#Novell Connection ?
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What do you use to identify the "instigator" do you have one of those
measuring devices put out by is it Micronet or some such name??? Or do
you go manually hunting with terminators like I do :-<
We have a "Cable Scanner(TM)." It works, within limits. Without it, some
problems would take DAYS to find. Especially if it's NOT a workstation
cable…
What I do for a suspected cable problem.
– Disconnect ALL workstations from the cable,
– Hook Cable Scanner to jack where thinnet hooks into repeater.
– Scan Cable. If good, start connecting stations until something
dies.
– If NOT good. Go 2-3 LAN drops in and shoot the cable from there.
– repeat above step until I find the problem…
Oh, the fun of Network Administration.
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How much did your "Cable Scanner(TM)" cost? Your idea sounds great about
connecting workstations one at a time. I had been going back and forth
between my "christmas tree" which shows a red light when a break exists
and the different offices connecting an extra terminating resistor for
each try. I will have to try your idea next time.
By the way, I have a label printer on our network, sometimes the label
forms have slipped and so that when the next person goes to print his/her
labels, they end up printing too low, and they have to reprint the whole
batch. Is there any type of label printer which can detect the fact that
the label/form is in the right position? In the good old days they had
those bands with the holes in them which told the printer where the top of
the label was. I am using escape sequences to tell the printer how long
each label is but it can't of course detect if someone has adjusted the
labels out of line by mistake or not. Do you have any suggestions?
Brad.
> How much did your "Cable Scanner(TM)" cost?
Well, I don't really know how much it cost my office, but it is available
from Jensen Tools for $1495. If you fight with LOTS of 10base2 cable, you
need something like this…
On your printer fun, I can't think of anything. Personal computer printers
never had that feature because you could just look at the machine to
determine if the printer was at top-of-form. If the printer is an
autoloader, maybe there's an "unload paper" command?
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Brian,
Is Jensen tools anything like Black Box? If so, I'd love a number to call
to request a catalog. I'd love a mailorder resource like Black Box,
without the insane pricing that they charge…in fact, if you have any
suggestions for network mailorder, I'd love to hear it.
//Jonathan,
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Jensen tools — (602) 968-6231. FAX: (800)366-9662
They only sell tools, and I think they have a fascination with MSRP if the
tools or test equipment don't have a "Jensen" label. Other than that, they
are a fairly good source.
There are some discount parts sources out there. I just can't remember
them off hand. Maybe when I get back off vacation, I'll be able to look up
the souce we bought our last set of "cheap" connectors and terminators.
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Brian,
Thanks for the information, and looking forward to more.
//Jonathan,
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But how would you get an autoloader that works with a pull tractor?
If the labels would be unloaded, they would also be removed from the
pull tractor's pins, and then when the paper goes to reload, they
wouldn't automatically refeed into the pull tractor's pins, which
would cause trouble. Oh the pain of inexpensive printer design.
Well, Since you never mentioned what printer you are using, I don't know
the tractor design.
At work, we use Epson LQ-1050's, LQ-510's, Alps P2000's and a couple
more that don't really amount to much. The Epson and Alps printers
have a "convertible" tractor arrangement — they can push paper to
the platen, or pull it past the platen. The LQ printers are
autoloading printers, unfortunately, they do not have an "unload
paper" command that I'm aware of.
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> Well, Since you never mentioned what printer you are using…
I am using the NEC P-60. It has an load/unload button on the front.
Since the Epson can push the paper or pull it, can it detect start of page
with its autoloading feature or how does that work?