminal server The other end should be of a plug configuration appropriate to the country in ques tion Approvals The cord connectors you use should bear the approval mark of at least one of the following regulatory and safety agencies Figure F 1 page F 3 ETS EPS Installation Guide Specifications 0 wm Belgium CEBEC Finland El Austria OVE Denmark DEMKO O Germany VDE Netherlands KEMA Norway NEMKO Switzerland SEV A O Y A Sweden SEMKO United Kingdom BSI United E ASTA France UTE Note The above symbols are approximate representati
99. se of the Product in such a manner for which it was not designed or by causes external to the Product such as but not limited to power or failure of air conditioning There are no understandings agreements representations or warranties express or implied including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose other than those specifically set out above or by any existing contract between the parties Any such contract states the entire obligation of Lantronix The contents of this doc ument 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 with respect to such hardware and software THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE OR COVERING ALL CONTINGENCIES NO OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY OR WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE ARE MADE REGARDING THE INFORMATION RECOMMENDA TIONS DESCRIPTIONS AND SAFETY NOTATIONS CONTAINED HEREBY AND IN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTATION OR INSTRUCTIONS SUPPLIED BY LANTRONIX In no event will Lantronix be responsible to the user in contract in tort including negligence strict liability or oth erwise for any special indirect incidental
100. ssage on the server s console device If this happens check the file s protection and location on the host to ensure it was installed properly The server will continue trying to download until it is successfully loaded or the boot cycle is stopped While in boot mode the ETS cannot be fully configured as the server has not downloaded operational software Figure 4 7 page 4 9 displays a sample MOP boot sequence ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units m _____ __ _ CC a a eee Lantronix ETS8 Boot Rom Version 2 2 June 10 1993 Ethernet Address 00 80 a3 02 00 03 Internet Address undefined Request BOOTP no valid reply received Request RARP no valid reply received Attempting MOP boot File lt ETS SYS gt Downloading from aa 00 04 00 64 1c text 00100000 2644 bytes Vers 00100a54 72 bytes excess 00180000 78492 bytes data 0019329c 84640 bytes code 00140000 259236 bytes Loader Entry point 0x100000 Loaded image from host aa 00 04 00 64 1c 425084 bytes Load completed Boot in Progress 5 Ethernet Address 00 80 a3 02 00 03 Internet Address undefined Version V3 1 2 940207 Type HELP at the Local_1 gt prompt for assistance Username gt Figure 4 7 Sample MOP Boot Sequence Proceed to Chapter 6 Configuration 4 9 Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide TCP IP Hosts NOTE 4 10 Follow these instructions if your host uses the TCP IP protoc
101. ted to it Double click the DOS Command Prompt icon to open a DOS session At the DOS prompt use the NET USE command to indicate that the lpt port will be redirected to the ETS service Figure 8 8 C gt NET USE LPTn GRAPHICSERVER NTX Figure 8 8 Net Use Command The Windows NT node will attempt to connect to the ETS If it cannot connect to the ETS it will inform you of the problem At this point all ref erences to LPTn the port specified with the NET USE command above will go to the service that you created For testing purposes you can try to use a copy command if the ETS is ready to accept data Exit the MS DOS shell Open the NT Print Manager its icon is located in the Main window on the desktop Choose Create Printer from the Printer menu 8 9 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide NOTE In the dialog that is displayed choose the following Name of the queue on the NT host A description string Type of printer driver required Click the Print To menu arrow to view its pull down menu and select the LPT port you wish to redirect Click the OK button in each print dialog displayed If you d like this printer to be the default printer click the Default menu arrow on the Create Printer window s title bar and scroll to the printer s name wish to print to a terminal you ll need to use some type of line printer driver and will see the embedded print codes OS 2 Users 8 10 OS
102. th If the login password is changed NetWare print queue setups must also be changed to reflect the new pass word 8 19 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide PCL Printing From NetWare Printing PCL jobs requires an 8 bit clean data path between the NetWare file server and the printer If printing via the serial port hardware flow control must be used In addition the Binary attribute must be enabled on the service being used Figure 8 24 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM Local_1 gt gt DEFINE PORT 1 FLOW CTS Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX NETWARE ENABLED PORT 4 Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX BINARY ENABLED Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVICE NTX BINARY ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 24 Enabling Binary PostScript Printing From NetWare 8 20 PostScript printing from Novell requires that the PostScript be enabled on the service being used Figure 8 25 Local_1 gt SET PRIVILEGED Password gt SYSTEM Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX NETWARE ENABLED PORT 4 Local_1 gt gt SET SERVICE NTX POSTSCRIPT ENABLED PORT 4 Local_1 gt gt DEFINE SERVICE NTX POSTSCRIPT ENABLED PORT 4 Figure 8 25 Enabling PostScript ETS EPS Installation Guide Printing TCP IP Configuration NOTE The ETS provides two major methods of printing via TCP IP Berkeley Remote LPR and the RTEL host software Both methods provide queuing of jobs on the host if the ETS is busy with another job The remote LPR software allows th
103. th name and the case of the boot file name Commands can be reissued to change parameters that are not correct Show Server can then be used again to double check the commands Reboots the server and enables it to download its software 4 15 Download Units ETS EPS Installation Guide NOTE 4 16 If there is a problem loading the boot file a message will be printed on the console terminal Depending on the severity of the problem the ETS will either wait a short period of time and then re attempt the load or return the Boot gt prompt For more information about the Boot Configuration Program refer to Appendix D The server will continue trying to download until it is successfully loaded or the boot cycle is stopped While in boot mode the ETS cannot be fully configured as the server has not downloaded operational software Figure 4 12 page 4 17 displays a sample TFTP boot sequence ETS EPS Installation Guide Download Units Lantronix ETS8 Boot Rom Version 2 2 June 10 1993 Ethernet Address 00 80 a3 02 00 03 Internet Address 192 0 1 240 Request BOOTP no valid reply received Request RARP no valid reply received Attempting TFTP boot Host 192 0 1 12 File lt tftoboot ETS SYS Downloading from 00 00 6b 81 38 c6 text 000100000 2644 bytes vers 00100a54 72 bytes excess 00180000 119440 bytes data 00194290 87716 bytes code 00140000 257764 bytes Loader Entry point 0x100000
104. ty requires being logged into the Supervisor NetWare 2 2 3 11 or Admin NetWare 4 0 account on the target file server To use the utility simply copy the QINST EXE file from the included floppy disk into the Public directory on the file server ensure it is in the executable path and type QINST When using NetWare Version 4 0 and greater the following requirements must be met The QINST program requires access to UNICODE ta bles to provide character translation To ensure the utility runs properly copy itinto the NetWare Public directory or ensure that the PATH variable includes the required UNICODE tables The ETS requires that Binary emulation be enabled A future version of the ETS software will directly sup port Novell s Network Directory Services The following example shows creating a Novell print queue named ETS_PRT on an ETS s serial port Figure 8 21 page 8 18 8 17 Printing ETS EPS Installation Guide OO F gt QINST Q Install Logged in as ADMIN Installing on GONZO NetWare V4 01 Select a volume to install queue on only for NetWare 4 x Volume number 0 lt CR gt Enter the name of the print server GRAPHICSERVER lt CR gt Enter the name of the queue to create ETS PRT lt CR gt Adding print queue ETS_PRT on volume GONZO_SYS Enter the service name on GRAPHICSERVER which will service this queue GRAPHICSERVER_P1 NTX Adding print server GRAPHICSERVER Please wait Attachi
105. will generally work at longer lengths however Y RS 423 lines are limited to 300m 1000 ft AMD DTR 1 DSR 6 26LS30 AMD Transmit TX 2 RX 3 26LS30 Transmit Return TX 3 Signal Ground 7 Signetics Receive Return RX 4 NE5180 TX 2 4 Receive RX 5 Signetics DSR 6 DTR 20 NE5180 Figure C 5 Serial Limits C 8 ETS EPS Installation Guide Pinouts Potential Problems When converting from a RS 423 signal to a RS 232 signal the length and noise immunity of the connection is degraded to the least common de nominator This means that the RS 232 specification of 50 feet at 9600 baud is the maximum supported cable length Note that in practice this distance is often exceeded but potential noise problems may result When cabling directly from an ETS server to a RS 423 terminal use of twisted pair ca bling is recommended for maximum noise immunity Use of long flat ca bles can result in noise problems Some terminals act as DCE devices rather than DTE devices When con necting these terminals to an ETS be aware that the wiring must treat the terminal as a modem i e a DCE device Refer to your terminal s docu mentation for details C 9 Pinouts ETS EPS Installation Guide Centronics 36 Pin Parallel Cable Pinouts The chart below shows the pin connections that are provided with Lantronix supplied Centronics parallel cables Note that many manufac turers have changed pin functions
106. xpense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Warning Changes or modifications to this device not explicitly approved by Lantronix will void the user s authority to operate this device Cet appareil doit se soumettre avec la section 15 des statuts et reglements de FCC Le fonc tionnement est subject aux conditions suivantes 1 Cet appareil ne doit pas causer une interf rence malfaisante 2 Cet appareil doit accepter n import quelle interf rence reiue qui peut causer une op ration ind sirable Printed on recycled paper ETS EPS Installation Guide For Lantronix Models ETS8 ETS16 EPS4 and EPS12 Contents Introduction About This Manual tias 1 1 What are the ETS and EPS cccccccsssssscsscsesscsssscsssssessescessssessessceune 1 2 Protocol near 1 2 EIS Configuration unse AN 1 3 ELS Solware eses Installation nase ee eee 2 1 Unpack he Blusa 2 2 Select a location for the ETS oonoconncccccncnonannncconncnonaconnccnnnoos 2 2 Connect to the Ethernet conoocccnonuunnnnnnanacnnnoncnnnononcccononnnnnon 2 2 Connect the Console Terminal oooonccnnnuccccnononononnnononnnonon 2 4 Provide Power and Turn on the Server s src 2 4 Power up Diagnostics iia 2 4 Where to Go From Here id 2 5 ii Flash ROM Units Introduchon sa R A 3 1 Diagnostic and Startup Messages cccnoonocinnonnonionnnnnncnncnnncnncnacnanonnonncnnos 3 1 VISTOS Sii

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