Theory of Operation 2-45
Configuration Card Personality Parameters
Information stored on the configuration card includes the ethernet address, and
personality parameters. The printer model configuration is determined by a
combination of printer hardware capabilities. Feature value and ethernet address are
configured at the factory, and are “read only”. The feature value is fixed in the
configuration card, and does not change. Ethernet address is stored only on the
configuration card, and cannot be rewritten. The ethernet address is not written to the
NVRAM chip.
Personality parameters are a subset of network configuration parameters, which are
populated to the configuration card over time as the system is configured by the
customer. The personality parameters are copied, or “shadowed”, from the main
board's NVRAM chip to the configuration card during the normal operation of the
printer. When the configuration card is inserted into a new printer, the personality
parameters on the configuration card are written into the NVRAM chip of the new
printer. When a printer is powered on, if it contains the configuration card of another
printer, the personality parameters are automatically copied to the NVRAM chip. If
the configuration card is removed, the system will reboot as a "B" (non-networking,
non-duplexing) model..
Configuration Card “Shadowed” Personality Parameters
NCL Subject NCL Item Size (bytes)
N/A “version” not NCL
parameter
version (of the layout of personality
parameters)
4
NEST Base Printer Name 48
NEST SysAdmin Contact 128 (truncated from 256)
NEST Printer Location 128 (truncated from 256)
NEST Asset Identifier 128 (truncated from 256)
IP Host Name 64
IP Domain Name 256
IP Network Mask 4
IP IP Address 4
IP Default Gateway 4
IP BOOTP/DHCP 1
IP DDNS 1
IP SMTP Server 256
IP IP Source 1
IP TCP/IP 1
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