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A/ T F S 3 Quic k I nst alla tio n G uide – edition 2 Thi s guide c ov er s the install at ion and basi c con fi guration o f t he Interm a te A/T F S 3 i nternal int er face. More detail ed inf or mation and procedures can be found i n the Int er mate A/T FS3 Coax/T winax Connection User’s Gui de, docum ent no. GK- 007-x . . Table of Conte nts[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A /T FS 3 G ett ing St ar t ed. Ed iti on 2. 9 N ovem b er 2 00 4 pag e 2 of 8 4. Rem ov e the met al plat e cov ering the opti on por t by taking out the screws. Ref er t o your printer doc ument ati on. 5. Rem ov e any i nterfac e or cabl e occupyi ng the pri nter ’s inter nal port. B e sure to chec k that thi s i s OK wit h the net[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A /T FS 3 G ett ing St ar t ed. Ed iti on 2. 9 N ovem b 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 swit c h t o pos it i on “0" (= Normal oper ati on). Changed setti ngs, if any , will be activ ated on the next power On. 4.2 Remote Menu System using a terminal program The Menu S y st e[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A /T FS 3 G ett ing St ar t ed. Ed iti on 2. 9 N ovem b er 2 00 4 pag e 4 of 8 Figure 1 In it ial Coax O ptions Figu re 2 Coax I PDS Optio ns Figure 3 In it ial T w ina x Option s Figu re 4 Twinax IP DS Optio ns You can al so use the f ront panel to enter an IPDS k ey in the paramet er labell ed Gat eway address. Nav i gati on is the sa[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A /T FS 3 G ett ing St ar t ed. Ed iti on 2. 9 N ovem b 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 c abl e’s DB9 connect or in the A/T FS 3 and connect the Coax c onnec tor with t he co mm unication cabl e f rom the IBM 3x74 cont roller . 2. Power the pri [...]
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gs- 019- 02 A /T FS 3 G ett ing St ar t ed. Ed iti on 2. 9 N ovem b er 2 00 4 pag e 6 of 8 ex am ple, if the chosen IPDS Dev ic e num ber is 3, assum i ng that all t he other di gits are left at def ault , you would be changi ng 001. 000. 002. 107 to 001. 000.002. 103 See secti on 4. 3, page 3. Valid v alues f or IP DS printi ng ar e [0-6] ; the de[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A /T FS 3 G ett ing St ar t ed. Ed iti on 2. 9 N ovem b er 2 00 4 pag e 7 of 8 7 Firm ware u pgr ade Bef or e starti ng to use your A/T FS3, you shoul d c hec k the current firm ware lev el on a status sheet (see ho w on page 2). Vi si t www.int ermat e.c om/atf s3 to s ee if t her e is newer fi rmware. If so, y ou shoul d update t he A[...]
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gs- 019- 02 A /T FS 3 G ett ing St ar t ed. Ed iti on 2. 9 N ovem b er 2 00 4 pag e 8 of 8 10 Su pported P r inter s The pri nters on thi s list hav e been tested wit h the A/T FS3. New pri nt ers will be added t o our list when they ar e tested. Not e, howe v er, that it is li k ely that all pri nt ers i n the sam e f amily as a tested pri nter ar[...]