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Start fox|tts|loopb prn – IBM INFOPRINT 6500 User Manual

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Miscellaneous Commands

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start fox|tts|loopb prn

Example: start fox prn

Begin a debugging test on one of the I/O ports on the Ethernet
Interface. The tests available are:

fox

A continuous stream of text sent to the
attached printer. This is a good test for
troubleshooting hardware as long as the
attached printer supports text output.

tts

A continuous stream of Gandalf 400C
TTS-compatible text sent to the attached
printer.

loopb

Loopback test. Any input characters from the
device attached to the I/O port is echoed
back.

stop all|prn

Stop an output test on an I/O port.

telnet hostIPaddress [escapecharacter]

Example: telnet 192.75.11.35

Start a Telnet session with another TCP/IP host specified by

hostIPaddress

on the Ethernet Interface network. If

escapecharacter

is used, it resets the key sequence used

to exit the Telnet session. It will return you to the telnet> prompt
where you can execute quit. Use the keycode command to
find out exact escape characters if needed. The default
character is CTRL].

NOTE: To use a host or IP name instead of the address, you must

have set the DNS server on the Ethernet Interface. Use the
command set sysinfo dns... to do this.

tn dest destination start|stop

Example: tn dest d1prn start

Set the tn autoconnect flag temporarily to enable (start) or
disable (stop). For more information, see the command “store
tn dest [-]autoconnect” on page 343.

? (Help)

Lists all available commands.