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

Preface

This manual documents functionality for the MPE/iX 7.5 release, as well as later

releases, for HP e3000 Series 900 systems.

This manual describes how terminals, printers, and other serial devices are connected to

the HP e3000 Series 900 computer. It includes an explanation of how terminal, printer,

and other serial device input/output (I/O) is controlled by the MPE/iX operating system,

and presents an overview of both the hardware and software needed to accomplish

communications in an asynchronous serial mode.

Step-wise configuration for the HP e3000 and the Datacommunications and Terminal

Subsystem (DTS) is presented in this manual.

Printer and terminal type files are discussed, as well as various other topics that impact

how communications take place between an asynchronous device and the computer.

PAD configuration is discussed in this manual. If you are configuring system-to-system

X.25 or PAD configuration networking capabilities on a HP e3000 Series 900 computer

using host-based network management, use Configuring and Managing Host-Based

X.25 Links instead of this manual to configure DTCs and DTC connections.

This manual may still be needed for some DTS related tasks that are outside the scope of

X.25 and PAD connections configuration. This manual contains information on such

tasks as: the details on Creating and Modifying Profiles in Chapter 7, “Terminal and

Printer Profiles,” in Chapter 8, “Additional DTC Configuration,” and Appendix A, “Using

NMMGR in Maintenance Mode.”