I have 4 terminals and an Aloha 5.3 system with file server (win2000). All of the printers are in a single group and each terminal has a printer attached to serial COM1 (except for Terminal 2 that continuously reboots if a printer is on COM1 so I set that one to COM2).
Here is my problem and this may be hard to follow. Terminal 3 prints just fine. Terminal 2 prints to Terminal 1. Terminal 1 prints the 1st copy of a receipt to Terminal 1 and the 2nd copy goes to Terminal 3. All other printing (reprints, checkouts, reports, etc) are printed to Terminal 1 (as expected). Terminal 4 prints to Terminal 3. There is always an error message that states "Terminal 4 Printer offline".
Terminals 1& 2 are in the same area and 3&4 are in the same area so each of those has the nearby terminal set as backup.
Debugging this problem I can reroute Terminal 1 to print to Terminal 2. So one hack solution might be to just get longer cables and criss-cross the stupid things (although I actually cannot find the RJ11/RJ45 cables that are used).
I have looked thru lots of threads here and have checked port settings and dip switches and I am totally stumped. I am an engineer with 20yrs of h/w & s/w experience, but not that much Aloha experience (only enough to make me want to smash this stuff OfficeSpace style).
Any ideas or suggestions?
Here is my problem and this may be hard to follow. Terminal 3 prints just fine. Terminal 2 prints to Terminal 1. Terminal 1 prints the 1st copy of a receipt to Terminal 1 and the 2nd copy goes to Terminal 3. All other printing (reprints, checkouts, reports, etc) are printed to Terminal 1 (as expected). Terminal 4 prints to Terminal 3. There is always an error message that states "Terminal 4 Printer offline".
Terminals 1& 2 are in the same area and 3&4 are in the same area so each of those has the nearby terminal set as backup.
Debugging this problem I can reroute Terminal 1 to print to Terminal 2. So one hack solution might be to just get longer cables and criss-cross the stupid things (although I actually cannot find the RJ11/RJ45 cables that are used).
I have looked thru lots of threads here and have checked port settings and dip switches and I am totally stumped. I am an engineer with 20yrs of h/w & s/w experience, but not that much Aloha experience (only enough to make me want to smash this stuff OfficeSpace style).
Any ideas or suggestions?