Connecting To The Host; Front-Panel Setup - Black Box PC124C Installation Manual

4.2 Connecting to the Host

Before connecting the Laser Card to a twinax host, you must set the device cable
address properly. Please refer to Section 4.3, Front-Panel Setup, for instruction.
Take the following steps to connect the printer through the Laser Card to your
IBM host system.
1. Power OFF the printer.
2. With adapter cable connected to the interface's 9-pin port, attach the host
cable(s) to the adapter cable. The twinax V-connector automatically
terminates when only one cable is attached and automatically cables through
when two cables are attached.
3. After configuring the interface (see Sections 4.3 and Chapters 5 and 9), send
a print job from the host to verify that it is printing correctly.

4.3 Front-Panel Setup

You can use the printer operator panel to change the various interface settings.
Alternately, you can use host-download commands, a series of command strings
that are embedded in the datastream sent from the IBM host to the interface. The
active interface configuration is shown on the interface's self-test printout.
Follow the steps below to change interface configuration settings using the
printer's operator panel:
1. Press Menu repeatedly until TWINAX/COAX CARD is displayed.
2. Press Item +/- to display the various I-O configuration parameters. They are
listed below in the order that they appear on the printer's operator panel.
Note that the number on the left margin corresponds to the Host Download
number. Refer to the Configuration chapter for more information on these
options.
3. When the desired configuration parameter is displayed, press Value +/- to
scroll through the available command values.
4. To select a displayed value, press Select.
5. Then move on to the next configuration parameter by pressing Item +/- or
return the printer to operating mode by pressing Go.
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