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

Terminal and Printer Profiles
What is a Profile
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• The type of parity that will be used, if parity is enabled. (Does not apply to the DTC
16RX).
• Whether the printer is initially spooled.
• Whether the printer will use a native language character set.
• Whether hardware handshake is used. (Supported on DTC 16iX/16MX and DTC
72MX only.)
• Number of stop bits to be used for asynchronous characters. (Supported on
DTC 16iX/DTC 16MX and DTC 72MX only.)
• Whether to enable flow control between the DTC port and the connected device.
• The device class names associated with the printer.
The printer profile also defines additional information used for host-based printer
switching. Host-based printer switching allows a printer port to be shared by several
systems. All printer switching parameters are optional.
• The printer port name.
• Specify whether the printer can be accessed by a single system or multiple systems.
• Specify whether the DTC will establish a connection automatically when the modem
lines are raised.
• Specify the number of hosts sharing this printer.
• 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, have to be
forced when binary mode is selected. (Supported on DT C16iX/DT C16MX 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.