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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Page ii; Copyright Information; respective companies.; Release Notes
  • Page 3 – Page iii; About AGILE; They wanted freedom
  • Page 4 – Page iv; Also From AGILE; and EBCDIC printers to be attached to a System/3X or AS/400 midrange; Printer Monitor™; capture data that otherwise would have been sent to the printer.
  • Page 5 – TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE
  • Page 6 – Page vi; INSTALLATION
  • Page 7 – DIP SWITCH SETTINGS
  • Page 8 – Page viii; TROUBLESHOOTING
  • Page 10 – Page x; PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS
  • Page 11 – TRANSLATE TABLES
  • Page 12 – Page xii
  • Page 13 – COAX HOST CONFIGURATION
  • Page 14 – Page xiv; DISPLAYWRITE 370 SUPPORT
  • Page 15 – DSC DATA STREAMS
  • Page 17 – About This Manual; and typographical errors, or to document added or changed product
  • Page 18 – Page xviii; AGILE Product Warranty; Standard Warranty
  • Page 19 – Optional Warranties and Services; Software Upgrades
  • Page 20 – Page xx; FCC Statement; How to
  • Page 21 – Warnings; Notes; Standard Factory Setup
  • Page 22 – Page xxii; IBM Host Considerations
  • Page 23 – INTRODUCTION; General Information; this manual will refer to the attached device as a printer.; Supported Printer Interfaces and Character Sets; • DB-25 Dataproducts Parallel; IBM Port; SECTION 1
  • Page 24 – 287 ULTRA Features and Specifications
  • Page 26 – front panel. This procedure is described in Section 8 — Front Panel; ULTRA; Status Indicator Lights; — POWER; configuration mode, only the POWER and DATA OUT Status Indicator; — CU SIGNAL; An alternate host print order is being processed.
  • Page 28 – — RESET; the ON (down) position, pressing RESET will place the ULTRA in auto; — PA1 and PA2; buttons. ENABLE PRINT must be pressed after PA1 or PA2 to resume; — LINE FEED; ENABLE PRINT must be pressed after LINE FEED to resume printing.
  • Page 29 – — HOLD PRINT
  • Page 31 – SECTION 2; Space Requirements
  • Page 32 – Electrical Requirements; site should contact a qualified electrician.; Operating Environment; 0 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit and 15% to 65% relative humidity.; Unpacking; Package Contents; Except when ordered otherwise, the 6287 ULTRA includes the ULTRA
  • Page 33 – Connections; components of the system. Be certain to use AGILE 6287 ULTRA cables; AGILE 6287 ULTRA CABLE CHART; DESCRIPTION
  • Page 35 – 287 ULTRA Connection to Mainframe; to lock it in place. Attach the other end of the coaxial cable to the
  • Page 36 – 287 ULTRA Connection to Printer/Plotter; the rear of the printer. Then connect the IC+/ULTRA end of the AGILE
  • Page 37 – 287 ULTRA Connection to Optional Alternate Host(s); Connect the DEVICE end of the AGILE alternate host cable to the
  • Page 38 – 287 ULTRA Connection to AC Outlet
  • Page 39 – Sample Installation Diagrams
  • Page 45 – printer, the dip switch settings must be changed.; Common Printer Interface Settings; Parallel Interfacing; Switch Bank A; Switch Bank A
  • Page 46 – Switch Bank A Settings; “OUTPUT SERIAL AND PARALLEL.”; A1 — Printer Interfacing; A2 — Printer Test
  • Page 47 – A3 and A4 — Serial Printer Parity; length) and stop bits associated with each parity setting.; A5, A6 and A7 — Serial Printer Baud Rate; printer. The RESET button must be pressed before any changes to dip
  • Page 48 – A8 — Auto Buffer Report; used only to debug host application problems.; Switch Bank B Settings; labeled “ALTERNATE HOST INPUT SERIAL AND PARALLEL.” This; B1 and B2 — Serial Alternate Host Parity; connected to the port labeled “ALTERNATE HOST INPUT SERIAL AND
  • Page 49 – B3, B4 and B5 — Serial Alternate Host Baud Rate; SERIAL AND PARALLEL.” The RESET button must be pressed before
  • Page 50 – Switch Bank Tables; Switch Bank A — Printer Interfacing/Tests
  • Page 51 – Switch Bank B — Serial Alt Host Interfacing/Config/Reports
  • Page 53 – Printer Test; If the report does not print:
  • Page 54 – If the report prints garbage:; General Configuration Report
  • Page 55 – Auto Buffer Report
  • Page 56 – Alternate Host Verification; same time as the alternate host print job.; Alternate Host Buffer Dump
  • Page 57 – Contacting AGILE Technical Support; Firmware version number (found in the printed reports, on the EPROM
  • Page 58 – Firmware Replacement Instructions; Remove the chip with a chip puller or a flat-bladed, non-magnetized
  • Page 59 – The AGILE Bulletin Board System; Call Waiting
  • Page 61 – CONFIGURATION OPTIONS; have to be modified, because it is already set up for the most common
  • Page 62 – Configuration Option Descriptions; — Column Width; an infinite line length.; — Lines Per Page
  • Page 65 – 3 — Suppress Spaces Before Pseudo Transparent Packets; output to the printer. The default value is “No.” Refer to Section 11 —; 4 — Suppress Carriage Control Characters; Section 13 — SCS Data Streams for details. The default value is “No.”; 5 — Bold Print Emulation; DisplayWrite 370 Support.; 6 — Suppress Leading Spaces
  • Page 66 – 0 — Physical Buffer Size; Tables and Section 13 — Coax Host Considerations.; 1 — Logical Buffer Size
  • Page 67 – 5 — Centronics or Dataproducts Parallel; provide AGILE with the pin-out chart, so a custom cable can be made.; 6 — Intervention Required; This option determines how many minutes the ULTRA will wait after
  • Page 69 – 9 — Non-Transparency Trigger 1 Output
  • Page 71 – 8 — Continuous Bell Ringing; In order to maintain compatibility with older ULTRA firmware, the; 0 — Alternate Host Enable/Disable; read from the alternate host ports.; 1 — DSC EM Generates CR/LF in Infinite Line Length; to Section 15 — DSC Data Streams for more information.
  • Page 72 – Note: If this option is set to “Yes,” Option #1 — Column width should be; 4 — Power On Reset (POR) After 60 Seconds
  • Page 73 – 5 — MD-Laser Support; 7 — DSC NL at EM Even If in Column 1
  • Page 74 – 9 — Laserpage Support; 0 — Xerox Graphic Window Support
  • Page 75 – 287 ULTRA Configuration Options Table; host or from an alternate host.
  • Page 77 – Functional Grouping of ULTRA Options; user’s specific environment.; Printer Output
  • Page 79 – Custom Configuration
  • Page 81 – SECTION 6
  • Page 82 – PFS Table; Default Function
  • Page 83 – Accessing PFSs from the Host; unpredictable formatting errors could occur. Refer to Section 12 —; Multiple Function Strings; plus
  • Page 84 – PFS Descriptions; — Power On Sequence; — 8 LPI or User-defined; This command will be seen only in an SCS data stream.; — DisplayWrite 370 Overstriking On or User-defined; Note: This is used only when
  • Page 85 – — DisplayWrite 370 Overstriking Off or User-defined; only when Option #15 — Bold Print Emulation is set to (A) 3287 emulation; — DisplayWrite 370 Underlining On or User-defined; Note: This is used only when Option; — DisplayWrite 370 Underlining Off or User-defined; This is used only when Option #15 — Bold Print Emulation is set to (A)
  • Page 86 – — DisplayWrite 370 Bolding On or User-defined; A — DisplayWrite 370 Bolding Off or User-defined; B — Coax Host PFS; Output, this PFS must be programmed with the =MCK= command to
  • Page 87 – C — Alternate Host PFS; D — Custom Banner
  • Page 89 – Description
  • Page 90 – Translate Table Selection
  • Page 91 – Reading Translate Tables; ULTRA. The top row of each table is a series of numbers and letters; General Considerations and Notes; DSC SCS
  • Page 92 – Functions
  • Page 93 – Translate Table Charts; values. An explanation of when each table is invoked by the ULTRA is; Table 1 — DSC to ASCII; receipt of each DSC input value:
  • Page 95 – Table 2 — SCS to ASCII; receipt of each SCS input value:
  • Page 97 – Translate Table 3 — ASCII to ASCII; detects an ASCII data stream and when Option #10 is set to (A) ASCII or
  • Page 99 – Table 4 — DSC to EBCDIC
  • Page 101 – Table 5 — SCS to EBCDIC; upon the receipt of each SCS input value:
  • Page 103 – Translate Table 6 — ASCII to EBCDIC; stream is detected by the ULTRA and when Option #10 is set to (B)
  • Page 105 – Table 7 — DSC to ASCII APL; upon the receipt of each DSC input value:
  • Page 107 – FRONT PANEL CONFIGURATION; SECTION 8
  • Page 108 – Front Panel Key Sequences; changing general configuration option parameters.; Reset All Configuration Options to Defaults; Option 1 — Column Width
  • Page 109 – Option 2 — Lines Per Page
  • Page 111 – Option 8 — New Line Order
  • Page 112 – Option 10 — Output in ASCII or EBCDIC; Option 11 — APL Output; This option is reserved.
  • Page 113 – Option 13 — Suppress Spaces Before PTM Packets
  • Page 114 – Option 18 — Reserved; Option 19 — Reserved
  • Page 115 – Option 20 — Physical Buffer Size
  • Page 116 – Option 23 — Reserved; Option 24 — Reserved
  • Page 117 – Option 25 — Centronics or Dataproducts Parallel
  • Page 118 – Option 29 — Reserved; Option 30 — Pseudo Transparency Mode (PTM) Selection
  • Page 120 – Option 38 — Reserved; Option 39 — Non-Transparency Trigger 1 Output; host. Refer to Section 9 — Coax Host Configuration and Section 10 —; Option 40 — Alternate Host Lockout Duration
  • Page 122 – Option 48 — Continuous Bell Ringing; Option 49 — Eliminate DSC C0 05 Header
  • Page 123 – Option 50 — Alternate Host Enable/Disable
  • Page 125 – Option 55 — MD-Laser Support; Option 57 — DSC NL at EM Even if in Column 1
  • Page 126 – Option 62 — Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading
  • Page 127 – mode will alter the configuration selections listed in Section 5 —
  • Page 128 – configuration of the ULTRA.; Multiple Option Selections; Each line must have its own trigger and its own terminator.; Resetting All Options to Factory Defaults; command to the ULTRA:
  • Page 129 – Coax Host Configuration Within Data Streams; command logically replaces the physical act of changing; Download Error Messages; Errors in command sequences will result in the ULTRA sending a
  • Page 130 – Downloading Programmable Function Strings; For example, the following sequence deletes the contents of PFS 0:
  • Page 131 – Downloading Translate Tables; streams of print jobs, Option #1 — Column Width should be set to 0; Downloading an Entire Translate Table
  • Page 132 – values of a translate table:; Downloading a Single Translate Table Value; Commas (,) must be used to separate each hexadecimal value to be
  • Page 133 – ALTERNATE HOST CONFIGURATION
  • Page 134 – or
  • Page 135 – Note: PFSs are restricted to a maximum of 76 characters. The custom
  • Page 136 – by forms control from the alternate host application.; each hexadecimal value to be downloaded. The following example
  • Page 137 – TRANSPARENCY MODES; recognize the trigger and respond appropriately to that form of; IBM 35 Hex Transparency Mode
  • Page 138 – Metacode Transparency Mode; Xerox 36 Hex Transparency Mode
  • Page 139 – Pseudo Transparency Mode; Trigger 1 + Trigger 2 PTM; In the two-trigger mode, the user selects the trigger using any two
  • Page 140 – Trigger 1 + Count Byte PTM; Section 5 — Configuration Options and refer to Options 32 and 34 for; MD-Laser Pseudo Transparency; The ULTRA is capable of supporting “continuous escape,” a form of
  • Page 141 – Laserpage Pseudo Transparency; Host Input to ULTRA
  • Page 142 – Other Pseudo Transparency Mode Considerations; character that will be output to the printer when Option #30 — Pseudo
  • Page 145 – Overstriking
  • Page 147 – COAX HOST CONSIDERATIONS; The ULTRA can process data from a variety of IBM host systems. This; System Configuration; with Type B device adapters for support of Category B devices.)
  • Page 149 – Extended Attribute Buffer Support
  • Page 151 – SCS DATA STREAMS;  Presentation Surface Width and Depth
  • Page 152 – SCS Commands Supported by the ULTRA; discusses how to use the SCS commands supported by the ULTRA.
  • Page 156 – SCS Command Summary; SCS Command
  • Page 157 – SNA Printer Exception Conditions/Sense Codes; The second byte describes the specific condition.
  • Page 159 – COLUMN
  • Page 161 – XEROX APPLICATIONS; character assigned as pseudo transparency Trigger 1. Otherwise,
  • Page 162 – XPAF Support; XPAF expects to see a 3287-like device (such as the ULTRA) at the end of; Xerox Graphic Window Support; Option #60 in Section 5 — Configuration Options.
  • Page 163 – Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading; Option #62 in Section 5 — Configuration Options.; 235 is a Metacode-capable printer, for example. The data seen by the
  • Page 165 – ULTRA. Alternate hosts may include PCs, minicomputers such as a DEC; Activating the Alternate Host Port; port, Option #50 must be configured by the user. Refer to Section 5 —; Configuring the Alternate Host Port; appropriate configuration.
  • Page 166 – Host Lockout Duration; Otherwise, data from the coax host might be mixed with data from an
  • Page 167 – ALTERNATE HOST CONSIDERATIONS; Alternate Host Translation; data is passed through Translate Table #3 — ASCII to ASCII. If using a; Other Considerations; flow control — also known as “hardware” handshaking, Option #41 must
  • Page 169 – APPENDIX; Buffer Dump. A pin-out chart of the ULTRA ports is also included.
  • Page 172 – This page contains a sample Printer Test. A printer test checks the
  • Page 173 – the RESET button on the ULTRA front panel. Then send a local copy or
  • Page 176 – and press the RESET button on the ULTRA front panel.
  • Page 179 – Translate Table Report
  • Page 186 – 287 ULTRA Port Pin-Out Charts; Alternate Host Input Port
  • Page 187 – Output Port
  • Page 189 – GLOSSARY
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Printer Interface Controller

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Page 2 - Page ii; Copyright Information; respective companies.; Release Notes

Page ii 6287 ULTRA User’s Manual Copyright Information © 1995 AGILEAll 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 ULTRA a...

Page 3 - Page iii; About AGILE; They wanted freedom

Page iii About AGILE In 1978 “IBM” and the word “compatible” were rarely found together, but IBM’s 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 freed...

Page 4 - Page iv; Also From AGILE; and EBCDIC printers to be attached to a System/3X or AS/400 midrange; Printer Monitor™; capture data that otherwise would have been sent to the printer.

Page iv 6287 ULTRA User’s Manual Also From AGILE 6287 ALLY PLUS™ A high-speed protocol converter that enables serial and parallel ASCII and EBCDIC printers and plotters to be attached to a 3270-type controller. Its alternate host feature allows the mainframe host and a PC to share the same printer w...

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