CHANNEL-OUT (BT) Rev 3x Manual
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1. Note The device drivers that accompany some PCI adapters might not allow interrupt sharing If a conflict exists the software will not function correctly when you try to start or operate it If you detect a conflict contact the vendor of the other PCI adapter 2 2 Insert the Adapter in Your Computer After you check for an available IRO setting follow the instructions in your computer user s manual to install a PCI adapter Caution Disconnect your computer and all attached devices from power sources before you install the CHANNEL OUT BT adapter CHANNEL OUT BT 3 2 3 Connect the Cable to the Adapter Follow these steps to connect the cable to the CHANNEL OUT BT adapter Refer to section 3 1 for more information on connecting your cable to the adapter 1 Connect the supplied 6 meter 19 6 foot cable to the adapter 2 Power on the computer Note If you also have the CHANNEL IN BT adapter for connecting to an SNA host be sure to correctly connect the adapters and cables The CHANNEL IN BT and CHANNEL OUT BT adapters look identical but they have different firmware and function differently Connect the CHANNEL IN BT cable to the adapter labeled IN Connect the CHANNEL OUT BT cable to the adapter labeled OUT The IN and OUT adapter labels are visible from the rear of the computer 2 4 Test the Adapter After you install the adapter install the Barr software and run the adapter diagnostics a2. Label on the adapter box Blue sticker on the adapter edge that is visible from the rear of the computer Back of the adapter where it is handwritten CHANNEL OUT BT iii Acknowledgments Barr Systems thanks the following people for their contributions to this manual Hal Antonson Microsoft Corporation Redmond WA Maynard Calkin Northeast Regional Data Center Gainesville FL Jerry Wetherington Northeast Regional Data Center Gainesville FL Preface Contents Preface i nto ete LEE ee tuos ee cL e re dE ko a RE ca DLE Fe Toa F RD oA ELE e FERE UE e DEA Eanan iii LINO UC OA uL 1 1 31 REE 1 1 2 Computer Requirements sssssssssssseseeee emere n nn nenrerennn ns 1 13 Package Contents outdoor ride e er ede rs aee dle eee 2 2 Install the Adapter 3 eie rendent iter pietre binis innana ne RS 3 2 1 Set the BIOS IRU ii rette ei eA eiie etie 3 2 2 Insert the Adapter in Your Computer ssssssssssssee eee 3 2 3 Connect the Cable to the Adapter ssssssssssssssse eene 4 2 4 Testthe Adapter iiec prep ped tei nate p si I aetema 4 3 Connect Your Printers reete rre dead 5 3 1 Connect the Adapter to the First Printer 5 3 2 Attach M ltiple Printers cH ret eet ote TR 7 3 3 Attach Terminator Plugs esesee eene emen nennen enne 9 Federal Communications Commission Statement eese 11 European
3. Community Statement uunsssssnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnn nennen 13 Glossa ARR 15 NOX Ga EEE E orbe e cel O ET 17 CHANNEL OUT BT V Notes vi Contents 1 Introduction The CHANNEL OUT BT adapter is used with either the Barr PRINT370 or BARR PRINT390 software and allows you to connect S 390 channel devices to the computer 1 1 Features The CHANNEL OUT BT hardware includes these features Data Streaming Channel Transfer Mode In data streaming mode you can achieve transfer rates of 3 or 4 5 megabytes per second MBps Moreover the transfer rate is independent of the total Bus amp Tag cable length which can be up to 400 feet Block Multiplex Interface Connection Mode CHANNEL OUT BT supports the block multiplex interface connection mode for the interlock and data streaming transfer modes Block multiplex means that the software allows multiplexing between data blocks High Performance Adapter The CHANNEL OUT BT adapter is a high performance PCI compatible adapter PCI technology offers much higher performance than ISA which has a bandwidth limitation that cannot support 4 5 MBps data rates Furthermore you do not need to set any adapter jumpers or switches with a PCI compatible adapter The CHANNEL OUT BT adapter fully supports interrupt sharing 1 2 Computer Requirements You can install the CHANNEL OUT BT adapter in a computer with one full height PCI 32 bi
4. for moving data directly between main storage and peripheral equipment without requiring the processing unit to process the data HST Acronym for High Speed Transfer A type of channel data transfer CHANNEL OUT BT IRO Acronym for Interrupt Request A request for processing on a particular priority level ISA Acronym for Industry Standard Architecture A standard for the computer s expansion bus where you plug in add on adapters mainframe Term used for a large central computer that offers a full set of computing services The term originated in the days when the central processor memory and input output channels were located in one central housing called the mainframe Synonymous with host computer MBps Abbreviation for megabytes per second megabyte One million bytes more accurately 1 048 576 bytes PCI Acronym for Peripheral Component Interconnect Standard for a high performance 32 bit or 64 bit computer local bus with multiplexed address and data lines Enables fully automatic configuration of add on adapters terminator plug A part that ends the cable path on a computer system The terminating plug is attached to the last device in a series Glossary Index A Adapter diagnostics 4 serial number iii B BIOS 3 Block multiplex 1 Bus amp Tag cable length 1 C Cable photo 6 terminators 9 CHANNEL OUT cable 2 4 Channel transfer mode 1 Computer requirement
5. plugs with black edges at one end and plugs with white or gray edges at the other end Attach plugs of opposite colors as shown in Figure 3 4 CHANNEL OUT BT 7 FIGURE 3 4 Attach Cable 1 s white Bus plug to Cable 2 s black Bus plug Attach Cable 3 s white Tag plug to Cable 4 s black Tag plug Bus Bus Bus Bus Cable 1 Cable 2 Lb I bx Il Cable 3 Cable 4 Tag Tag Tag Tag Connect Two Printers Bus cables have a Bus connector at each end and tag cables have a Tag connector at each end The connectors are distinguished by color coded edges Each cable has one connector with a black edge and one connector with a white or gray edge When you connect Bus amp Tag cables to printers be sure to attach connectors of opposite colors Complete the following steps to connect the printers 1 Connect the Bus Out connector on Printer 1 to the Bus In connector on Printer 2 a Attach the bus cable s black plug to Printer 1 s white Bus Out connector b Attach the bus cable s white plug to Printer 2 s black Bus In connector 2 Connect the Tag Out connector on Printer 1 to the Tag In connector on Printer 2 a Attach the tag cable s black plug to Printer 1 s white Tag Out connector b Attach the bus cable s white plug Printer 2 s black Tag In connector Performance tuning To maximize performance put the fastest printers at the end of the chain For example put slower impact printers nearest to the adapter and put faster laser
6. CHANNEL OUT BT Connect S 390 channel devices directly to the computer Documentation Edition 2 For Revision 3 x Editors Becky Senn Michele Nylander Seroj Terian Hardware Ken Clark Scott Graham A Hodges Jim Leslie Don Williams Copyright O 1996 2006 by Barr Systems LLC All Rights Reserved Barr Systems LLC 4500 NW 27 Avenue Gainesville FL 32606 7031 Phone Fax Internet Web site FTP site 800 BARR SYS 800 227 7797 352 491 3100 352 491 3141 support barrsystems com www barrsystems com ftp barrsystems com The Barr logo is a registered trademark and BARR CHANNEL BARR PRINT390 and BARR PRINT CHANNEL are trademarks of Barr Systems LLC S 390 is a registered trademark of IBM in the United States All other trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners July 1 2006 Preface Preface Welcome to a high performance product that enables you to connect 9 390 devices to the computer This manual tells you how to install the CHANNEL OUT BT hardware that comes with the PRINT370 or BARR PRINT390 option Follow the instructions in this manual to install the CHANNEL OUT BT adapter and CHANNEL OUT BT cable See your Barr software documentation for software installation and hardware diagnostics instructions Barr Technical Support You can contact Barr Systems by e mail fax or phone to work directly with a Support Analyst Our Frontline and Research support is available fi
7. printers farthest from the adapter Maximum cable length When you daisy chain printers the total distance from the computer to the last printer must not exceed 60 meters 200 feet This distance includes the lengths of the cables and the printers 8 3 Connect Your Printers 3 3 Attach Terminator Plugs After connecting the adapter to the printer and connecting the printers you will need to connect the Bus amp Tag terminator plugs to the printer If you connect multiple printers attach the terminators to the last printer in the chain Complete the following steps to connect the terminators 1 Attach the Bus Terminator to the printer s Bus Out connector 2 Attach the Tag Terminator to the printer s Tag Out connector 3 Tighten the terminator screws by hand CHANNEL OUT BT Notes 10 3 Connect Your Printers Federal Communications Commission Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual might cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful in
8. r labeled IN Connect the CHANNEL OUT BT cable to the adapter labeled OUT The IN and OUT adapter labels are visible from the rear of the computer Attach the Bus plug to the Bus In printer connector Attach the Tag plug to the Tag In printer connector Tighten the screws that secure each connector using a screwdriver If you connect only one printer follow the instructions in Section 3 3 to attach terminator plugs to the printer CHANNEL OUT BT FIGURE 3 1 Attach the printer to the computer If you have only one printer also attach terminator plugs Barr CHANNEL OUT Cable FIGURE 3 2 CHANNEL OUT cable Plug into adapter 6 3 Connect Your Printers 3 2 Attach Multiple Printers You can attach multiple 390 printers by daisy chaining one printer to another with pairs of Bus amp Tag cables as shown in the following graphic Daisy chain cables are available from your printer vendor FIGURE 3 3 Daisy chain printers using Bus amp Tag cables Barr CHANNEL OUT Daisy chain Cables 2 Terminators 3 S 390 Printer 2 Connect Two Daisy Chain Cables If your Bus amp Tag cables are not long enough to span the distance between two printers you can extend the cable length by connecting two pairs of Bus amp Tag cables However you must correctly connect the cables to each other Plugs at opposite ends of the cable have different colored edges Usually the cable has
9. ronym for Basic Input Output System Programs permanently stored in read only memory ROM chips on your computer s system board channel Functional unit that directs the flow of information between control units and main storage command Something you instruct the computer to do such as run a program control unit A communications device that controls the transmission of data over lines in a network Types of control units are transmission control units and communication controllers daisy chain A method of interconnecting a series of devices such as printers data rate The rate at which data can be moved between a device and a control unit during the data transfer portion of an I O operation data streaming The uninterrupted transfer of information over an interface to achieve high data transfer rates for channel data streaming 3 or 4 5 MBps Data streaming is not adversely affected by signal delays introduced by long cable lengths DCI Acronym for Direct Coupled Interlock A type of channel data transfer that can achieve data rates of up to 1 5 MBps DCI Single Tag uses one signal pair Service In Service Out DCI High Speed Transfer uses two signal pairs Service In Service Out and Data In Data Out device address A number that uniquely identifies a device diagnostics A program to detect and isolate errors in programs and faults in equipment DMA Acronym for Direct Memory Access A technique
10. s 1 Conflict hardware 3 D Daisy chain 7 maximum distance 8 Data streaming 1 DMA 3 H Help contact Technical Support iii I Interrupt sharing 1 IRQ 3 ISA bus 1 P PCI bus 1 3 Performance tuning 8 Printer attaching multiple 7 S Serial number iii T Technical Support iii CHANNEL OUT BT 17 Notes 18 Index
11. s described in your Barr software documentation Adapter diagnostics verify that you have correctly installed the adapter and that it functions properly Refer to Chapter 3 for more information on connecting your printer to the CHANNEL OUT BT adapter using the supplied cable 4 2 Install the Adapter 3 Connect Your Printers After you install the adapter you need to perform these steps to connect your printers 1 Connect the adapter to the first printer 2 Attach multiple printers 3 Attach terminator plugs Note For some printers the printer service representative must connect the cables Consult your printer manual to determine whether you need to schedule this service 3 1 Connect the Adapter to the First Printer Complete the following steps to connect the CHANNEL OUT BT adapter to the first 5 390 channel printer see Figure 3 1 using the supplied CHANNEL OUT cable see Figure 3 2 1 ao F WO N Insert the cable plug into the connector on the adapter The cable plug is the end of the CHANNEL OUT cable with a single plug The other end of the CHANNEL OUT cable has separate Bus amp Tag plugs that connect to the Bus In and Tag In connectors on the printer Note If you also have the CHANNEL IN BT adapter for connecting to an SNA host requires the PRINT CHANNEL or BARR PRINT CHANNEL option be sure to correctly connect the adapters and cables Connect the CHANNEL IN BT cable to the adapte
12. t 2 1 slot CHANNEL OUT BT 1 1 3 Package Contents See your Barr software documentation for software package contents The CHANNEL OUT BT package contains the following items CHANNEL OUT BT adapter 6 meter 19 6 foot CHANNEL OUT BT cable for connecting the adapter to the first control unit 2 1 Introduction 2 Install the Adapter You can install the CHANNEL OUT BT adapter in a full height 32 bit PCI slot in your computer like any other PCI adapter Follow these steps to install the adapter Set the BIOS IRQ Insert the adapter in your computer Connect the cable to the adapter E Qr Rep Test the adapter 2 4 Setthe BIOS IRQ PCI technology means you do not have to set any adapter switches or jumpers but it sometimes requires computer setup Although your computer s BIOS program can automatically set up PCI and ISA adapters it might encounter IRQ conflicts with non PCI adapters DMA and address conflicts are unlikely with PCI adapters because PCI adapters typically do not use a DMA setting and their address range differs from non PCI adapters To prevent conflicts you need to tell BIOS which IRQ settings your non PCI adapters use You also need to make sure that at least one IRQ is available for PCI adapters Before you install the CHANNEL OUT BT adapter use your computer setup utility to check the BIOS IRQ settings See your computer user s manual for instructions
13. terference If this happens users will be required to correct the interference at their own expense Note A shielded and grounded cable is required CHANNEL OUT BT 11 Notes 12 Federal Communications Commission Statement European Community Statement The following is a declaration of conformity for the European community DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY In accordance with EN 45014 Barr Systems Inc 4500 NW 27th Ave Gainesville FL 32606 declare under our sole responsibility that the product Type of Equipment Channel BT Adapter Model Number CHANNEL IN CHANNEL OUT Rev 3 to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents EMC EN 55022 1998 Class A EN 55024 1998 TEC 1000 4 2 1995 IEC 1000 4 3 1995 IEC 1000 4 4 1994 EN 61000 4 4 1995 EC 1000 4 5 1995 EN 61000 4 5 1995 IEC 1000 4 6 1996 EN 61000 4 6 1996 TEC 1000 4 8 1994 EN 61000 4 8 1994 TEC 1000 4 11 1994 EN 61000 4 11 1994 following the provision of EMC directive 89 336 EEC OR tebe Wao Signature and Date Gainesville FL 32606 USA Al Hodges VP of Developnent Typed Name and Title Aal Hodges vr or vevelopment Typed Name and Title CHANNEL OUT BT Notes 14 European Community Statement Glossary adapter Add on piece of equipment you can plug into a computer to allow the computer to connect to another device BIOS Ac
14. ve days a week Monday Friday excluding bank holidays Refer to the Technical Support Web site www barrcentral com for specific information regarding the hours of operation Other methods of technical support include on site visits remote control service and FTP server access You have two easy to use support options available 24 hours a day 7 days a week using the Internet Knowledgebase The knowledgebase system www barrcentral com support kb offers a complete database of solutions to known problems Our knowledgebase is designed to locate solutions based on the symptoms you are experiencing We search the same knowledge when you call or e mail us When we solve your problem we add it to our knowledgebase Case Manager If you ve looked in our latest Help and knowledgebase and you still don t find your answer you probably need our Technical Support We ve opened our case tracking system up to you on Barr Central through Case Manager www barrcentral com support cases With Case Manager you can create a new case add notes to the case check its status and attach diagnostics Barr Systems is notified of these events so our Support team knows what you need and we keep in contact with you while the issue is being worked on When you contact Technical Support please include the hardware serial number and software version number in your correspondence You can obtain the adapter serial number from any of the following places
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