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3780Link for Windows
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3780Link for W Technical Support 3780Link at no additional cost to you. Support is available via the Internet • or both of these are installed on the same PC as 3780Link.) Open the Help Technical Support Serengeti Web Page Technical Support or to access our support staff • Visit the Serengeti Web Page ( ) directly and click on Technical Support to access our online technical database. • . We’ll respond to you by e-mail or a telephone call (if appropriate) as quickly as we can. • have e-m
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3780Link for Windows 3780Link operates under Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT Workstation or Server. 3780Link designed to step you through the installation process and to describe the key There are two executable versions of 3780Link. One version, referred to as the 3780Link GUI, is intended for you to use interactively for direct control version, referred to as 3780Link Script Only, or 3780Link SO for short, is intended for unattended that you create. More detailed information
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3780Link for W board, be sure that the board is configured to NO INTERRUPT mode. Note : The diagnostic program provided with the DCP-286i and DCP-386i Hardware Port Addresses When installing a SmartSync/DCP board, choose an address that does not to detect a hardware port address conflict, and will not allow the device driver to start if a conflict exists. DCP-286i INSTALLATION AND DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL or the DCP-386i/e INSTALLATION . 0x03c, 0x07c, 0x0bc, 0x0fc, 0x13c, 0x17c, 0x1bc, 0x1fc * 0x23c
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Software Installation • privileges to install 3780Link. • Insert the first 3780Link diskette into a diskette drive. • • • Next . • Program Folder for 3780Link. Typically, the default directory of “Program Files\3780Link” and Program Folder of “3780Link” are acceptable. • the total number of ports and whether the boards are PCI or ISA bus adapters: 5 The following dialog allows you to select the
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3780Link for W address for each adapter installed. • • To remove the 3780Link software, click on the 3780Link program folder or click on the installation directory created after installation are not removed. 6 were originally installed on your machine are removed. Any files residing in Panel and follow the instructions on the screen. All programs and files that in the Control Add/Remove Programs
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Running 1. Use the 3780Link GUI Auto Dial, Send File, and Disconnect. 2. option of 3780Link GUI or through the 3780Link SO program. You 3780Link and in the help file. The 3780Link GUI Window The 7 indicator. The layout of the window is shown below: 3780Link GUI window consists of a menu, toolbar, and link state User's Guide editor. 3780Link's script language is documented in the (available vi
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3780Link for W The 3780Link GUI Toolbar There are 13 toolbar buttons to control a communications session using 3780Link GUI. The buttons and their equivalent keyboard commands are 3780Link GUI 3780Link GUI does not have a function that explicitly allows data to be session is established, it is received automatically and is stored according to 8 the Printer/Punch Defaults. received. When data is sent fr
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Running 3780Link Sessions The There are three ways to start 3780Link SO: • Click on the “3780Link Script • of the 3780Link SO program upon the icon. • Drag and drop your script file onto an active The 3780Link SO Window 9 will see a window like the one below: commands echoed as they are performed. After an introduction screen, you When not minimized, 3780Link SO runs in a window with the script 378
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3780Link for W The 3780Link SO Toolbar There are 10 toolbar buttons to control the execution of your script files. The General Features of 3780Link for Windows 3780Link GUI or See the Running 3780Link SO as an Icon or as a Window included in the program title. The five link states are: Disconnected Line Idle being sent or received Printer Active Dat a is being received to the printer device 10 Data
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Data is being received to the punch device When 3780Link SO is not iconized, these states are shown at the bottom of 3780Link SO to look at the “3780link.log” file (or If 3780Link SO session, or to restart the Drag and Drop Drag and drop may be used to run script files, to call other script files, to chain to other script files, and to send files. No file name extension verification is performed. In other words, 3780Link SO .s” drag and drop an appropriate script file when using Windows
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3780Link for W • - d[=n] wait for a dropped script file to execute. Use the - d If the optional [= n ] 3780Link to wait indefinitely for a dropped file. If the optional [= n ] is n seconds for a file to be dropped. :loop another script file to be dropped, effectively resulting in a script file server. When a script file is eventually dropped, the control returns to “dropscri.s” after the dropped script completes. EXEC
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The 3780Link trace files as input and converts the hexadecimal EBCDIC codes of these files into a more readable format. - b suppress translation of non-protocol trace characters ( use if binary data is expected) - x specify an alternate translation table file (corresponds to - i - o AMXBSC.EXE - - The program that is described below. A download need only be performed once before the first use of 3780Link. IMPORTANT This file is NOT an executable Windows program. - - This program is used to i
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3780Link for W loads all boards found. - f Path/File to download The -f dcpload -f \other_dir\amxbsc.exe - - various processes running in the co-processor are active. This utility is to check the status of BSC processes. DCP: 14 with a single 4-port SmartSync/ Dcpload after running Dcppeek The following is an example of output from intended primarily for trouble-shooting purposes, but can be run at a
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The during normal operation. The If the BSC Task Monitor or Interrupt Clock is in the “Not to reinitialize the SmartSync/DCP board. This is also Killbsc - - This program is used to access the onboard memory and registers of only be used under the direction of Serengeti Technical Support. - - DCP purposes and should only be used under the direction of Serengeti Technical Support. The debug messages obtained by the screen and a file. For best results, x x xy x is the port number and y is
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3780Link for W - b Board number [1-6] The -b BSC process is to be killed. You must indicate the board number, 1 through 6, as appropriate. The board number corresponds to the order in which they were configured. If omitted, the default is board 1. - p Port number [1-8] The -p switch specifies the port associated with the BSC process that is to be killed. If omitted, the default is port 1. - m Maximum size of debug file (kilobytes) The debug file is reset when it exceeds 100,000 bytes. To c
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- - This program is used to access the line trace buffers updated by DCP purposes and should only be used under the direction of Serengeti Technical thereafter. The trace data retrieved by x x xy x is the port number and y is the board number. By default the output file is reset when it reaches 100,000 bytes. This enables are described below: - b Board number to trace [1-6] The -b is to access. The board number corresponds to the order in which they were configured. If defaults to boar
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3780Link for W - s The -s KILLBSC - - This program is used to terminate DCP. You should not need to use Killbsc operation. However, if 3780Link Killbsc to set the corresponding BSC process to the “Not Running” state Killbsc are described below. - f The -f - b Board number [1-6] The -b process is to be killed. You must indicate the board number, 1 through 6, as appropriate. The board number corresponds to the order in which they were configured. If omitted, the default is board 1. - p Port
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applications, 3780Link SO may be used as a server application. (In fact, the FoxPro, are included with 3780Link. The FoxPro client The client program provided gives a degree of direct manual control when used in conjunction with 3780Link SO and the “pipe.s” script file. The The spipe.s”). You'll see the 19 client program window: 3780Link SO window appear first on your screen followed by the fol
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3780Link for W The The client program can be used to exercise limited interactive control over a each command are returned and displayed. Caution The client program is provided as an example program SO from another program. It is not intended for 20 attempt to use it in such a manner. production use and you may experience difficulties if you demonstrating how commands may be piped to 3780Link from the
