Configuring Systems for Terminals, Printers, and Other Serial Devices (32022-90057)

Terminal and Printer Profiles
What is a Profile
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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 e3000 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 e3000 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 e3000 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).
• Whether the user is allowed to enter the :HELLO command to logon to the HP 3000.
• Whether the terminal will use hardware handshake. (Supported on DTC 16iX/ 16MX
and DTC 72MX only.)
• The type of parity that will be used if parity is enabled.
• Specifies whether auto speed and parity sensing will occur at logon for terminals
using this profile. (Does not apply to the DTC 16RX).