BayTech 24SII Owner's Manual page 150

Data exchange system
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PROBLEM
SYMPTOM
hangs up PC
PC
when
executed
Print job
switches
printers in the
middle of a
print job
Print job
switches
printers in the
middle of a
print job
(continued)
Print jobs
intermix
Model 24SII
LEDs do no go
DES does not
out
timeout
Print jobs are
lost when
multiple users
are sending
print jobs
Unable to dial
Modem gives
out of external
no indication of
modem after
dialing out
CAUSE
SOLUTION
rerouted for
command:
serial
MODE LPTx:=COMy (x=1, 2 or 3; y=1 or
communicatio
2).
n
Floating
Using TERM program, check
condition on
handshaking line. Power down Model
DSR or CTS
24SII DES. If DSR, DCD and CTS lines
lines (i.e.,
do not go low, cable wiring needs to be
cable
checked
problem)
Timeout
Increase Input Inactivity Timeout period
period too
via configuration mode
short
Characters
Change Port Select Code to a unique
used in Port
character sequence.
Select Code
are too
common and
may
inadvertently
appear
somewhere in
the print job
Timeout
Increase Input Inactivity Timeout period
period is too
via configuration mode.
short
Timeout is set
Increase Input Inactivity Timeout period
to zero (0)
via configuration mode.
Port selected
Send the disconnect sequence which
is designated
consists of the Port Select Code
as a computer
followed by a terminating character: OD
port (e.g.,
Hex (enter/return) or OA Hex (line feed).
computer-to-
modem
connection)
Printer port is
Make sure printer is plugged in, turned
not connected
on, and in the "off line" mode. This
or is
"pulls" the DTR line low and enables
connected to
transmission to the Model 24SII DES.
a powered-
Or, Model 24SII DES could be in
down printer.
contention mode, and when first printer
Data is being
is busy, print job is routed to the next
routed to a
available printer which is turned off or is
powered-
not connected. It is highly recommended
down printer
that printers connected to the Model
and is lost
24SII DES be plugged in and turned on
(going into the
at all times; however, printers need not
bit bucket)
be in the "on-line" mode.
Mismatch in
Configure the modem communications
serial
software to communicate at the same
configuration
serial parameters (baud rate, etc.) that

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