PMP> Top 20 Chart Comments

PMP> Top 20 Chart Comments

Chuck Adams adamsc at pogo.WV.TEK.COM
Thu Feb 20 19:54:48 EST 1997


STUART at KEI-CA.CCMAIL.CompuServe.COM wrote:
> 
>      Thank you Chuck for putting together this chart, and thank you Lloyd
>      for formatting it - I couldn't make heads or tails of it as included
>      in the original e-mail.
> 
>      I have the following comments:
> 
>      1. PrtSubUnitStatusTC Clarification
>      I think the Availability bit descriptions desparately need
>      clarification.  What is the difference between Available and Busy vs.
>      Available and Active?  What about Standby vs. Idle (is Standby only
>      for power save mode?)  What is Unavailable and OnRequest for?


	I concur that this Textual Convention needs clarification.
	I assumed that active did not imply selected. I thought this
	was handled by the input table.
 
>      2. hrPrinterStatus when hrDeviceStatus is Down
>      In the table in almost all cases where hrDeviceStatus is Down, the
>      hrPrinterStatus is listed as Idle or Printing or Warmup.  According to
>      the HR MIB for hrPrinterStatus:
>                    "The current status of this printer device.  When
>                     in the idle(1), printing(2), or warmup(3) state,
>                     the corresponding hrDeviceStatus should be
>                     running(2) or warning(3).  When in the unknown
>                     state, the corresponding hrDeviceStatus should be
>                     unknown(1)."
>      Therefore, when hrDeviceStatus is Down, hrPrinterStatus should be
>      Other or Unknown.


	Here is someone's chance to make an alternate proposal because
	I do not like the current wording that forces this behavior. 
	Maybe Harry is correct we should redo the hr variables.


>      3. Cover/Door Open


	I concur with your implementers. The Cover Table states "The cover
portion
	of the General print sub-unit describes the covers...". Therefore
covers
	or interlocks within the input sub-unit are not covered by this table.


Chuck Adams



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