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A/ T F S 3 Quic k I nst alla tio n G u ide – edition 2 Thi s guide c ov ers the install ation and basi c c onfi gurati on of t he Int erm ate A/T F S3 internal interfac e. More detail ed informati on and procedur es can be found i n the Int ermat e A/T FS3 Coa x /Twinax Connecti on User’s Guide, docum ent no. GK- 007-x . . Table of Conte n ts 1[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A/T FS 3 G etti ng St art ed. Ed ition 2. 9 N ovemb er 2 00 4 pag e 2 of 8 4. Rem ov e the m et al plate cov ering the opti on por t by taking out the screws. Ref er t o your print er docum ent ation. 5. Rem ov e any interf ac e or cabl e occupyi ng the pri nter’s inter nal port. B e sure to check that thi s is OK with the network adm[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A/T FS 3 G etti ng St art ed. Ed ition 2. 9 N ovemb er 2 00 4 pag e 3 of 8 5. W hen you are finished, power the pr i nt er Off and set t he sw i t ch to posit i on “0" (= Norm al oper ati on). Changed setti ngs, if any , w i ll be activ ated on the next power On. 4.2 Remote Menu Syst em using a terminal program The M enu S y stem[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A/T FS 3 G etti ng St art ed. Ed ition 2. 9 N ovemb er 2 00 4 pag e 4 of 8 Figure 1 Init ial Coax O ptions Figu re 2 Coax I PDS Optio ns Figure 3 In it ial Tw ina x Option s Figu re 4 Twinax IP DS Optio ns You can al so use the f ront panel t o enter an IPDS key in the paramet er labell ed Gateway address. Nav i gation is the sam e as d[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A/T FS 3 G etti ng St art ed. Ed ition 2. 9 N ovemb er 2 00 4 pag e 5 of 8 5 In itial Configur ation for Coax or T winax 5.4 Initi a l Coax c onfiguration 1. Insert t he Coax cabl e’s DB9 connect or in the A/T FS 3 and connect the Coax c onnec t or w it h the communic ation cabl e from t he IBM 3x74 cont roller. 2. Power the pri nt er[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A/T FS 3 G etti ng St art ed. Ed ition 2. 9 N ovemb er 2 00 4 pag e 6 of 8 ex am ple, if the chosen IPDS Dev ic e num ber is 3, assumi ng that all t he other di git s are left at default , you would be changi ng 001.000. 002. 107 to 001. 000.002. 103 See s ect i on 4. 3, page 3. V alid v alues f or IPDS printi ng are [0-6] ; the def aul[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A/T FS 3 G etti ng St art ed. Ed ition 2. 9 N ovemb er 2 00 4 pag e 7 of 8 7 Firm ware u pgr ade Bef ore start i ng to use your A/T FS3, you shoul d c hec k the current firm ware level on a status sheet (see ho w on page 2). Vi sit www .i nt ermat e.com/atf s3 to see if there is newer fi rm ware. If so, y ou shoul d updat e the A/T FS3.[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A/T FS 3 G etti ng St art ed. Ed ition 2. 9 N ovemb er 2 00 4 pag e 8 of 8 10 Su pported P r inter s The pr i nters on thi s li st have been tested wit h t he A/T FS3. New print ers w i ll be added t o our li st when they ar e tested. Not e, howev er , that it is li k ely that all pri nt ers in the sam e f amily as a tested pri nter are[...]