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

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Terminal and Printer Profiles
Host Profile Screen (Host-Based)
Hardware
handshaking? Specifies whether hardware handshake will be used.
Hardware handshake uses modem signals CTS and
RTS to pace the data transfer from the DTC to the
attached device. Default is N. (Supported on DTC
16iX/16MX and DTC 72MX only.)
Automatic
connection? Enables automatic connection capability of the port.
When enabled, the port will automatically connect to
the system specified in the “Destination node
name” field. The connection will be established when
the port senses the rise of the modem signals of the
device connected to the port. Field can be enabled on
modem ports only (“Modem behavior” field on
Terminal Profile screen must be set to 1, 2, or 3).
Default is N.
Enable flow
control? Specifies whether to enable flow control between DTC
port and connected device. If set to Y, flow control is
made with XON/XOFF characters. If set to N, the
XON/XOFF characters sent from device are not
interpreted by DTC. This function is also known as
“software handshake”. This field does not apply for
DTC 16RX access to an HP 3000 in an MPE/iX
host-based management environment and any value
entered in this field for a DTC 16RX will be ignored.
Enable keep
alive? Specifies whether “keep alive” mechanism is to be
activated. When there is no data transfer between the
DTC and the system, then the “keep alive” mechanism
is used to detect if the connection is still there. The
default value is Y (enable). Enter an N to disable the
field. Not applicable for DTC 48 without the memory
extension.
Enq/Ack flow
control? Enables enq/ack flow control. Enq/ack flow control is
needed when the host port is connected to MPE/V
systems. Default is Y.
Save port
config in
binary? Specifies whether the port configuration parameters;
data length and parity, get forced when binary mode is
selected. If set to Y, then the port configuration remains
the same when binary mode is selected. If set to N, then