IBM 6500 Printer User Manual


 
Miscellaneous Commands
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start fox|tts|loopb prn
Example:
start fox prn
Begin a debugging test on one of the I/O ports on the Ethernet
Interface. The tests available are:
fox A continuous stream of text sent to the
attached printer. This is a good test for
troubleshooting hardware as long as the
attached printer supports text output.
tts A continuous stream of Gandalf 400C
TTS-compatible text sent to the attached
printer.
loopb Loopback test. Any input characters from the
device attached to the I/O port is echoed
back.
stop all|prn
Stop an output test on an I/O port.
telnet hostIPaddress [escapecharacter]
Example:
telnet 192.75.11.35
Start a Telnet session with another TCP/IP host specified by
hostIPaddress on the Ethernet Interface network. If
escapecharacter is used, it resets the key sequence used
to exit the Telnet session. It will return you to the telnet> prompt
where you can execute quit. Use the keycode command to
find out exact escape characters if needed. The default
character is CTRL].
NOTE: To use a host or IP name instead of the address, you must
have set the DNS server on the Ethernet Interface. Use the
command set sysinfo dns... to do this.
tn dest destination start|stop
Example:
tn dest d1prn start
Set the tn autoconnect flag temporarily to enable (start) or
disable (stop). For more information, see the command “store
tn dest <dxprn> [-]autoconnect” on page 343.
? (Help)
Lists all available commands.