[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference vaxaxp::vmsnotes

Title:	VAX and Alpha VMS
Notice:	This is a new VMSnotes, please read note 2.1
Moderator:	VAXAXP::BERNARDO

Created:	Wed Jan 22 1997
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	703
Total number of notes:	3722

485.0. "DCPS and UCX" by LISVAX::RIBEIRO_N (NELSON RIBEIRO @XIP) Thu Apr 17 1997 11:16

Hi all,

I have recently installed my vaxstation with the following products:	
	- vms v7.1
	- ucx 4.1 and
	- dcps v1.3

After the installation i have configured the ucx and created some queues on dcps
using the printers ip address. The first problem i found was i couldn't get
anything to pass to the printer, the queue was always stopped. Then i decided to
see what was wrong and found out that i have a problem with the gateways
configured.

I solved the problem with the UCX and when i rebooted the system in order to
create the queue again with the dcps$startup.com, the queue was already created
and stopped.
I tried to do a start/que but i get the message 
	%SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort

Does anyone have some ideas?

Thanks,
NelsonR.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
485.1	Wrong Conference...	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Thu Apr 17 1997 11:39`	13
	UCX questions: LASSIE::UCX DCPS and Printer Questions: HUMANE::POSTSCRIPT_PRINTING Get the current UCX ECO kit. Check with the UCX and DCPS folks, but I do not believe that UCX queues and DCPS can be used in conjunction with each other to communicate with a Postscript printer -- if the printer, and you do not indicate which one, is supported by DCPS, then you will need to use a serial or LAT connection, or a direct DCPS network connection, and the DCPS print symbiont.
485.2		COL01::VSEMUSCHIN	Duck and Recover !	`Thu Apr 17 1997 12:16`	5
	... and if you want to recreate the DCPS queue it advisable first to stop and delete old queues and then restart only DCPS, not the whole computer. =Seva
485.3	Details in the POSTSCRIPT_PRINTING conference	TAY2P1::HOWARD	Whoever it takes	`Fri Apr 18 1997 18:26`	13
	There has been discussion of this kind of problem recently in the POSTSCRIPT_PRINTING conference listed in .1. UCX and DCPS can be used together for LPS printers, but not LN printers in the current version (V1.3). If V1.4 is released, it will support some LN printers, such as the LN17. Having said that, this error seems to occur when the node is not defined in DNS, even if you use the IP address. Definining with SET HOST works sometimes, but not all the time. The error message seems to come from the INIT command, although I suppose it could be a limitation of the symbiont or UCX. Ben
485.4	Details On DCPS and UCX...	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Fri Apr 18 1997 18:39`	16
	:UCX and DCPS can be used together for LPS printers, but not LN printers :in the current version (V1.3). If V1.4 is released, it will support some :LN printers, such as the LN17. My phrasing was inadequate -- most folks expect to use LPR/LPD with remote printers, which is the "normal" UCX print queue mechanism and what .0 was apparently trying to use, and this is not supported with DCPS-based Postscript printers. One can use DCPS-based IP access with PrintServers, or one can use LAT, or one can use serial lines. One cannot use DCPS and IP-based network interface cards NICs for most printers. (There are a few IP-based NICs that support LAT and IP, and -- assuming the NIC has working LAT firmware; some don't -- these can be used with DCPS.) Hopefully, DCPS V1.4 will eventually ship...