1PLIPCONFIG(8)                                                    PLIPCONFIG(8)
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NAME

6       plipconfig - fine tune PLIP device parameters
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SYNOPSIS

9       plipconfig interface
10       plipconfig interface [nibble NN] [trigger NN] [unit NN]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Plipconfig  is used to (hopefully) improve PLIP performance by changing
14       the default timing parameters used by the PLIP  protocol.  Results  are
15       dependent  on  the  parallel port hardware, cable, and the CPU speed of
16       each machine on each end of the PLIP link.
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18       If the single interface argument is given, plipconfig displays the sta‐
19       tus  of  the  given  interface only.  Otherwise, it will try to set the
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OPTIONS

23       nibble NN
24              Sets the nibble wait value in microseconds. Default is 3000.
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27              Sets the trigger wait value in microseconds. Default is 500.
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29       PLIP speed can in some cases be improved by lowering the  default  val‐
30       ues.  Values which are too low may cause excess use of CPU, poor inter‐
31       rupt response time resulting in serial ports dropping characters, or in
32       dropping  of  PLIP  packets. Changing the plip MTU can also affect PLIP
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NOTE

36       If you get no response it is far more likely the irq is wrong and needs
37       setting  with ifconfig. The few cases where the default parameters will
38       be too fast are those using very  long  cables.  Something  you  should
39       never  do as the parallel port is not specified or designed for driving
40       long cable runs.
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SEE ALSO

43       ifconfig(8)
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BUGS

46       Non.
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AUTHOR

49       John        Paul        Morrison,        <jmorriso@bogomips.ee.ubc.ca>,
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55                               17 February 1995                  PLIPCONFIG(8)