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    Netport(R) Print Server(Original Token Ring Version): Update Information

    
    

    UPDATING THE ORIGINAL TOKEN RING NETPORT(R) PRINT SERVER TO V3.45

    
       Notes for Update v3.45
    
    
    
       Note: This is a maintenance release which fixes some problems in Flash
    
       update version 3.43.  There are NO feature additions.
    
    
    
       NP2CON and NP2UPDAT replace NPCON and NPUPDATE
    
       Because this update is based on the Netport(R) II code,  the same
    
       utilities work for NetPort II and this update.  Therefore, NP2CON.EXE
    
       and NP2UPDAT.EXE replace NPCON.EXE and NPUPDATE.EXE if you are updating
    
       from version 3.08. This is convenient if you have both the original
    
       NetPort and NetPort II on your network.  NPCON.EXE and NPUPDATE.EXE
    
       should not be used with NetPort II.
    
    
    
       Form feed problem
    
       With Flash memory update v3.40, some printers produced an extra form
    
       feed at the end of print jobs. This update corrects the problem.
    
    
    
       Connection problem
    
       The previous versions of NetPort update software (v3.43) had a problem
    
       where NetPort would lose its connection with the file server which
    
       required a reset to continue printing.  This condition was aggravated if
    
       the printer was offline for a period of time.  This problem has been
    
       fixed.
    
    
    
       Broadcast messages
    
       NetPort, configured as a print server, no longer gets interrupted by a
    
       25th line broadcast messages causing all jobs in the queue to go ACTIVE
    
       at the same time.  It was necessary to reset NetPort for printing to
    
       continue.
    
    
    
       Don't give our Novell Pserver and file server the same name
    
       If you do have a Novell Pserver and a file server with the same name,
    
       NetPort will not be configured as a print server even though you have
    
       defined it as a print server and used the SERVERNAME= option to assign
    
       NetPort to a specific file server.
    
    
    
       Because NetPort checks for a Pserver match first, then tries to attach
    
       as a remote printer to the Pserver, it finds a match with the Pserver
    
       and does not try the file server with the same name.
    
    
    
       Attaching mode (new if updating from 3.08)
    
       This new functionality allows NetPort to dynamically reattach to the
    
       file server or Pserver after the file server or Pserver is brought down
    
       and back up.  You do not have to reset the NetPort.  NetPort also goes
    
       into ATTACHING mode as it is attaching to the server as set by the
    
       SERVERNAME= option.
    
    
    
       If the NetPort cannot successfully attach to the server, it goes into an
    
       attaching error condition.  Information about this error condition is
    
       displayed with the NPLIST and in more detail with the NPSTAT utility.
    
    
    
       Document 6015, NetPort and NetPort II Attaching Mode Information is
    
       available through Intel's online services.
    
    
    
       Updating your NetPort to the new version software
    
       The upgrade is available on the Intel's online services.  There is a
    
       README file included with the update which explains in detail the new
    
       features, how to use them and, most important, how to update your
    
       NetPort.  To obtain this software update and Intel's online services
    
       information, see the bottom of this document.
    
    
    
       To complete the NetPort upgrade, you will update the NetPort's Flash
    
       memory (the non-volatile, read-only memory that stores the NetPort's
    
       internal operating instructions).  You can either update over the
    
       network or over a serial cable.
    
    
    
         1. Copy the new update software into a public directory on your
    
            network.  You may use the DOS copy command.
    
    
    
         2. Determine which Flash ROM version your NetPort currently uses. 
    
            This information is necessary to complete step 4 below.  To do
    
            this, type: NPLIST VER
    
    
    
         3. Log into the network as a Supervisor.
    
    
    
         4. Updating the NetPort:
    
    
    
       Note: To help ensure a successful update, check that the following
    
       conditions are true:
    
    
    
           *   Update utility will be run under DOS and not a Windows shell.
    
    
    
           *   Network traffic is at a normal level.
    
    
    
           *   The workstation and the NetPort II you want to update are not
    
              separated by a wide area link.
    
    
    
           *   NetPort is not printing during the update.
    
    
    
         A. To update your NetPort across the network, complete one of the
    
            following update procedures from the directory to which you copied
    
            the new software.  The NetPort must show up on the network under
    
            NPLIST before you can proceed with the update.
    
    
    
           *   If you want to update from v3.08 to the new version, (3.45),
    
              type the following command at the DOS prompt: NP2UPDAT NPxxxxxx
    
              TCONVERT.UPD NETWORK
    
    
    
           *   If you want to update from v3.40 or 3.43, to the new version
    
              (3.45), type the following command at the DOS prompt: NP2UPDAT
    
              NPxxxxxx NP345.UPD NETWORK
    
    
    
       Note: If you want to go back to v3.43 from v3.45, type the following
    
       command at the DOS prompt: NP2UPDAT NPxxxxxx NP343.UPD NETWORK
    
    
    
         B. You can also update across the network using NPAdmin, NetPort II's 
    
            menu driven interface if you are updating from v3.40 or 3.43.  To
    
            update copy the file NP345.UPD to the same directory NPAdmin
    
            resides in.  From the NPAdmin's main menu, chose UPDATE.  You will
    
    
    
            now have to choose; Update or Re-Flash.  Update restores your
    
            configuration where Reflash puts NetPort back at factory default.
    
    
    
         C. To update your NetPort across a serial cable, connecte a special
    
            NULL modem type cable (see note below) from com1 of your PC, to the
    
            serial port of the NetPort, complete one of the following update
    
            procedures from the directory to which you copied the new software.
    
    
    
       Note: You will need a special null modem type serial cable.  For more
    
       general information about serial updates and the pin out of the special
    
       serial cable, obtain document 6012, through Intel's online services.
    
    
    
           *   If you want to go from v3.08 to the new version, (3.45), type
    
              the following command at the DOS prompt: NP2UPDAT NPxxxxxx
    
              NP345.UPD SERIAL
    
    
    
           *   If you want to go from v3.40, or above, to the new version
    
              (3.45), type the following command at the DOS prompt: NP2UPDAT
    
              NPxxxxxx NP345.UPD SERIAL
    
    
    
       Note: If you want to go back to v3.43 from v3.45, type the following
    
       command at the DOS prompt: NP2UPDAT NPxxxxxx NP343.UPD SERIAL.  If you
    
       want to go back to v3.08 from v 3.43, type the following command at the
    
       DOS prompt: NP2UPDAT NPxxxxxx NP308.UPD SERIAL. You must use the serial
    
       port to go back to v3.08.
    
    
    
         5. Reset the NetPort by typing the following at the DOS prompt:
    
    
    
                 NP2CON NetPort_Name RESET
    
    
    
            where NetPort_Name is the default name shown on the bottom of the
    
            NetPort box (NPxxxxxx) or an new name (alias).
    
    
    
       Note: Your NetPort will now be at the default settings.  Remember, if
    
       your NetPort had a new name before the update, it no longer does. 
    
       You'll need to reassign the new name to NetPort (NP2CON NPxxxxxx
    
       NAME=new_name).
    
    

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