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These two accessories are extras that are not necessary for the
network to function correctly.
REDIRECT.ACC is used to allow redirection of the printer to another
printer (or file) accross the network. To use it, just install it as
a regular accessory, or within MultiDesk (it will work as an MDX).
When you click on it, you can select the built in printer, to save
the current printer definition (so that when the system boots the
printer will be automatically redefined), or to use a file selector
to pick a different printer.
When the file selector comes up, go to the network where the server
is that has the printer, open up the server node, then select its PRN
device or AUX device if it is a sereial Printer/plotter. When you
select OK from the file selector, the printer output will be redirected
to that printer.
Two things to keep in mind.
1. This redirected printer path is an open handle. If the server gets
re-booted, the handle will be lost. Currently, if you try to print
when the handle is lost, you'll get error messages repeatedly. You
will probably need to re-boot. This will be fixed. Also, if you are
booting the machine with REDIRECT.ACC set to automatically redirect
the printer handle, then the server with the printer being
redirected to will need to be on-line at the time of the boot.
2. Some programs print directly through the BIOS. There is a variable
in the CONFIGUR file in the \POWERDOS folder that will force these
programs to be redirected regardless. For a description of this
variable, read Appendix A in your manual. Changing this variable may
cause some programs to fail to operate properly, which is why it is
defaulted to 'no'. The program PDEXPERT.PRG will change this variable
with a easy to use interface for changing the CONFIGUR file.
PMONITOR.ACC is a process monitor. With it you can watch program's
use of CPU time, their state changes, file reads and writes, memory
useage, etc., while they are executing. We used it during development
of PowerNet as a tool to examine how network background tasks are
running, their current resource useage, and so forth.