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Remote Console
User’s Guide
1800264-001E
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Contents
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About Crown Consoles .................................................................. |
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About This Manual .......................................................................... |
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Typographic Conventions 1 |
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Starting a Remote Console Session ............................................. |
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Starting a Telnet Session 3 |
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If You Cannot Start a Telnet Session 4 |
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Starting a DECnet Session 5 |
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Message Display and Console Modes .......................................... |
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Local and Remote Consoles 7 |
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Message Display Mode 7 |
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Console Mode 8 |
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Using Remote Console ................................................................. |
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Remote Console Commands ........................................................ |
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User/Offline Mode Commands 11
Blocked Mode Commands 11
Admin Mode Commands 12
Print Job Status Information 13
System Information Commands 14
Listing Current Remote Console Sessions 18
Displaying the Active Jobs 19
Job Ordering Commands 20
Disk Operation Commands 25
System Setting Commands 30
System Console Mode Switching Commands 35
Session Termination Commands 37
Index
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About Crown Consoles
A console is a terminal through which a user communicates with the printer. The console feature on Crown printers allows users or system administrators to access information, set up printer configuration, or change printer configuration from a remote console.
For Crown printers supporting the remote console feature, the remote console is a terminal connected via TCP/IP Telnet. The console is a line-oriented display of 24 lines of 80 characters that provides printer status information, such as printer state, fonts installed, and job status.
About This Manual
This manual provides information on the features and capabilities of the remote console. The features and capabilities available through remote console vary depending on your system setup and your printer options. This manual describes how to start a remote console session and explains the remote console modes and commands.
"# A magicolor 6100 Print System is used in the examples for this manual. Your screens reflect the system you’re using and the available options on the printer you select. For example, the emulation option lists only those emulations available on the selected printer. (See “Accessing the Printer Emulation” on page 17 for details.)
Typographic Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this manual:
Mixed-Case Courier |
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Text you type in the examples. |
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Press the Enter (or Return) key. |
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Starting a Remote Console Session
Depending on your system and your network interface, you have one of three ways to start a remote console session.
$If you have a CrownNet interface card, see the appropriate chapter of the Crown Book, which is included on a disk in your CrownNet shipment.
$If you are not using CrownNet and are in a UNIX environment, use the Telnet protocol described in this manual.
$If you are not using CrownNet and are working with a DECnet setup, use the PS Executive Series Utilities for VMS as described in this manual.
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"# Whether you use a VMS host through PS Executive for VMS or a
TCP/IP host with Telnet commands, remote console works the same once you are in the session.
Starting a Telnet Session
With No Password Set
"# Passwords can be set or changed only through the printer’s control panel. See your printer user’s guide for more information on passwords.
To start a remote console session when no operator password is set, do the following:
Use the telnet command to connect to the printer. At the system prompt, type
telnet printername
replacing printername with the name of the printer you are using. (This name is assigned by the system administrator in the HOSTS file.) Once the console session is opened, you can view the settings of the printer.
When opening a console session, messages like Trying... and Connected... appear on the screen to show progress. When the connection is complete, a prompt with your printer name and the current printer status appears. The messages you may see when opening a console session vary according to your system protocol.
For example, if you are using a magicolor 6100 Print System, the screen looks similar to the following:
QMS CrownNet Rev 5.40FE
QMS magicolor 6100;Release 2.0.1;Processor IDT64474_5; Crown,0;
QMS Console Manager magicolor 6100−> magicolor 6100−> Idle magicolor 6100−>
With a Password Set
"# Passwords can be set or changed only through the printer’s control panel. See your printer user’s guide for more information on passwords.
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If the operator password is enabled, you are prompted to enter it before you can use remote console. The password is case-sensitive and can have up to 16 characters. If you enter an invalid password, the connection to remote console closes automatically.
This example shows how a session is closed automatically when the wrong password is used:
[b@venus, 40] telnet 6100 Trying 161.33.128.183 ...
Connected to 6100.
Escape character is ’^]’.
QMS Console Manager magicolor 6100−>
Enter Password :A0012
*** Invalid password ***
Connection closed by foreign host.
This is an example of how a session begins with a correct password:
[b@venus, 41] telnet 6100 Trying 161.33.128.183 ...
Connected to 6100.
Escape character is ’^]’.
QMS Console Manager magicolor 6100−> Enter Password :A100 magicolor 6100−> Idle magicolor 6100−>
You have now entered a remote console session. Now see “Remote Console Commands” on page 10 for information on using remote console.
If You Cannot Start a Telnet Session
There are two situations where an attempt to start a Telnet session may fail:
1 The maximum number of remote console sessions that can be open at the same time has been reached.
The system allows a maximum number of remote console sessions to be open at the same time. If this number is reached, the system rejects further requests for new con-
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sole sessions. For most systems, the maximum number is nine, including local consoles where applicable.
Wait until one of the nine sessions is available and try again.
2 The system is busy.
If a positive acknowledgment to a request for opening a remote console session is not received by the daughterboard within a given time limit (which depends on the daughterboard and communication protocol being used), the daughterboard cancels the request. This may occur when the system is very busy.
Try again when the system is not busy.
Starting a DECnet Session
To use remote console on a DECnet setup, do the following:
1 Have your system administrator install the PS Executive for VMS on your system.
2 Use the VMS utilities to connect to the printer.
With your system running, go to the VMS prompt. Then, type the following:
RUN SYS$SYSTEM:QMS$PSEXEC
The first screen in PS Executive prompts you for the nodename of the printer.
$RUN SYS$SYSTEM:PSEXEC
What is the printer nodename−>
3 Enter the nodename for the printer whose settings you want to view.
This name was assigned to the printer by the system administrator during client software installation. If you do not know the nodename, ask your administrator or use the method appropriate to your environment.
$In a Phase IV environment, type: $ MC NCP SHOW KNOWN NODES
This command lists your accessible nodes.
$In a Phase V environment, if you used the local name space configuration when setting up the printer originally, check the text file sys$sysroot:[sysexe]decnet_loc_node_definitions.txt.
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$In a Phase V environment, if you used the distributed name space configuration when setting up the printer originally, check with your system administrator for the nodename.
You can view the settings of only one printer at a time. If you have other printers connected to the client, you must exit from PS Executive before viewing others.
Once you enter the nodename, the following PS Executive Main menu appears:
MAIN MENU
Start Remote Console Session Show Printer Counters
Show Printer Location Exit PS Executive
Use arrow keys and <RETURN> to select
"# If you accidentally enter an invalid nodename or one that is valid but not for a printer (such as another VAX node), various messages or prompts appear depending on what was entered. Until you enter a correct nodename, you cannot open PS Executive to use remote console.
4 Select Start Remote Console Session at the top of the screen.
A Remote Console Session screen similar to the following appears.
REMOTE CONSOLE SESSION QMS Console Manager
magicolor 6100−> magicolor 6100−> Idle
When the connection to the printer is complete, a prompt with your printer name and the current printer status, such as Idle or Spooling, appears. In this example, a magicolor 6100 Print System is used. The status message, Idle, is the same as the display in the printer’s message window.
You are now ready to use remote console (see “Using Remote Console” on page 10).
"# If the operator password for your printer is enabled, you are prompted to enter it before you can use remote console. If you enter an invalid password, the connection to remote console closes automatically. Passwords can only be set or changed through the printer’s control panel. See your printer user’s guide for more information on passwords.
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Message Display and Console Modes
The console can operate in several modes and can either have status displayed or not displayed to the screen. The following sections describe these modes.
Local and Remote Consoles
The console is a simple, line-oriented display of 24 lines of 80 characters. To list the available console commands, type ? on the console keyboard.
Message Display Mode
The message display mode can be set to either silent or normal. The default for displaying status on a remote console is normal. When the message display mode is enabled and set to normal, conditions that require user intervention appear on a local or remote console.
The TCP/IP Accounting/Reverse Channel messages (if available) are seen in normal mode, but not in silent mode.
For example, status messages may indicate that paper is low, output bins are full, or a paper jam has occurred. Status messages are displayed each time the user presses the Enter key to ensure that they do not scroll off the screen. When the problem is cleared, the following message displays:
Printer Ready
The printer reports any changes of the printer's status to a console. These changes include the following:
1 Changes of printer status:
$Starting a new job.
$ Paper jam, low toner, low paper.
$System is idle or offline.
2 Error messages generated when printing a document.
You can choose to allow or disallow these messages to be displayed on the console by setting the message display mode to silent or normal with the commands silent and normal:
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$silent
Set the console to silent mode. No message is displayed. In silent mode, pressing Enter causes any outstanding message (like paper jam or low toner) to be echoed to the screen.
$normal
Set the console to normal mode to display all messages.
"# The initial message display mode of a console session is different from product to product.
With message display on, if a remote console session is active while a job is active on the printer, the console screen displays
magicolor 6100−> magicolor 6100−> Idle magicolor 6100−> NO ERROR
magicolor 6100−> Starting job 00078[Owner:collinst, Name: part numbers......]
magicolor 6100−> Input Idle Printing
Console Mode
System users and the system administrator use the console for different purposes. System users use the console to check print job status, cancel print jobs, or check certain printer configuration settings. (See “User/Offline Mode Commands” on page 11 for a list of commands available to users.) The system administrator uses the console more extensively for printer configuration and file system management. (See “Admin Mode Commands” on page 12 for a list of the commands available to the administrator.
The console can operate in one of the following modes. The console prompt indicates what mode the console is operating in.
$ User mode
This is the initial mode when a console session is opened. It is indicated with the user prompt:
magicolor 6100−>
$ Offline mode
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Use the offline command to put the printer offline for service, like adding paper or toner. It is indicated with the offline prompt:
offline−>
"# The console’s offline mode does not allow you to access the configuration menus. The console’s admin mode, like the printer control panel’s offline mode, allows system administrators to access the configuration menus to change the printer configuration.
$ Admin mode
Administrators can use the admin command to take the printer off line and enter the admin mode to configure the printer. Only one console session can be in admin mode at a time. This mode is indicated with the admin prompt:
admin−>
If the administrator password is enabled, you are prompted to enter it before you can access admin mode. Usually this password is set by the system administrator through the printer control panel using a security card or a security disk, depending on your system. If you enter an invalid password, an
***Invalid password ***
message displays, and then the remote console prompt displays.
If the printer is idle when you enter the admin mode, the printer is automatically taken offline and the prompt changes to
offline−>
$ Blocked mode
A console is in blocked mode when the administrator or another user is in admin mode or offline mode, or when the printer is put in offline mode from the printer control panel. It is indicated with the following:
System Offline offline−>
The current mode of the console determines the type of command you can execute. For a list of commands allowed in admin, user, offline, and blocked modes, type help or the shorthand version,? . See “Remote Console Commands” on page 10 for more information.
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Commands for Switching Among Console Modes
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exit |
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"# A console in blocked mode returns to user mode when the system is on line. See “User/ Offline Mode Commands” on page 11 for more specific information on each of these commands.
Using Remote Console
Whether you use a VMS host through the PS Executive for VMS or a TCP/IP host with Telnet commands, Remote Console works the same once you are in the session. Depending upon how the system administrator sets up access privileges, password security, and disk drives, some or all of the commands in the “Remote Console Commands” section may be available for you to use.
"# Options with an n parameter allow you to specify a job number. For example, if you enter cancel without the parameter, all jobs in the queue are canceled. To cancel just one job, replace the n with the job number.
Also, the following commands are available in the admin mode only if the printer you are using has a disk drive: cd, copy, cp, del, rem, format, ls, dir, pwd, rename, and mv.
Remote Console Commands
The following sections describe the Remote Console commands. Some commands have a shorthand version. For example, ? is shorthand for the help command. In the descriptions in the following section, shorthand commands are shown in parentheses: (?). The console
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