Channel Input Port dialog box

Channel Input Port is available for customers using the BARR/PRINT CHANNEL product, who want to send documents to the Spool Window. BARR/PRINT CHANNEL is a standalone product that must be purchased separately.

Channel Input Port is used to receive documents from BARR/PRINT CHANNEL. BARR/PRINT CHANNEL can be installed on the Barr Enterprise Print Server computer or a different computer. The only configuration necessary is matching the port number in Channel Input Port to the one used in BARR/PRINT CHANNEL. When the document is received, it automatically displays in the Spool Window. The document properties, such as format, attributes, and header information are preserved.

Channel Input Port Dialog Box

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Port list

Displays the port numbers configured to receive documents from BARR/PRINT CHANNEL. A magnifying glass icon displays in the first column if tracing is being performed on the port.

Add button

Adds a port number for receiving documents from BARR/PRINT CHANNEL. To receive documents, the port number in Channel Input Port must match the one used in BARR/PRINT CHANNEL. By default, the first port number is 2277 and all subsequent port numbers will increment by 1.

In BARR/PRINT CHANNEL configuration, connections can be configured to route to the same port number. If this occurs you can have multiple BARR/PRINT CHANNEL connections routing documents to one Channel Input Port port number.

From the Port Settings dialog box, you can also select to Perform tracing if necessary. Tracing may cause performance degradation and should only be used for troubleshooting purposes.

Remove button

Removes the selected port number.

Trace button

Starts and stops tracing on the associated port number. The button toggles between Trace On and Trace Off. Click Trace On to perform tracing on the associated port number. Click Trace Off to stop the trace. The trace results are saved to a text file named PortPortNumber.txt. By default, the file will be saved in the \\Program Files\Common Files\Barr\Trace folder.

Tracing may cause performance degradation and should only be used for troubleshooting purposes.