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

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Terminal and Printer Profiles
What is a Profile
• Specify whether “keep alive” mechanism is to be activated to detect
if connection is still there. (Does not apply to the DTC 48 without
memory extension.)
• Specify whether port configuration parameters; data length and
parity, haveto be forced when binary mode is selected. (Supported on
DTC 16iX/DTC 16MX and DTC 72MX only.)
• Specify destination node if automatic connection is enabled.
• A string that may be sent to the device under specific conditions such
as after a port reset, or a connection is closed.
Printer profile characteristics are described in detail under “Printer
Profile Screen,” later in this chapter.
PAD Terminal Profiles
A PAD terminal profile defines these characteristics of the PAD
terminal:
• The profile name.
• The terminal type used (24 recommended) or the terminal type file
name if you are using a terminal type file created through the
workstation configurator utility (TTUTIL.PUB.SYS).
• The record width in characters (bytes).
• Whether the terminal user can issue the :HELLO command at the
terminal.
• Whether the terminal will reset itself after a lost connection (for use
with HP terminals only).
• Whether the terminal will use a native language character set.
• Whether or not the DTC will perform a PAD test at connection
establishment time to determine the PADs behavior.
• Whether the DTC will send an initial profile to set the PAD to
default X.3 parameters at connection establishment time. (If you set
this option to N you must also set “PAD test requested” to N.
• Whether to allow changes to X.3 parameters after connection
establishment.
• How the data forwarding option is set. (You may select a data
forwarding option only if you request “X.3 setting” to allow
changes to X.3 parameters.)
• The device class names associated with the terminal.
The following four parameters will be ignored when a profile is
configured for non-nailed devices: PAD test requested, send initial
profile, X.3 setting requested, and data forwarding parm #3 and #4.