Configuring IPDS connections

Use the following links to configure IPDS connections with BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS. With BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS, you can set up communication between your IPDS printers and the mainframe. Define your IP-attached printers, and then use BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS to start or stop the printer connections. Control of the printers remains with PSF on the mainframe.

If you are adding a new printer definition to the mainframe, you must configure the host before you use BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS. If you are replacing an existing channel-attached printer, you do not need to configure the host.

• Add a connection

• Modify a connection

• Remove a connection

See also:

• Learn about the window

• Getting started

• Getting help

Adding a connection

Complete the following steps to add an IPDS connection.

You must be a member of the local Administrators group to add connections.

1. Open BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS.

2. On the menu bar, select Connection | Add. The Connection Configuration dialog box displays.

   

3. In the Name box, type the connection name you want to display in the BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS window.

4. Next to Startup, select how you want to start the connection.

You must be a member of the local Administrators group to start connections. If the operator is not a member of the local Administrators group, select Automatic so the connection will start automatically with Windows startup.

• Manual – Requires you to start the connection manually from the BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS window.

• Automatic – The connection will start automatically with Windows startup.

5. From the Adapter drop-down list, select the adapter to use for this printer.

6. If you are using an ESCON connection, type a hexadecimal value (0-F) in the Image number box. The default value is 0.

You must select an adapter before you can specify the image number. If you are using a CHANNEL INTELLIGENCE or CHANNEL-IN (BT) adapter, you do not need to enter an image number.

7. In the Channel address box, type the channel address of the printer you are adding. You can get this hexadecimal number from your host systems programmer. The default value is 1E.

8. In the IP address box, type the unique IP address of the physical printer. This can also be a string that a DNS server Acronym for Domain Name System. The hierarchical system by which hosts on the Internet have both domain name addresses and IP addresses. can resolve into an IP address.

9. In the IP port number box, type the IP port number of the physical printer. The default value is 5001, which is the default for most physical printers.

10. If you want to set advanced properties such as polling and tracing, click Advanced. The Advanced Properties dialog box displays.

    

11. Click OK. The BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS window now displays the connection you just added. The connection will remain disconnected until you start it.

Modifying a connection

Complete the following steps to modify an IPDS connection.

You must be a member of the local Administrators group to modify connections.

1. Open BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS.

2. Select the connection you want to modify.

3. You must stop the connection before it can be modified. You should not, however, stop a connection when data is being received from the host. This would stop the data stream The uninterrupted transfer of information over an interface to achieve high data transfer rates and cause an error to occur at the host. Use one of the following methods to stop the selected connection.

4. On the menu bar, select Connection | Stop.

5. Right-click the connection and select Stop.

4. Use one of the following methods to modify the connection.

5. On the menu bar, select Connection | Modify.

6. Right-click the connection and select Modify.

5. From the Connection Configuration dialog box, modify the connection's properties as appropriate.

   

6. Click OK.

Removing a connection

Complete the following steps to remove an IPDS connection.

You must be a member of the local Administrators group remove connections.

1. Open BARR/PRINT CHANNEL for IPDS.

2. Select the connection you want to remove.

3. Use one of the following methods to stop the selected connection.

4. On the menu bar, select Connection | Stop.

5. Right-click the connection and select Stop.

4. Use one of the following methods to delete the selected connection.

5. On the menu bar, select Connection | Remove.

6. Right-click the connection and select Remove.