Configuring Systems for Terminals, Printers, and Other Serial Devices (32022-90051)

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Terminal and Printer Profiles
What is a Profile
What is a Profile
A profile is a grouping of device connection specifications and
characteristics that can be associated to devices. Profiles can be
associated to terminals, printers, PAD terminals and printers, and
UPSs.
The sample configuration file on the HP 3000 Series 900 supplies
several terminal and printer profiles for use. You may also create your
own profiles.
The tables at the end of this chapter, list terminal and printer profiles
supplied by the HP 3000 Series 900, respectively.
Profile Name
Each profile is identified by a profile name. The name can be up to eight
characters long and must start with a letter followed by letters and
numbers. At any one time, up to 1024 profiles can be configured per
system.
The profiles supplied by the HP 3000 configuration file follow a naming
convention. For example, TR10D96 denotes a terminal profile (TR) of
terminal type 10 (10), for direct connect (D), with line speed of 9600 bps
(96). Printer profiles starts with PR, such as PR18D96. The standard
UPS profile is UP10D12 where (UP) denotes an HP PowerTrust UPS.
Host port profiles naming convention starts with HO, such as HO96
which is a host profile with a line speed of 9600 bps.
Terminal Profiles
Terminal profiles define terminal characteristics for terminals, PCs
running in terminal emulation mode, and UPSs. A terminal profile
defines the following terminal characteristics:
• The profile name.
• The terminal type used (10, 18, 24) or the terminal type file name if
you are using a terminal type file created through the workstation
configurator utility (TTUTIL.PUB.SYS).
For more information, see Terminal type file name under
“Terminal Profile Screen,” later in this chapter.
• The line speed, in bits per second. (Does not apply to the DTC 16RX).
• The record width in characters (bytes).
• The type of modem used, if any.
• Specify the protocol used to establish a modem link between the
DTC and an attached device. (Does not apply to the DTC 16RX).