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Page 16 Quick Start
Define Port
as Printer
SetPort#3tobeaPrinterportbytyping:
#>set port dev=prn range=3
Note that you did not have to set the port to be a terminal in the
previous example, because they all default to terminal as
shipped. To change Port #3 back to a terminal someday, you
would type “set port dev=term range=3.”
Again, the range=3 parameter tells the PortServer software
that this command is to affect Port #3; if range=3 had not
been added, the port we are connected to (Port #1) would have
been changed to a printer type—effectively ending our session
here until we logged in on another terminal to change it back!
Flow Control
Change the flow control for Port #3 to DTR (“hardware”) by
typing:
#>set flow cts=on range=3
set flow cts=on sets port #3 to use hardware flow control
for output data. (Note how CTS is connected to DTR in the
DTR wiring diagram on page 8.) Also note that the printer’s
flow control must match the hardware flow control we are
setting here.
You must also ensure that software flow control is off:
#>set flow ixon=off range=3
#>set flow ixoff=off range=3
set commands are discussed in detail on page 39.
Please note that using printers through the PortServer terminal server is very operating-system
specific and beyond the scope of this Quick Start discussion. See Printers on page 97 for more
information and application notes.