Randy
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> From: Bob Pentecost [SMTP:bpenteco@boi.hp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 1997 10:01 AM
> To: pmp@pwg.org
> Subject: RE: PMP> Justification for prtAlertTime and
> prtAlertTimeGrou
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> I think Harry's got this right.
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> While we're on the topic of prtAlertTime, I had a question come to me
> about this object. As I had mentioned when we were changing this
> object to mandatory, the sysUpTime is kept in our Network Interface
> Card (the issue at the time was due to problems getting the time from
> the NIC, but I don't care to revisit that aspect). What's the printer
> to do when it has two such cards installed? One might argue that
> there's one power supply so the times start when the power is turned
> on, but the time could also be kept in an external NIC that
> communicates with the printer over the parallel port. Also, I'm not
> sure, but the clock drift between two NIC timers could be significant.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Bob Pentecost
> HP
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> 11/19/97 11:16 PM
> To: pmp@pwg.org @ internet
> cc: lpyoung@lexmark.com@internet
> From: Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM @ IBMUS
> Subject: Re: PMP> Justification for prtAlertTime and prtAlertTimeGroup
> ch
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> I would expect Jay or Dave to chime in here because I think they are
> the ones
> who finally realized the great benefit to knowing something about the
> time
> related to events. My recollection is that we simply realized timing
> of events
> is essential information and should not be considered optional. The
> time is in
> TICKS or something related to sysUpTime, so there's no extra burden in
> terms of
> time keeping or having to put a Timex (or Rolex) in the machine.
>
> Harry Lewis - IBM Printing Systems
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> pmp-owner@pwg.org on 11/19/97 11:54:57 AM
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> I am finally getting around to gathering up the justifications
> for the changes between RFC1759 and the new Printer MIB. I have
> been able to collect the justification for all changes except
> for one. The change that I can not find any justification for
> is the move of prtAlertTime from the prtAlertTimeGroup to the
> prtAlertTableGroup and the subsequent deprecation of the
> prtAlertTimeGroup. I have searched both the PMP and PWG mail
> archives and while I can find mail that discusses the change,
> I can not find any mail that says why the change was made or
> why the change was required.
> Help?
> Lloyd
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