Customizing Your Terminal and Printer Configuration

You must be in the MANAGER.SYS account and at the system prompt (:). At the system prompt (:), type:

   : HELLO MANAGER.SYS Return

If you have followed the procedures in chapter 4, "Getting Your System Ready For Use," but have not yet performed the first reboot of your system, type the following commands to start NMMGR:

   : RESET NMMGRCMD Return

   : NMMGR Return

If you have followed the manual procedures in chapter 10, "Performing Manual Tasks to Get Your System Ready For Use," you just need to type the following command to start NMMGR:

   : NMMGR Return

The terminal displays the Open Configuration/Directory File screen. You do not need to enter any information on this screen.

Press the F3 function key to move to the Quick Configuration screen.

At the top of this screen, you see the title Quick Configuration Confirmation. This screen asks whether you are sure that you want to enter Quick Configuration. Since you want to do this, continue to step 4.

Press F1 to continue to the Quick DTC Configuration screen. This screen allows you to change the configuration. Notice that the cursor is positioned in the field labeled DTC number.

Figure 4-6 Quick DTC Configuration Screen

Type the number of the DTC whose configuration you want to change (for example, the DTC number would be 1, 2, or 3, depending on how many DTCs you have) in the DTC number field.

Press F1 (the Get DTC Info softkey) to tell the computer to display the current configuration of the DTC that you specified. The configuration information is then displayed on the screen.

Press Tab to move the cursor to the fields that specify the ports as terminals or printers.

The numbers across the top of the fields represent the port numbers on the DTC:

The numbers going down the left side of the fields represent the number of slots for boards in the DTC. With this DTC, you only need to be concerned with slot 0 or slot 1.

You can only change values in existing fields. It is not possible to enter values in an empty field.

Press Tab to move to the particular port that you want to change and then type either a T, P, or S in the field, depending on whether you want the port configured as a terminal (T), a printer without status checking (P), or a printer with status checking (S). It is important that you make sure that the port you are changing on this screen matches the hardware connection that you changed on the DTC.

Make sure that the DTC number and DTC station address displayed on this screen match the DTC number that you recorded earlier during the installation process and the DTC station address on the DTC where you made the hardware changes.

If you make an error and want to exit NMMGR, press F8 (the Exit softkey) so that you can return to the system prompt.

Press F6 (the Save Data softkey) to save this change. Look for the verification message found under the title line at the top of the screen to tell you when the saving process is complete.

Press F2 (the Validate Config softkey) to instruct the computer to validate the information that you have just supplied. Look for the verification message found under the title line at the top of the screen to tell you when the validation process is completed successfully. If the validation process was not completed successfully, do the following:

Press F8 (the Exit softkey) to leave NMMGR and return to the logon prompt.

At the system prompt (:), type the following commands to get into SYSGEN. Once you are in SYSGEN, you can perform the cross-validation.

   : SYSGEN Return

The computer responds by displaying the SYSGEN prompt:

   sysgen>

Type the following to perform the cross-validation:

   sysgen> io Return



   io> HOLD Return



   io> EXIT Return    



   sysgen> KEEP CONFIG Return



   Keeping to GROUP CONFIG.SYS



   Purge old configuration (yes/no)? YES Return



   Keep configuration anyway (yes/no)? YES Return

To return to the system prompt (:), when the sysgen> prompt reappears, type:

   sysgen> EXIT Return

You have now completed the cross-validation process, and your configuration should now be operational.

Reboot your system by entering the following at the prompt:

      : Ctrl A

      = SHUTDOWN Return

      Ctrl B

      CM>RS Return

Respond Y once again to the primary boot questions, as you did in chapter 3, "Starting the Computer System." Then, once the system reboots, you will see the ISL> prompt. At the prompt, type the following command:

   ISL> START NORECOVERY Return

This step ensures that the new configuration that you created is used by the system instead of the default configuration. When you reboot the system and power cycle the DTC, the terminals and printers should be ready for the next step.

At the system prompt (:), type the following:

   : HELLO MANAGER.SYS;HIPRI Return

Enter any passwords, if necessary.

Turn the DTC(s) off, then back on again (known as power cycling) by pressing the DTC power switch, located in the lower left corner of the front panel. If your DTC is currently off, all you need to do is turn it on.

When the console has displayed a message stating that the DTC has downloaded successfully and the green light on the DTC front panel has stopped flashing, you are ready to use your system.

If the green light on the DTC front panel continues flashing after five minutes, check the cabling and the DTC station address entered in NMMGR.