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From: stroyan@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Mike Stroyan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: How to Connect an HP DraftPro Plotter (7570) to an HP9000/360
Message-ID: <5570281@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 89 17:17:15 GMT
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Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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> I am trying to connect an HP DraftPro Plotter to a diskless workstation.
> Unfortunately for me, the plotter has an RS-232 interface, and I can't find
> anywhere in any documentation that tells me what select code the internal
> RS232 interface is, what switch settings I should use on the plotter, or
> what device driver (major number) I should use for the plotter.  
> 
> Can someone tell me where to look or supply me with the answers?  

Most of the answers are in the "Starbase Device Drivers Library Manual",
in the chapter on the HPGL driver.  How to configure your kernel is in
the "HP-UX System Administrator Manual", in the section on
"Customizing the HP-UX System"
	"Adding Peripheral Devices"
		"Terminals and Modems".

You want the 98626 kernel driver.
mknod /dev/tty00 c 1 0x090004
chmod /dev/tty00 666
Plotter set to 8-bit, no parity, one stop bit for baud rates over 110.
You don't want a getty on the serial port, and you will need to follow
the Starbase manual's example for changing the stty setting if you don't
use the plotter at 300 baud.

Mike Stroyan, stroyan@hpfcla.hp.com