Fastcnfg Device And Macro Configuration For Fastpx25 - HP Spooler FASTP Manual

Installation and Configuration Considerations for
FASTPX25
Table 6-1. Spooler Device Attributes With Special Effects on X.25 Printers
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Attribute
RESTART
FASTCNFG DEVICE and MACRO Configuration
for FASTPX25
Each X.25 printer must be represented with a DEVICE entry in the FASTCNFG file. For
X.25 printers, the FASTCNFG file is used to specify the various X.25 parameters.
Those parameters not needed for a particular installation can be omitted; FASTPX25
uses suitable defaults.
Device information can be added to, deleted from, or changed in the FASTCNFG file at
any time. However, updated information for a device becomes effective only after the
FASTPX25 print process controlling the device reads the information. Remember to
instruct the FASTPX25 print process to read the FASTCNFG file, you must set bit 5
(%2000) of the PARM device attribute using the SPOOLCOM DEV command.
A FASTCNFG file for FASTPX25 differs from the other FASTP network print processes
in that it supports an additional FASTCNFG keyword entry: MACRO. The FASTCNFG
MACRO keyword provides support for the SVCMACRO attribute in the DEVICE entry
by allowing lists of SVCLISTs to be specified. These lists can then be referenced by
name in the DEVICE entries. The use and syntax of the MACRO entry is described in
Using MACRO Entries
Spooler FASTP Network Print Processes Manual — 427528-006
Effect on X.25 Printers
Specifies the number of seconds the Spooler supervisor should wait
before retrying the device if it goes offline. This attribute can be used
with the FASTCNFG SUBS140 attribute to prevent a nonresponsive
PAD at one printer from blocking the use of an SVC by other printers.
For example, when the same SVC is used by many different printers,
a single defect (such as a PAD not accepting the call) can block the
SVC for the other working printers because FASTX25 returns error
140 for such errors. Because the Spooler supervisor considers 140
to be a retryable error, it will keep retrying the same device. To
prevent this situation, you can configure a SUBS140 value in the
DEVICE entry of the FASTCNFG file so that FASTX25 uses a
substitute non-retryable error such as 104 instead, and then add this
RESTART attribute so that FASTPX25 continues to retry the offline
device.
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FASTCNFG DEVICE and MACRO Configuration for
FASTPX25