windex

Tahoma Technology
(formerly Ikon Corporation)
2819 Elliott Avenue, Suite 203
Seattle, WA, USA, 98121

206.728.6465
http://www.tahomatech.com
tahoma@tahomatech.com

4 January, 2007		BETA release

19 March, 2007		correct useage example

			change getopt to getcmdopt to avoid
			compiler warning

25 March, 2007		additional correction to "usage" and
			change internal spelling to "usage"

16 January, 2012	updated to add SEH print server support
			added port option

			typically use port 9900 for Axis, 9100 for SEH


Windex is a simple command line utility that can be used to
test and exercise a Tahoma Technology 10121 Ethernet/VPI
converter - or a Tahoma Technology 10120 IEEE 1284/VPI converter
combined with an Axis or SEH network print server - and an attached
plotter.

Windex can output pre-formatted print and/or plot files
(if available), manipulate plotter modes, send pulsed commands,
and set converter parameters such as handshake speed.  Data
bytes and strings may also be sent directly from the keyboard.

The program supports the Tahoma converter escape sequences used
to allow passing VPI (Versatec Parallel Interface) data and
commands to a plotter via a network.

The curent version of windex is "output only".  It is not
capable of reading back converter or plotter status.  Further,
it has no way of probing for a network-attached print server.
It is necessary to determine the server's IP address by other
means: examining the DHCP server's client list, using a "ping
scanner" or by simply noting the server's address when it is
set at install time.

This version of windex has been built and tested on the
following platforms:  Windows XP, Solaris 10 & 11, and
32 and 64 bit versions of Linux.  Pre-compiled executables
are available (it may be necessary to set the "executable"
flag on downloaded unix binaries), or the source may be
compiled on the target host.  The compilers used were bcc32
on XP, gcc on Linux, and Sunstudio cc on Solaris.  It is
necessary to inform the compilation which platform is in use:

Windows:  bcc32 -D_WINBUILD_ windex.c
Linux:    cc -o windex -D_LINBUILD_ windex.c
Solaris:  cc -o windex -D_SOLBUILD_ -lsocket -lnsl windex.c

It may be necessary to run the source files through dos2unix
before compiling on a unix platform.  The original source
files use CR/LF as a line terminator.

Windex is self documenting.  Type  windex (in Windows) or
./windex (in Unix) for a list of options and commands.