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- PLOTTER/PRINTER INSTALLATION
- & PROBLEM DETERMINATION
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- A MICRO CADAM* Installation Guide Supplement
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- April 30, 1993
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- Copyright (C) 1988 by ALTIUM
- An IBM Company
- Charlotte, North Carolina 28257
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- This document shall not be reproduced
- nor shall the information therein be
- used by or disclosed to others except
- as expressly authorized by ALTIUM,
- An IBM Company.
-
- ALTIUM is a registered trademark of ALTIUM,
- An IBM Company.
- MICRO CADAM is a trademark of ALTIUM,
- An IBM Company.
-
- Part I - Installation
-
- SERIAL RS-232-C INTERFACE PLOTTERS
-
- Check Hardware Connections
-
- Cable: Figures 1 & 2 illustrate the required data cable
- configurations for stand-alone interface between MICRO CADAM
- supported plotters and supported computers. You should make or
- order a cable specifically for your computer rather than trying to
- set up a communications link using any spare RS-232-C cable that
- you may have. Because of the many misinterpretations of the
- RS-232-C "standards" in the computer industry, a working cable on
- one system may prove useless on another.
-
-
- (COMPUTER) FEMALE DB-9 (COMPUTER) FEMALE DB-25TO
- (PLOTTER) MALE DB-25 * TO(PLOTTER) MALE DB-25
- **
-
- 1 ----- 4 1 ----- 1 SHIELD
- 2 -----2 2 ----- 3
- 3 ----- 3 3 ----- 2
- 4 ----- 5 & 6 7 ----- 7
- 5 ----- 7 5, 6, 8 -----
- 20
- 6 & 8----- 20
- 7 ----- 8
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- Figure 1
- CALCOMP COLORMASTER, HEWLETT PACKARD, HOUSTON INSTRUMENTS, IBM, &
- NICOLET ZETA PLOTTERS
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- (COMPUTER) FEMALE DB-9 (COMPUTER) FEMALE DB-25
- TO (PLOTTER) MALE DB-25 TO DB-25 (PLOTTER) MALE
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- 1 ----- 8 Use the straight 25 to 25
- pin cable 2 ----- 3 that came with the
- plotter and connect 3 ----- 2 to the port
- marked TO DTE HOST. 4 ----- 20
- 5 ----- 7
- 6 ----- 6
- 7 ----- 4
- 8 ----- 5
- 9 ----- 22
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- Figure 2
- CALCOMP 1040GT SERIES PLOTTERS
-
- *HP Cable #24542G for 9-pin serial interface (#24542H for HP 7550A Plotter only)
-
- **HP Cable #13242G for 25-pin serial interface (#17255D for HP 7550A Plotter only)
-
- Identify COM1, COM2 and COM3: To determine serial port addresses,
- connect the cable between the computer and plotter and enter
- dir>com1 at the DOS prompt. If the cable is connected to the
- serial port addressed as COM1 the system will return the DOS
- prompt. If the cable is not connected to COM1, the error message
- "Error reading device COM1, abort, retry, ignore?" will result.
- Enter a to let this abort, and then confirm the error by entering
- dir>com2. Return the DOS prompt. If operating with an IBM PS/2
- check for COM3 thru COM8, which are also valid serial port
- addresses.
-
- Appearance of a flashing curser (without the DOS prompt),
- indicates an address conflict between serial ports -- consult your
- computer's Serial/Parallel Adapter documentation to change
- addresses.
-
- Check Computer Communications Settings
-
- The config.sys file of the root directory must include the
- appropriate plotter device driver statement.The autoexec.bat file
- (root directory) should include a path to DOS files, a set and a
- mode command statement. These commands tell the system which
- computer I/O port will be used and how the data is to be
- transmitted to the plotter. Sample file statements:
-
- config.sys
- buffers=20
- files=20
- shell=c:\command.com /e:384 ip
- device=c:\mcadam\mousesys.sys/g:mouse
- device=c:\mcadam\plothp.sys
- device=c:\mcadam\gsscgi.sys
- break=on
-
- autoexec.bat
- cls echo off
- echo micro cadam autoexec.bat boot file
- prompt=$p$g
- device=c:\mcadam\ibmrga12.sys
-
- path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\mcadam;c:\mcadam\bin;c:\mcadam\gimsample
- set mcadam=la03e8 /i4/dmouse /c 02f8 /s050
- echo serial plotter port setup
- set c:\mcadam\plothp.sys=com1
- * mode com1:96,n,8,1,p
- cd c:\mcadam
- reset
-
- * A common interface mode where: address=com1; baud rate=9600;
- parity=no/off; data bits=8; stop bit=1; automatic restart for
- buffer refill=p. Caution: 9600 is the maximum baud rate. The
- plothp.sys drivers recognize the DOS statement set
- orientation=portrait as a command to rotate output 90! when plot
- data rotation is defined at 0! in the MICRO CADAM model. Warning:
- only 1 printer/plotter device driver may be loaded, and the
- gsscgi.sys device driver statement must be the last device
- statement listed.
-
-
- Check Plotter Settings
- External or internal programmable settings on the plotter tell it
- how to receive data from the computer (i.e., eavesdrop or
- standalone, remote or local, baud rate, odd/even/off parity, data
- bits, stop bits). Plotter communications settings must be set to
- match the computer (Reference Part II - Plotter Settings).
-
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- PARALLEL INTERFACE PRINTERS
-
- Check Hardware Connections
- Data transmission to printers is normally done through the
- parallel interface. Consult your output device manual for set-up
- instructions specific to your environment.
-
- Cable: Most printers use a standard Centronics parallel interface
- cable. Connect the female DB-25 connector to the computer's
- parallel port addressed as LPT1 or LPT2 and the other end to the
- proper receiving port on the printer.
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- Identify LPT1 and LPT2: Determine which parallel port is being
- addressed by entering dir>lpt1 at the DOS prompt. If the cable is
- connected to the parallel port addressed as LPT1 the current
- directory will be generated on the printer and the system will
- return the DOS prompt. If the cable is not connected to the
- parallel port addressed as LPT1, the error message "Error reading
- device LPT1, abort, retry, ignore?" will result. Enter a to
- abort. Confirm the error by entering dir>lpt2. This should
- return the DOS prompt confirming the parallel port is addressed as
- LPT2.
-
- Check Computer Communications Settings
- The config.sys file of the root directory must include the
- required printer device driver file. The autoexec.bat file of the
- root directory must include a set command (the mode command is not
- necessary), the instruction that tells the system which computer
- I/O port will be used. Sample files:
-
- config.sys
- device=c:\mcadam\vdidypgd.sys
- device=c:\mcadam\epson100.sys
- device=c:\mcadam\gsscgi.sys
- break=on
-
- autoexec.bat
- cls
- echo off
- echo micro cadam autoexec.bat boot file
- prompt=$p$g
- path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\mcadam;c:\mcadam/bin;c:\mcadam\gimsampl
- set mcadam=/a03e8/i4dmouse/c02f8/s050
- set c:\mcadam\epson100.sys=lpt1
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- Check Printer Settings
- Consult the device manufacturer's product support center or
- operators manual for set-up instructions specific to your
- environment. Reference Part III - Printer Settings.
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- Part II - Plotter Settings
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- MICRO CADAM uses a hardwire or direct handshake (not XON/XOFF or
- ENK/ACK). The following plotter settings are recommended when
- plotting in a stand-alone environment. Consult the device
- manufacturer's product support center or operator manual for
- set-up instructions specific to your environment.
-
- CALCOMP COLORMASTER
- Driver: CLRMSTR.SYS
- Graphics Mode: RASTER
- Switch 1: 1=UP (ON), 2=DN (OFF), 3=UP (ON), 4=DN (OFF)
- Switch 2: 1-4 UP (ON)
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- CALCOMP PLOTMASTER
- Driver: CLRMSTR.SYS
- Graphics Mode: RASTER
- Switch 1: 1=UP (ON), 2=DN (OFF), 3=UP (ON), 4=DN (OFF)
- Switch 2: 1-4 UP (ON)
-
- CALCOMP 1023
- Driver: CCP_PCI.SYS Filesize: 21848
- Softkey Setup
- Setup Submenu: Host
- Host Submenu Format: PCI
- Data: 8 bit
- 1 stop
- no parity
- Baud: 9600
- Handshake: DirCntrl
- Sync: # of Sync/1
- Sync char - 2
- Chksum: disabled
- End Msg: 3
-
- CALCOMP 104X GT SERIES (1041GT, 1042GT, 1043GT, & 1044GT*)
- Driver: CCP_PCI.SYS
- Switch S1: 1=0 (OFF), 2=1 (ON), 3=0 (OFF), 4=1 (ON), 5=0 (OFF),
- 6=0 (OFF), 7 & 8 NOT APPLICABLE
- SoftKey Setup Feature 7
- Sub Menu 0: PARITY=0 (none), BITS/CHAR=8
- Sub Menu 1: STOP BITS=1, CLOCK=0 (internal)
- Sub Menu 2: INTERFACE=0 (serial)
- Sub Menu 3: HOST BAUD RATE=9600, MODE=0 (PCI)
- Sub Menu 4: TERM MUTING=NO, CKSUM ENABLE=NO
- Sub Menu 5: ISOCHRONOUS=NO, EOM=03
- Sub Menu 6: DIRECT CONTROL=YES, XON/XOFF=NO
- Sub Menu 7: TERM BAUD RATE=9600, DUPLEX=0 (full)
- Sub Menu 8: SYNC CODES=1, SYNC CODE VALUE=002
- Note: Specify SET PAPER_SIZE statement as instructed by MICRO
- CADAM Installation Guide
-
- HEWLETT PACKARD 7440A
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS Filesize: 27228
- Switch: S2=0, S1=0, A4/US=0 or 1, B4=1, B3=0, B2=1, B1=0
-
- HEWLETT PACKARD 7470A
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Switch: S2=0, S1=0, Y=0, A4/US=0 or 1, B4=1, B3=0, B2=1, B1=0
-
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- HEWLETT PACKARD 7475A
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Switch: S2=0, S1=0, Y=0, US=1, A4/A3=0 or 1, B4=1, B3=0, B2=1,
- B1=0
-
- HEWLETT PACKARD 7550A
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- SoftKey Setup Features
- Menu 1: Mode = ENHANCED
- Menu 2: Environment = STANDALONE
- Menu 3: Handshake = HARDWIRE
- Menu 4: Connection = DIRECT
- Menu 5: Duplex = FULL
- Menu 6: Connection = DIRECT
- Menu 7: Parity = 8 BITS & OFF
- Menu 8: Baud Rate = 9600
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- HEWLETT PACKARD 7570A DRAFTPRO
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Switch 1: 0=OFF, 1=ON, 2=OFF, 3=ON, 4=OFF, 5=OFF, 6=OFF, 7=ON,
- 8=ON, 9=OFF, 10=OFF, 11=OFF
-
- HEWLETT PACKARD 7580B & 7585B (Cut-sheet)
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Interface Mode: RS-232-C
- Baud Rate: 9600
- Switch 1: OFF/ODD/DUPLEX-FULL/HARDWIRE/NORMAL
- Switch 2: EXPAND/NORMAL/STANDALONE/NORMAL/NORMAL
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- HEWLETT PACKARD 7586B (Cut sheet and roll-feed)*
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Interface Mode: RS-232-C
- Baud Rate: 9600
- Switch 1: OFF/ODD/DUPLEX-FULL/HARDWIRE/NORMAL
- Switch 2: NORMAL/EXPAND/NORMAL/STANDALONE/NORMAL/NORMAL
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- HEWLETT PACKARD 7595A DRAFTMASTER I (Cut-sheet) &
- HEWLETT PACKARD 7596A DRAFTMASTER II (Cut-sheet and roll-feed) *
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- from SERIAL SoftKey Setting from SERIAL SoftKey
- Setting from MAIN SoftKey Setting
- Dataflow: REMOTE & STANDALONE Bypass: OFF
- Rotate: OFF
- Baud: 9600 Monitor: OFF Invert: OFF
- Parity: 0 Duplex: FULL Expand: ON
- Hardwire: ON Auto-Disc: OFF Emulate: ON
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- HOUSTON INSTRUMENTS DMP-29 & DMP-50 SERIES (51, 51MP, 52, 52MP,
- 56, 56A, 56C)
- Driver: HIDMPL.SYS Filesize: 10376
- State 2 Mode: Baud Rate=9600, URAT Parity Bit 8=0,
- Handshake=TOGGLE, Pass Through Port Option=TOGGLE
- Note: Driver is hardcoded to communicate through COM1 only.
-
- HOUSTON INSTRUMENTS DMP-40 SERIES (40, 41, 42) -- UNTESTED BY
- ALTIUM, An IBM Company.
- Driver: HIDMPL.SYS
- State 2 Mode: Baud Rate=9600, URAT Parity Bit 8=0,
- Handshake=TOGGLE, Pass Through Port Option=TOGGLE
- Note: Driver hardcoded to COM1 only.
-
- IBM 6180
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Switch: S2=0, S1=0, Y=0, A4/US=0 or 1, B4=1, B3=0, B2=1, B1=0
-
- IBM 6184
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Switch 1: 0=OFF, 1=ON, 2=OFF, 3=ON, 4=OFF, 5=OFF, 6=OFF, 7=ON,
- 8=ON, 9=OFF, 10=OFF, 11=OFF
-
- IBM 6186-1 COLOR PLOTTER (Cut-sheet) &
- IBM 6186-2 COLOR PLOTTER (Cut-sheet and roll-feed)*
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- from SERIAL SoftKey Setting from SERIAL SoftKey
- Setting from MAIN SoftKey Setting
- Dataflow: REMOTE & STANDALONE Bypass: OFF
- Rotate: OFF
- Baud: 9600 Monitor: OFF Invert: OFF
- Parity: 0 Duplex: FULL Expand: ON
- Hardwire: ON Auto-Disc: OFF Emulate: ON
-
- IBM 7371
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Switch: S2=0, S1=0, Y=0, A4/US=0 or 1, B4=1, B3=0, B2=1, B1=0
-
- IBM 7372
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Switch: S2=0, S1=0, Y=0, US=1, A4/A3=0 or 1, B4=1, B3=0, B2=1, B1=0
-
- IBM 7374
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Interface Mode: SERIAL
- Baud Rate: 9600
- Switch 1: OFF/ODD/DUPLEX-HALF/EXPAND/NORMAL
-
- IBM 7375-1 (Cut-sheet)
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Interface Mode: SERIAL
- Baud Rate: 9600
- Switch 1: OFF/ODD/DUPLEX-HALF/DIRECT CONNECT/NORMAL
- Switch 2: EXPAND/NORMAL/STANDALONE/NORMAL/NORMAL
-
- IBM 7375-2 (Cut-sheet and roll-feed)*
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- Interface Mode: SERIAL
-
- Mode #6 HPGL P67 Option
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- SW 01: 1=UP, 2=DN, 3=DN, 4=UP, 5=UP, 6=UP, 7=UP, 8=UP
- SW 02: 1=8 UP
- SW 03: 1=UP, 2=UP, 3=UP, 4=UP, 5=UP, 6=UP, 7=UP, 8=UP
-
- * CCP_PCI.SYS and PLOTHP.SYS drivers are capable of multiple-frame
- plot output on roll-feed models. Enter SET NFRAMES=X (where X is the
- number of 45" frames required) in the DOS environment before the plot
- program is executed. Default frame is 1.
-
- JDL 850 EWS (with GL-Processor Firmware Rev. 2.0 or later)
- Driver PLOTHP.SYS
- I/O1: 128K
- FUNC: PLOT
- I/O2: 9600, PNON, DB8, STP1, DTR, 32K
- PEMU: 758E
- PLOT: PC10
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- NICOLET ZETA 824 & 836 with P63 Option
- Mode #6 HPGL/P63 Option
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- SW 01: 1=UP, 2=DN, 3=DN, 4=UP, 5=UP, 6=UP, 7=UP, 8=UP
- SW 02: 1=UP, 2=DN, 3=UP, 4=UP, 5=UP, 6=UP, 7=UP, 8=DN
- SW 03: 1=UP, 2=DN, 3=DN, 4=UP, 5=UP, 6=DN, 7=DN, 8=DN
-
- WESTERN GRAFTEC MP2300
- Driver: PLOTHP.SYS
- RS-232-C Switch S2: 1=ON, 2=OFF, 3=ON, 4=ON, 5=OFF, 6=OFF, 7=OFF,
- 8=ON, 9=OFF, 10=OFF
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- Part III - Printer Settings
-
- Consult the device manufacturer's product support center or operator
- manual for set-up instructions specific to your environment. Note
- that some printers have options that allow emulation of other
- supported devices -- use the device driver required for the printer
- being emulated. Printers require a standard 25 pin parallel cable
- unless noted.
-
- EPSON 80 SERIES (RX-80, MX-80, FX-80, & FX-85)
- Driver: EPMX80.SYS
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- EPSON 100 SERIES (FX-100, RX-100, FX-185)
- Driver: EPMX100.SYS
- Note: The EPMX100.SYS driver produces a maximum plotting frame of
- 10.25" x 13".
-
- EPSON FX-286 & FX-286E
- EPSON Mode
- Driver: EPMX100.SYS
- Switch Panel 1: 1=OFF, 2=OFF, 3=OFF, 4=ON, 5=OFF, 6=ON, 7=ON, 8=ON
- Switch Panel 2: 1=ON, 2=OFF, 3=OFF, 4=OFF
- Note: The EPMX100.SYS driver produces a maximum plotting frame of
- 10.25" x 13".
-
- HEWLETT PACKARD THINKJET
- Cable: Figure 1
- Driver: THINKJET.SYS Filesize: 41000
- Warning: Device currently unsupported - driver too big to load into
- RAM memory!
-
- HEWLETT PACKARD LASERJET SERIES II
- Driver: LASERJET Filesize: 49144
- The laserjet.sys recognizes the SET RESOLUTION=XXX command line. The
- XXX may be either 75, 100, 150, or 300. These numbers are the
- resolution in dots per inch (dpi). The higher the number the clearer
- the picture, but the longer the time required to plot.
-
- IBM PROPRINTER 4201 B/W & PROPRINTER XL 4202 B/W
- Driver: IBMGPR.SYS Filesize: 24700
- Switch: 1=OFF, 2=OFF, 3=OFF, 4=OFF, 5=OFF, 6=ON (line feed)
- Note: Driver allows narrow carriage output only!
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- IBM GRAPHICS PRINTER 5152
- Driver: IBMGPR.SYS
-
- IBM COLOR PRINTER 5182
- Driver: IBMPRCOL.SYS Filesize: 39876
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- JDL 850 EWS
- Driver: IBMGPR.SYS (IBM mode) or EPMX100.SYS (Epson mode)
- EMUL: IBM or EPSN
- FUNC: PR-P (Centronics parallel interface)
- PLOT: PC10
-
- OKIDATA MICROLINE 84 & 93
- Driver: OKID84.SYS Filesize: 25860
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- OKIDATA MICROLINE 92
- Driver: OKID92.SYS Filesize: 23552
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- PRINTRONIX MVP, P300, & P600
- Driver: PRNTRX.SYS Filesize: 26216
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- STROBE 100, 200, & 260
- Driver: STROBE.SYS
-
- TOSHIBA P351
- Driver: TOS1350.SYS Filesize: 31620
- Note: The TOS1350.SYS driver produces a maximum plotting frame of
- 10.25" x 13".