Printronix Series 5 - Manual (Page 151)

4–98 Configuration Menus
Auto Switching Menu
Auto Switching
Parallel Hotport C/T Hotport Serial Hotport
Port Type
Centronics*
See page 4–100
Data Products
See page 4–102
IEEE 1284
See page 4–104
Disable
Trickle Time
1/4 Sec*
1/2 Sec
1 Sec
2 Sec
4 Sec
8 Sec
16 Sec
Off
Timeout
10 Sec*
1 – 60
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
* = Factory default
(From 4–97 )
Port Type
RS 232*
RS 422
Disable
Trickle Time
1/4 Sec*
1/2 Sec
1 Sec
2 Sec
4 Sec
8 Sec
16 Sec
Off
Timeout
10 Sec*
1 – 60
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
Port Type
Twinax*
Coax
Disable
Timeout
10 Sec*
1 – 60
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
Auto Switching
Gives the printer the ability to handle multiple data streams simultaneously. It
allows the printer to service hosts attached to the serial, parallel, coax and twinax
ports as if they were the only interface connected.
Port Type
Selects the type of parallel interface.
Trickle Time
This functionality prevents an attached host from timing out. In order to support
this feature, the port has to be able to accept data from the host and store it for
future use. The selected value is the time that the printer waits before getting the
next byte of data from host. Set the value to be less than the host time out value,
but the value should not be too much shorter so the printer fills up its buffer too
fast. This function is not applicable for C/T hotport.