DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126
Issue 4
June 1999
Maintenance Object Repair Procedures
9-1595SYS-PRNT (System Printer)
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SYS-PRNT (System Printer)
The Report Scheduler feature provides the capability to schedule printing of
output form selected administration commands on an asynchronous System
Printer (SYS-PRNT) or a Personal Computer (PC). The System Printer device
connects to the system via a data module (PDM, MPDM, DTDM) connected to a
port on a TN754 Digital Line circuit pack which is administered as a data
extension. A System Printer device can also be connected through an ADU to a
port on TN726B Data Line circuit pack. The System Printer link to the processor is
via a system port. A system port is comprised of a port on the TN726B Data Line
circuit pack and a port on the TN553 Packet Data circuit pack connected to each
other in a null-modem fashion. Refer to the PDATA-PT section for information on
the system port connectivity.
System Printer Link Maintenance provides a strategy for maintaining the link
between the system and an external SYS-PRNT output device. The strategy
includes a set of tests for detection of errors during normal operation,
troubleshooting actions, and alarms for serious problems. System Printer Link
Maintenance uses a try-and-wait mechanism for maintaining the SYS-PRNT link.
A minor alarm is raised when the link set-up fails. A warning alarm is raised when
the SPE has been busied out. A maximum of two link retry attempts is made.
After the second attempt, set-up attempts are only made by the application
software. (The 15-minute timer fires and jobs are printed unless an immediate job
was entered.) After two unsuccessful attempts to establish the link, a MINOR
alarm is raised. If the System Printer Link is torn down due to an error, System
Printer Link Maintenance will raise a MINOR alarm but will not attempt to bring up
the System Printer Link.
System Printer Link Maintenance does not cover the elements comprising the
SYS-PRNT physical link: the external SYS-PRNT output device, the Data Module
(PDM/MPDM/DTDM) and TN754 Digital Line, or the ADU and TN726B Data Line.
If System Printer Link Maintenance cannot restore the System Printer Link, the
maintenance tests of these individual components of the System Printer Link
must be executed to diagnose faults.
MO Name As It
Appears in Alarm
Log
Alarm
Level
Initial System
Te c h n i c i a n
Command to Run Full Name of MO
SYS-PRNT MINOR test sp-link l System Printer
SYS-PRNT WARNING release sp-link System Printer
