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®
AGILE
™
6287 ALLY PLUS
Printer Interface Controller
USER’S
MANUAL
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6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual Page ii Copyright Information © 1995 AGILE All rights reserved. Copyright protection includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted. AGILE is a registered trademark of AGILE. 6287 ALLY PLUS and all other AGILE products mentioned in this publication are trademarks of AGILE. IBM and all IBM products mentioned in this publication are registered trademarks of International Business
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Page iii About AGILE In 1978 IBM and the word compatible were rarely found together, but IBMs mainframe customers wanted a less expensive, more flexible printing solution than IBM offered them. They wanted value, performance and features that only ASCII printers could provide. They wanted freedom of choice. This market need prompted Robert Torrey, then Director of Engineering for AGILE, to develop a bridge between popular ASCII printers and the IBM 3270 coax protocol that was a barrier to u
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6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual Page iv Also From AGILE 6287 ALLY™ A high-speed protocol converter that enables industry-standard serial and parallel ASCII and EBCDIC printers and plotters to be attached to a 3270- type controller. 6287 ULTRA™ A full-featured protocol converter that enables an industry-standard serial or parallel ASCII or EBCDIC printer or plotter to be attached to a 3270- type controller. Its alternate host feature allows the mainframe host and a PC to share the printer without an
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE About This Manual .....................................................................................xv AGILE Product Warranty......................................................................... xvi Standard Warranty............................................................................. xvi Optional Warranties and Services .................................................... xvii FCC Statement ................................................................
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Page vi 6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual Connections .............................................................................................. 2-3 AGILE 6287 ALLY PLUS Cable Chart ........................................... 2-3 6287 ALLY PLUS Rear Panel .......................................................... 2-3 6287 ALLY PLUS Connection to Establishment Controller ............ 2-4 6287 ALLY PLUS Connection to Printer/Plotter ............................. 2-4 Dual Printer Installation ......
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page vii CONFIGURATION General Information ................................................................................. 3-1 Changing Configuration Option Parameters ............................................ 3-2 Multiple Configuration Changes ....................................................... 3-3 Configuration Defaults ...................................................................... 3-3 Changing Configuration Options Within a Print Job ........................
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Page viii 6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual Host Parameters (Group #50) ................................................................. 3-18 50 Physical buffer size ............................................................... 3-18 51 Logical buffer size................................................................. 3-18 52 Intervention required status report delay .............................. 3-19 53 Coax port timer ....................................................................
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ix PFS Descriptions ...................................................................................... 4-4 %00 Power On ............................................................................. 4-4 %01 Printer Reset ......................................................................... 4-4 %02 Bolding On ........................................................................... 4-4 %03 Bolding Off ........................................................
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Page x 6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual %57 Reserved ............................................................................... 4-9 %58 Reserved ............................................................................... 4-9 %59 Mode 1 PFS.......................................................................... 4-9 %60 Mode 2 PFS.......................................................................... 4-9 %61 sc1 Replacement ......................................................
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page xi SCS DATA STREAMS General Information ................................................................................. 7-1 Presentation Surface: SNA Character String Definitions ......................... 7-1 SCS Commands Supported by the ALLY PLUS ..................................... 7-2 Backspace (BS) 16h ..................................................................... 7-2 End of Message (EM) 19h ........................................................... 7-2
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Page xii 6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual ALTERNATE HOST CONSIDERATIONS General Information ............................................................................... 10-1 6287 ULTRA COMPATIBILITY General Information ............................................................................... 11-1 6287 ULTRA Configuration Compatibility ........................................... 11-1 Dip Switch Emulation ............................................................................ 11-2 Config
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page xiii 33 DSC Trigger 2 ....................................................................... 11-8 34 SCS Trigger 1 ........................................................................ 11-8 35 SCS Trigger 2 ........................................................................ 11-8 36 Reserved ................................................................................ 11-8 37 Reserved ....................................................................
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Page xiv 6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual C Alternate Host PFS ............................................................... 11-14 D Custom Banner ..................................................................... 11-14 E Begin Bracket ....................................................................... 11-14 F System Status Available ........................................................ 11-14 G Tray 1 .............................................................................
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PREFACE About This Manual This manual covers the installation and use of the AGILE 6287 ALLY PLUS printer interface controller. AGILE makes no warranties, expressed or implied, as to its completeness or accuracy. The information in this manual is current as of the date of its publication, but it is subject to change by AGILE at any time without notice. This manual is not intended to be used for manufacturing or engineering specifications, and it is assumed that the user understands the interrela
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Page xvi 6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual AGILE Product Warranty Standard Warranty AGILE warrants to the original purchaser that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship and in good working order per the functional specifications current at the time of shipment for a period of two (2) years from the date of shipment to the purchaser. AGILE units that fail within the first thirty (30) days from the date of delivery will be treated as an Express Exchange Service (see Optiona
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PREFACE Page xvii This warranty is the only warranty provided by AGILE. If this product is not in good working order as warranted above, the customers sole remedy shall be repair or replacement as provided above. This warranty states the purchasers exclusive remedy for any breach of AGILEs warranty and for any claim, whether in contract or tort, for loss, injury or damages caused by the sale or use of any product and is in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied. In no event shall
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Page xviii 6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual FCC Statement This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. If it is not installed and used in strict accordance with AGILEs instructions, it may cause interference to radio and television reception. This equipment has been tested and complies with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such in
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PREFACE Page xix Warnings Electrical Shock Never open the ALLY PLUS when the power is on or when it is connected to any power source. Opening the ALLY PLUS may void the warranty. Notes Standard Factory Setup Unless otherwise requested, the ALLY PLUS is shipped with the following defaults: Other printer type (non-Xerox) Parallel output ASCII character set 132 column right margin If the users equipment does not match these parameters, the relevant configuration settings on the ALLY PLUS m
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Page xx 6287 ALLY PLUS User’s Manual Coax Host Considerations The ALLY PLUS connects directly to the establishment controller through an IBM category A device adapter. The port designation for the ALLY PLUS must be configured for a category A device, not as the system printer. The ALLY PLUS must be defined to the system as a 3287 printer with a maximum 4K physical buffer size (and/or with other features required by the system and supported by the ALLY PLUS). The host parameters in Option Group
