The BARR/CHANNEL-OUT utility (CHANOCFG) and BARR/CHANNEL-OUT adapters let you channel-attach peripheral devices such as printers, computer output microfiche Microfiche that contains data recorded by computer. devices, and communications controllers Devices used as intermediaries in transferring communications to and from the host computers to which they are connected. to a computer using Bus & Tag cables Cables used to connect devices to mainframe channels. The bus cable transmits data and the tag cable controls information on the bus. You can then use programs to drive those devices.
Use the BARR/CHANNEL-OUT utility to install the device driver in the Windows registry and configure the CHANNEL-OUT device driver. You can also use this utility to determine the device addresses Numbers that uniquely identify devices. of your channel devices after you connect them to the BARR/CHANNEL-OUT adapter.
The BARR/CHANNEL-OUT utility's Configuration
tab is not available for Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server
2003 users. Those operating systems provide this functionality through
the Properties tab of the adapter
Properties dialog box in Device
Manager. In Device Manager, click the plus sign (+) next to Barr adapters, right-click the adapter,
and select Properties.
