Permanent NTY ports

[Jeremy Begg]

Hi,

Process Software MultiNet V5.1 Rev A-X, COMPAQ AlphaServer DS20E 666 MHz,
OpenVMS AXP V8.2

On this system we have a number of printers using the MULTINET_NTYSMB
symbiont. The commands to set up the NTY devices are similar to these:

$ NTYCP := $MULTINET:NTYCP
$ NTYCP CREATE PORT NTY1023:/NODE=PRINTER23/PORT=9100

(The NTY device name and node vary according to the printer.)

The printer queues work but I've noticed that NTYCP and SHOW TERMINAL seem
unable to display the destination port number. For example:

$ NTYCP SHOW PORT NTY1023
Port Name Port Type Status Remote Target (Node/Port/Service)
--------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------------------
_NTY1023: Permanent Unconnected PRINTER23/0/Appl

You'll notice the "port" column shows 0 rather than 9100. A SHOW TERMINAL
command shows the same information for the "Remote Port Info".

Is this expected? Can it be fixed?

Thanks,

Jeremy Begg

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[Boczenowski, Derek]

Hi Jeremy!

It seems to work ok for me.

vms $ ntycp show port nty600:
Port Name Port Type Status Remote Target (Node/Port/Service)
--------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------------------
_NTY600: Permanent Unconnected [192.168.151.166]/9100/Appl

The only think I do differently is I give the target a physical IP
address of the printer, rather than a name. I don't know if that's the
difference or not. My printers are also windows networked, so they all
have external IP addresses.

It even works through a serial terminal/print server where multiple
printers have the same IP, and each serial connection is a different
port of the server, like so:

vms $ ntycp show port nty201:
Port Name Port Type Status Remote Target (Node/Port/Service)
--------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------------------
_NTY201: Permanent Unconnected [192.168.227.148]/2001/Appl

I'm running a DS20, but I'm on VMS 7.3.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Begg [mailto:***@vsm.com.au]
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 3:27 AM
To: info-***@process.com
Subject: Permanent NTY ports

Hi,

Process Software MultiNet V5.1 Rev A-X, COMPAQ AlphaServer DS20E 666
MHz, OpenVMS AXP V8.2

On this system we have a number of printers using the MULTINET_NTYSMB
symbiont. The commands to set up the NTY devices are similar to these:

$ NTYCP := $MULTINET:NTYCP
$ NTYCP CREATE PORT NTY1023:/NODE=PRINTER23/PORT=9100

(The NTY device name and node vary according to the printer.)

The printer queues work but I've noticed that NTYCP and SHOW TERMINAL
seem unable to display the destination port number. For example:

$ NTYCP SHOW PORT NTY1023
Port Name Port Type Status Remote Target
(Node/Port/Service)
--------- ----------- -------------
---------------------------------
_NTY1023: Permanent Unconnected PRINTER23/0/Appl

You'll notice the "port" column shows 0 rather than 9100. A SHOW
TERMINAL command shows the same information for the "Remote Port Info".

Is this expected? Can it be fixed?

Thanks,

Jeremy Begg

+---------------------------------------------------------+
| VSM Software Services Pty. Ltd. |
| http://www.vsm.com.au/ |
| "OpenVMS Systems Management & Programming" |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| P.O.Box 402, Walkerville, | E-Mail: ***@vsm.com.au |
| South Australia 5081 | Phone: [phone] |
|---------------------------| Mobile: [phone] |
| A.C.N. 068 409 156 | FAX: [phone] |
+---------------------------------------------------------+

[Richard Whalen]

This problem has been reported by another customer and we have determined that the problem is due to an error in the code generated by the MACRO compiler that comes with VMS V8. This problem will also appear on IA64, and with the RCD and RMT drivers. The problem is just a display text formatting problem, and we do not believe that any other functionality changed due to this. HP is aware of the problem; we haven't figured out whether or not the problem has been patched yet.

----------------
Richard Whalen
Process Software


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Begg [mailto:***@vsm.com.au]
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 3:27 AM
To: info-***@process.com
Subject: Permanent NTY ports


Hi,

Process Software MultiNet V5.1 Rev A-X, COMPAQ AlphaServer DS20E 666 MHz,
OpenVMS AXP V8.2

On this system we have a number of printers using the MULTINET_NTYSMB
symbiont. The commands to set up the NTY devices are similar to these:

$ NTYCP := $MULTINET:NTYCP
$ NTYCP CREATE PORT NTY1023:/NODE=PRINTER23/PORT=9100

(The NTY device name and node vary according to the printer.)

The printer queues work but I've noticed that NTYCP and SHOW TERMINAL seem
unable to display the destination port number. For example:

$ NTYCP SHOW PORT NTY1023
Port Name Port Type Status Remote Target (Node/Port/Service)
--------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------------------
_NTY1023: Permanent Unconnected PRINTER23/0/Appl

You'll notice the "port" column shows 0 rather than 9100. A SHOW TERMINAL
command shows the same information for the "Remote Port Info".

Is this expected? Can it be fixed?

Thanks,

Jeremy Begg

+---------------------------------------------------------+
| VSM Software Services Pty. Ltd. |
| http://www.vsm.com.au/ |
| "OpenVMS Systems Management & Programming" |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| P.O.Box 402, Walkerville, | E-Mail: ***@vsm.com.au |
| South Australia 5081 | Phone: [phone] |
|---------------------------| Mobile: [phone] |
| A.C.N. 068 409 156 | FAX: [phone] |
+---------------------------------------------------------+