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Eagle 450 Installation and Technical Manual, Rev. 00
3. To connect a printer to the parallel port, change the DEVICE statement in the printer
initialization file to reference parallel port 0 (EGP0:). For example:
DEVICE=EGP0:
For information on printer initialization files and printer spoolers, see the
System Operator's Guide
. For
cable pinouts for a parallel printer, see Chapter 3.
Defining Ports and Jobs
When the Eagle 450 leaves Alpha Micro, only the operator terminal is defined in the initialization file.
After installation, you’ll want to define any other terminals and serial printers. To do this, you need to:
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Define additional jobs
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Define the terminal or printer connected to each serial port
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Attach the appropriate job to each defined terminal or printer.
Before adding jobs to the system, make sure its AMOS license allows the number of jobs you’re
defining.
The steps below outline the process of defining the terminals and printers:
1. Make a copy of the initialization file, as discussed previously.
2. At the beginning of the TEST.INI file is a JOBS statement. The number following the JOBS
statement represents the total number of jobs on the computer. Change the number in the JOBS
statement to the number of jobs needed. For example:
JOBS 17
When calculating the number of jobs, be sure to include all the jobs the computer will
use: background jobs, printer jobs, network connections, and so on. It’s often a good idea
to add a few extra when possible.
3. On the lines following the JOBS statement, there are one or more JOBALC statements. You can
define each job in a separate JOBALC statement, or you can define several jobs in the same
JOBALC statement by separating the jobnames with commas. For example:
JOBALC JOB4,JOB5
Jobnames can have up to six characters (A - Z, 0 - 9, $). Each jobname defines a job on your
computer. The total number of jobs defined in JOBALC statements must be equal to or less than
the number in the JOBS statement.
4. Next, define the devices attached to the serial ports using TRMDEF statements. Here is a sample
TRMDEF statement:
TRMDEF TERM2,A31810=1:19200,ALPHA,200,200,200,EDITOR=10
Using the sample, here's the information you must tell AMOS about a terminal:
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TERM2 is the terminal name. You may use any name containing six or fewer letters
and/or numbers. Each terminal must have a different name.