Lat Configuration; Printing Directly To A Port - Black Box 16-Port Rackmount 10/100 Installation Manual

7: LAT Configuration

The EZWebCon configuration software is the easiest way to configure the Terminal Server.
The following sections cover print configuration methods for LAT hosts.
The Terminal Server needs an IP address before you can use EZWeb-
Note:
Con. See Setting the IP Address on page 20 for instructions.
To use LAT you must obtain a LAT license from your dealer or Black Box and use the
Set/Define Protocol LAT License command on your Terminal Server. LAT print queues
can be created by printing to a port or printing to a service. Printing directly to a port
requires no Terminal Server configuration.
Printing directly to a port is the easiest method for printing to the Ter-
Note:
minal Server. If you would like instructions for printing to a service,
see the Device Server Reference Manual located on the CD-ROM.

7.1 Printing Directly to a Port

1
Create a LAT application port that references the Terminal Server port.
$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:LATCP
LATCP> CREATE PORT LTAnnn/APPLICATION
LATCP> SET PORT LTAnnn/NODE=LES_xxxxxx/PORT=Port_n
LATCP> EXIT
2 Create and start a print queue that uses the LAT application port.
$ INITIALIZE/QUEUE/START/ON=LTAnnn:/PROCESSOR=LATSYM
/RETAIN=ERROR queue_name
3 Add the commands to the SYS$MANAGER:LAT$STARTUP.COM file so the re-
quired LAT devices will be recreated after each host reboot.
LAT terminal device characteristics may have to be changed to cor-
Note:
rectly print certain files. See your VMS documentation for more infor-
mation.
4 Print to the queue.
Figure 7-1: Creating LAT Application Port
Figure 7-2: Creating and Starting Print Queue
Figure 7-3: Printing to Queue
$ PRINT/QUEUE=queue_name filename.txt
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