AWAN 3883/4/5 Access Server Configuration and Management Manual

Configuring Asynchronous Terminal and Serial
Printer Connections
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Configuring the FASTPTCP LAN Print Spooler
Product
Configuring the FASTPTCP LAN Print Spooler Product
Configuring the FASTPTCP LAN print spooler product involves adding a print process
that can communicate with one or more printers attached to the AWAN access server to
the Tandem Spooler environment. In addition, you must make sure that the print queue
is represented in the Tandem Spooler environment. These tasks are accomplished by
performing the following configuration steps:
1. Configure a FASTPTCP print process using Spoolcom commands.
2. Configure device information for each LAN print queue serviced by the FASTPTCP
print process.
Step 1: Configuring a FASTPTCP Print Process
The FASTPTCP LAN print spooler product provides the FASTPTCP print process,
which is an enhanced version of the standard Spooler print process named FASTP.
FASTPTCP and its devices are configured using Spoolcom commands in the same way
that other Spooler print processes and devices are configured.
For information about FASTPTCP print process configuration, refer to the Tandem
LAN/WAN Print Spooler User’s Guide.
Step 2: Configuring Device Information
The FASTPTCP print process requires a configuration file named FASTCNFG, which is
located in the $SYSTEM.SYSTEM subvolume. Each LAN print queue must be
represented by a DEVICE entry in the FASTCNFG file. Device entries describe
LAN-related attributes for each LAN print queue.
If a FASTCNFG file probably already exists on your Himalaya NonStop server, you can
edit the existing FASTCNFG file to add a new device entry for your AWAN access
server-connected serial printer. If a FASTCNFG file does not already exist, you must
create one.
Creating or Editing a FASTCNFG File
The FASTCNFG file is an EDIT (type 101) file that contains free-format entries. Each
printer in the FASTCNFG file is identified by the DEVICE keyword followed by the
device name for the printer as it is defined to the Spooler. Following the DEVICE entry
are one or more parameter assignments. Parameters for a given device continue until
end-of-file (EOF) or until the next DEVICE entry is encountered. The FASTCNFG file
is usually located in the $SYSTEM.SYSTEM subvolume.
The FASTCNFG file contains information that should be accessible to all users. It must
also be secured for read access by the FASTPTCP print process.