Lantronix LPS1-T, User Manual

Page 1: ...MPS LPS User Guide For the MPS100 and LPS1 T Print Servers Part Number 900 191 Rev D March 2004 ...

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Page 3: ...ppleTalk Chooser and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Corporation LaserJet and Bitronics are trademarks of Hewlett Packard Centronics is a registered trademark of Centronics Data Computer Corporation PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc DEC and LAT are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation Contacts Lantronix Corporate Headquarters 15353 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 US...

Page 4: ...ection against such interference when operating in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with this guide may cause harmful interference to radio communications Changes or modifications to this device not explicitly approved by Lantronix will void the user s authority to operate this device The infor...

Page 5: ...__________________________________ 4 3 LPR on Windows NT 2000 XP and later ___________ 4 4 LPR on Windows 95 98 _________________________ 4 7 LPR on UNIX and Linux Hosts____________________ 4 7 LPR on AIX Hosts _____________________________ 4 8 LPR on HP Hosts_____________________________ 4 10 LPR on SCO UNIX Hosts ______________________ 4 10 RTEL Functionality____________________________ 4 12 Uni...

Page 6: ... 3 BOOTP Troubleshooting ___________________________ B 3 RARP Troubleshooting_____________________________ B 4 Printing Problems _________________________________ B 4 PostScript Problems ___________________________ B 5 Bitmap Graphics ______________________________ B 6 C Pinouts C 1 Ethernet Connector _______________________________ C 1 Parallel Connectors _______________________________ C 1 D Upd...

Page 7: ...___________________E 2 F Fequently Used Commands F 1 Conventions _____________________________________ F 1 Server Commands ________________________________ F 1 Port Commands __________________________________ F 7 Protocol Commands _______________________________ F 8 G Warranty Statement G 1 H Declaration of Conformity H 1 1 3 v ...

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Page 9: ...___________ 5 1 Figure 11 Defining Directory Service Tree_____________ 5 2 Figure 12 Defining Directory Service Context __________ 5 2 Figure 13 Defining Access List______________________ 5 2 Figure 14 Rebooting______________________________ 5 2 Figure 15 Creating LAT Application Port ______________ 6 1 Figure 16 Creating and Starting Print Queue___________ 6 1 Figure 17 Printing to Queue_________...

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Page 11: ...___ 6 2 Table 8 AppleTalk Host Troubleshooting ____________ 7 2 Table 9 Error Messages _________________________B 1 Table 10 Power up Problems and Error Messages _____B 2 Table 11 DHCP Troubleshooting ___________________B 3 Table 12 BOOTP Troubleshooting __________________B 3 Table 13 RARP Troubleshooting ___________________B 4 Table 14 General Printing Problems_________________B 4 Table 15 PostSc...

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Page 13: ...e the same for both products except as noted above The LPS provides a twisted pair 10BASE T connector for network connections Note In this manual all MPS and LPS servers will be referred to as the MPS unless a distinction needs to be made between models How to use this manual This guide is structured as follows Chapter 2 Installation explains how to physically install the MPS Chapter 3 Getting Sta...

Page 14: ...ed Commands Read chapters 2 and 3 in order then proceed to the protocol specific chapter that relates to your network Refer to Appendix F as needed The Print Server Reference Manual located on the CD ROM and web site provides additional information about configuring and using your MPS ...

Page 15: ...ton two LEDs a power connector and a 10BASE T network connector for the LPS1 T The rear panel also has a Centronics connector The front panel LEDs are The LINK LED is solid green when there is a valid Ethernet network connection The ACT Activity LED flashes green or red when the MPS is in use The 100 100 MBit LED MPS100 only is solid green when a 100BASE T network is connected The Test button serv...

Page 16: ...Allow 45 seconds for the MPS to fully boot It will run through a set of power up diagnostics for approximately 12 seconds The four LEDs will show varying patterns corresponding to the test being run It will try to obtain configuration information via DHCP BOOTP and RARP This step could last approximately 15 seconds if no hosts answer the requests The OK LED will blink approximately 3 times per sec...

Page 17: ... doing for example when code is being downloaded as the unit boots the LED will blink green quickly If you have connected a 100BASE T cable MPS100 only The Link and 100MBit LEDs should both be solid green If not check your network connection 6 Print a Test page by pressing the Test Reset button Note If the Power LED does not light or the Test page does not print refer to Appendix B Troubleshooting...

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Page 19: ...he Print Server Reference Manual located on the CD ROM Configuration Methods EZWebCon The EZWebCon configuration software is the recommended way to configure the MPS EZWebCon s graphical user interface guides first time users through the initial configuration process and allows experienced users to update any configurable parameters EZWebCon requires a Java Virtual Machine JVM on the client Lantro...

Page 20: ...urity reasons If it is undesirable to disable incoming logins the MPS can be configured to prompt for a password with the DEFINE SERVER INCOMING PASSWORD ENABLED command Services With few exceptions you must use a service to configure print queues on the MPS A service is a resource accessible to network hosts A Lantronix service is also known as a remote printer name or remote queue name on many o...

Page 21: ...t serial port services have the TCP IP NetWare LAN Manager and AppleTalk protocols enabled Parallel port services have TCP IP NetWare and LAN Manager enabled LAT is disabled by default on all services provided by the MPS because many network managers object to the frequent LAT service announcements AppleTalk is disabled on parallel port services because AppleTalk requires Bitronics mode which is d...

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Page 23: ...owing steps to assign an IP address using the EZWebCon Expert Shell 1 From the Action menu select Assign IP Address 2 Enter or change the IP related settings a For Ethernet Address enter the number that appears on the bottom label of your MPS b For IP Address enter the desired IP address to use for this MPS c For Subnet Mask change the values provided only if you wish to use a mask other than the ...

Page 24: ...is empty the command will return an error message Type ARP A at the DOS command prompt to verify that there is at least one entry in the ARP table Figure 2 ARP and Ping on Windows C ARP S 192 0 1 228 00 80 A3 XX XX XX C PING 192 0 1 228 Note There should be replies from the IP address if the ARP command worked When the MPS receives the ping packet it will notice that its IP address is not set and ...

Page 25: ...ver can respond to an MPS request for an available IP address For information about configuring the DHCP BOOTP or RARP server see your host documentation LPR Printing The MPS provides two major methods of printing via TCP IP Berkeley remote LPR and RTEL host software Two parameters must be configured for LPR printing 1 The IP address or host name of the MPS 2 The remote output queue the name of th...

Page 26: ...g directories No special purpose input or output filters can be used when printing via LPR If this functionality is necessary use the named pipe interface program in the RTEL print queue configuration software LPR on Windows NT 2000 XP and later This section assumes that TCP IP Simple TCP IP and Microsoft TCP IP printing have been installed on the Windows host 1 In the Control Panel double click t...

Page 27: ...Port is not an option open the Network Control Panel and add Microsoft TCP IP Printing to the List of services 6 Enter the name or IP address of your MPS on the first line and enter the name of your MPS print service on the second line 7 Select the manufacturer and printer type ...

Page 28: ...er Guide 4 TCP IP Configuration 4 6 8 Enter the queue name 9 If applicable choose Shared and select the type of operating system that the printer will be working with First confirm that the print queue is working ...

Page 29: ...rkeley remote printing system is supported on many machines and is simple to configure This section describes how to configure LPR print queues on generic Linux hosts There are slight variations in LPR configuration for AIX HP and SCO hosts as will be explained in the following sections 1 Install a print queue on your host by adding the MPS name and IP address to the etc hosts file Figure 4 Adding...

Page 30: ...mkdir usr spool lpd mps_prt chmod 777 usr spool lpd mps_prt 4 If desired use the mx option to allow unlimited size files to be printed and the sh option to prevent header pages from being generated See the host s documentation or man pages for more information on the format of the printcap file and how to create the spool directory 5 Print to the queue using normal lpr commands Figure 7 Printing t...

Page 31: ...e next dialog box choose Remote Printing 6 The Add a Standard Remote Print Queue dialog box will appear Enter the following information The name of the print queue The name of the MPS unit The name of the MPS service The type of print spooler on the remote server and A description of the printer on the remote server 7 When the message Added print queue mps_prt appears click Done Note If you are un...

Page 32: ...In the Printers and Plotters window choose Printers Plotters 4 In the pull down menu select Remote Printer Plotter from the Actions menu 5 The Add Remote Printer window will appear SAM will prompt you for The printer name the name of the print queue The remote system name the MPS name The remote printer name the MPS service The remote cancel model and The remote status model LPR on SCO UNIX Hosts ...

Page 33: ...d to MPS_xxxxxx The backupprinter is connected to host MPS_xxxxxx Is this correct y n y Would you like this to be the sys default printer y n y Make sure your hostname appears in MPS_PRT s etc hosts equivor or etc hosts lpd file Make sure backupprinter appears in etc printcap in BSD format Make sure backupprinter has a spool directory on MPS_PRT Putting the printer in printer description file and ...

Page 34: ...software provides this functionality by providing a UNIX named pipe interface To recreate the RTEL source files 1 Copy the file RTEL_SRC TAR in binary mode from the distribution CD ROM to the UNIX host 2 Untar the archive 3 See the README files in the created directories that describe the contents of the RTEL distribution and man pages that describe the actual software functionality Unix Host Trou...

Page 35: ...sion 2 x 3 x or version 4 x with bindery emulation you may configure bindery print queues using QINST bindery only or PCONSOLE For more information see the NetWare chapter of the Print Server Reference Manual located on the CD ROM NDPS Printing Lantronix Terminal and Print Servers support Novell s NDPS for printing using the Novell NDPS Gateway For instruction on setting up NDPS refer to your Nove...

Page 36: ... command to ensure that at least one of the file servers in the directory service tree is in the access list 5 If desired file server is not in the access list add it Figure 13 Defining Access List Local DEFINE PROTOCOL NETWARE ACCESS fileserver 6 Reboot the MPS Figure 14 Rebooting Local INITIALIZE DELAY 0 NetWare Administrator Quick Setup Print Queues The NetWare Administrator management utility ...

Page 37: ...The name should be meaningful to you it will not affect MPS configuration 7 Click Create 8 Reboot the MPS PCONSOLE Print Queues 1 Log in as Admin on the file server you will be changing 2 At the prompt type PCONSOLE to start the utility For example if your file server is mapped to the F drive you would use the F prompt 3 From the main menu choose Quick Set Up 4 When prompted by PCONSOLE enter the ...

Page 38: ...d for queues The MPS login password and the queue password on the file server The passwords must match or the MPS will not be able to log into the file servers to scan for jobs The MPS has successfully attached to the queue Type NETSTAT at the Local prompt This will display information about fileservers printers and queues that the MPS has found If a queue is in JobPoll the MPS has successfully at...

Page 39: ...th PCONSOLE 0xfffffda5 Requested attribute could not be found Use PCONSOLE to ensure that the MPS has associated printers and the printers have associated queues 0xfffffd69 DS Database is locked An administrator is probably updating the database Wait a few minutes and issue the Set Protocol NetWare Reset command 0xfffffd63 Invalid password The password for the print server object under PCONSOLE mu...

Page 40: ...t there are printers for the MPS and the printer names match the service names on the MPS 5 No printer queue found Ensure that the printers have associated queues 6 Login failed Ensure there is a print server object configured with the same name as the MPS 7 Authentication failed Ensure the MPS login password is the same as the print server object password If the MPS is using the default password ...

Page 41: ...g to a service see the Print Server Reference Manual located on the CD ROM Printing Directly to a Port 1 Create a LAT application port that references the MPS port Figure 15 Creating LAT Application Port RUN SYS SYSTEM LATCP LATCP CREATE PORT LTAnnn APPLICATION LATCP SET PORT LTAnnn NODE MPS_xxxxxx PORT Port_n LATCP EXIT 2 Create and start a print queue that uses the LAT application port Figure 16...

Page 42: ...an eight digit hex result code the code can be translated by issuing the following commands Figure 18 Translating LAT Error Codes SHOW QUEUE FULL ALL queue_name note the error code nnnnnnnn SET MESSAGE SYS MESSAGE NETWRKMSG EXE EXIT Xnnnnnnnn Table 7 Troubleshooting LAT Configurations Using a Port Area to Check Explanation The specified node name matches the MPS node name Use the Show Server comma...

Page 43: ...en the MPS and that printer The MPS supports the Bitronics interface an extension to the standard Centronics interface Printers that support Bitronics allow bi directional communication To enable Bitronics on an MPS port use the Define Port 1 Bitronics Enabled command Note MacOS 8 1 can also print via LPD See the Print Server Reference Manual located on the CD ROM and web site for configuration in...

Page 44: ... MPS will appear in the default zone in the Chooser Note If no router is present on the network the MPS will not accept AppleTalk print jobs for 60 seconds after booting AppleTalk Host Troubleshooting Table 8 AppleTalk Host Troubleshooting Area to Check Explanation The printer is available to be selected in the Chooser Make sure the printer is in the right zone Bidirectional communication Lock the...

Page 45: ...on MPS Configuration To use the DLC protocol you must have one service with the DLC characteristic enabled The DLC characteristic may be associated with only one service on a given MPS Figure 19 Enabling DLC Local DEFINE SERVICE MPS_xxxxxx_TEXT DLC ENABLED Host Configuration To send print jobs from a Windows NT host to the MPS add the MPS as a Windows NT printer 1 Double click the Printers icon in...

Page 46: ...ess It is printed on the MPS bottom label 8 Select Job based 9 Select the manufacturer and printer type 10 Enter the queue name 11 If applicable choose Shared and select the operating system the printer will be working with First confirm that the print queue is working 12 Test the printer ...

Page 47: ...information Your name and your company name address and phone number Lantronix MPS model number Lantronix MPS serial number Software version use the Show Server command to display Network configuration including the information from Netstat command Description of the problem Debug report stack dump if applicable Status of the unit when the problem occurred please try to include information on user...

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Page 49: ...ions if the LEDs do not flash Table 9 Error Messages Message Diagnosis Remedy Power up diagnostic failure hardware failure Note which LED is blinking and its color then contact your dealer or Lantronix Technical Support The MPS boots but does not try to load the Flash ROM code Press the Test Reset button A brief description of the problem will be queued to the parallel port and printed Network Err...

Page 50: ...ther color Note the blinking LED and its color then contact your dealer or Lantronix Technical Support The MPS will not be operational until the fault is fixed A rapidly blinking OK LED may signal boot failure Reboot the unit When the MPS is running normally the OK LED blinks every two seconds The MPS passes power up diagnostics but attempts to download new Flash ROM code from a network host If th...

Page 51: ...you have configured your host to respond to the request check these areas Table 12 BOOTP Troubleshooting Area to Check Explanation BOOTP is in your system s etc services file BOOTP must be an uncommented line in etc services The MPS is in the loadhost s etc hosts file The MPS must be in this file for the host to answer a BOOTP or TFTP request The download file is in the correct directory and is wo...

Page 52: ...RPD documentation for details or use the ps command to see if there is a RARPD process running Printing Problems Table 14 General Printing Problems Area to Check Explanation Physical connections To test a non PostScript printer use the Test Port MPS Count 100 command This command sends 100 lines of test data out the parallel port so you can see if the printer is receiving data Service characterist...

Page 53: ... pages of PostScript data out the parallel port Watch the indicators on the printer to verify that the MPS is communicating with the printer If the printer is capable of bidirectional communication use the Test Service MPS_xxxxxx_PS PostScript Count 5 command This will transfer data both to and from the printer Autoselection must be disabled and the printer must be configured as a PostScript print...

Page 54: ...mate but will show that data is flowing to the printer Bitmap Graphics If files that contain embedded bitmap graphics do not print correctly it is probably because the bitmaps are being sent as actual binary data and binary data cannot be printed via serial or parallel interfaces Most major application packages have provisions to print using either binary postscript for printers connected to the n...

Page 55: ...C 1 C C P Pi in no ou ut ts s Ethernet Connector Figure 20 RJ45 Ethernet Connector Parallel Connectors Lantronix uses standard Centronics parallel connectors ...

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Page 57: ...when choosing the software file Via FTP The MPS software resides on the Lantronix FTP server ftp lantronix com Most of these files are binary data so use binary option to transfer the files All released files are in the pub directory Always download the README file in the pub directory first it contains a list of available software files To log into the FTP server enter a username of anonymous and...

Page 58: ... command to ensure that you are reloading the correct software file Reloading Sequence If DHCP BOOTP or RARP is enabled on the MPS the MPS will request assistance from a DHCP BOOTP or RARP server before starting the download attempts The MPS will then try TFTP NetWare and MOP booting in that order provided that it has enough information to try each download method Downloading and rewriting the Fla...

Page 59: ...ADHOST nnn nnn nnn nnn Local LIST SERVER BOOT Local INITIALIZE RELOAD Note For instructions on how to log into the MPS to enter these commands see Getting Started on page 3 1 The path and filename are case sensitive and must be enclosed in quotation marks When attempting to boot across an IP router you must configure the router to proxy ARP for the MPS or use the bootgateway feature For more infor...

Page 60: ... use binary mode for the file transfer Troubleshooting Flash ROM Updates Many of the problems that occur when updating the Flash ROM can be solved by completing the following steps Table 16 Flash ROM Troubleshooting Protocol Area to Check NetWare Ensure the file is in the login directory Since MPS cannot log into the file server it has limited access to server directories TFTP Check the file and d...

Page 61: ... Guide D Updating Software D 5 Protocol Area to Check MOP The Ethernet circuit must have the service characteristic enabled Ensure that the MOM LOAD search path includes the directory containing the MPS100 SYS file ...

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Page 63: ...20VAC 50 60 Hz or 120 to 220VAC 50 60 Hz International version Frequency 47 63 Hz Operating Current MPS100 800 mA maximum 5V Reg DC LPS1 T 700 mA maximum 6V Power Consumption MPS100 25 Watts LPS1 T 4 2 Watts Fuse Rating 1 6A 250 Volts Power Supply Cord Cord type 3 conductors 1 0 mm2 minimum conductor size approximately 18 AWG Rated for 250 Volts AC 10 Amps Length 3 0 meters ...

Page 64: ...peration Therefore do not operate the MPS near heating or cooling devices large windows or doors that open to the outdoors Altitude Operating maximum 2 4 km 8 000 ft Storage maximum 9 1 km 30 000 ft If operating the MPS above 2 4 km 8000 ft decrease the operating temperature rating by 1 F for each 1000 ft Relative Humidity Operating range 10 to 90 noncondensing 40 to 60 recommended Storage range 1...

Page 65: ...privileged password when prompted When you enter a Define or Purge command you must reboot the MPS for the command to take effect Alternately you can issue several Set commands and then a Save command to make the Set commands take effect without rebooting When the abbreviated syntax EN DIS is shown you must choose either Enabled or Disabled to complete the command Server Commands Table 17 Frequent...

Page 66: ...ws connections to be established without prompting for a password DEFINE SERVER IPADDRESS ipaddr Sets the MPS network IP address DEFINE SERVER LOADHOST ipaddr Specifies the TCP IP host from which the MPS requests its run time code DEFINE SERVER LOGIN PASSWORD Sets a new password that will be required before incoming logins are accepted You will be prompted for the new password up to 6 alphanumeric...

Page 67: ... or disables querying for a RARP host at system boot time DEFINE SERVER SOFTWARE filename Specifies the name or path TCP of the software download file The filename can be up to 11 characters and the pathname can be up to 26 The MPS will add a SYS extension DEFINE SERVER SUBNET MASK ipmask Specifies the subnet mask to be used for the MPS The ipmask must be in n n n n format nothing Displays a list ...

Page 68: ...dle print requests from DLC hosts DLC can be enabled on one service per MPS BANNER EN DIS When Enabled causes the MPS to print a banner page before jobs BINARY EN DIS When Enabled the MPS will not process data passed through the service This characteristic should be enabled when printing PCL data EOJ string Causes the MPS to send an end of job string to the attached device after every job Enter an...

Page 69: ...one TCPPORT string Specifies a raw TCP listener socket for the service Enter a socket number 4000 to 4999 or the word none DEFINE SERVICE name option TELNETPORT string Specifies a TCP listener socket for the service Unlike TCPport this option performs Telnet IAC interpretation on the data stream Enter a socket number 4000 to 4999 or the word none DELAY num Schedules a reboot after num minutes Ente...

Page 70: ...ET PRIVILEGED Enters privileged mode provided the user enters the proper privileged password when prompted SHOW MONITOR QUEUE Displays the status of MPS queues once Show or continually every three seconds Monitor nothing Displays MPS information once Show or continually every three seconds Monitor SHOW MONITOR SERVER COUNTERS Displays characteristics related to the various counters kept by the MPS...

Page 71: ... functioning of the parallel port The attached printer must also support Bitronics mode DEFINE PORT 1 NAME newname Enter a name of up to 16 alphanumeric characters for the specified port SHOW MONITOR PORT 1 Displays the port s configuration characteristics once Show or continually every three seconds Monitor Counters and status keywords can be added TEST PORT 1 option COUNT rows WIDTH cols Sends a...

Page 72: ...ER GATEWAY ipaddr IPADDRESS ipaddr See DEFINE SERVER IPADDRESS ipaddr LOADHOST ipaddr See DEFINE SERVER LOADHOST ipaddr DEFINE PROTO IP option NAMESERVER ipaddr Specifies the IP address of the host that will resolve text host names into their numeric equivalents for TCP IP connection attempts DEFINE PROTO LANMAN option EN DIS Enables or disables the LAN Manager protocol for the MPS EN DIS Enables ...

Page 73: ...tation NATIVE Configures the MPS to use the native mode frame format ETHER_II Configures the MPS to use Ethernet v2 frame format 802_2 Configures the MPS to use 802 2 frame format with NetWare SAPs DEFINE PROTO NETWARE ENCAPSULATION option EN DIS SNAP Configures the MPS to use 802 2 frame format with SNAP SAPs DEFINE PROTO NETWARE LOADHOST server See DEFINE SERVER NETWARE LOADHOST server ALL Remov...

Page 74: ...MPS LPS User Guide F Frequently Used Commands F 10 Command Option s Description SHOW MONITOR PROTO protocolname Displays operating characteristics of the specified protocol ...

Page 75: ...et out above or by any existing contract between the parties Any such contract states the entire obligation of Lantronix The contents of this document shall not become part of or modify any prior or existing agreement commitment or relationship The information recommendation description and safety notations in this or other documents supplied by Lantronix are based on general industry experience a...

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Page 77: ...logy Equipment Immunity Characteristics IEC 6100 4 2 1995 Electro Static Discharge Test IEC 6100 4 3 1996 Radiated Immunity Field Test IEC 6100 4 4 1995 Electrical Fast Transient Test IEC 6100 4 5 1995 Power Supply Surge Test IEC 6100 4 6 1996 Conducted Immunity Test IEC 6100 4 8 1993 Magnetic Field Test The product complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 72 23 EEC and the EMC ...

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