LevelOne FPS-2111TXU Printer User Manual


 
Level One Printer Servers
TCP/IP (Unix & Windows NT)
Problem No. 1 LevelOne Printer Server device is not recognized.
Solution No. 1 Check the following:
There are no routers between the LevelOne Printer Server and
the UNIX host during IP address assignment.
There are no NetWare File Servers that do not have TCP/IP
support between the LevelOne Printer Server and the UNIX
host.
The network cable to be used by LevelOne Printer Server is
intact. Connect the cable to another network device and test it.
You have used the correct hardware address, as shown on a
sticker on the base of the device.
Use the ping command to see if the LevelOne Printer Server is
a valid device on the network.
Problem No. 2 The standard interface program on SUN 5.2 cannot be used
with Psfilter.
Solution No. 2 Use dumb_int.sh which is the interface program shipped with
LevelOne Printer Server.
Problem No. 3 When the interface program detects that the printer device is
not a printer, a printer error message appears on the screen.
Solution No. 3 Mark out all stty commands in the interface script.
Problem No. 4 The .psopts file format is not accepted by BSD UNIX.
Solution No. 4 If the prefix or and suffix string must contain control words or are
too long, use headfile or tailfile instead of prefix string or suffix
string.
Problem No. 5 The LevelOne Printer Server’s IP address is forgotten and it
needs to be installed in a new environment.
Solution No. 5 Follow the steps below to set the LevelOne Printer Server back to
the factory default configuration.
1. Enter the command:
arp -s yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy 00:c0:02:xx:xx:xx
Where:
yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy is the new IP address assigned to the
LevelOne Printer Server
00:c0:02:xx:xx:xx is the hardware address, as shown on a
sticker on the base of the LevelOne Printer Server.
Note: Windows NT uses "-" instead of ":" in the hardware
address.
2. Enter the commands:
ftp yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
ftp>get DEFAULTC
ftp>quit
This will reset the configuration to the factory defaults
(including setting the IP address back to 0.0.0.0).
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