topic Mux and Printer in Operating System - HP-UX

Mux and Printer

Paul Frederiksen — Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:57:19 GMT

We have a couple old HP Linx printers. We just got a system with a mux, and I need to know what the device path is to the mux. For instance, I plugged in the line printer into port a1.. What is the device path to that? /dev/???? I see mux0 mux1 mux3 in /dev/ put nothing else that looks anything like it is mux related...Please help! Thanks!

Re: Mux and Printer

Rodney Hills — Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:13:27 GMT

The device files will be named like-
/dev/cua0p7

Where 0 is the mux, and 7 is the port.

But you must first create them. SAM has an interface to help do this.

Re: Mux and Printer

Paul Frederiksen — Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:05:05 GMT

Can I use a generic serial cable to go from the MUX to the HP LIne Printer? What Baud speed should it be set at?

Re: Mux and Printer

Rodney Hills — Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:23:17 GMT

A standard RS-232 cable should work. Baud rate is determined by what the printer is configured. Under "SAM" you create the port under "TERMINAL AND MODEMS" and you specify the baud rate there.

Re: Mux and Printer

Paul Frederiksen — Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:38:43 GMT

This is turning into a pain in the ass, I think a jet direct card is in order ;)