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1. 26 lt ESC gt b p1 p8 Print bar code EAN8 EAN13 CODE 39 2 of 5 inter ae leaved others on request 22 lt ESC gt D n lt ESC gt e n Flags Sleepmode o o 8 lt ESC gt ET lt ESC gt F Ih Il Paper feed by Inx256 lilines Z O 417 ESC G gl1 gn Pixel graphics print graphic line old command P20 of n bytes 21 eightfold height 18 lt ESC gt h n Set virtual width of printer mechanism f lt ESC gt I n 0 1 18 lt ESC gt j n 0 1 25 lt ESC gt k Send back curentslaus a7 ESC L n 0 1 18 ESC M n 0 1 18 ESC m n E C T 4 E lt ESC gt N phpi_ Absolute TAB to dot position p 256 xph p 18l lt ESC gt n n Data E lt ESC gt ps n Select charactersetno n Select character setno n pl lt ESC gt r p1 p15 eem GREE 1x ESC ur neresse horizontal spacia TS XE S lt ESC gt s n Load stored text file or TINT xz 0 9 A Q R S 45 lt ESC gt ud Print text file no x Ef O DA QRS 43 lt ESC gt T A Seier ohera moe 1 ig lt ESC gt u n Erase stored text file or TINT x 0 9 A Q R S 45 ESC V X synchronizing character X through the serial ee eer MM BT lt ESC gt v Read out stored text file from flash or serial
2. GPT 4302 GCT 4382 Controller Printrer Netz co E Owe GPT 4352 Modul DC Wandler NiCd Akku NiMH Akku Power Batterie Blockplan System GCT 4312 T7 Bordnetz Stand 12 10 2002 gb 230 V 10 36 V DC GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 2 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Inhalt 1 History of the Changes in this Document 2 Easyload Printer System GPT 4312 2 1 Components of the Printer Modules 2 2 Easyload Printer Mechanism GPT 4302 Thermal Printing Paper Insert Paper Transport Installing the Printer Mechanism 2 3 Controller Board GCT 4382 Features Summary Small Form Factor Central Computer System Presetting Important Operating Modes through Hardware Monitoring Watchdog Self Test Printout Serial Interfaces RS232 and TTL Interface Adapters Infrared Interface on the Board Parallel Interface through External Module Clock and Second Serial Interface on a Peripheral Module Paper Rewinder Control Console 2 4 Power Supply Power Management Energy Saving Modes Power Down Idle Mode Automatic Sleep Mode Standard Energy Saving Mode Power Off Mode Optional Component Battery Charging Circuit KO CO cO CO CO OQ DHNDDHDHDDDONNNNNNNNNNN N o NiMH Charging Circuit 10 Li lon Charging Circuit Optional Component 10 Charging Process Indicator
3. 4 SOFTWARE GCT 4382 V1 4 4 1 Character Sets Characters Line The four character sets in the flash memory of a standard controller can be selected by com mand Other character sets on request The Euro character is located at 16 hex 4 1 1 GeBE Standard Character Set Resembles IBM II Code Table 850 OSF eeene g Acoreaftl tS s t b 1 zE 3 4 5 6 T S18 44 12 13 dd 15 16 1 00 01 02 03 dud 05 06 HO HOS 03 HOA FOB FOC HOD HOE HOF 10 1 AY 7 amp 8123456789 cog zm 21 Be 33 34 55 36 27 38 39 4a 41 gz 42 dd 45 de 47 4S 4 10 RIE 1F 20 21 22 HES 24 25 26 HET HES 29 HEA HEE HEC HED FEE HEF 30 3 lt gt MABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV BS 55 EG 61 Ge 62 6g 65 GE c7 65 639 Fe 71 Ye 73 4 TE 7 T 79 73 88 21 2 c2 24 55 Se dbz HSE 30 30 HIE SLE 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 45 45 47 46 B4IC 40 SOE 4F 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 MURAT E _ abcdefgh m F La nj e fad LI Ti Pl A AGu a g ee eiiin 120 121 izz 135 124 135 156 137 izz2 125 140 141 142 145 144 d zz HES HE4 HSS HSE HET HES HSS HSA HSE HEC HED HSE HEF Foe L P Ld ew i urntNao raf t i amp jET 154 155 160 161 152 183 iz4d 155 166 EF iez 155 170 171 ive 173 IC 30 HSE 5F HAG A 1 HAS HAS Ad HAS HAE HAY HAS HAS HAA HAE HAC inp rm 5i I 2 rm n5 t rub UL ER rui Rm 4a nul mJ ru mea nw ui au nag og v ne me n ne af sci E a 2 E Mm a ny py ul
4. lt ESC gt T x 1B 54 lt x gt Print text file no x x 0 9 A Q R S For the controller the processing is transparent as if the data of the text file are coming through an interface Send string through the serial interface to the host This command is entered in a text file including the data It can be used to e g retrieve serial numbers from the TS Example The serial number 1234567890 is entered in the text file TS with the trans fer command as ESC n 10 1234567890 With the command lt ESC gt T S the text file TS is retrieved and the command lt ESC n 10 1234567890 that it contains is processed sen ding the text string 1234567890 serial number back to the host This command is similar to the command Send synchronizing charac ter except that it does not wait until the synchronization and that a complete string can be sent out through the serial interface Reading out Free Memory Space in the EEPROM Before programming the user can check with a command if enough memory space is available in the EEPROM If a text file is rewritten under the same name the old content will not be erased but remain unused inside the memory Erasing in the EEPROM can only be done through a lt ESC gt Usi command See page 45 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 43 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual
5. p2 Timer controlled charge 1 equals 1 10h i e 1 2 6 min but 250 25 hours default is 40 4h for 1200mAh bzw 20 2h for 600mAh The charging time starts with the applying of the charging vol tage with the command being received e g from the TINIT during reset or when the voltage drops below the voltage li mit of the battery determined through p13 number of values that are used for the subtraction of the vol tage delta U Default is p3 60 This results in a measuring time of 60 x 2 s 2 min The lower the charging current the higher this value should be Number of recognitions with delta U as negative result before the end of charge is determined from that Default is p4 3 Indicates the voltage difference from which the delta U is re cognized as a valid negative delta U 1 LSbit equals 0 565 mV Default is p5 80 Maximum voltage value 1 LSbit equals 36 165 mV Default is p6 169 This results in a maximum voltage value of 169 x 36 165mV 6 11V For 4 cells this corresponds to a voltage of 1 53V cell If the battery voltage Vp exceeds this maximum voltage value as many times as stated in p7 the charging will be stopped Repetition counter for the exceeding of the maximum voltage value set with P6 The maximum voltage value has to exceed the value determined with p6 p7 times in a row in order for the end of charge to be recognized and the charging to be stopped Default is p7 16 p8 is like p3 fo
6. ASCII hex lt ESC gt v 5 11B 76 35 54 Readout of the available memory space for TO T9 Readout format T The numbers are transferred to the host as 2 bytesof 2 hex digits each in hex format Attention Zeros in text files are stored as lt zero gt lt number of zeros gt A file is comple ted with 2 consecutive zeros Therefore the actual storage requirement of a file does not necessarily depend on its length with several consecutive zeros the storage requirement decreases with single zeros it increases lt ESC gt v 5 11B 76 3555 Readout of the available memory space for TINIT U Readout format The numbers are transferred to the host as 2 bytes of 2 hex digits each in hex format lt ESC gt v 6 11B 76 36 Readout of the EEPROM size Readout format The numbers are transfer red to the host as 2 bytes of 2 hex digits each in hex format Readout of Text Files With this command the content of any text file can be read out through the serial interface Attention This command should NOT be given if the Xon gt lt Xo gt protocol is used lt Xon gt lt Xo gt Characters that are part of the file e g in graphics are transferred uncoded With an activated lt Xon gt lt Xo gt protocol the user also has to take into account that the buffer of the printer should not be in the lt Xog gt state before this command is sent and that no other data is sent to the printer while the text files are bei
7. Thermal Printer Module for Integration ele G PT 43 1 2 ae ean Easyload Printer Mechanism GPT 4302 LV R A er n e 58 mm Paper Width 203 dpi 3 3 bis 7 2 VDC analoger und dicitalor Daten Printer Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c RS 232 TTL e IR Text Graphics and Bar Code Power Down Modes Easyload Thermal Printers GPT 4352 GeBE Document No Versions Front e Handheld DIN Housinge Desktop Housing MAN E 401 V4 5 Status 28 08 2004 Printed 30 08 2004 Hardware V1 4c Software ab GE3107 German MAN D 400 User Manual The GeBE Logo is a registered trademark of GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH All other brands named in this brochure are properties of the re spective companies Errors and changes reserved The technical data given are non committal information and do not represent any assurance of certain features Our terms of payment and delivery apply Copyright O 2004 GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH All rights reserved GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH Beethovenstr 15 82110 Germering e Germany www oem printer com Phone 49 0 89 894141 0 e Fax 49 0 89 8402168 email sales ef gebe net GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 e Page 1 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual About This Manual This manual is about the Easyload thermal print system GPT 4312 that essentially consists of e 58 mm l
8. sleep mode power off mode option Idle Mode Automatic While the controller is waiting for print data its power consumption is automatically reduced to about 8mA with RS 232 interface connected LED off This value will vary with different compo nents and the external load of the interfaces When the controller is in idle mode it will directly receive print data or commands without corrup tion at any time Hardware handshake signals will be valid Sleep Mode Standard Energy Saving Mode The sleep mode is either initiated by command or automatically started after a time out period due to a preset reaction The default status upon delivery is sleep mode off with jumper J3 set on In sleep mode the power consumption is lowered to 20pA typical V 24 version For this the seri al interface outputs of the controller are first switched to a high ohm status Therefore the con troller has to be reactivated from this mode before it will be able to receive data again The reacti vation can be done by sending dummy characters through the serial interfaces RS 232 TTL sending dummy characters through the IR interface changing the level at the handshake line RTS serial e changing the level LOW gt gt HIGH at the strobe line parallel pressing the feed button See chapter 4 4 Power Down Modes on page 29 Power Off Mode Optional Component The power off mode is available as an option It can be initiated by
9. 10 140 j GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 40 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 5 5 Battery Test Generally the exact determination of the remaining battery capacity in mobile systems can only be achieved through extensive measuring It also represents information that is not important to the user For the printer system it is more important to know how high the load currents can become so printing will still be possible The internal resistance determines which currents can still be withdrawn This information and the knowledge regarding the used battery may allow the remai ning print capacity to be determined This evaluation is ideally done by the host which can esti mate from experience how many printouts e g info receipts can still be printed For this procedure the printer module has an inquiry command lt ESC gt that can specificly put a load on the battery for test measurements Subsequent to the inquiry command the measuring values determined by the controller will be be reported back through the serial interface Battery Test Command ASCII hex lt ESC gt l mn 1B 7BImn number of black pixel bytes determines how many pixel are to be set for the load Only full bytes can be turned on 1 corresponds to 8 pixels 2 cor number of responds to 16 pixels etc The maximum value 24 corresponds to 192 pi black pixel xels
10. ESC F h 1B 46 Paper feed by I x 256 lines This command can only be given at the beginning of a line and will be igno lt ESC gt Ih 185C Ih Reverse paper feed by I x 256 lines Limited to 300mm 2400 dot lines This command can only be given at the beginning of a line and will be igno red otherwise Eight dot lines will be added to each reverse paper feed Af terwards the printer will feed the paper forward for eight dot lines in order to compensate for the gear play ATTENTION The paper should not be transported too far backwards Otherwise the paper will become mis aligned and the rubber roll will not be able to transport the ejected paper forward again This command should not be used with a paper rewinder since the rewin der pulls forward while the paper is transported backwards GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 17 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual m 1B 4E ph p Absolute TAB to horizontal dot position p 256 x py pi lt ESC gt N ph p 0 383 mechanism width 1 in dots This command allows the exact pl positioning to the dot to a print start position within one line If the reque sted positioning goes beyond the available span of one line 0 n the command will be ignored The print attributes are not affected ESC R p 1B 52 ppp Relative TAB forward rev
11. Form Feed TOF Cd V3 2 24 10 2002 idle mode sleep mode new power off jumper J3 Oooo ifs se enaminupatamiesis 0 155 ee L new HW 1v4 measurements drillings J3 changed J8 new sleep mode cur rent car ying ien oss hara alization to 9 600 8 n 1 with Bri 2 35 on and Br o Hu 3 EN 01 2003 ararmietens in 4 3 5 Serial Interface parameters in 4 4ff Timing Framing Error HE EA HE 4 08 04 2003 4 1 2 Cyrillic character set space character 4 4 7 and 4 4 8 Preventing Power Down through Formatting Command 4 4 8 Power Flags 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 4 charging parameters 6 2 4 insulated installation GCT 4382 20 7 2 cross re ference to interface parameters vas 8 082004 8 08 2004 4 1 new Character Set3 Character Set3cyrillic 4 6 2 and 4 7 1 E5 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 6 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 2 Easyload Printer System GPT 4312 2 1 Components of the Printer Modules The printer system consists of Easyload printer mechanism GPT 4302 Thermal printer controller GPT 4382 2 2 Easyload Printer Mechanism GPT 4302 The printer mechanism is manufactured by APS Its small size and low power consumption make it stand out It can be operated with 2 7 V which makes it ideal for use in portable devices Thermal Printing A fixed print comb prints 8 dots dots mm on 57
12. GPR T13 057 030 012 055A Thermal paper roll coated on the outsi on request de app 55g sq m HQ 5 years HIGHTEMP KFZ paper width 57 5 0 5mm roll dia 30 mm core dia 12mm GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 64 of 64
13. page 44 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Programming and Erasing of Text Files The programming or erasing of files requires passwords On request these can be set separately for erasing and programming as well as for block 1 and block 2 GeBE uses the passwords PROG and ERAS 1B 73n Programming of text files with no 0 9 No PROG 50 52 4F 47 no name text file to be loaded e g 9 for T9 high no low PROG is the password protection from accidental erasing A text file can be programmed several times in a row even if the text files are not erased The last version is always valid A reorganization of the memory however does not occur With the next programming the memory space that was used for the first programming is lost unitl the next erasing occurs 255 x xh xl is the number of data bytes to be loaded without the com mand sequence data is a data string that contains the number of data bytes calculated by xh and xl speed is about 200 bytes s lt ESC gt s Q Attention As a standard theTINIT contains important parameters for setting the seri al interface the battery charge power down etc which are not automati cally adopted when the EEPROM is programmed For this reason the user should use the old parameters when he creates a new text file TINIT from the FLASH or a TINIT in the EEPROM previously programmed by GeBE and pr
14. 10 External Power Supplies Current Carrying Limitation 10 2 5 Applications for the Mini HOUSING GPT 4352 11 3 Technical Data of the Easyload Printer Module GPT 4312 12 3 1 Printer Mechanism GPT 4302 12 3 1 1 Table of Important Specifications GPT 4302 12 3 1 2 Diagrams Mechanical Dimensions of the Printer Mechanism 12 3 2 Technical Data of the Controller GCT 4382 13 3 2 1 Important Specifications of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4 13 3 2 2 Mechanical Dimensions of the Controller GCT 4382 13 4 SOFTWARE GCT 4382 V1 4 14 4 1 Character Sets Characters Line 14 4 1 1 GeBE Standard Character Set Resembles IBM II Code Table 850 14 4 1 2 Optional Character Sets 14 4 2 Command Set 15 4 2 1 Nomenclature 15 Hexadecimal values are marked with a symbol 15 Control codes of the ASCII character set are put in lt gt 15 Binary form of the flag represents one byte in 15 Printable characters or character strings of the ASCII character set are in 15 Symbols for names or character strings are written in 15 Variable parameters are small letters 15 4 2 2 Table of Commands 16 4 3 Command Set Detailed Descriptions of Technical Functions 17 4 3 1 Print Commands 17 4 3 2 Positioning Horizontally and Vertically 17 4 3 3 Formatting 18 Selecting the Character Size 18 Character Layout 18 Print Mode Text Data Mode and Blackening Adjustment 19 4 3 4 Graphic Commands 20 Graphic Command Compatible with GeBE Printers 20 Extended Graphic Commands See PCL3 S
15. EEPROM eemper eee i ae in the EEPROM 44 EEPROM 44 lt ESC gt v 6 Read the size of the serial EEPROM memory 44 lt ESC gt v 7 Read out text file x from the serial EEPROM J 44 lt ESC gt v 8 Read out text file x from the flash 44 SESC Wn lt ESC gt y n LED energy saving mode select table 1 25 lt ESC gt Y n Select blackening of paper individually n 10 75 J 19 lt ESC gt z Hex dump mode gt J So 49 lt ESC gt n m Select power consumption and print quality 28 lt ESC gt J n Select baud rate and interface parameters 24 lt ESC gt Battery test eee lt ESC gt Ih li Reverse paper feed by In x 256 l lines J 1 1 0 1 xe eer GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 16 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 3 Command Set Detailed Descriptions of Technical Functions 4 3 1 Print Commands ins ASCII hex fee ae ol Print command one line paper feed An immediately following lt LF gt will be ignored Print command one line paper feed An immediately following lt CR gt will be ignored Print command one line paper feed Print command one line paper feed Number of cha When a line is full the exceeding character will trigger the printing of that racters that are line The number of characters per l
16. LED Control on page 25 7 Estimating the Battery Status The GCT 4382 has a battery test command that initiates the controller to send a feedback about several parameters concerning the battery status to the host See chapter 4 5 5 Battery Test on page 40 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 Seite 27 von 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Set Peak Current Print Dynamics and Print Quality This command sets the maximum peak current It controls the maximum number of printed dots since the selected peak current can not be exceeded during printing This allows the user to adapt the peak current to the capacity of the board net Another parameter sets the print dynamics which determines the print quality esc eg m ASCII hex f ESC nm 1B5Bnm Set maximum peak current and print quality ESC max number of black pixels max segment size in bytes 1 parameter max number of black pixels selects how many black pixels can be printed simultaneously The minimum is 8 the maximum is 128 default is 64 or 40 As soon as the number of black pixels has reached that value in one line the print line is filled up with zeros and current is applied to the line After wards another cylcle is started with the next pixels and so on Recommanded values are 8 16 32 64 and 128 The maximum current depends on the operating voltage Vp and the d
17. Many value ranges of any kind are written in Variable parameters are small letters Parameters are symbolized by small letters I m n Their value can be 0 255 stated ina byte as a binary or hex value 2 bytes parameters consist of a leading High Byte indicated by h high and an immediately fol lowing Low Byte indicated by low Their 2 bytes value is calculated nh 256 nl meaning that values between 0 and 64 535 can be used for this 2 bytes parameter Example The command Paper feed by X lines has the general form lt ESC gt F lh l In 0 vir 9 dp t0 se F The command lt ESC gt F 03 E8 means that the paper is to be transported by exactly 1 000 lines 125 mm 03E8 decimal 1 000 03E8 decimal 3x256 14x16 8 decimal 1 000 The range of values for the parameters is limited GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 15 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 2 2 Table of Commands Command ASCII Funtih Vales Page CR Roa A eii lt CR gt lt LF gt Print command onelinepaperfeed Cd 17 lt LF gt Print command one line paper feed __ J 17 LE CR Print command one line paper feed 17 lt ESC gt Q Initialize the printer with a RESETpulse 2l lt ESC gt A Erase the data in the printbuffer
18. Rev 12 10 2002 Top View StatusLED Feed Button Ic10 RS232 driver HP Jumper J3 Power Down Mode 1 SER 1 925 Printer mechanism GPT 4302 LV APS ELM205 LV Power Supply Thermal Paper 57 0 5 mm AC DC GKA 352 Mains E E 100 240 Vac 230V GKA 430 GKA 435 GKA 410 ca GNG 6 5V 3A 10 36 VDC 4 cells Ni MH 1200 mAh GNA 4 8V 1 2Ah Ni MH Centronics Adapter Only together with Alternativ small GCT 4382 24 SPI 4 cells NiMH 600 mA EVAL GPW K 060 062 5V Mains GPW G 058 040 5V at 230V External q Ni MH charger SOT dpa D seh GNG 6V 0 5A U Mine closed Power Down deactivated o 7 1 m NI S MEG L 4d to J1 F oJ 4 J8 1 oO alo EJT Br9 En Vcc olas a Br cken n Bl alg UA C3 aly 2 a 4321 g 5 TP3 O Tp2 O m o GKA 407 Option LED BR10 BR6 Centronics Adaptor Bottom view Test print x o GeBE Elektronik und Block Circuit Diagram vi mon www oem printer net File GCT 4382 V1 4 Block Rev 12 10 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 51 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 6 2 Electrical Connections of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c Summary This table shows the connections of the controller board The position of the connectors can be seen in the images and the diagram under Component Placement GC
19. Start 0 Space Bt 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Character 1Start 8 Data 1 Parity 1 Stop Level on TTL interface Level on RS 232 interface 1 Mark 5V TTL level 0 Space OV TTL level GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 53 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Pin Assignment Serial RS 232 EIA 562 J2 The connector for the RS 232 interface is a SH connector from JST GeBE offers a standard cable with a D SUB 9 pin socket that connects 1 1 with a PC xus Comment Assignment Cable GKA 406 A 0 SUBSP 9Pin 1 GND signal GND HE ax ee er 3 RXD__ i _O Error reports and Xon Xoff messages CC 2 DENEN ET Handshake input of the controller Standard Reactivation Func i tion through 3 0V digital O Supply for external adapter 3 0V 7 2V ES Supply for external adapter power 5 CIS If the level is logic true the controller can receive data 8 Serial TTL Connection of Interface Adapters J2 The serial interface with TTL levels can only be connected as an alternative to an RS 232 inter face To do this the RS 232 level transformer is replaced by 0 ohm bridges This configuration version cannot be implemented by the user Attention The level position will then be inverted to the table in the above timing diagram of the interface Logic 0 or space corresponds to 0 0 5V logic 1 or mark
20. a voltage rise and therefore in data corruption Host sends a break signal after print job only are printed entronics printer works with the Printer electrically not compatible wit PC but not with my machine the host ters even the smallest transfer resistan ces can result in excessive voltage drops In this case no power supply would be strong enough Buffering with large capacitors may be possible if the power is just slightly too weak and large 4700UF Xoff or hardware CTS slow down output speed e g to 1 200 baud eck and improve ground connection feed current through short thick lines urn off raming error eBE for Measure line levels Contact adjustments GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 49 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 6 Hardware Description Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c 6 1 Component Placement GCT 4382 V1 4c 6 1 1 Image of the Component Side of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c Status LED Feed Button IR1 RS232 Driver IC Thermal Printer Mechanism J7 Charge J1 ee A Bs Pt eL D GeBE SPI J5 Winder J8 EEPROM BR4 Br7 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 50 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 6 1 3 Block Circuit Diagram of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c Controller GCT 4382 V1 A
21. already on high level in the resting state When the parallel interface is used the large number of connections make it more likely for this ef fect to happen Therefore the power off mode with the parallel interface is initiated as follows 1 Give power off command as required The standard TINIT produces a power off after 5s if jumper J3 is plugged in 2 Sel In on low 3 all data lines on low level 4 Strobe on low level If number 4 should cause problems the ballast resistor R35 can be affixed to the controller board This resistor will stress the internal Vcc of the controller and can help to lower it below the reset threshold should Vcc be pulled up illegally by a back feeding from the connected interface 4 4 6 Reactivation from the Power Off Mode From this mode the controller has to be explicitly reactivated before it can receive data again using the following methods pressing the feed button e sending dummy characters through the serial interface e setting the handshake line RTS serial setting the Select In line parallel applying a charging voltage GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 31 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Attention The controller can not be reactivated from the power off mode through the infrared interface be cause the IR transmitter receiver is turned off in power off mode For this reas
22. begin in the top dot line of the text line If the graphics are longer than the current text the following new text will begin with its top line in the line that immediately follows the graphics 0 unencoded n length of graphics in bytes max 48 g1 9n graphic bytes to be printed In text mode beginning from left to right dot 0 is the MSB of the first byte while the dot on the very right is the LSB of the nth byte A 1 in the respec tive bit position represents a black dot in the line After the nth byte the printer automatically returns to the character mode It will ignore all com mands while processing these n bytes The command lt ESC gt g n g4 gn is synonymous with the old com mand lt ESC gt G g4 gn if n n max 48 The graphic mode 0 for unencoded is the default setting 1 run length encoded n number of bytes following Run length interprets graphic information in byte pairs Each first byte is the repetition count byte for the second byte A 0 for the repetition count byte means that the following graphic byte will be printed once without being repeated A 1means that the graphic byte will be prin ted twice The repetition count byte has a value range of 0 255 which translates into a print factor of 1 to 256 The second byte contains the graphic information that is to be printed In text mode beginning from the left to the right the dot on the very right is the LS bit A 1 in the res
23. codes EAN8 amp EAN13 amp 2 of 5 interleaved amp code39 e green LED installed e data com pression PCL5 app 1 3 e operating temperature from 10 C to 65 C exchangeable opening lever transpa rent e thermal paper 5 rolls GPR T01 057 031 007 060A operating manual SMAN E 413 Easyload Thermal Printer for Integration Series MINI HOUSING GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 61 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual GPT 4352 LV 82 24 V 24 L C at SET1 Easyload thermal printer for integration with se rial controller GCT 4382 LV 24 V 24 LC serial interface RS232 9 600B operating voltage range power 3 0 7 2 V Low cost interface cable for RS232 with connector on one end GKA 406 2 500 9pin SUB D socket e power cable GKA 410 1 250 6pol GPT 4352 LV 82 24 V 24 EVAL at SET2 Easyload thermal printer for integration with stan dard controller GCT 4382 LV 24 V 24 EVAL e EE PROM for commands logos 8 KB battery charging controller amp power down rewinder dri ver serial interface RS232 9 600Bd amp Aux GeBE SPI exchangeable opening lever transpa rent e interface cable for RS232 GKA 406 2 500 9pol SUB D socket battery 4xMinon AA GNA 4 8V 1 2Ah NiMH charging cable GKA 416 2 190 charger GNG 6V 0 5A U GPT 4352 LV 82 24 SPI 4 5V EVAL at SET3 Easyload thermal printer for integration with c
24. connected The clo Sed state or positive level at input ON reactivates the controller from the power off mode optio nal configuration The voltage at the input ON may be between OV and Vp The controller is reactivated when the level rises above 0 5V Assignment of J8 Pin Signal Inpu Outputt Comment Cd 1 rewnder Vp O JPaperRewinder 1 1 1 2 rewinder O j spuledaganst GND 1 O E EN NER High level 0 5V Vp reactivates the controller from power off e x mode he Vp X For ON Switch at pin 3 r zn rewi ON Vp 6 2 7 Mechanism Connection J7 The O force ribbon cable connector is reserved for the connection of thermal printer me chanism GPT 4302 See manual on the printer mechanism GeBE document no MAN E 463 ELM 205 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 55 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 6 2 8 Expansion GeBE SPI BUS J5 The expansion connector J6 is connected to a synchronous serial SPI BUS that has been ex panded by a few control and supply lines to the so called 12pol GeBE SPI BUS Through this bus hardware expansions of controller functions can be carried out Modules with a parallel interface GCT 4382 10 and a clock module with an additional transparently controlled serial interface are available These modules can only be
25. down mode The traditional command lt ESC gt E n allows either a complete blocking of the power down or the setting of this waiting period This command will not affect the other power down parameters Only jumper J3 determines whe ther sleep mode J3 open or power off J3 plugged in will be activated Attention Power off requires a special controller configuration In addition R37 has to be removed and Br9 needs to be open If power off is selected even though R37 is affixed and Br9 is closed the controller will remain in idle mode It will also not switch to power off mode as long as external interface signals keep it active even if the configuration requirements are met If power off is selected the controller will be initialized after reactivation running through a regular reset Part of the controller s standard initialization is the command ESC e 05 02 which makes the printer switch to the power down mode about 5 seconds after the last activity Jumper J3 de termines the type of power down mode If sleep mode is selected with J3 open there will be an initialization after the reactivation and the same settings apply that are valid after a reset This behavior can only be changed by using the extended power down command ESC e n flags Attention In contrast to the standard energy saving idle mode the controller has to be reactivated or turned on from the sleep mode or power off mode before it can
26. in the line buffer Synchronization with External Events With the command lt ESC gt V X the printer can be synchronized with superior or peripheral de vices As an example an action has to be done after a text has been printed Since the printer has a buffer the user would not Know when this is the case However the printer can report this mo ment back through the serial interface if the synchronization command was given subsequently to the text that is to be printed All available characters can be used as synchronization com mands This also allows the monitoring of complex program sequences It is recommended not to use characters that are used for error messages ee ASCIl hex lt ESC gt V X 1B 56 x Print and report the default synchronizing character X through the serial interface after X all available characters If the line buffer is not empty this command will also initiate the printing of the current line GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 26 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 3 6 Power Management The power management of the GCT 4382 system was mainly developed for use in mobile devi ces It covers all aspects necessary for power saving operations 1 Low Minimum Voltage The low voltage printer mechanism GPT 4302 LV distinguishes itself from conventional mecha nisms with a significantly l
27. macro After a power on RESET watchdog RESET or software RESET TINIT is called at the end of software initialization and the commands it contains for changing the parameters are sent to the printer If TINIT is filed in the EEPROM the commands it contains take precedence over all previously set parameters Since TINIT can be written into the EEPROM by the user it enables the user to determine the printer initialization If e g a printer is supposed to print in data mode with double height and bolt the corresponding commands are written into the text file TINIT After the RESET the controller will first process these commands TA TQ TR TS These text files work like the text files TO 9 but they can neither be erased nor rewritten Used for firmware status serial number etc TA Contains commands that initiate the HEX dump mode and can only be programmed by GeBE TQ TR TS These text files are filed in the flash can only be filed at the factory for firmware sta tus serial number etc and are not meant for general use TQ e g contains the firmware nomenclature GeBE GE 3055 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 42 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Storage Space for Text Files The GeBE text file concept represents a file system within the printer memory Newly entered or re entered text files are always added to the occupied storage
28. operated with special hard software Please contact us Pin Assignment of GeBE SPI BUS Connector J5 Pin Sig 1 GND digital SS 2 Vcc 5 3 CLKi Oooo 4 MOSI 5 MISO E 6 EN3 Oooo 7 INTO DSR 8 En Vcc 9 EN1 Error Ince EDE RACER x EN2 o prog Oooo y Reset o Parallel Interface at SPI BUS Centronics Interface Adapter GCT 4382 TTL with GCT 4382 10 Through the GeBE SPI bus the Centronics adapter GCT 4382 10 can be connected to the GCT 4382 TTL This requires the digital component of the controller to be operated with a voltage of 4 5V Version GCT 4382 10 S246 is suitable for most computers Special configurations are available to improve the power down behavior if the interface has to be connected to several dif ferent laptops Please contact us The possible functions of the parallel interface include the transmission of print data the genera ting of resets hard or software and the status feedback The status feedback is not as detailed as the one from the serial interface The parallel interface is very fast and therefore ideal for the transmission of graphic data Timing of the Parallel Interface Parallele Schnittstelle Daten Strobe Busy Ackn Tack Tsb Tba ime Nam Jjmhn us typ u max usS Comment ack acknpulse width 17 Toa delay busy ackn _ 58 bs busy setup 0 50 Time befor
29. reported through the parallel interface and the serial interface and indicated by the sta tus LED Besides the data and handshake lines the parallel interface also has feedback lines that are switched accordingly when errors occur However because of the limited number of lines the feedback of an error is not always unambiguous if multiple errors would have to be reported si multaneously Most of the time the most fatal error will be reported first In this case the serial in terface has the advantage that errors are reported sequentially After an error has been cleared the corresponding small letter is sent followed by an X if no other error exists Table of Error Messages on off flash frequency fast S app 0 66Hz 5 medium M app 0 33Hz a j slow L app 0 16Hz kK E Parameter n refers to the 5 command ESC y n s 4 3 5 3 LED Control n mr nt c4 n 2 M T a Eee D on aultless operation After reset H di BERE evel on the status lines only short term du ring phase of initialization message Xov R X or error rashing program D aus Also after hardware software and watchdog resets Buffer emptied by 22 characters DC1 11 ace for 22 more characters in buffer DC3 gt 13 Processing synchronizing commands each transmitted character After paper has been inserted the printer wi wait for about 2 s before printing to give enough time for the mechanis
30. space in the EE PROM Erasing of single text files is not possible Text files can be programmed indipendently but they can only be erased as a block block 1 or block 2 Block 2 can be protected against erasing in the EEPROM via software please inquire In this case 1 4 of the total memory will be available for block 2 at any time Otherwise 200 bytes are assigned to block 2 from a 1K EEPROM and 456 bytes from all larger types This leaves the following capacities for the programmable text files From a 32KB EEPROM 24 424 5168 bytes are available from a 8KB EEPROM 5 992 1768 bytes are available We recommend PCL compression for the filing of graphic data because it allows a storing of Hm larger graphics about a 1 3 ratio if these contain a lot of zeros in the pure pixel image 00 Help with Unknown Interface Parameters If a controller gets out of control during communication due to a fault or other initialization prob lems the controller can be addressed as follows The special setting of the solder bridge combination with Br1 Br2 Br3 closed and Br4 open al lows to by pass TINIT Then the starting will be done serially with 9 600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit without a parity bit This way communication with the controller is still possible when the inter face programming is unknown and the EEPROM can be reprogrammed 4 6 1 Commands for Processing Text Files Print text file send a file to the host ASCII hex
31. standard configuration As a result the current in sleep mode is app 38pA higher For power off mode resistor R37 has to be removed Comment The command ESC e 05 02 is part of the standard initialization of the controller It causes the printer to switch to power down mode about 5 seconds after the last activity If sleep mode was selected through J3 open the controller will go through an initialization pro cess after its reactivation and the same settings will be in effect as after a hardware reset This can only be changed with the extended power down command ESC e n flags 4 4 2 Idle Mode While the controller is waiting for new print data its power consumption automatically decreases to about 8mA wih connected RS 232 interface no LED This value varies for different configurati ons and the load of the interfaces 3 mA typical if the RS 232 interface is not connected If the controller is in idle mode print data or commands are accepted without delay Handshake signals remain valid After a programmed resting period default 5 seconds the controller will automatically switch from idle mode to sleep mode if this is permitted by pulled jumpers or through a command This will reduce the power consumption even more by a factor of 1 150 GeBE also offers controllers that switch from the idle mode to the power off mode with a power consumption below 1 pA 4 4 3 Sleep Mode Standard Power Down If jumper
32. the default status including the command ESC E 05 given in the TINIT Attention BitO for a set bit 2 determines the type of power down mode instead of J3 however with jumper J3 plugged in during sleep mode the power consumption will increase by up 100pA Attention For power off R37 has to be removed and Br9 has to be open Also see chapter 4 4 Power Down Modes on page 29 and the following GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 35 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 5 Battery Charging Circuit Software Control General Information For battery operation the controller has a charging circuit supported by the processor in the rear of the board The battery can be directly connected to the charging circuit through the connector J4 The charging voltage is supplied through connector J1 Begin the Charging Process with Start Up Charge The charging device consists of a hardware component and the corresponding charger control software embedded in the u processor When the charging voltage is applied the hardware will first check the charging status of the bat tery If the battery is determined to be overdischarged the charging cycle will start out with a battery saving start up charge the charging status indicator will remain off If the battery is not defective the battery voltage is going to increase and soon exceed the RESET threshold of c
33. the printer is in power down status the host will receive the status message not ready to receive through the handshake line RTS since the interface drivers are turned off For a reactiva tion with dummy characters this message needs to be ignored by the host It may be helpful to use the lt XON gt lt XOff gt protocol since the controller will not send an lt XOff gt character when it is in power down mode and therefore will not interrupt the data stream However if a continous string of characters is used for reactivation and the usable characters are attached without a delay characters that are printed incorrectly and or with a framing error have to be expected After the transmission of the dummy characters and the feedback of initialization completion Xon R there has to be a pause of at least 1 character period so the receiver of the printer can synchronize with the beginning of the first usable character 1 character period app 1 05ms for 9 600bd 8 bit no parity 1 stop bit Reactivation from the sleep mode through Centronics Select In The first character positive edge at Strobe will reactivate the controller If a reinitialization after the reactivation was preselected default this character will be rejected This problem can be cir cumvented by adding a dummy character 00 before the print data for reactivation e Reactivation using Microsoft Windows Additional comment about reactivating a control
34. the repetition counter for recognizing the criterion for the exceeding of the temperature Default is p12 2 p13 determines the charge start voltage for a falling voltage 1 LSbit theoretically corresponds to 36 165 mV Default is p13 2133 corresponding to 133 x 36 165 mV 4 81V For 4 cells this would be 1 2 V cell Trickle charge ratio After the end of charge of the fast charge this value deter mines the medium value of the trickle charge when the char ger remains turned on 1 LSbit corresponds to 2s turn on time to 512s turn off time Default is p14 210 This means that a charging current of as sumed 300 mA will be turned on for 10 x 2s 20s during a pe riod of 512 s 20s represent 3 996 of 512s Therefore the trick le charge current will be about 12 mA corresponding to 3 996 of the charging current p15 determines the minimum battery voltage A minus delta U recognition will not be done below this value Deafult is p15 140 Therefore the value for 4 cells will be 140 x 36 165mV 5 06V 4 5 3 Li lon Battery Charging Circuit Option First see 4 5 Battery Charging Circuit Software Control General Information on page 36 When Li lon batteries are being charged they are switched from fast charge to trickle charge as soon as one of the following conditions is met e maximum U recognition a predetermined cell voltage is exceeded e end of charge through timer e maximum T recognition maximum battery tem
35. 5 0 5 mm wide thermal paper The effective print width is 48 mm 384 dots line Paper Insert To make it easy to insert the paper the print roll is completely removed from the mechanism An IR reflex light barrier monitors whether paper is inserted Indirectly it also monitors the closing of the transport roll Paper Transport The gearing which is protected against dust reduces the torque of the small stepper motors enough to allow for 0 125 mm wide steps in the forward and reverse di rection With this step size the printer prints 8 dots mm in the direction the paper is transported in matrix printing with 64 dots per square mm This results in a high resolution printout high enough for bar code prin ting The paper entry is monitored by an IR reflection light barrier Installing the Printer Mechanism The printer mechanism is set in a sturdy plastic frame and can be mounted with 2 or 4 fasteners and a screw 2 3 Controller Board GCT 4382 Features Summary Small Form Factor GeBE designed the controller board to be very compact L x W x H 69 3 x 30 x 7 5 mm It fits directly under or behind the printer mehanism It can be mounted with a screw and or clamps Central p Computer System The heart of the controller board is a single chip micro processor with 2 KB RAM and a 60 KB flash EEPROM A serial EEPROM standard 8 KB for filing logos cus tom text and commands for parameter setting can be assembled as an opti
36. 61 GPT 4352 LV 82 24 V 24 EVAL at SET2 62 GPT 4352 1V 82 24 V 24 LC at SET1 62 GPT 4352 1V 82 24 SPI 4 5V EVAL at SET3 62 GPT 4352 LV 82 24 IR2 EVAL at SET4 62 8 5 Preconfigured Cables PC Connection Cables 63 8 6 Power Supplies and Batteries 63 8 7 Interface Adapters 64 8 8 Paper Roll Holders Rewinders 64 8 9 Thermal Paper Different Qualities 64 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 5 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 1 History of the Changes in this Document 04 09 200 01 12 200 Like pug M E ec o V1 1 26 06 2001 3 LED table this version is not valid ie een aaa iion charging circuit hex dump mode battery test Iv3o IV30 a e i P 3 Euro character at pos 20hex zonr es parameters in 4 3 7 1 Current Carrying Capacity Print Dynamics and Print Qualit 28 03 2002 parameters in 5 4 1 1 Standard Entries in the TINIT 28 03 2002 parametersin 4 3 7 9 Battery lest 28 03 2002 textin 4 3 8 3 Readout of Text Files Cd 1 06 05 2002 _ transmitter disable in interface parameters of the serial interface 26 06 2002 buffersize 256 bytes gt 4 3 1 Print Initiation 26 07 2002 5 3 9 2Load of the Outlets J2 Paralle J07 08 2002 never implemented 4 3 3 Form Control
37. 7 2 200 12 x single wire lines 0 08mm 250mm JST connectors at both ends Connecting GCT 4382 to IR adapter ex stock 11488 GKA 408 2 110 8 pin single wire line 110 mm JST connectors at both ends Charge supply or DC DC transformer ex stock 11362 GKA 409 1 190 6 x single wire lines 0 08 mm 190mm JST connector open end not insulated Power current supply ex stock 11353 GKA 410 1 250 7 x single wire lines 0 08mm 250mm controller JST connector open end not insulated RS232 TTI ex stock 11387 GKA 414 1 500 5 x single wire lines 0 08mm 500mm controller JST connector open end not insulated Charge supply ex stock 6 x single wire lines 0 08 mm 190mm controller JST charge socket for GeBE connector other side ROKA switch socket 5 5 2 1 mm di standard 11433 GKA 416 2 190 ameter for hollow connector connector K520 0661 for charger GNG 6V 0 5A soldering U Power current supply ex stock 7 x single wire lines 0 08mm 250mm controller JST socket for GeBE stan connector other side ROKA switch socket 5 5 2 1 mm di dard power supply 11447 GKA 430 2 250 ameter for hollow connector connector K520 0661 for GNG 5V 2 5A AC T soldering iC MN Rewinder and ON OFF pin ex stock 1 GKA 446 1 200 4 x single wire lines 0 08 mm 200mm controller JST connector open end not insulated 1564 8 6 Power Supplies and Batteries Model Name Description 1 11 Comment 11451 GNG 6 5V 3A 10
38. B in the serial EEPROM GeBE develops and manufactures the controllers at its factory so special versions or special soft ware are always feasible This may e g be interesting if new character sets are required or speci al bar codes need to be generated For special project applications OEM customers also can acquire the hardware and software de sign under a licence agreement Please contact us for more information Delivery Time ontroller tor GP T 4302LV nterface eprom No Gas ELM 205 L E EPFOM L ex stock delivery within 2 weeks P production delivery within app 6 weeks S special article delivery on re quest SPI for Centronics Adapter Operating Voltage V SPI for External Modules m x Bee FL meon 2 Lo gel o a M619 C GCT 4382 LV 24 V 24 EE BOD mE S82 LV Z4 V24 EVI sso x X 8072 ma L B mao P GCT43821V24 9PK4SV EVAL X X X X X 4572 Hiss2 P GCT4382V 24 TTL ASV EVAL 9900 x x X X X x 45 72 TIS34 T GCT 4382 LV 24 IR2 EVAL LIXXIXIXIXI TX13972 8 3 Easyload Thermal Printer in MINI Housing GeBE developed an injection molded plastic housing for integration of the Easyload print systems GPT 4312 This MINI housing can be used with all controllers However the membrane that covers the con trol console comes in three different layouts e standard layout with one FEED button and
39. Bn Send back all current error status messages The controller will send back all current status messages sequentially If there is no current message an X will be transferred back This command will not be processed immediately Since it is treated like a printable character it will not be processed before all characters that have been sent prior are processed For this special case an automatic repea ting error message can be activated n 0 The repetition function is turned off n 1 254 01 FE The current printer status is transmitted to the host in intervals of about 1 10s x n n 255 FF Single inquiry without affecting the set interval time GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 47 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 5 Error Diagnosis Error diagnosis does not replace the complete functions test that is done at GeBE s test depart ment before each delivery However the diagnostic suggestions described below often prove to be helpful especially for the initial operation of the printer For example the interface cannot be checked by initiating a self test printout when the power supply is turned on however the printer should be able to print data at this point if it was able to receive data through this interface The user will also be able to see if the internal system is running The hex dump m
40. DC DC transformer from 10 36VDC to 6 5V circuit board ex stock 1 0031 36 VDC 3A open design compact board 11445 GNG 5V 2 5A AC T desktop power supply 110 240VAC to 5V desktop power supply ex DC 2 5A stock 0473 GNG 5V 5A AC power supply 100 240 VAC to 5V DC 5A open frame ex stock e ee r X 1360 GNG 6V 0 5A U power supply for NiMH ex stoc e uec Aj ee 1 1361 GNA 48V 1 2Ah NIMH 4x NiMH Mignon battery 4 8V 1 2Ah NTC ex stoc AN GNA 4 8 0 6Ah NiMH 4x NiMH Mignon battery 4 8V 0 6Ah NTC very small set other charging parameters GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 63 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 8 7 Interface Adapters The configuration version TTL 4 5V EVAL realizes the serial interface with TTL levels OV 5V Several different interface adapters can be connected to the TTL interface Ar No Model Name Description Commert 10539 GSW RS422 485 Interface adapter TTL to RS422 level 10 pin plug 10538 GSW RS422 485 Interface adapter TTL to RS422 level opto isolated D SUB 15 pin Opto plug 10208 GSW RS232 2 Interface adapter TTL to RS 232 level opto isolated with DC DC 2 Opto DC DC transformer D SUB 9 pin socket f 10205 GSW 20mA 1 1 Interface adapter TTL to 20mA current loop opto isolated passive O
41. E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 33 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 4 8 ane the Waiting Period and the Power Down Modes Extended Com man If the line buffer of the controller doesn t have any more data in it that need to be processed the controller will switch from the idle mode to the sleep or power off mode after the preset waiting period before power down has passed The extended command lt ESC gt e n flags grants the following choices Hardware selection jumper 3 is valid is ignored blocking of power down e setting the waiting period e setting the type of power down mode behavior after reactivation from sleep mode initialization or old settings from before the sleep mode remain valid With a power down command jumper J3 normally determines whether sleep mode or power off mode will be entered With the extended command lt ESC gt e n flags this jumper position can be ignored enforcing a different setting The result of enforcing the sleep mode in spite of the affixed jumper J3 is however that the po wer consumption is increased by up to 100UA Therefore it is recommended to remove jumper J3 if the sleep mode is a permanent choice Important for Power Off Mode If the controller configuration with power off option is installed and power off is selected by com mand even through R37is connected and Br9 is clo
42. INIT At first the transmitter of the serial interface will be disabled in order for messages to be sent in a baud rate other than the selected one The command ESC J 00 00 will turn on the transmitter of the serial interface without changing the current parameter settings This command appears at the end of the TINIT in the flash If the EEPROM TINIT is used this command has to be behind the baud rate command Through bit 7 of the MODE flags the output of messages through the seri al interface can be disabled completely GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 24 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual LED Control The status LED is set to the power saving mode by default meaning that the LED will flash shortly in long intervals during faultless operation By command it can also be set to a permanent ON or OFF during faultless operation The status LED is located next to the feed button on the circuit board The function of an optionally controllable LED is custom programmable The connection of this external LED is done through solder pads This connection see page 55 can also be used for other external tasks like the operation of a relay ASCII hex ESC y n 1B 79n LED indicates energy saving mode standard n 1 second table Indication of current status by the status LED according to the selected lt ESC gt j flash TB 6A n Con
43. J3 is pulled or the command ESC e n flags has been given the printer switches to sleep mode after it spent a programmed waiting time default 5 seconds in idle mode With the sleep mode the power consumption can be lowered to a value of 20pA typical RS 232 version For this the RS 232 interface outputs of the controllers are switched to a high impedan ce status From the sleep mode or the power off mode the controller has to be explicitly reactivated with one of the following methods before it can receive data again pressing the feed button e sending dummy characters through the serial RS 232 TTL interface or the IR interface changing the level at the handshake line RTS serial RS 232 TTL a strobe pulse parallel interface adapter or sending a dummy character through the parallel in terface applying a charging voltage GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 29 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual The reactivation causes the controller to go through an initialization phase for a period of about 30 ms If not otherwise determined through the command lt ESC gt e n flags the controller will go through its standard initialization It will be forced to set values back to the default settings in the TINIT Attention In order to use the sleep mode in combination with the parallel interface the resistor R35 has to be rem
44. T 4382 V1 4c on page 48 GeBE offers many different preconfigured cables and modules either configured on one side or equipped with an adapter e g for a PC connection You can find further information in the detai led interface descriptions below and in the chapter on product versions Connecting Plugs Solder Pads Table NI P V E ype ype o onnector anu e5 abie onnector Page tion SMO6B SRSS TB GKA 409 single sided SHR 06V S KA 414 single sidea serial RS 232 TT SM05B SRSS TB GKA 406 PG adapter SHR 05V S 52 FN0834 jumper 57 SM07B SRSS TB GKA 410 single sided SHR 07V S 50 SPI USB SM12B SRSS TB GKA 407 SHR 12V S 54 8 infrared Sep wires SMO8B SRSS TB GKA 408 single sided SHR 08V S 52 i CON A printer flex cable 10068A 27 T1 V SUYIN 53 options rewin y 4 Oe ON OFF Sep wires SMO4B SRSS TB JST GKA 446 single sided SHR 04V S 53 Deje SMe ee og I Y 1 options LED solderpad Cable for JST connec crimp contacts 53 1 testbuton test solderpad P OO 58 P31 1 testbuttonGnd solderpad o28 008mm 08 53 P4 soderpad f 53 soderpd TC 53 6 2 1 Main Power Supply Vp J4 The connection is done through a 7 pin crimp connector Either the battery or the external power supply is connected here Since the power component uses high currents low ohm current fee ding is strictly required short lines with a large cross section The power supply Vcc for the digi
45. TTL Connection of Interface Adapters J2 54 6 2 4 Infrared Interface GCT 4482 IR J6 54 GeBE IR Protocol Bidirectional 54 HP IR Protocol Unidirectional 54 6 2 5 Control Console 55 Paper Feed Button 55 LED Status green LED 55 LED Optional 55 Test Button 55 6 2 6 Options J8 Periphery Connections 55 Paper Rewinder 55 ON Switch for Reactivation from Power Off Mode 55 Assignment of J8 55 6 2 7 Mechanism Connection J7 55 6 2 8 Expansion GeBE SPI BUS J5 56 Pin Assignment of GeBE SPI BUS Connector J5 56 Parallel Interface at SPI BUS Centronics Interface Adapter 56 Timing of the Parallel Interface 56 Load of Outputs at the Centronics Adapter J2 Parallel 57 Pin Assignment Parallel Interface at the Adapter 57 Solder Bridges of the Parallel Interface Module GCT 4382 10 57 Clock and Serial Interface at the GeBE SPI BUS 57 7 Presettings of the Hardware Software 58 7 1 Initialization Values after a Reset Software DIP Switches 58 Standard Entries in the TINIT 58 Help with Unknown Interface Parameters 58 7 2 Solder Bridges Baud Rate Text Data Mode 59 7 3 Jumper J3 for Selecting the Power Down Mode 59 8 Appendix Product Versions and Accessories 60 8 1 Easyload Thermal Printer Mechanism GPT 4302 LV 60 8 2 Controller GCT 4382 Different Configurations 60 8 3 Easyload Thermal Printer in MINI Housing 60 Mechanical Dimensions of the Mini HOUSING Printer for Integration GPT 4352 61 8 4 Easyload Thermal Printer Sets for Integration
46. app 5 ohm 6 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 52 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 6 2 3 Serial Interface Also see chapter 7 2 Solder Bridges Baud Rate Text Data Mode on page 57 The serial interfaces transfer print data to the printer and report back status information from the printer These data streams are controlled through the so called handshake method hardware handshake software handshake A handshake does not occur every time a character is sent With selectable baud rates the con troller can immediately take all characters into the buffer memory without timing problems The in put buffer has a memory of 256 bytes Since many hosts are not able to stop the data stream ab ruptly a handshake is processed before the receive buffer is completely filled To be more specific When the memory is filled except for 22 characters the controller will swich the CTS line to stop and send the control code lt Xoff gt through the serial data line to the host in order to stop the data stream from the host to the controller As soon as the buffer is emptied down to 234 characters the controller will release the CTS line level change and transmit the control signal lt Xon gt through the serial data line in order to let the host know that it may send data again The handhsake method is not used for transfering of data from the
47. apter 4 7 1 Automatic Staus Report on page 46 External Power Supplies Current Carrying Limitation The current can also be fed from an external voltage source A supply inside the device e g 5VDC may be available However it should be taken into account that the printer tends to use high peak currents when it has to print fast or when there are a lot of black dots in one line If the power supply is not able to supply the necessary peak current up to 4 5 A within milliseconds in that situation the maximum current can be limited to a value between 0 7 A and 4 5 Stecker Ladegerat GNG 6V 0 5A U ATTENTION Never use a fixed voltage power supply without defined power limitation for the charging of NiMH or Li ion batteries We recommend that you charge cells with the mat ching GeBE power supply which has a special internal resistance Ri Please contact us if you have any questions Images of External Power Supplies See appendix starting at page 60 for product list O Power supply for integration 24 VDC to 5 VDC or 100 VAC 240 VAC to 5 V DC DC converter with 8 V 40 V input voltage and 6 5 V 3 0 A suited for car batteries Desktop power supply with 110 VAC 240 VAC input voltage and 5 0 VDC 2 5 A output GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 10 of 64 2 5 Applications for the Mini HOUSING GPT 4352 rhe print system GPT 4312 is installed in a compact injection mold
48. arp IR protocol for printers In contrast to the IrDA protocol the GeBE IR protocol does not have software layers used for the communication in networks or for controlling the hardware The GeBE IR comes close to the soft ware layer IICOMM of the IrDA standard For master slave connections the GeBE IR protocol re presents an easy and cost effective way to include an IR protocol in existing systems For opera tion with one printer the Sharp protocol has been expanded so it can also monitor the printer functions For the protocol description see GeBE document no 395 MAN E IR Protocol HP IR Protocol Unidirectional One program part for processing the unidirectional IR protocol from HP is available as an option Please contact us If the HP protocol is installed in the software the printer can be switched by closing the bridge BR3 For the protocol description see GeBE document no 395 MAN E HP IR GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 54 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 6 2 5 Control Console The controller has a paper feed button and an operation LED on the board LED status Another button test and a programmable TTL output optional LED can be optionally connected at two solder pins Paper Feed Button If the paper feed button is pressed the printer will not transport the paper before the printing of the line is completed Then it wil
49. cial characters may slightly differ from this formula Code 2 of 5 interleaved 1 wide 6 narrow n 2 wide 3 narrow EAN13 narrow element 95 EAN 8 narrow element 95 The printing of bar code will be ignored if a wrong type or an unknown size was given e the number n given was either too big or did not correspond with the type A white area will be printed instead of a bar code if e the right line margin or the maximum height of 100mm would be exceeded characters were put in that do not correspond with the character set of the code If the bar code is ignored the characters of the string will be printed as plain text as long as a type with plain text has been selected Ignored bar code without plain text will not initiate printing GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 23 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Setting Interface Parameters for the Serial Interface Also see 7 2 Solder Bridges Baud Rate Text Data Mode on page 57 ET Re mem ASCII hex ESC 1B 5D Baud rate n Mode flags m Configuration of the serial interface The controller switches to a new baud rate as soon as the preceding cha racters have been decoded and transferred to the printer mechanism This may lead to a delay for the execution of the baud rate command so the old setting will remain active for some time It is important to use th
50. command if additional hard ware is installed on the controller board and the respective signals are applied from outside In power off mode the controller turns itself off completely reducing its power consumption to less than 1pA When the controller is in power off mode it has to be turned on before it will be able to receive data It can be turned on by sending a dummy character through the serial RS 232 interface e setting the handshake line RTS serial setting the line Select In parallel interface pressing the feed button Attention The controller can not be reactivated from the power off mode through the IR inter face because the IR transmitter receiver is turned off in the power off mode The sleep mode is a lot easier to handle than the power off mode which is why GeBE recom mendis its use The power consumption during the power down status of the sleep mode is higher than in the power off mode however it is significantly below the self discharge rate of a Ni MH battery Battery Charging Circuit See 4 5 Battery Charging Circuit Software Control on page 36 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 9 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Some controller versions e g EVAL have components that support a battery charging circuit as their standard equipment The charging circuit is a simple switch control meaning that the li
51. corresponds to 1 5 3V 6 2 4 Infrared Interface GCT 4482 IR J6 For wireless transfer the controller is equipped with a convenient infrared interface This IR trans mitter receiver unit is located on the controller board Through an external adapter the IR trans mitter receiver unit can be moved to a number of positions By connecting the external IR adap ter GCT 4382 20 to connector J6 the internal IR transmitter receiver unit is deactivated ATTENTION This adapter has to be insulated when it is installed e g without any ground con nection The physical transmission is compatible with the IrDA SIR hardware layer V1 0 This procedure is used for transfer rates between 2 400 bps bits s or baud and 115 KBps These rates are in accordance with a standard serial interface Hardware layers IrDA FIR and 4 ppm are not supported This puts the bit intervals between 417 us and 8 7 us 20us at 9 600bps A pulse of 3 16 of the pulse width represents logic 1 Light levels range from 40 mW sr Milliwatt steradian to 500 mW sr The default setting is 9 600 baud 2 400 115 200 bps possible on request no parity 1 stop bit The transmitting range between host and receiver is from 1cm to about 20 cm for low power IR devices and from 1cm to about 30 cm for standard IR devices Please contact us if your applica tion requires larger ranges GeBE IR Protocol Bidirectional The GeBE IR protocol has been developed from the Sh
52. cs Select In 32 e Reactivation using Microsoft Windows 32 Reactivation from the power off mode by connecting the charger 32 4 4 7 Setting the Waiting Period before Power Down Traditional Command 33 4 4 8 Setting the Waiting Period and the Power Down Modes Extended Command 34 4 5 Battery Charging Circuit Software Control General Information 36 Begin the Charging Process with Start Up Charge 36 Charging Status Indicator 36 End of Charge Recognition 36 4 5 1 Ni MH Charging Circuit Standard Component 37 Charging Circuit without Current Limit 37 End of Fast Charge for NiMH Batteries 37 End of Charge through Timer 37 Minus Delta U Recognition Voltage Reversal at End of Charge 37 Maximum U Recognition Maximum Voltage at Battery 37 Delta T Delta t Recognition Rate of Temperature Increase 37 Maximum T Recognition Maximum Temperature at Battery 37 4 5 2 Description fo the Ni MH Charge Command 38 4 5 3 Li lon Battery Charging Circuit Option 39 Maximum U Recognition 39 End of Charge through Timer 39 Maximum T Recognition Maximum Battery Temperature 39 Description fo the Li ION Charging Command 40 4 5 4 Standard Settings for GeBE Batteries 40 4 5 5 Battery Test 41 Battery Test Command 41 4 6 Text Files 42 The Concept of Text Files 42 Text Files Block 1 TO T9 42 Text Files Block 2 TINIT TA TQ TR TS 42 Storage Space for Text Files 43 Help with Unknown Interface Parameters 43 4 6 1 Commands for Processing Text File
53. dapters e g include an electrically insulated opto coupling and lead to zu 20mA current loop RS 422 RS 485 or light wave conductors on the secondary side Infrared Interface on the Board An infrared interface is available as an optional component The associated IR transmitter amp re ceiver can either be operated on the board or on a supplementary board module GCT 4382 20 IR connected through a connector pair This IR interface is operated with the bidirectional GeBE IR protocol that comes with a complete description Parallel Interface through External Module The controller concept also supports a parallell inter face GeBE offers an external adapter module that is connected to the SPI BUS of the controller Clock and Second Serial Interface on a Periphe ral Module For special protocol tasks that require the time to be External IR interface module on the printout without an external clock being Infrared transceiver GCT 4382 20 IR available a clock module that is buffered by a lithium battery can be installed through the SPI BUS The clock can be set with two buttons on the controller The current date and or time can be added to the printed text by command The clock module can be equipped with another se rial interface for the transparent transmission of data to the host e g to connect a keyboard Paper Rewinder The standard versions come with an installed motor driver for the connection of a paper rewin
54. der that can be operated with the Vp Control Console ree board has a feed button and a green status In addition a test button and an optional LED can be connected through solder pads Their functions can be programmed by the user The film that is covering the console is available with a custom design The infrared tranceiver that can be installed in ternally is also located in this area behind a red window See chapter 4 6 Stored Text Files on page 42 as well as LED Control on page 25 Centronics interface adapter GCT 4382 10 Cent Papieraufwickler mit Einbaugehause GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 8 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 2 4 Power Supply Power Management The operating voltage Vp is carried through a 7 pin JST connector with locking device The digital component is done through an integrated voltage control from this operating voltage Either an external power supply 6 5 V 2 5 A or a battery standard 4x NiMH can be the operating voltage source The maximum current that is withdrawn from the power source during printing can be li mited to values between 0 7 and 4 5A in order for adapting the printer to the capacity of the po wer source If the current is decreased the printing will become slower Energy Saving Modes Power Down The controller has three different levels of energy saving modes e idle mode
55. e processor For the same reason the input buffer is fairly small In case of an error that could be cleared with a RESET command un processed data in the buffer would be the reason that this command could only be processed af ter the error has been cleared This circumstance has to be considered when choosing a strategy for error recovery The program transports the data that has to be interpreted to the line buffer From there it is final ly printed when the print command reaches the output of the input FIFO and is interpreted as print start However if the command lt ESC gt A is entered into the print data stream the data that is already written into the line buffer will be erased The commands lt ESC gt Q and lt ESC gt A that are described below can mainly be used to en sure the reliability of the data transfer to the printer and therefore to eliminate interruption in a rough environment with strong disturbances ASCII hex lt ESC gt 1B 40 Initializes the printer just like after power on Between the receiving and the processing of this command the data in the input buffer has to be processed first Further print data may not follow this command until the readiness of the printer has been reported through the serial interface Otherwise data that was sent during the processing of a reset would be lost because the input buffer is erased during RESET lt ESC gt A 1B 41 Erase the data that has not been printed
56. e respective bit position of a replacement byte represents a black dot in the line After completing the line the printer will automatically re turn to the character mode During the printing of this line the printer will ignore all other commands Mixing of text and graphics is not possible with delta row GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 21 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 3 5 Special Commands Barcode Character Set Code Width If there is data in the current line that has not been printed when the bar code command is to be processed the printer will continue and then start the bar code printing in a new line Bar code is printed with or without plain text however the text is not placed according to the norm SS ASCII hex lt ESC gt b 1B 62 Type Print bar code Type A code 39 with plain text dito w o plain text B code 2 of 5 interleaved with plain text b 7 dito w o plain text C EAN 13 with plain text c dito w o plain text D EAN 8 with plain text d dito w o plain text E Code 39 with check digit after e dito w o plain text module 43 with plain text Size width of bars and spaces 0 7 X2XQ4 256 X Start position of the code in pixels as distance from left margin Y Yh 256 Y Height of the bar code in pixel not including plain text Y is internally rounded to whole millim
57. e standard text files from the flash will be used However if there are text files in the EEPROM under the same names they take precedence over the text files in the flash Two separate blocks of text files exist Block 1 contains the text files TO T9 Block 2 contains the text files TINIT TA TQ TR and TS Text Files Block 1 TO T9 TO T9 can contain user specific macros logos etc but they also have special functions TO Is retrieved when the feed button is pressed down during reset and can be used to print e g service text or the company logo with an address The printout of text file TO can either be called through the command Print text file no 0 or after a RESET If the feed button is held down du ring reset the printout of this text file will start after about two seconds As a standard TO con tains information about the printer T1 Can be retrieved during operation through the command lt ESC gt t 1 Print text file no 1 or with a test button that can be connected optionally This file may be used to store a self test with character set printer specifications etc At the end of the command sequence of a text file there may be the call for another text file T2 T9 These text files have no special functions assigned to them The user can change the text files TINIT and TO throughT9 in the EEPROM by command at any time Text Files Block 2 TINIT TA TQ TR TS TINIT Functions as initialization
58. e the next strobe as datasetup 0 50 data hold For open collector control the minimum time is 0 5 3 5 us This value can be changed by replacing i i the RC filters with other components uH Fle FFE delay strobe busy 0 5 strobe pulse width 05 S b trb a in GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 56 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Load of Outputs at the Centronics Adapter J2 Parallel The outputs busy fault paper ernd acknowledge and select are protected with series resis tors of 100 ohm each before July 2002 470 ohm To ensure valid low levels pull up resistors that may be connected inside the controlling computer may not drop below the value of 1Kohm before July 2002 3 3 Kohm under any circumstances Pin Assignment Parallel Interface at the Adapter The connector for the parallel interface is a 25 pin D Sub pin plug for a direct connection with the PC Signa Input Output Comment 24 A Strobe 31 Accepting data DBO 7 with the rising edge DBO o n o oom o n s __ DBI Jf O G f DBS e e VE spo e opi DBA i qoo Eoo poo o o 0 DIENEN NNNM RSS NI DBG wr edm T S o 51 DB mu Wo Acknowedge OP BUSY o PaperEnd O Se
59. econd parameter o n 05 reset seed row of delta row see below This command will be valid until cancelled O is the default value after a RE SET ESC m no X byte offset with additional second parameter o With the command lt ESC gt m 04 o the graphics can be shifted to the right In order to achieve a left margin of 10 mm 80 pixels you would use the command lt ESC gt m 04 0A Graphics that go beyond the right margin will be cut off ESC m n Reset seed row of delta row The command lt ESC gt m 05 erases the seed row of the delta row graphics The seed row is the current line that was printed last The new line information is compared with the seed row After the next line is printed it will become the seed row The command to erase the seed row should therefore always be given at the beginning of graphics that contain delta row commands If the first graphic line is not delta row this will be unnecessa GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 20 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual ASCII hex lt ESC gt g n 91 9n lt ESC gt g n DATA Pixel graphics print a horizontal graphic line Mixing with text If the graphic command is given and the current text line has not been completed by lt CR gt or lt LF gt text and graphics will be mixed except with delta row encoding In this case the graphics will
60. ed housing Application in a pocket printer GPT 4333 with infrared interface GPT 4352 attached to a handheld computer PSION Workabout 19 front panel installation into 3HE G GPT 4344 Easyload printer in 96x96 DIN switchboard housing GPT 4346 printer with rewinder in DIN switchboard housing Qe Mini MULDE GPT 4352 installed in multiple standard housings GPT 4312 with redesigned hard and software used in desktop printer GeBE FLASH GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 11 of 64 3 Technical Data of the Easyload Printer Module GPT 4312 3 1 Printer Mechanism GPT 4302 3 1 1 Table of Important Specifications GPT 4302 Unit GPT 4302 LV Comment Imm 48 d m V V A A I m m m es O id Resolution ots line 384 0 Po ldotsimm 80 Max print speed 4000 sd 0 o mms 500 ogic voltage Vcc voo 27 525 Power voltage Vp M 27 72 A A IR reflect Power current max Paper end sensor No sensor for head posi tion Weiaht Width 68 20 ig o mm ength mm 2240 imm km PC 4 Power current av 12 at 3 3V soas a mg E pM 8829 SCS pum 5 m m m s reflect m m m m R g Height 15 head closed ife span k 50 printed paper_ C 10 50 C Operating temperature ero jJ E environment no 96 10 90 moisture condensation 3 1 2 D
61. erse by p dots p 256 x pn pi pi p is determined as an integer number with plus or minus sign as follows pni FFFD FFFE FFFF 0000 0001 0002 0008 p 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 If the requested positioning goes beyond the available span of one line 0 1 the command will be ignored The print attributes are not affected 4 3 3 Formatting Selecting the Character Size ASCII hex lt ESC gt P n 1B50n Select character set no n n 2 number of character sets The controller masks value n with 0F Therefore it can also be put in as an ASCII character 1 2 S All fonts can be mixed within the same line ESC H n 1B 48 n Print n 1 fold height n ASCII character 1 2 3 7 0 normal height 1 double height 2 triple height WW uim eightfold height This command can be mixed with other heights within the same line Print double width This command will be valid until cancelled This command can be mixed with normal width within the same line ESC W Q HB 57 30 Print normal width This command can be mixed with double width within the same line It will be valid until cancelled Default setting after a RESET Character Layout asc tes EENENEREEEZMZs ASCII hex I O 11B 49 30 Print black gray on white This command will be valid until cancelled Default setting after a RESET This command will be valid until cancelled L O HB 4C 30 Print without
62. eters e g Y 406 pixels is printed as 50 0 mm Y lt 100 mm 800 pixels n Number of bar code characters n lt 30 String Characters that represent the bar code information not all charac ters are allowed see below Available Bar Sizes By choosing the bar widths according to the table the bar code can be printed in different sizes m mmm qun e Eno nex pu TAI EE o ed Ee E TEES i r 9289 8L 9 580 0 375 0 575 e 1 4 2050 8125 5 OP 2 14 411750 PoP 1 1 7 0875 16 2000 7 OOO BY 2250 Character Sets for Different Bar Codes Code 39 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Z 4 96 Space Code 2 of 5 interleaved 1234567890 the number of characters n has to be even EAN13 1234567890 Other characters will only result in the printing of the text information but not of the bar code itself The check sum which is the 13th character is calculated and added by the printer EAN 8 1234567890 Other characters will only result in the printing of the text information but not of the bar code itself The check sum which is the 8th character is calculated and added by the printer GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 22 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Code Width of Different Bar Codes Code 39 6 wide 14 narrow n 3 wide 7 narrow Spe
63. feed button is held down for at least 3 seconds du ring power on and at the same time does not detect any paper at the printer inlet open lid for the printer housing While the printer is in hex dump mode a power down sleep mode or power off mode will be prevented In order to leave this mode the printer either has to be turned off or a hardware RESET has to be initiated The hex dump mode is also left if the paper is removed after it was detected and the feed button is held down for at least 3 seconds afterwards After the hex dump mode the printer goes through an initialization by processing the TINIT GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 48 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Commands for Entering the Hex Dump Mode Comm ASCII Comm hex Function 1 1 1 1 1 ESC T A HB 54 41 Retrieval of the unalterable text file TA It contains the command ESC z number HEXDUMP for formatting the printout in the hex dump mode This command formats the printout in tho nee amp in the flash ESC z 1B 7A number n HEXDUMP 48 45 58 44 55 4D 50 mode It is onl available through the coresponding entr In order to call the ri hex dump mode text file A is retrieved number states the number of presented bytes per line default n 12 The selected text format is retained The password HEXDUMP rep
64. fterwards Select In has to be low A permanent low for Strobe would be optimal Attention Strobe low will set the busy output to high immediately hardware For reactivation Select In has to be high for at least 3 ms before it may be reset again e Reactivation using Microsoft Windows Comment Reactivation from power down mode through Centronics Select In using Microsoft Windows The jumper J3 on the Centronics adapter GCT 4382 10 S246 should be plugged in at position 2 3 This way the host will receive its own Auto LF signal reported back as the select signal of the controller Without an active select signal Microsoft Windows would interpret the printer as not connected and create a time out after a certain observation time e Reactivation from the power off mode by connecting the charger Applying and disconnecting of the charging voltage e g by connecting or disconnecting the po wer supply will reactivate the controller If the controller detects a charging voltage after being re activated it will remain on in order to be able to monitor the rest of the charging process GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 32 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 4 7 Setting the Waiting Period before Power Down Traditional Command After a waiting period that can be preset power down time the controller can switch from idle mode to a power
65. henever the line buffer doesn t have any more data in it Attention Some errors like paper end will block the printing In this case the line buffer can not become empty These types of situations have to be considered for the application strategy The individual bits in the byte flags have the following effect Authorized values for bits in the byte flags XXXX X0xx b bit2 0 Jumper J3 determines the type of power down mode J3 affixed power off mode power off mode or idle mode is selected depending on the configuration J3 open sleep mode is selected XXXX X1xx b bit2 1 bitO gt gt gt see there determines the type of power down mode XXXX XXOx b bit1 0 only effective in sleep mode All printer settings are retained after reactivation i e an initialization will not occur after reactivation from the sleep mode XXXX xxx b bit1 21 The printer is initialized after each reactivation Attention After a reactivation from power off mode the printer will always be initialized XXXX XXxO b bit0 0 only effective if bit 2 21 Regardless of jumper J3 the controller will always go into the power off mode or sleep mode after the waiting period depen ding on the configuration XXXX xxx1 b bitO 1 only effective if bit 2 21 Despite jumper J3 the controller will always remain in sleep mode after the waiting period In comparison The command lt ESC gt e 05 00 causes a reset of the power down mode to
66. i mit of the battery determined through p13 Maximum temperature value The temperature is measured with an NTC resistor that is sol dered on to the battery pack p3 determines the maximum temperature value If this is exceeded for p4 times at the bat tery cells during charging the fast charge will be stopped The estimation formula for a 6 8K NTC is p11 2 60 C Tmax C 0 6 C Default setting is p3 255 without protection if the Li lon battery does not have an NTC for temperature control Caution High temperatures will result in small and therefore inaccurate measured values Please contact us Repetition counter for Tmax exceedings The maximum temperature has to exceed value p3 p4 times in a row in order to stop the charging process Default is p4 1 4 5 4 Standard Settings for GeBE Batteries In the flash text file TINIT charging is preset for 4x Ni MH cells For changes or the charging of Li lon batteries the corresponding command has to be entered in the flash or the EEPROM Please contact us regarding this option Fast and trickle charge are indicated through characteristic flashing of the status LED eE battiype GeBE batttype E Ed Seting g meneto e d E ee a eo S ar idea i 55 HANM ming in the TINIT poteo s 180169 18 er s pirjes e pss iope LiHon option UO GNA 3 6 0 8 Li n Fils less ras ng 7 has no pon temperature sensor 1 40 60 3 80 169 16 60 3 47 86 2 133
67. iagrams Mechanical Dimensions of the Printer Mechanism 8 5 5 0 CORRECT ROLLER ALIGNMENT TO THE PRINTER CHASSIS ri e a co in r d E ial E E GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 12 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 3 2 Technical Data of the Controller GCT 4382 3 2 1 Important Specifications of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4 GCT 4382 Ur Weight dg i Comment 60 IRAM programmemory KBB 2 Serial EEPROM memory KBB 2 8 64 SPI TTL and Centronics 9 RS 232 and infrared interfaces not connected LED off RS 232 interface connected and acti ve LED off EVAL controller with RS 232 interface parallel interface 150 0 R35 removed Strobe high D ee L1 o Operating temperature Le 40 65 eee Storage temperature ec 20 85 Logic current in idle mode Logic current in sleep mode Attention operation above 6 5VDC Due to the small stepper motor the printer mechanism GPT 4302 LV is not suitable for conti nous operation beyond a period of about one minute Please contact us 3 2 2 Mechanical Dimensions of the Controller GCT 4382 2 20 GCT 4382 V1 4 FEED button 69 5 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 e Page 13 of 64
68. ike it does on a ty pewriter The current line is printed below the pre vious line aay SHEJS jooo10ud eu epouu ejep ul Ou eui OU eui OU eui OU eui OU eui Ou eui Papiertransportrichtung TRALHA This command does not work for graphics This command can be given at any point within a line as long as the line has not been completed It affects the complete line This command will be valid until revoked with the corresponding command After RESET the sta tus predefined by switch 4 will go into effect lt ESC gt Y n Adjust the blackening of the paper individually n is a factor between 10 lighter and 100 darker Values outside of this range will not change the current setting 30 is the default value after RESET If different values are required perma nently the command can be entered in the stored text file TINIT GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 19 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 3 4 Graphic Commands Graphic Command Compatible with GeBE Printers ASCII hex lt ESC gt G Pixel graphics print one horizontal graphic line Q1 9n g1 Gn are the graphic bytes Their total number is specified with n 48 In text mode as seen from the left to the right dot 0 is the MS bit most si gnificant bit with the highest value of the first byte g4 the dot on
69. ine is determined by the selected font sent without a and the width of the printer mechansim Usually the width of the mecha print initiation nism is 48 bytes at 8 pixels per byte 384 pixels however it can be redu character gt ced to a smaller value with the command maximum icu numberof lt ESC gt h n characters line For the standard font 1 with 16 horizontal times 24 vertical characters the result would be 384 pixels line 16 pixels character 24 characters line lt ESC gt h n 1B 68 n Set the width of the printer mechanism in bytes n 16 48 16 mm 48 mm This command only works for text printing It can be used to change the maximum number of characters per line It is printed with left side justifica tion lt ESC gt V X 11B 56 x Print and report synchronizing character X through the serial interface If the line buffer is not empty this command will also initiate the printing of the current line String length In addition to the code for printable characters a large number of control extends 120 codes can be written into the 256 bytes character buffer without triggering characters the printout of the next line This could result in a blocking of the printer Therefore the printing of a line will be initiated when the data string for its construction reaches about 120 bytes even if the description of the line is incomplete 4 3 2 Positioning Horizontally and Vertically ASCII hex
70. ired in this case with 4 bytes each signi ficantly increasing the print time Recommended values are for maximum print dynamics max segment size in bytes 48 e for even printing same number of pixels as current parameter e g 64 8 always considering the maximum peak current for Vp GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 28 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 4 Power Down Modes The controller comes with different levels of power saving modes power down modes idle mode 8 mA typical e sleep mode 20 pA typical e power off mode 0 1 pA typical optional configuration required During the receiving of data and during printing the controller is in an active status 4 4 1 Comments on Controller Versions Regarding Power Down Modes The standard version does not support the power off mode Standard configuration starting with hardware version V1 4c With the parallel interface the ballast resistor R35 is not part of the standard configuration Connect jumper J3 for idle mode Remove jumper J3 for sleep mode Power off logic ist not in the standard configuration replaced by R37 Old standard configuration up to hardware version V1 4b With the parallel interface the ballast resistor R35 is part of the standard configuration Connect jumper J3 for idle mode Remove jumper J3 for sleep mode Power Off logic is part of the
71. is command only when the controller is not busy This is the case after a reset or it can be inquired with the feedback of a synchronizing command See Chronological Synchronization with Other Devices Authorized values for baud rate binary 1 1 200 Bd 2 2 400 Bd 4 4 800 Bd 9 9 600 Bd 19 19 200 Bd 38 38 400 Bd 57 57 600 Bd 76 76 800 Bd Authorized values for mode flags binary transmitter of serial interface turned on default transmitter of serial interface turned off framing overrun error output turned on framing overrun error output turned off default no parity default zero parity odd parity even parity 7 data bits 8 data bits default 1 stop bit default 2 stop bits mode flags disabled mode flags enabled default handshake output CTS is blocked only when buffer is full default XXXX xxx1 b handshake output CTS is blocked at end of paper If the second highest bit in the mode flag is set the following will occur When a parity or a framing error occurs a will be printed and in case of an overrun error a will be printed in place of the defect character A followed by an X will be sent through the serial interface The printing of a after framing errors is disabled in the standard version After a RESET the DIP switches are scanned first and then the baud rate is set accordingly If a different setting is required after each RESET it has to be entered in the T
72. l first feed by only one line 24 dot lines depending on font and take a small break afterwards If the button is still held down it will now feed the paper line by line without interruption as long as the button remains pressed This allows the ability to feed just one line by shortly pressing the button Afterwards normal printing is continued at the beginning of the next line LED Status green LED An LED can be connected here Please see the table Error Messages for the control of this LED See 4 7 1 Automatic Status Report on page 46 LED Optional At this connection an LED for custom solutions can be connected See page 25 for control options Test Button Pressing the test button initiates the printing of text file T1 Depending on its content it can retrie ve other text files Signal 1 ipuOupt Comment f options LED Cathode 180 ohm resistance on board anode at Vcc TP3 test button Connect to GND 6 2 6 Options J8 Periphery Connections Paper Rewinder The paper rewinder is an open collector power output for ohmic and inductive loads up to 150mA max short term 300mA Here a motor to rewind the printed paper can be connected to Vp GeBE offers rewinders rewinders in a housing and mounting accessories See page 59 for pro ducts and accessories ON Switch for Reactivation from Power Off Mode Between pin 3 input ON and pin 4 Vp of connector J8 a switch can be
73. lect O Auto Line Feed Faut CO a Oo ee see error messages 1 1 1 1 can be connected to select Windows operation 17 lused for reactivation active high 18 25 GNDdigital GND Solder Bridges of the Parallel Interface Module GCT 4382 10 Pin 6 8 9 ara JNam JMeanng Feedback of the AUTO LF output of the BR1 default open or host on SELECT Allows a Windows system J3 default 2 3 open auto LF not J3 to report printer SELECT back to itself fed back to Select SELECT interrupt BR2 default open or J3 default 1 2 closed select ac J3 tive Clock and Serial Interface at the GeBE SPI BUS With expanded software a clock module can be operated at the GeBE SPI BUS It is equipped with an alarm register which can be used to reactivate the controller For operation a second button is connected to the controller which in combination with the FEED button and the print options of the printer as a display is used for the setting of the clock and the alarm register The clock setting can be inquired through special commands and put out through the serial interface There are different formats to include the date and time in the current printing so that e g measu rement protocols can be acquired with date and time The clock has its own lithium battery that maintains the operation even when the operating volta ge at the controller is no lo
74. ler from a power down mode through Centronics Select In with Microsoft Windows depending on the PC used The jumper J3 on the Centronics adapter GCT 4382 10 S246 should be plugged in at position 2 3 This way the host will receive its own Auto LF signal reported back as the select signal of the controller Without an active select signal Microsoft Windows would report a time out e Reactivation from sleep mode by connecting the charger Applying and disconnecting of the charging voltage e 9 by connecting or disconnecting the po wer supply will reactivate the controller If the controller detects charging voltage after being reac tivated it will remain on in order to be able to monitor the rest of the charging process GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 30 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 4 5 Power Off Mode through Auto Shut Down Attention The sleep mode is a lot easier to manage than the power off mode which is why GeBE recom mends its use The power consumption during the power down status of the sleep mode is higher than in the power off mode however it is still significantly below the self discharge rate of a Ni MH battery Attention A special controller configuration is required for power off which has to be taken into considerati on before ordering In addition R37 has to be removed and Br9 open Otherwise the controlle
75. lf test including advertising The default setting of the controller corre sponds to the following instructions which are not entered in the TINIT however ESC A ESC pD 0 lt ESC gt H 05 ESC AA 0 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt M 05 lt ESC gt N 0 0 ESC gt P 1 lt ESC gt S 0 ESC W 0 In order to change these settings the appropriate changing commands have to be added to the TINIT For general information on working with the text files see 4 6 Text Files on page 42 Standard Entries in the TINIT Comm ASCI Comm hex Function ESC Y n 1B 59 1E Set blackening of the paper to a medium value of 30 1B 5B 40 18 Power consumption for 64 pixels medium print dynamics and print quali t ESC E 05 1B 45 05 Power down after 5 seconds regardless of the buffer status if enabeled ESC r 4 charging circuit configurated for 4 NIMH lt ESC gt 0 1B 5D 0000 Turn on the transmitter of the serial interface 0 Attention Help with Unknown Interface Parameters The solder bridge combination Br1 Br2 Br3 closed and Br4 open constitutes an exception This combination does not call the TINIT of the EEPROM but is always started serially with 9 600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit without parity bit This allows the user in case of faulty EEPROM pro gramming with unknown values to communicate with the controller in spite of the hereby created er
76. m the predetermined load and the voltage drop that is reported back it can be concluded how high the reasonable load of the power source is without this load causing a drop below the authorized operating voltage Please contact the GeBE service for advice GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 41 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 6 Text Files The Concept of Text Files In the program memory of the p processors flash memory the user can store text files Tx that are called back by command Nearly all commands that the printer understands can be filed there as a macro and retrieved through a command lt ESC gt t No print text file No In this case the command sequence from the text file will be processed instead of this command during the processing of the print buffer as if it had been written into the print buffer through the interface Text file memories with a special function e g TINIT which stores commands for the initialization of the controller are available As an option the controller can be equipped with a serial EEPROM into which the user himself can write text files EEPROMs with a memory size of 1 2 4 8 16 32 or 64 KB can be used Standard is 8 KB The software will check the presence of an EEPROM as well as its size and content and automa tically adapt to it If there are no text files stored in the EEPROM th
77. m to be closed Print head temperature too low j Print head temperature too hig eoretical message since the voltage limit is below the reset threshold rror message M usually when Vp 7 8V Error is typ cleared when Vp 7 6V Parity or framing error no interruption of printing PROM command completed without er rors Textile memory overfiow f EEPROM byte programming time exceeded charge start Charge end Charge start Charge end nd of error M Buffer empty X ON lt QO Buffer fu ynchroni zing feed charac back ters QO NI eepe a a a cur a Paper end emp low emp hig Vp too low E Vp too hig EE IEE Invalla password overtlo time out 1 B l 4 3 Battery char Fastonage T 17 T T be ee qu EFIE ge y Handshake output CTS usually reacts to the filling level of the input buffer but it can also be programmed to go to block interface log 0 when an error occurs See the chapter about the configuration of the serial interface on page 24 O D E w BA gi a Q Ni m 3 Oo El D on D on GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 46 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Periodic Output of the Current Status With this command the current printer status can be inquired through the serial interface ASCII hex lt ESC gt k n 1B6
78. mi ting of the current is not achieved through the charge control but through the power supply The maximum charging current is dependent on the battery voltage app 0 7 0 3 A If the cell voltage drops below 2 5 V the charge control will automatically process a precharge with app 5mA in or der to avoid damage from over discharging The charging cycle is supported by the p processor of the controller The processor also controls the temperature of the cells with the sensor that is installed right by them There are two component versions for two different tech nologies available NiMH battery charging circuit standard component for controllers with charging circuit e Li lon battery charging circuit optional component NiMH Charging Circuit This charging circuit is designed for 4 Ni MH cells 4 8 V NiCd 3 or 5 cells and other capacities on request GeBE offers a matching power supply GNG 6V 0 5A U art no 11360 The charging time for a 1 200mAh battery will be app 4 hours GeBE offers preconfigured 1 200mAh batte ries others on request Li lon Charging Circuit Optional Component The optional charging circuit is designed for one lithium ion cell 3 6 V rated voltage 4 1 V brea king voltage 4 2 V on request The charging time for 1 000mAh batteries will be app 4 5 hours Charging Process Indicator During the charging process the green operation LED indicates the current type of charging rapid and trickle See ch
79. ng read out in order to prevent an Xog character from entering the data stream Otherwise the lt Xon gt lt Xo gt characters that were generated by the printer might be interpreted as being part of the text file Attention If text files were filed several times in a row under the same file name only the file that was stored last can be read out The access to previously stored contents is lost The FLASH files however can always be read out with the command ESC v 7 No DUMMY described below even if a text file with the same name was programmed in the EEPROM Function lt ESC gt v 7 Readout of the EEPROM file m 0 1 9 m EU Q name for TINIT DUMMY The dummy byte n can have any value it is required for technical reasons After this command was given the file data are read out through the serial interface The controller sends the length values and l as 4 ASCII characters that are encoded as 2 hex Nibble and define the file length The command for reading out the text files may itself not be part of a text file In this case with an invalid text file no or if an EEPROM file is not pro grammed the letter sequence XXXX is sent instead of the 4 hex digits ESC v 8 HB 76 37 Readout of the FLASH file m 0 1 9 Q R S m DUMM m n Function as ESC v 7 iption see above GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312
80. nger sufficient Please contact us for detailed descriptions GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 57 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 7 Presettings of the Hardware Software 7 1 Initialization Values after a Reset Software DIP Switches The flash memory contains an initialization text file TINIT that holds the commands for initializing the controller If the printer is required to e g print with double height and inverse in data mode the corresponding commands have to be set into the text file TINIT After a RESET the controller will first process these commands Virtually all commands can be entered in a text file The con troller will interpret the retrieval of a text file as if data is sent through an additional virtual inter face One text file can call another at its end Additional or different settings can be made by the manufacturer through appropriate entries in the text file TINIT If the controller has an optional EE PROM the TINIT can be changed through an interface Also see the chapter EEPROM A reset will first activate the standard settings register the solder bridge settings and then process the TINIT If the line feed button is still held down after the processing of the TINIT text file TO will be retrieved afterwards TO is mainly intended for the printout of a text file containing texts and may be a logo as a kind of se
81. ode allows some diagnosis of transmitted data without having it interpreted by the software of the printer controller This can determine if the command sequence that was re ceived corresponds to the requested command The following diagnostic help is available e Self test printout when the controller is turned on Test printout caused by the closing of a connected external test button Hex dump mode Error diagnosis of occuring standard errors 5 1 Self Test With this the printer functions can be tested through a printout Text file TO will be processed and printed if the feed button is held down for more than 2 seconds during power on TO may also be filed in the EEPROM e g containing the command for an additional printout of text file T1 test printout at the end 5 2 Test Printout If the test button is pressed during operation text file T1 will be processed It may contain the character set and other information like retrieving the text file that holds the serial number 5 2 1 Hex Dump Mode In the hex dump mode the bytes that are transmitted from the host system to the printer are prin ted as hexadecimal values and ASCII characters in order to recognize independently from inter pretations happening in the parser which data sequences are received by the printer This allows the user to discover communication errors which can be very helpful for servicing the printer The printer will switch to hex dump mode if the
82. ogram them into the EEPROM expanded by the desired commands The commands that concern the interface parameters should be inserted before the command lt ESC gt 00 00 to release the transmitter This way messages after the reset will be sent with the new settings ESC u T Erase text files O 9 ERAS 45524153 The text files TO T9 can only be erased together All text files are erased even the ones that were programmed earlier ERAS is the password protection from accidental erasing lt ESC gt u U HB 75 55 Erase the TINIT file ERAS 45524153 AIl text files are erased even the ones that were programmed earlier ERAS is the password protection from accidental erasing 4 6 2 Error Codes for the Processing of Text Files Whenever errors occur during the processing of text files e g during erasing or reprogramming error messages are transmitted through the serial interface Serial Serial eil EEPROM command completed without errors Wrong password for erasing or programming of text files E4 Maximum programming time for one EEPROM byte was exceeded time out EEPROM not found E6 Future use EQ GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 45 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 7 Error and Status Messages during Printing 4 7 1 Automatic Status Report How are errors reported back Errors are
83. ommand lt ESC gt F Ih Il For the transmission of a command the relevant values encoded in a byte have to be used instead of the place holders The status of single flags for example or even graphic dots can be encoded in a byte Hexadecimal values are marked with a symbol These values are marked with a preceeding symbol Example decimal 10 0A Control codes of the ASCII character set are put in lt gt Control codes with a character sequence defined in ASCII code are written in pointed brackets Example Line Feed LF 0A Binary form of the flag represents one byte in The flags encoded in a byte are put in As a flag each bit in the byte can assume the values 0 not set 1 set or x not relevant Eight bits are arranged in a flag byte and they can be identified by the b that follows them Example FLAG with the bit order 001x 1111 b can either be put out as 0010 1111 b 2F or as 0011 1111 b 3F since the flag in the fourth position flags from position 7to 0 is without a meaning Printable characters or character strings of the ASCII character set are in These characters are written in quotes Example E 45 Symbols for names or character strings are written in Whenever names symbols or values don t immediately indicate the data form because of a ge nerally accepted arrangement they are written in round brackets Example Name ABC A B C 41 42 43
84. on troller GCT 4382 LV 24 SPl 4 5V EVAL and pa rallel CENTRONICS interface e EEPROM for com mands logos 8 KB battery charging controller amp power down rewinder driver LED green 4 battery cells NiMH 1 2 V operating voltage ran ge 4 5 7 2V cable for Centronics adapter 12pol GKA 407 2 200 Centronics adapter GPT 4382 10with 25pin SUB D Stift e power cab le GKA 410 1 250 6pol GPT 4352 LV 82 24 IR2 EVAL at SET4 Easyload thermal printer with controller GCT 4382 LV 24 IR2 EVAL infrared interface e EE PROM for commands logos 8 KB battery charging controller amp power down rewinder dri ver LED green serial interface aux GeBE SPI IR operating voltage range power 3 0 7 2 V external IR transceiver GCT 4382 20 cable for IR transceiver GKA 408 2 110 battery 4xMinon AA GNA 4 8V 1 2Ah NiMH charging cable with socket GIKA 416 2 190 charger spec Ri GNG 6V 0 5A U GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 62 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 8 5 Preconfigured Cables PC Connection Cables Power cable ex stock 11002 GKA 352 2 1500 1 5 m black ground contact type plug to rubber connec tor RS232 to PC ex stock 2 9 5 x single wire lines 0 08mm 500mm controller JST BN i i i connector PC 9pin Sub D female multi point connector SPI Bus z B Centronics ex stock 11406 GKA 40
85. on troller s u processor circuit In order to bridge the RESET threshold the controller will first ge nerally turn on the charging with low battery voltage Vp 1 1 Vcc compensating for the de crease in battery voltage as a result of higher energy use after the initialization After the initialization the applied charging voltage will be registered and the fast charge will start by resetting the control criteria for the charge recognition Charging Status Indicator The current status of the charging circuit is indicated through different flash rhythms of the status LED Status inquiries through the serial interface are answered with the appropriate feedback See chapter 4 7 Error and Status Messages during Printing on page 46 End of Charge Recognition The type of charge recognition requires exact knowledge of the battery parameters The layout of the thermal printer controller GCT 4382 V1 4c is designed for two components in the area of the battery charging circuit Ni MH battery charging circuit standard component see 4 5 1 Ni MH Charging Circuit Stan dard Component on this page e Li ION battery charging circuit special version see4 5 3 Li lon Battery Charging Circuit on page 39 The end of charge parameters of each component are taken into consideration by software After initialization these parameters are first determined by the standard values filed in the flash of the TINIT however they can also be overwritten
86. on It can be expanded up to 64 KB Nearly all commands that have to be directed to wards the controller can also be filed in text files in the EEPROM and are initiated with a short command in a batch file Presetting Important Operating Modes through Hardware Text data mode power down and baud rates can be preset through solder bridges and jumpers Monitoring Watchdog An operating voltage control and a watchdog ensure the proper function of the controller even in an environment with a strong electromagnetic disturbance When addressed they cause an initia lization of the system GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 7 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Self Test Printout When the controller is turned on a test printout can be initiated by holding the feed button down Serial Interfaces RS232 and TTL The serial RS 232 interface is carried through a 5 pin connector to the RS232 TTL level conver ter standard component on the board If TTL levels are required e g for external level converters the internal converter can be repla ced with 0 Ohm bridges In this case the digital component has to be operated with 4 5 V instead of 3 3 V which requires that the 3 3 V voltage control on the board is replaced by a 4 5 V control Interface Adapters A number of interface adapters can be connected to the serial TTL interface These a
87. on printers with IR interface can only be operated in sleep mode After the reactivation the controller will run through the usual power up initialization for about 30 ms i e all settings are reset to standard values Afterwards any initialization commands entered in the TINIT will be processed During this initialization phase the controller may not receive any characters for printing Comment about reactivation from the power off mode with dummy characters For reactivation at least one dummy character 00 has to be sent or the TxD level has to go to 5V for at least 3 ms logic 1 We do not recommend to turn the controller on via brake signal TxD level active for a longer period of time since this can lead to a framing error with error mes sage e Reactivation from the power off mode through RS232 RTS To deactivate the controller RTS has to be lt OV logic 1 inverse logic for RS 232 levels For re activation RTS has to go to 5 V for at least 3 ms before it may be reset again Reactivation from the power off mode through TTL RTS To deactivate the controller RTS has to be OV or logic O For reactivation RTS has to go to gt 5 V for at least 3 ms before it may be reset again e Reactivation from the power off mode through Centronics Select In To deactivate the controller and prevent a back feed of the internal voltage Vcc through the data lines the last character sent has to be a dummy character 00 A
88. one signal LED e infrared layout with a red infrared window for the IR transceiver one FEED button and one signal LED special version with two buttons FEED and one button with special functions e g setting the clock The housing is very compact It can be installed into a simple front panel cut out from the outside Two holes on the bottom side allow the mounting of an additional board like the DC DC transfor mer GNG 6 5V 3A 10 36 VDC This installation would create a printer that can be operated with a power voltage between 8 VDC and 40 VDC 0 7 2 0 7 2 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 60 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Mechanical Dimensions of the Mini HOUSING Printer for Integration GPT 4352 ATA 4 Hauplabmessungan Easy Loading Hovsing NUR ZUR INFORMATION aol e 8 4 Easyload Thermal Printer Sets for Integration For small quantity applications GeBE put together starter sets They contain all the accessories necessary for the most common applications The following data applies for all sets Roll diameter max 31 mm paper width 57 5 0 5 mm e print modes text data and pixel graphic mode bar code e characters per line 24 32 42 54 max print speed 50 mm sec RAM size 2 KB additional functions po wer down switches paper feed button installed LED for status indication e bar
89. ot re sistance 123 Ohm and is calculated Vp x number of pixels 123 lvcc Imotor For 64 pixels Vp 5V min app 3A For Vp 2 7 2V max app 4 7 A 2 parameter max segment size in bytes Minimum is 1 maximum is 48 default is 24 or 18 With this parameter the print speed dynamics are set High dynamics means that the printer prints each line as fast as the maxi mum peak current allows i e an empty line is printed faster than a full line Without dynamics each line would be printed in the same speed as if it were completely black The parameter determines how many bytes are in one print head seg ment which represents the max number that is printed simultaneously even if these are only zeros so that no dots are printed If the minimum 1 is selected the printer will split the line up into 48 seg ments representing 48 cycles With a maximum of 48 current can be applied to a whole print line in one cycle if the maximal number of pixels of parameters 1 is not exceeded Even printing Example lt ESC gt 32 4 After this command the maximum size of he ated segments will be 32 bits 4 bytes This splits the print head 48 bytes into 12 segments of 4 bytes each Printing will be even Printing with maximalum dynamics Example lt ESC gt 32 48 If no more than 32 dots are printed with 48 bytes max in the line this can be done in one print cycle If a black line is printed 12 cycles would be requ
90. oved Otherwise the power consumption in all three power down modes will be almost 6mA higher The ballast resistor R35 has to be taken into account as a component option in connection with the power off mode and the parallel or the serial TTL interface when the controller is ordered 4 4 4 Reactivation from Sleep Mode e Reactivation from sleep mode with the feed button For reactivation the button only needs to be pressed briefly even for the power off mode 3ms are sufficient If the button is held down for more than about 2 sec the printer will start with a test printout after being reactivated from any power down mode The content of the test printout is de termined with the text file TO See 4 6 Text Files page 42 e Reactivation from sleep mode through data line TxD of the serial RS232 TTL interface The most secure way to reactivate the printer controller from the sleep mode is with unprintable dummy characters that are sent individually in intervals of gt 50 ms until the printer controller re ports back by changing control line RTS or with the software handshake signal lt XON gt The dummy characters are received through the serial RS 232 TTL or the infrared interface At least one dummy character 00 has to be sent for reactivation In the infrared protocol a request pa cket of characters may replace the dummy character During reactivation through infrared breaks are required between packets as well Attention When
91. ow voltage thermal printer mechanism GPT 4302 LV APS ELM 205 LV e thermal printer controller GCT 4382 developed and manufactured by GeBE Both components are combined inside an injection molded plastic housing GMT 4392 Housing system to form the Easyload thermal printer for integration GPT 4352 Because of the small size of the housing and the great power management the printer module is ideal for the use in por table devices like handheld computers measuring devices and small battery operated printers After the table of contents and the history of changes the marketing oriented reader will find the main features of the printer mechanism and its specifications followed by a summary of the basic features of the controller board in combination with the mechanism as well as possible applications for this print system A detailed description of hard and software for the technical user with a list of product versions follows This manual serves as a user manual for the following product series GCT 4382 chip set GCT 4382 from V1 4c thermal printer controller GPT 4333 pocket desktop printer GPT 4336 mini housing printer at PSION Workabout handheld computer GPT 4344 mini printer in 96x96 DIN switchboard housing GPT 4346 mini printer with rewinder in 96x192 DIN switchboard housing GPT 4352 mini HOUSING printer for integration Uhr RS232 RS232 Adapter 0000 o000 0000 0000 oooo0 ooo00 HORA
92. ower energy consumption In addition the lower limit for the operating voltage was reduced from the usual 4 5V to 2 7V In combination with the lower limit for the opera ting voltage of the controller of 3 0 V this allows a greatly improved utilization of battery capacities for lithium ion batteries or also for 3 cells NiMH 2 Management of Peak Print Current The peak currents during printing can be reduced by command from the usual 3A down to about 700 mA This will slow down the print speed especially when a lot of black dots have to be prin ted in one line which does not happen simultaneously but sequentially Also see the command ESC n m in the chapter Adjust Power Consumption Print Dyna mics and Print Quality on page 28 3 Low Power Consumption despite of Readiness for Operation The power consumption in idle mode of the GCT 4382 has been reduced from the usual 40 mA to about 3mA 8mA with connected serial RS 232 interface This increases the operating time of the battery considerably The controller switches to this mode automatically remaining completely ready to operate 4 Status Indication The low current status LED can be turned off or switched to a power saving mode by com mand Also see the command lt ESC gt y n in chapter LED Control on page 25 5 Power Down Modes Besides the idle mode the controller can be specifically switched to the sleep mode If the hard ware configuration allows it
93. pecification 20 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 3 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 3 5 Special Commands 22 Barcode Character Set Code Width 22 Available Bar Sizes 22 Character Sets for Different Bar Codes 22 Code Width of Different Bar Codes 23 Setting Interface Parameters for the Serial Interface 24 LED Control 25 Initialization Commands 26 Synchronization with External Events 26 4 3 6 Power Management 27 Set Peak Current Print Dynamics and Print Quality 28 4 4 Power Down Modes 29 4 4 1 Comments on Controller Versions Regarding Power Down Modes 29 4 4 2 Idle Mode 29 4 4 3 Sleep Mode Standard Power Down 29 4 4 4 Reactivation from Sleep Mode 30 Reactivation from sleep mode with the feed button 30 e Reactivation from sleep mode through data line TxD of the serial RS232 TTL interface 30 Reactivation from the sleep mode through Centronics Select In 30 e Reactivation using Microsoft Windows 30 Reactivation from sleep mode by connecting the charger 30 4 4 5 Power Off Mode through Auto Shut Down 31 Transition to the Power Off Mode 31 Important Comments about Input Levels of the Controller in Power Off Mode 31 4 4 6 Reactivation from the Power Off Mode 31 Reactivation from the power off mode through RS232 RTS 32 e Reactivation from the power off mode through TTL RTS 32 e Reactivation from the power off mode through Centroni
94. pective bit position represents a black dot in the line After completing the line the printer will automatically return to the character mode 2 TIFF 4 0 encoded n length of the following byte TIFF interprets graphic information as TIFF pack bits TIFF combines features of unencoded and run length encoding The graphic information is preceded by a control byte The control byte in dicates sign bit whether the following byte is a graphic byte that is to be repeated up to 127 times or whether a number of bytes follows up to 127 that are to be printed as bit map A positive control byte expects bit map information a negative control byte complement on two respects a n length of the following graphic byte Delta row will pick out the bytes from a line that are different from the bytes in the preceding line and transfer only these differences If only one bit differs just this respective byte has to be transferred The delta data consists of a command byte and 1 to 8 replacement bytes The command byte contains two pieces of information the number of replace ment bytes bit 7 6 and 5 and the relative left offset of the last byte that was changed bit 4 3 2 1 and 0 Value 31 as offset expects a following additional offset byte Value 255 of this additional offset byte expects another one and so on The offset values are added up In text mode from left to right the dot on the very right is the LS bit A 1 in th
95. perature is detected Maximum U Recognition When the cell voltage reaches a value of 4 1 V during charging the Li lon battery is recognized as full End of Charge through Timer This criterion serves to protect the battery from destruction and should be set to the value speci fied for the battery The time should be set at about 596 higher than the maximum charging time Maximum T Recognition Maximum Battery Temperature This criterion serves to protect the battery from destruction and should be set to the value speci fied for the battery GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 39 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Description fo the Li ION Charging Command Attention For Li lon batteries special hardware has to be installed on the controller board Please contact us This command sets the type of charging method If the charging voltage is applied when the command is given the char ging will be restarted p1 2 battery type P1 2 Li lon charge option battery type P1 1 Ni MH charge standard All other values are not permitted or turn off the charging p2 Timer controlled charge 1 equals 1 10h i e 6 min but 250 25 hours default is 40 4h The charging time starts with applying the charging vol tage with the command being received e g from the TINIT during Reset or when the voltage drops below the voltage l
96. posed to protect the battery from destruction The value that is specified for this battery should be set here Delta T Delta t Recognition Rate of Temperature Increase If the temperature T rises faster throughout the time t than stated in the parameter the charging energy is completely converted into heat the battery is recognized as full Maximum T Recognition Maximum Temperature at Battery This value is supposed to protect the battery from destruction and should be set to the value specific for this battery Sending the charge command lt ESC gt r p1 p15 will restart the charge Since this command is part of the standard TINIT the charge is restarted with each reset if the charging voltage is applied The charge will also restart whenever the battery voltage falls below a defined minimum GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 37 of 64 value 1 2 V typical cell of the standard battery pack Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 5 2 Description fo the Ni MH Charge Command Comm ASCII Comm hex Function 1B 72 This command sets the type of charging method 4 15 If the charging voltage is applied when the command is given the char Bee ging will be restarted p1 1 battery type P1 1 Ni MH charge standard battery type P1 2 Li lon charge All other values are not permitted or turn off the charging
97. printer controller to the host because the controller only transmits short sequences with a data rate that is quite low for the host so it can be assumed that these data can be directly received by the host without any loss Hardware Handshake With the hardware handshake the transmitting data source host or printer controller usually re cognizes from the position of the voltage levels on the hardware lines whether the other side can accept data or not However in this case the feedback line is not being observed during trans missions from the printer controller to the host Therefore data are immediately sent to the host serially whenever they arise When receiving data the printer controller controls the handshake line CTS clear to sent in con nection with the monitoring of the complete receive buffer The signal is controlled almost simulta neously with the software handshake processed through the data line Xoy Xog protocol Xon Xoff Protocol Parallel with the hardware handshake the data transfer from the host to the controller is also con trolled through the Xon Xoff protocol Which one of the two procedures is used for controlling the data stream is determined by the options and settings of the host software Timing of the Serial Interface Attention the standard configuration has 1 stopbit Attention the standard configuration has no paritybit 1 Mark Start LSB MSB Par Stop
98. pto passiv operation D SUB 9 pin socket 10206 GSW 20mA 1 1 Interface adapter TTL to 20mA current loop opto isolated active jon request Opto aktiv operation through installed DC DC transformer D SUB 9 pin so cket 8 8 Paper Roll Holders Rewinders 11464 GPH 058 060 K Paper roll holder pestese with axle width 58 mm rolls up to 60 mm diameter l 10198 GPW K 060 062 5V Paper rewinder 58 60 wide 62mm disk 5VDC ex stock 10203 GPW K FuB Mounting foot for all 5V rewinder l 11472 GPW G 058 040 5V at Paper rewinder in plastic housing production graphite RAL7016 paper width 58 mm 40 mm disk rated oprating voltage 5 VDC 8 9 Thermal Paper Different Qualities Art No Model Name Description ss jCommentt 11347 GPR TO1 057 031 007 060A Thermal paper roll one ply 57 0 5mm High quality 5 years wide app 31 mm diameter 7 mm ex stock core app 10 m long 60 g sq m 5 ye ars packaging unit 100 11555 GPR T01 057 031 007 060A 15 Thermal paper rolls one ply 57 High quality 5 years 0 5mm wide app 31 mm diameter 7 ex stock mm core app 10 m 60 g sq m 5 ye ars ae eee teres Pr ee wide app 31 mm diameter 7 mm core on request l NE eee T de A wide app 31 mm diameter 7 mm core on request T13 057 030 000 5 11471 GPR T13 057 030 000 060 1 Thermal paper roll one ply 57x0 5mm on request wide app 31 mm dia no core high temperature KFZ coated on the inside 11028
99. r will stay in idle mode R37is located on the component side which is on the inside when the controller is installed in the housing However Br9 is accessable on the solder side even when the controller is installed The refore the power off mode can also be easily prevented through bridge 9 Transition to the Power Off Mode If jumper J3 is plugged in the printer will shut itself down after the preset waiting period in idle mode power off reducing its power consumption to 0 1pA typical This auto shut off has to be enabled by the hardware including the levels of connected lines From this mode the controller has to be explicitly turned on again Important Comments about Input Levels of the Controller in Power Off Mode The auto shut down is only possible if not more than a minimum current is flowing through the connected periphery to the controller If the internal operating voltage Vcc is raised to the value of the reset threshold the controller s status will be changed such that reset and initialization alter nate The serial RS 232 version does not allow this but the serial TT and the parallel interfaces do un der certain conditions Therefore high levels at the inputs of these controllers have to be avoided to enable the use of the power off mode With the serial TTL interface the controller can be supplied through the handshake input RTS or through the data input TxD RTS disabled means logic false or high level TXD is
100. r the measurement of the temperature change P8 is the number of values determined in multiple measure ments within 2s to determine the temperature change Default is p8 60 This results in a Delta T recognition measurement time of 60 x 2 s 2 min p9 is like p4 for the measurement of the temperature change p9 is the number of delta T recognitions with p8 260 within 2 min before delta T is recognized as valid Default is p9 3 p10 is like p5 for delta temperature difference 1 LSbit equals about 0 01 C Default is p10 47 for 1200 mAh und 117 for 600 mAh p10 264 means that the acquisition interval is recognized as a temperature change at the end of charge if the difference in temperature of 0 64 C p10 64 predefined by p10 is excee ded within the time determined by p8 8 60 e g results in 2 min GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 38 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Maximum temperature value like p6 for temperature The temperature is measured with an NTC resistor that is sol dered on to the battery pack p11 determines the maximum temperature value If this is exceeded for p12 times at the battery cells during charging the fast charge will be stopped The default setting is p11 86 corresponding to Tmax app 45 C Caution High temperatures will result in small measured va lues Like p7 for temperature p12 is the value for
101. r9 if Default plugged in idle mode in mode idle mode sleep mode or power off mode combination with resistor R37 po is going to be used wer off mode without R37 and Br9 open sleep mode GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 59 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 8 Appendix Product Versions and Accessories 8 1 Easyload Thermal Printer Mechanism GPT 4302 LV The thermal printer mechanism series GPT 4302 Easyload also contains other types of mecha nisms than the low voltage one used in this system However these cannot be operated directly by this controller For some applications the GPT 4302 HS might be best which is designed for higher print speeds Please send us your inquiry if you are interested GEBE Aricona modina mos GPT 4302 LV APS ELM205 LV Thermal printer mechanism 58 mm 203 i dpi ee 2 7V 72N 8 2 Controller GCT 4382 Different Configurations As a standard these controllers match the printer mechanism GPT 4302 LV which can be opera ted with 2 7V 7 2V In order to facilitate the transition to this technology GeBE offers controllers with the complete configuration EVAL For larger demands gt 50 units shipment a partial con figuration may be worthwile for cost and service reasons If large text files are required logos ad vertising text the controller can be upgrated to up to 64 K
102. receive any data again After reactivati on the controller goes through initialization for about 30 ms During this time characters intended for printing may not be sent to the controller Only after the printer has reported a ready Hand shake singnals are set for possible data reception Xon and or R for RESET were reported back through the serial data line print characters may be sent Also see the explanations under 4 4 Power Down Modes on page 29 and under 4 4 8 Setting the Waiting Period and the Power Down Mode on page 33 ASCII hex ESC E n 1B 45n Sets the power down time in seconds parameter time Tpwp mode 0 infinite power down off 1 127 1 127 sec power down after 1 127 sec 255 1 1 127 sec power down after 1 127 sec if no data re mains in the line buffer Tinit Formatting commands without a final lt cr gt prevent the power down Attention Some errors like paper end prevent printing because the line buffer cannot become empty Parameter n is interpreted as an optionally signed byte value The power down time is calculated as follows Ifn 1 127 then Tpwp n in seconds if n 127 255 then Tpwp 256 n in seconds Attention Either jumper J3 k or a previously given command ESC e n lt flags determine if the power down is executed as sleep mode or as po wer off For power off R37has to be removed and Br9 has to be open See chapter 4 4 Power Down Modes on page 29 GeBE
103. resents a protection against unintentional inputs A printout may look as follows 0000 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B serial no character code hex 0123456789 ASCII characters For this representation the following commands were filed in TA Print in font 3 ESC z 0C HEXDUMP 5 3 Error Detection Not every problem is caused by a printer error You will save time and money by clearing simple errors yourself The following tips are supposed to help you with this See Help with Unknown Interface Parameters on page 58 Symptom Cause 3 jRemedy e printer seems to be printing Paper wrong side at print head nsert paper correctly y but there is no blackening D goes out just briefly at the be Use power supply of sufficient dimension ginning of printing and short feed lines Check all connec The printer only prints a few dots tors for transfer resistances Since high in one line The power supply is not designed and peak currents occur with thermal prin e paper feed works but the self or connected optimally test does not e printer only prints a few cha racters in one line If more are en tered it stops printing After a few characters the printout starts to be incomplete e printerbuffer is over run bytes causing a loss of data The printer prints the wrong cha racters that causes part of the printing current to flow through the interface This re sults in
104. ror and possibly to erase or reprogram the EEPROM GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 58 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 7 2 Solder Bridges Baud Rate Text Data Mode Name Meaning Comment Without R37 the controller will be in sleep Br9 down mode after a power up Data mode printing rotated by 180 first line at the bottom page margin pre psec Specta o sace s SPUCenmonies o SPI GCT 4382 10 E astie SPI Centronics BR1 baud rate Baud 57 6 Default open OFF BR2 BR1 on ore Gi ON Other baud rates on request BR2 OFF ON ON OFF Always inquired during RE Br1 Br2 Br3 closed Br4 open SET See 4 6 Help with Unknown Interface Parame ters E signal and hand Equipped with TTL levels for the serial inter only connected on version hake lines face TTL serial and SPl Centronics V ADAPTER Se Pin 4 or the serial interface can either be con Default only R9 connected nected with RTS handshake input of the con Handshake input is used for troller or with Vcc or Vp power supply for ex reactivation ternal interface adapter option only R13 connected Vp at J2 Pin 4 option only R38 connected Vcc at J2 Pin 4 7 3 Jumper J3 for Selecting the Power Down Mode Also see 4 4 Power Down Modes on page 29 Comment 1 1 1 power down Determines together with R37 and B
105. s 43 Print text file send a file to the host 43 Reading out Free Memory Space in the EEPROM 43 Readout of Text Files 44 Programming and Erasing of Text Files 45 4 6 2 Error Codes for the Processing of Text Files 45 4 7 Error and Status Messages during Printing 46 4 7 1 Automatic Status Report 46 How are errors reported back 46 Table of Error Messages 46 Periodic Output of the Current Status 47 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 e page 4 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 5 Error Diagnosis 48 5 1 Self Test 48 5 2 Test Printout 48 5 2 1 Hex Dump Mode 48 Commands for Entering the Hex Dump Mode 49 5 3 Error Detection 49 6 Hardware Description Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c 50 6 1 Component Placement GCT 4382 V1 4c 50 6 1 1 Image of the Component Side of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c 50 6 1 2 Image of the Solder Side of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c 50 6 1 3 Block Circuit Diagram of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c 51 Controller GCT 4382 V1 4 51 6 2 Electrical Connections of the Controller GCT 4382 V1 4c Summary 52 Connecting Plugs Solder Pads Table 52 6 2 1 Main Power Supply Vp J4 52 Main Power Supply Connector J4 52 6 2 2 Battery Charging Supply J6 52 Battery Charging Supply Connector J6 52 6 2 3 Serial Interface 53 Hardware Handshake 53 Xon Xoff Protocol 53 Timing of the Serial Interface 53 Pin Assignment Serial RS 232 EIA 562 J2 54 Serial
106. sed the controller will remain in idle mode It will also not switch to power off mode as long as external interface signals keep it active Attention In contrast to the always active energy saving idle mode the controller has to be reactivated or turned on from the sleep mode or power off mode before it can receive data again After the re activation the controller will go through a waiting period of about 30ms During this time no data may be sent to the controller because they would be rejected The data transfer can begin once the controller has reported the feedback character signaling the completion of the initialization to the host Also see the explanations under 4 4 Power Down Modes on page 29 or 4 4 4 Reactivation from the Power Down Mode on page 30 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 34 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual ASCII hex ESC e n 1B65n Power down modes flags flags Set waiting period before power down in seconds with value n Parameter n is interpreted as an optionally signed byte value parameter time Tpwp mode 0 infinite power down off 1 127 1 127 sec power down after 1 127 sec 255 1 1 127 sec power down after 1 127 sec if no data re mains in the line buffer Tinit Formatie rungsbefehle wie z B Fontauswahl ohne ab schlieBendes cr verhindern den Power Down This waiting period will start w
107. tal component is achieved through a voltage transformer from the voltage Vp for the power component Main Power Supply Connector J4 PN Signal Comment i 4 3 0 7 2 V power for ELM205 ST and HS 4 5 to 8 5V 6 7 NTC Connection for a 6 8KOhm NTC of a Ni MH battery temperature sensor 6 2 2 Battery Charging Supply J6 The fully configured controllers EVAL for the printers are equipped with a charging circuit for 4x NiMH cells 4 8 V Other cell quantities or Li lon batteries are available on request For charging an uncontrolled plug in power supply GeBE GNG 6V 0 5A U is to be used The charging circuit is a simple switch control meaning that the limiting of the current is not achieved through the charge control but through the power supply The maximum charging current is dependent on the battery voltage app 0 7 0 3 A The charging time for a 1 200 mAh battery will be about 4 5 hours During the charging process the operation LED indicates through different flash sequen ces whether fast or trickle charge is active When a battery is over discharged it will first be for matted During this process the LED will be off E E Battery Charging Supply Connector J6 PIN Signal Comments 1 GND 4 Self limiting power supply Attention Do not use a fixed voltage power supply V Power max 900 mA open circuit voltage app 9VDC internal resistance
108. that are turned on simultaneously bytes m determines the segment on time This value times 1 4 us is the period of time the individual pixel remains turned on for The minimum value is 52 which corresponds to a time of 52 x 0 25us 13us n determines the segment on repetition rate repetition The segment on time is repeated n times with a shifted bit pattern Thisin creases the testing times for the battery without creating the load through the same pixels This method avoids blackening the paper with the measu rement Example lt ESC gt 7 80 24 Feedback values through the serial interface S hex value loaded voltage Vp hex value unloaded voltage Vp The real voltages that are reported back can be calculated if the AD refe rence voltage Vcc and the resistive proportion at the Vp voltage devider in front of the A D converter are known If the controller e g is equipped with a 3 V control for Vcc it will amount to 35 mV per digit for 4 5 V systems 54 mV per digit Example for 3 V system The feedback is a character string with 5 ASCII characters e g S 9 D A 3 with the following meaning S header marks the feedback string The following characters are interpreted as hex numbers in groups of two each 9D represents the measured battery voltage with load Vp loaded 157 x 0 035 V 5 5 V A3 represents the measured battery voltage without load Vp 163 x 0 035 V 5 7 V Fro
109. the sleep mode will automatically called after a wating period that can be set by command The sleep mode lowers the power consumption to a value that lies signi ficantly below the self discharge rate of a Ni MH battery 20pA typical with RS 232 interface This allows an operation without a POWER off switch In contrast to the idle mode the controller has to be explicitly reactivated from each power down before it can recieve data again Also see chapter 4 4 Power Down Modes on page 29 On request GeBE also offers an optional version with an even lower energy consumption equip ped with a power off mode This GCT 4382 version can turn itself off independently 0 1pA typi cal This is a more elaborate version that has to be ordered separately Please contact us Attention The sleep mode is a lot easier to manage than the power off mode which is why GeBE recom mendis its use The power consumption during the sleep mode is higher than in the power off mode however it is significantly below the self discharge rate of a Ni MH battery 6 Battery Charging The GCT 4382 EVAL is equipped with a charging circuit for Ni MH only EVAL controllers or lithi um ion batteries special option please contact us Due to monitoring by the p processor it is possible to continue printing during the charging process without affecting the charge control The current charging method charging trickle charge is indicated by the status LED See chapter
110. the very right is the LS bit low significant bit with the lowest value of the nth byte gn A 1 in the respective bit position represents a black dot in the line Af ter the 48th byte the printer automatically returns to the character mode It will ignore all commands while processing these 48 bytes Mixing with text If the graphic command is given and the current text line has not been completed by CR or lt LF gt text and graphics will be mixed In this case the graphics will begin in the top dot line of the text line If the graphics are longer than the current text the following new text will begin with its top line in the line that immediately follows the graphics For new projects GeBE recommends to use the command lt ESC gt g see below Extended Graphic Commands See PCL3 Specification The data structure of the graphic data of these modes correspond to the commands of the PCL specification from version 3 on They are compatible with the Windows compression procedure The processing of compressed data takes about as much time as pure bit map printing As a re sult of the smaller amount of data that has to be transmitted there is a clear advantage in speed compared to the process without compression about a 1 3 ratio ASCII hex ESC m n Set the current graphic mode n 00 unencoded n 01 run length encoded n 02 TIFF 4 0 encoded n 03 delta row encoded n 04 X byte offset with additional s
111. trols the optional LED 2 at solder pad TP2 mode The lower 2 bits of parameter n flash mode control the flash speed Value of the lower 2 bits binary app 5 0 s app 2 5s app 1 25 s app 0 63 s The upper 5 bits of n set the pulse pause ratio Bit 2 should always be set when the LED is flashing Value of the upper 5 bits binary 000000xx LED permanently off 00001 1xx 1 31 111111xx 31 31 LED permanently on A programmable TTL output can also be realized with this function e g to control a cashier drawer GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 25 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Initialization Commands All data and commands of the print data stream are processed sequentially The printer does not perform an interpretation of commands when data enters the input buffer The data is only processed at the output of the fast FIFO input buffer where the so called parser interprets the data for printing This means e g for the RESET command lt ESC gt that it is not immediately processed upon arrival at the input of the interface but only after all data has been processed by the parser that is ahead of it in the input buffer The reason for this is that GeBE has given preference to the significantly higher print speed since the direct interpretation of data at the interface input would greatly slow down the speed of th
112. u i Tu mni 2n h mn Tum 0 Mh WJ LAU mni bu au mni Mn E AUI miu mag un nu da 2244 S46 S46 247 250 261 S62 265 264 255 F4 F5 F6 HFT FS FS HFA BE HFC FO EE REF FontNo Dots horzWvert characters line Optional character set cyrillic Based on IBM code table 850 3 t6 54 J j 4 1 2 Optional Character Sets 2 The following character sets are available at this sa 1 23456789 time and can be programmed into the FLASH me s4 ABCDEF GH I JKLMN O mory of the processor in exchange for other character sets Please send us you inquiry GeBE will gladly create other character sets on re quest oar nies UR l MAMEER 328 5 doo E exu 2 b d ca P MEE BM i4x22 27 vyyJori SEeE a oeji EBM Wx2 3 yer err s te Ssi MIPCTYPXUYWL bblb3 058 Or x2 3 JE CY pe ESIBc Et GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 Page 14 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 2 Command Set 4 2 1 Nomenclature The following terms are used in the tables below If possible all codes and parameters of a command consisting of one bite 8 bits in most cases are named with their corresponding ASCII character If this does not make sense either a hexadecimal value or a place holder is given for the byte Place holders can be n m or even Ih and Il like in the paper feed c
113. ugh Timer For very low charging currents the necessary end of charge can not be safely achieved by re cognizing the drop of the cell voltage minus delta U Some modern Ni MH batteries allow for a timer controlled charge with charging currents up to 1 3 C For a battery with 1200mAh a char ging time of about 3 4 hours would be standard Attention The time controlled charging limit only represents a makeshift and serves as a secon dary battery protection since the charging status of a battery at the beginning of the charging cy cle is unknown Minus Delta U Recognition Voltage Reversal at End of Charge When a Ni MH battery is fully charged the battery voltage will drop even though charging cur rent is still being supplied This voltage drop is interpreted as the end of charge In order to clear ly recognize this drop the charging current should not go below 250 mA The charging voltage is detected by the 10 bit A D converter that is integrated in the p processor In order to eliminate a fluctuation of the individual measured values several measured values are averaged and added up to a 16 bit value The interval between individual measurements is 2 se conds The number of values that are formed this way can control the time delta t during which the drop is determined This number can be set in parameter P3 Maximum U Recognition Maximum Voltage at Battery This value is determined by measuring the cell voltage It is sup
114. underline This command will be valid until cancelled Default setting after a RESET ESC gt ESC gt ESC gt ESC L 1 HB 4C 31 Print with underline This command will be valid until cancelled ESC gt ESC gt SC gt lt M O HB 4D 30 Print black This command will be valid until cancelled Default setting after a RESET M 1 HB 4D 31 Print gray This command will be valid until cancelled Does not work with graphic commands E S n 1B 52n Increase horizontal spacing 0 x n x 15 default 0 All subsequent characters will be printed with an additional space of n pi xels spaced characters This command can be given and cancelled mul tiple times within one line The default spacing after a RESET is n 0 GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 18 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual Print Mode Text Data Mode and Blackening Adjustment Also see 7 2 Solder Bridges Baud Rate Text Data Mode on page 57 ASCII hex ESC D n HB 44 n Print in text mode n 0 or data mode n 1 In data mode the characters are turned by 180 in order to make the prin tout readable when the paper slip is hanging from the printer The chrono logical sequence of the printed lines therefore appears from the bottom to the top Text Mode Data Mode This is a printout in text mode The paper spools to the top l
115. with the commands described below Of course the commands can also be activated by the user in the TINIT of the serial EEPROM GeBE E F GmbH www oem printer com e GeBE Dok Nr MAN E 401 V4 5 e GPT 4312 page 36 of 64 Thermal Printer Module for Integration e GPT 4312 e User Manual 4 5 1 Ni MH Charging Circuit Standard Component First see 4 5 Battery Charging Circuit Software Control General Information on this page Charging Circuit without Current Limit The standard configuration of the GCT 4382 EVAL includes a Ni MH charging circuit without its own current limit ATTENTION Never use a fixed voltage power supply without a defined current limit for charging Ni MH or Li lon batteries We recommend the matching GeBE power supply If you have any questions plea se contact us The standard charging parameters in the flash memory of the TINIT refer to 4x NiMH type batte ries with a charging capacity of 1200mAh or 600mAh in connection with the GeBE power supply If other power supplies or batteries are used than the ones offered by GeBE the charging para meters have to be adapted Please contact us End of Fast Charge for NiMH Batteries The fast charge will be finished and the controller will switch to trickle charge as soon as one of the following conditions is met end of charge through timer minus delta U recognition e maximum U recognition delta T recognition maximum T recognition End of Charge thro

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