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

Guide to This Manual

This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendices:

• Chapter 1, “Introduction,” introduces Asynchronous Serial

Communications (ASC) and the organization of the hardware and

software used by the Datacommunications and Terminal Subsystem

(DTS).

• Chapter 2, “Before Conﬁguring Terminal and Printer Connections,”

explains how to prepare to conﬁgure communications between the

HP 3000 computer and serial devices, such as terminals and

printers. This chapter also provides worksheets to help you in

conﬁguration.

• Chapter 3, “Automatic Conﬁguration of DTCs,” describes how to add

and conﬁgure a new host-based managed DTC to the HP 3000

system without needingto specify detailedconﬁguration information

such as DTC cards/boards and ldevs.

• Chapter 4, “Dynamic Conﬁguration and DTS Shutdown/Restart,”

describes how to dynamically conﬁgure DTS as well as how to shut

down and restart DTS without rebooting the HP 3000 host. Detailed

DTS conﬁguration steps are described in Chapters 5 and 6.

• Chapter 5, “Conﬁguring Serial Devices (for Host-Based

Management),” lists steps to conﬁgure terminal, printer, and other

serial device connections, when your DTCs are managed by the

HP 3000 computer.

• Chapter 6, “Conﬁguring Serial Devices (for PC-Based

Management),” lists steps to conﬁgure communications between the

HP 3000 computer and serial devices, when your DTCs are managed

by an OpenView Windows Workstation (PC).

• Chapter 7, “Terminal and Printer Proﬁles,” explains what are

terminal and printer proﬁles, and how to create and modify your

own terminal and printer proﬁles to suit your environment.

• Chapter 8, “Additional DTC Conﬁguration,” describes how to

conﬁgure additional conﬁguration parameters that are available

from the DTC Conﬁguration screen.

• Chapter 9, “Describing Asynchronous Devices,” describes how

devices are viewed by the MPE/iX operating system and how their

functionality is affected by the operating system. It also explains

how asynchronous serial communications (ASC) controlsdevices and

the ﬂow of information between the system and devices.

• Appendix A, “Using NMMGR in Maintenance Mode,” describes

NMMGR’s maintenance mode interface used to manage network

directory and conﬁguration ﬁles as well as to generate job streams to

update remote network directory and conﬁguration ﬁles. A special

discussion of the SUMMARYCONF command is also included