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1. Ticket in out A 19 Ep o ele DE Z 106 1 Ticket in out 106 1 Ticket entry Y Optional front load M4 0 4x RS232 interface mechanism RIGHT SIDE VIEW Figure 4 Dimension drawing for printer mechanism All measurements are in mm The printer mechanism requires 5 Vdc 0 3 A and 24 Vdc 2 A continuous 6 A peak This is fed to the printer through J5 on the control board TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 September 99 With Swecoin power supplies just connect the cable from the power supply to J5 If you use another type of power supply connect the voltages according to the following table At the TTPM2 end of the cable use a Molex 22 01 2065 connector housing and six Molex 08 50 0032 contact springs Pin Voltage 1 5 V 2 Ground for 5 V 3 24 V 4 24 V 5 Ground for 24 V 6 Ground for 24 V SW97101A Figure 5 Power supply connector pin assignment NOTE Both the 5 V and 24 V ground as well as the chassis of the print
2. SW95031 Figure 21 Indication of 1st and 2nd unsuccessful read after write September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 33 9 4 9 4 1 34 Magnetic encoding and decoding related commands Track number and type of encoding ISO standard or hexadecimal bit by bit is deter mined by the encoding command used as specified below Encoding syntax lt command gt lt message gt Example M000000016 Encode command Track 1 only on track 1 amp 2 printers Track 2 or center track ce Track 3 only on track 2 amp 3 printers EO ANETO INTO EI Coding som ARA a HEX X X Message length ASCII digits 30H to 3FH 123 37 ASCII alphanumeric 20H to 5FH ra po HEX 0 to F 123 50 Automatic start stop and check digits SA A Read command Ber NEE EIN x 70123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWAY2 ASCII alphanumerical TF ARA Ll l ABCDEF HEX ow 1 U2 Figure 22 This figure shows which characters can be coded with the different coding formats Note With HiCo encoding only one track at a time can be used for encoding or read ing TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 5 4 2 9 4 3 5 4 4 September 99 Checksum To ensure correct reception of the message to be magnetically encoded a checksum can be appended to the data by the host computer This checksum will then be compared by the TTPM2 before encoding which guarantees that
3. Plastic PVC 0 18 0 25 mm Factory setting 0 18 0 25 mm default 0 26 0 32 mm optional 0 33 0 40 mm optional Curl Deviation from flatness lt 0 6 mm across the length width or diagonal of the ticket 12 2 Coating and preprint Thermal coating Shall meet or exceed the ANSI 3 11 specification Smoothness Max 75 Sheffield units Properties Same as fax grade 3 Top coating The thermo sensitive surface of the document stock can be provided with a protective UV or moisture proofing top coating Preprint Tickets can be preprinted on one or both sides Ink for thermo sensitive side Laser printer approved ink with out whiteners Ink for magnetic stripe side Offset ink CAUTION Never use abrasive inks as they reduce the life of the thermal print head Thermal print to preprint alignment Tolerances in the printer and in the ticket stock itself can cause misalignment between the preprint of the ticket stock and the thermal print The ticket guides in the printer are adjusted to 54 38 0 05 mm Narrower adjustment tolerances would cause paper jam when the relative humidity changes the ticket width A ticket width of 53 98 0 2 mm gives a maximum misalign ment of 0 65 mm 54 38 0 05 53 98 0 2 September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 51 12 3 12 4 52 TIP Avoid designing tickets that require close alignment between preprint and thermal print Magnetic media Magnetic stripe
4. Repeat fixed print 1 Start self test mode as described above 2 Download the ticket data to the printer and print one ticket The data must only con tain fixed text fixed encoding data and graphics 3 Press the front button once and an exact copy of the first ticket will be printed This will be repeated each time that the front button is pressed 4 Turn printer OFF and ON to return to normal operation NOTE Do not hold the front button depressed Doing so will result in erroneously cut tickets often resulting in paper jam TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 17 4 1 18 COMMAND SET The command set is designed in accordance with industry standards and is enhanced with functions unique to this product The command language uses only printable ASCII characters for easy adaptation to any host system Syntax A command string always starts with an exclamation mark ASCII 33 or HEX 21 serving aS command identifier The characters immediately following the 21H form the actual command to the printer The command consists of 1 3 characters and is followed when applicable by a sub command formatting commands and data separated by space characters as shown in Figure 15 Carriage Return and Line Feed end each command Command identifier Command 1 to 3 characters 1 Sub command i Data enclosed in 1 Formatting commands quotation marks separated by spaces PD EL E Z Ep Datei
5. annonneennennennnn nennen 52 Character sei 32 CHECKSUM aer A 33 lara usa oo 23 Coating and preprint a nnaannnannnennnaanaann 49 COJO nal 29 COSI CIVIL Y vies dad 50 COM DOR EE 7 Command acknowledgment a0nnna0nnnnn 20 Command Reierence 23 Command eet 18 Command svntax cisssronan nana 18 Commands Document entry related 22 24 Magnetic encoding decoding 22 32 Print related 22 25 SUMMA o Rao 22 System related 22 23 Communications cable onnoeeennennenneennn 48 Communications port 47 Communications protocol oo 47 Converting graphics eoenneeenneeeneenennen 28 Corner e e usura Se CUr SION coogi e art 46 D DADIS araa AN 47 DecodiNOse rra 33 Default Restore values 13 DIP SWICNES iaa 47 Document DIMENSION Sails 50 SA 35 Front entry ENEE 15 Rear enV see wi ete es 14 Oasis 49 Document entry Commande 22 24 E EAN TS EE 29 Eject document Inte H nn EE 25 Through upper rear document entry 24 Via front document ent 25 Encoding attributes neneeeeeneneneneeneeee 33 Error COdES ui ias 46 Eiror handling WEE 45 F Fanfold ticket paper input tray 11 Firmware history uk 54 A A A 26 Format EE Ia 29 Graphics PriNtiNG se ege eege ii 27 Print field type size position orientation O 25 Print on canceled ticket 30 A O 26 o DEE 43 FUN TAG cui dd 50 G Gapped Dckeis
6. FW revision Change 2 13 Start of this FW history 2 14 This FW version has only been used for printers in the SGA applications e Handling of dual tracks modified e Ticket will be erased magnetically before being striped or voided XON will be sent once every 30 second if XON XOFF is selected 2 15 Not released to customers 2 16 e Modification to the start up routine The cutter is no longer operated at start up since this may damage a ticket inserted from the front in the case of a power failure in the middle of an operation e Cutter can be initialized by the 3 button reset operation e Time outs are now implemented for the L3 function Minor modifications to the front load sequence TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 September 99 FW revision 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 Change e L3 now answers with ACK if card is loaded correctly or with NAK error in case of load failure e The following error codes have been defined NAK B No card inserted within 10 seconds after L3 NAK C Card inserted and then removed NAK D Paper jam when loading card serious fault e Anerror was found in the previous FW version The error caused problems if a ticket was read with D and then printed without sending a new M command before the P The ticket was then striped This is now corrected e A new command N has been introduced to allow encoding of up to approxi mately 50 characters on tr
7. New line CR LF Space character ASCII 13 10 ASCII 32 or HEX 20 or HEX OD OA Only used with some commands 2 Graphical data starts directly without any quotation mark and ends after the specified number of bytes SW97119 Figure 15 Command syntax TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 4 2 4 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 4 September 99 Printing and encoding capability overview Text It is possible to print text in four fonts in four orienta Font 1 Size 1x tions and in 16 different sizes i ont 1 Size A Text is divided into two categories F ont 1 Size 2x2 e Fixed text that is repeated on following tickets Font 2 Size Ixi Font 2 Size dx Fnt 2 2x2 e Variable text that is deleted immediately after printing Fixed text is normally used for headers etc as well as for establishing printing parameters for the vari Font 3 Size 1x1 able information Font JH dy Variable text is used for names seating numbers Fo nt 3 5 1ZB 2x2 departure times dates etc Font 4 Size 1x1 catia ron 4 Size 2y Font 4 Size 2x2 Bitmap graphics such as logotypes prints in the size and orientation in which they where down loaded Graphics print on all following tickets until a Clear all command is received so you only have to download graphics once Remember when creating graphics for the TTPM2 printer that the pixels are not square but has a height width ratio of 1 32 1 Ba
8. Magnetic stripe must be cut L 85 6 standard as per ISO 7810 a L 110 0 customer special SW95044D Figure 32 Both gapped and non gapped tickets with center track can be used in printers ordered with center track option Tickets with 45 cut corners Some applications are using tickets with cut corners without radius These tickets are not within the specifications for use in the TTPM2 printer series The effect will be that the ticket detection point moves about 1 3 mm not only causing incorrect cut but also erro neous placement of the magnetic code The coding starts 1 3 mm too early resulting in synchronization zeroes being lost in the beginning of the ticket On units configured for center track the ticket should be readable in both directions If synchronization is lost the tickets will be readable if inserted one way but not the other way around TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 A solution to this problem is using HEX code for the magnetic message instead of ISO code Thus you can compensate for the lost synchronization zeroes by adding additional synchronization zeroes in the beginning of the message However note that HEX en coded tickets are normally not readable in standard ISO card readers 3 15 mm specified radius 1 3 mm trigger point movement with cut corners Ticket movement Figure 33 Ticket position is erroneously detected with 45 corners September 99 TTPM2 Installati
9. lt ypos gt 1 lt height gt lt width gt lt font gt lt text gt The parameters are used as follows IF T lt orientation gt lt xpos gt lt ypos gt lt fixed pitch gt lt height gt lt width gt Indicates that this is the start of a print field definition Indicates text mode Specifies the way in which the text is to be oriented This can be either North E ast S outh or W est This terminology is described in detail in the examples given in this document Specific fonts may be limited to one orientation only see lt font gt below Specifies starting position for the text on the ticket That is the distance in pixels from the upper left corner of the printable area to the upper left hand pixel of the bounding box of the first character to be printed Note that the resolution is 7 52 pixels mm on the X axis and 5 7 pixels mm on the Y axis Top margin hl TEE E D ke D El No of pixels from the start of one character to af the start of the next Range 6 to 16 A value nee below 6 sets the default pitch NOTE Only used for font 1 Must be set GEN LOX to 1 for all other fonts of a character Specifies the height and width expansion of Note that the space to the characters to be printed The height range is 1 following character is 16 times the default value The width range iS included in the bounding 1 16 for fonts 1 and 4
10. IL18 Selects upper rear document entry and signals paper out for units with dual consecutive tracks 1 4 3 3 Print parameter related commands IF T Print text IF G Print graphics IFC Print bar code IF M Specifies No of retries cancellation text to be printed if encoding fails 111 1L2 1117 or L18 must be selected on units with dual document entries 22 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 4 3 4 September 99 Magnetic encoding decoding related commands ID Reads and decodes data in ISO format from track 2 or center track 1D1 Reads and decodes data in ISO format from track 1 ID3 Reads and decodes data in ISO format from track 3 l Defines data to be encoded in ISO format on track 3 IJ Defines data to be encoded in ISO format on track 1 IK Defines data to be encoded in Hex format on track 1 or 3 as applicable IM Defines data to be encoded in ISO format on track 2 or center track IN Defines data to be encoded in hexadecimal format on track 2 or center track IN same as N but reverses the bit order IO Reads data in hexadecimal format from track 2 or center track TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 23 5 COMMAND REFERENCE 5 1 System related commands IC Clear all This command takes no parameter All definitions are cleared Stored layout is erased Subsequent C s are ignored The command is also used to initialize the TTPM2 after a power ON If existing print layout s
11. and 1 3 for fonts 2 and ox and that the pixels 3 See font samples on page 19 are not square lt font gt Selects the font text appearance Fonts 1 2 3 and 4 apply Font 2 and 3 can only be North oriented Fonts 1 and 4 can be set to any orientation Font 4 is a proportional character font see font samples on page 19 Font appearance may differ from the font samples if you have custom firmware in your printer lt text gt Text to be printed or definition of a variable text field Both plain text and variable definitions have to be enclosed in quotes Variable data to be printed as plain text is represented by V in the format data string The information that should replace the variable are sent before the P print command at printout time See also Document examples starting at page 37 Example of a command for fixed text F T N 150 150 1 1 1 1 Text Example of a command for variable text F T N 150 150 1 1 1 1 v J 1 Introduced in firmware version 3 2 28 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 5 3 3 Graphics printing IFG Format graphics for printing TTPM2 can print bit map graphics Graphic images are stored in the fixed memory area and will therefore be repeated on every ticket until the next IC command is received Remember when creating graphics for the TTPM2 printer that the pixels are not square but have a height width ratio of 1 32 1 Syntax for defining and downloading graphi
12. 51 EE le 19 Converting to TTPM2 format 28 DANA ai asacncne hac e EN 27 EX EE 7 H HEX COGIMNG EE 32 leie D 50 i INICIO Sua alias e 13 Initialize Commande 21 34 ADULTA VE 11 Instala Nadir ni eit le 6 Interface descrpton 47 ISO7 81 1 COCING EE 32 L Elei 49 A DEE 18 Load document from front entry 24 A II A Omer Opener 50 Lower document entry occcoccccnccccnncncnncnnnns 14 M Magnetic COS crisi iaa 19 Magnetic encoding Aitributes 33 C mmand EE 22 32 A R 46 ROTOS EE Eer 34 Magnetic media 50 Magnetic stripe uk 50 Orientation ca oe heh o ees 14 MEMO airis arado 21 EE ee ee 21 Moisture proofing Coatng 49 N No document mserted eens 46 NOM AD GM aiii 46 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 63 64 Non gapped tickets occoooccoccccocooo 52 Nonvolatile RAM aaeanenennennnnnnnnnn 21 O A O 26 Output iii 10 P PD ico eebe 49 Loaded a 14 QUEINAICA MON ceras rosita aisia 14 Paper Min 16 46 EU ee 47 SN deele ida 50 PIAS UG sidecases A 49 Positioning data 20 Power supply CONMOCION erario 9 POWT U ria old ancien bee 34 Prep Msi 49 A A 23 COMMANAS iia ia 25 Format parameter Commande 22 o e 29 Printer MECNANISM c cecececeececeseeeeeenees 8 Printing BARCOS 29 Capapiliy sae a 19 o aE 27 BE EE 26 Printout Bee Le a e EE 20 PUSMBDUTMONS EE 13 R RAMT A O eS 21 Read after write Cancel dlls 33 Reading and decodimg 33 RES assi 13 SO
13. P CR LF prints SE one ticket On dual document entry Figure 17 Coordinates on the ticket printers you must also send a select document entry command see page 25 If you have variable text on your tickets the data to be printed in the variables must pre cede the P If two variables are used for instance a print command could look like this Thursday 16 October 1997 J Seat 311 J IP d Command acknowledgment Data strings received by the TTPM2 are automatically acknowledged by the TTPM2 sending an ACK to the host computer The acknowledgment is initiated by a successful read after write of the encoded magnetic information If no encoding command and data are sent to the TTPM2 the ACK is still sent read after write verifies that no data is encoded NOTE ACK NAK must be enabled through dipswitch settings see page 49 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 4 2 8 4 2 9 4 2 10 September 99 Additional commands In addition to the command that specifies the print there are a number of other com mands used for functions such as e Clearing of the TTPM2 buffer e Selection of document entry e Decoding of documents e Generation of status requests All applicable commands are listed in the following pages Detailed descriptions of the software commands are given with syntax explanations as well as commented examples Ticket memory The TTPM2 printer has 128k of nonvolatile RAM lithiu
14. Side stripe positioned according to ISO 7811 2 Center stripe option Magnetic media Full tape transfer tape or slurry CAUTION In case of slurry care must be taken to avoid excess slurry material and abrasive particles that may cause unduly high degree of wear on the magnetic recording and read heads in the TTPM2 Coercivity Low 300 Oersted High 2750 Oersted option Other non standard coercivities available on request If a ticket is perforated for stub separation for example the perforation shall not infringe on the magnetic track to prevent interference with magnetically encoded data Ticket dimensions and perforation Stock format Gapped or non gapped consecutive form tickets Fanfold or roll Sheet cut single tickets for manual or dispenser loading Document standard ISO No 7810 Ticket width 93 98 0 20 mm Ticket length 85 6 0 25 mm or 110 0 0 25 mm Corner radius 3 15 0 3 mm preferably without minus tolerance Used for optical detection of top of form Perforation for stub Placed at the trailing end of the ticket Gapped tickets Two tabs according to Figure 30 Non gapped tickets Equal distance between tabs according to Figure 31 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 September 99 Perforation not allowed ion if applicabl within this 6 mm wide area Stub perforation if applicable R 3 15 0 3 Matador 0 18 min direction ki MAX Thermal coating d Grain
15. a waste bin thus preventing useless tickets being presented to the customer An external card dispenser that can be added to the printer handles sheet cut tickets and cards The card dispenser can hold about 200 tickets depending on the thickness of them TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 9 2 INSTALLATION The TTPM2 comes as stand alone printer with a cover and a built in power supply and or as an OEM printer mechanism for kiosk applications Pushbuttons and indicators Document exit Optional front load mechanism SW95065C Figure 1 Front view stand alone printer and OEM printer mechanism Power ON OFF Upper document entry switch Power cable receptacle Fuse holder document entry Power connector RS 232 interface connector SW95065D Figure 2 Rear view stand alone printer and OEM printer mechanism 6 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 2 1 September 99 Installing a stand alone printer 1 Verify that the supply voltage range stated on the type plate is suitable for your local line voltage Connect the printer to a line outlet with safety ground The ground potential should be the same as for the host computer If ground potentials differ use a short distance modem between the computer and the printer Turn on the printer The green indicator should light up Press the front button The green indicator starts flashing an
16. direction gt gt Magnetic code must not cross optional perforation Magnetic N I JL ze max stripe 53 98 0 2 L 0 25 see below 8 46 max 15 82 min ge L 85 6 standard as per ISO 7810 L 110 0 customer special Track 3 Magnetic stripe Track 2 Track 1 Max 5 66 8 46 8 97 8 46 8 97 Min 11 76 Track locations according to ISO 7811 4 and 7811 5 Min 19 05 SW95044B Figure 30 Gapped tickets for printers with cutter TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 53 12 4 1 54 Perforation not allowed within this 6 mm wide area Stub perforation if applicable R 3 15 0 3 Transport 0 18 min direction Tabs gt j max Thermal Grain direction coating stripe N o o o co LO l Magnetic code must not l cross optional perforation 1 AAN LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLL LPAI LLL MLLLLL I l lq 0 04 max L 0 25 see below Magnetic stripe must be cut L 85 6 standard as per ISO 7810 lt o L 110 0 customer special SW95044C Figure 31 Non gapped tickets for printers with burst separator Perforation not allowed athiti 6 mm wide sc Stub perforation if applicable R 3 15 0 3 Transport 0 18 min 4 direction Tabs e max 6 mm Grain direction Magnetic Thermal stripe e a coating I K 53 98 0 2 Magnetic code must not A cross optional perforation qo max L 0 25 see below 15 82 min
17. has to be inserted between the type parameter and the data string September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 31 bar code data This is a block of data to be converted by the TTPM2 and printed in bar code form in accordance with the parameters identified For available characters and data string formats please refer to the specific type of bar code The following command string produces the ticket illustrated below ic F IF C N 12 102 3 4 3 1 1234567890128 IP E X Y FEED DIRECTION SW97103 Figure 20 EAN13 bar code 5 3 5 Canceling a ticket IF M Format print on cancelled ticket The TTPM2 can cancel a ticket after an unsuccessful magnetic encoding The feature relates to the read after write function When the lt message gt has been encoded the TTPM2 reads and compares the magnetically encoded message with the original lt mes sage gt string If the comparison is negative a second attempt to encode read the same ticket is done If also this attempt is negative the ticket is cancelled The magnetic stripe is erased and stripes are printed across the ticket see figure below The read after write feature can be disabled by inserting an asterisk in the data string to be encoded see page 35 32 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 By default the TTPM2 attempts to encode three tickets The desired number of attempts as well as the text used to indicate the cancellation is
18. in relation to the number of defined variable pa rameters e Encoding of the 210 bpi track 1 can now be done in ISO 7811 format The new command J data defines the data to be encoded on track 1 Valid characters are ASCII space 20H through to ASCII _ 5FH Start stop and checksum are automatically added by the TTPM2 e The D command has been given the extension D1 defined so that a card en coded with J can be read in the TTPM2 e Ifthe digit 1 is left out the D command will read track 2 as usual No modifica tion is therefore necessary for customers using the old D function e Correction of a bug in the D 1 routine causing reading to fail if the routine is not the first operation after a reset TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 57 58 FW revision 2 22 2 23 2 27 2 28 2 29 2 30 2 31 2 32 Change e A new command L5 has been implemented The command ejects a ticket for wards into the waste bin This is useful if the system decides to cancel a ticket Only valid for printers with the optional front load function e tis also possible to direct striped and voided tickets to the waste bin by includ ing an character in the M string e The 24 V power supply relay is now being switched off after approximately 30 s of inactivity e Never released e This version includes support for bar code Code 39 If a bar code is selected the print speed will be reduced in order to maintain the p
19. indicator on the printer will blink to indicate that the appli cation program wants the operator to insert a single ticket When a ticket is inserted the loading process starts To speed up ticket handling the magnetic code of track two is read and placed in memory when loading the ticket from the front load option D will read track two data from memory without having to move the ticket The single ticket loading process will retract the fanfold ticket stock in the lower document entry to a standby position and position the single ticket in the active position of the up per track The subsequent command string automatically processes the operation on the single ticket form Read and decode The following read and decode commands apply for the single ticket in active position ID Read and decode track 2 or center track With front load option track 2 or centre track is read and the data stored in memory when the ticket is entered through the front entry D only reads the data from memory without moving the ticket ID1 Read and decode track 1 ID3 Read and decode track 3 IO Read data from track 2 or center track and transmit data to host No decoding The D D1 and D3 commands decode the information and scans for an end character If found the string is sent to the host computer in ASCII format The start character is not included but the stop character and the checksum are transmitted If no number is found or i
20. position 1L1 Select lower rear document entry dual entry printers only Selects lower rear document entry and feed the leading document in the consecutive supply track to active position If in the preceding operation the upper rear document entry has been engaged the document in that entry is retracted from the active position NOTE On dual document entry printers a select rear entry command L1 L2 L17 or L18 must precede the print command P An ACK character is returned if the com mand was successful If no paper is present the yellow indicator lights up and the printer waits until the operator inserts new paper stock Note that DIP switch no 6 must be set to ON to enable the ACK NAK signaling 1 Introduced in firmware version 3 2 September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 25 See alternative command L17 1L2 Select upper rear document entry dual entry printers only Same function as L1 but selects upper rear document entry See alternative command L18 IL3 Load document from front entry front load printers only This command lifts the print head for a specified time to permit document insertion through the TTPM2 front document entry exit A the same time any document in active position is retracted The document inserted in the front document input exit is loaded into the printer and placed in active position in the upper track see page 44 for track definition To speed
21. programmable through a subcom mand to the F command as follows IF M lt orientation gt lt xpos gt lt ypos gt lt attempts gt lt height gt lt width gt lt font gt lt text gt All parameters must be specified The syntax is identical to F T with the exception of the parameters lt text gt and lt attempts gt Text must be a text string Variables cannot be used with F M Attempts are the number of tickets the TTPM2 should attempt to encode If lt attempts gt is set to 1 the TTPM2 will make only one attempt plus the automatic second attempt on the same ticket to encode the ticket If this fails lt text gt will be superimposed on the ticket that is now being printed Setting lt attempts gt 2 results is one striped ticket first unsuccessful attempt and the superimposed text for the second unsuccessfully attempted ticket and so on All parameters in this command are stored in battery backed up memory and remain in effect until overwritten The following command string produces the tickets illustrated below at 2 unsuccessful encoding attempts IF M N 20 200 2 8 8 1 VOID FEED DIRECTION
22. stand alone printer 0nnn0nnnannannnennnnnnennnnnnennnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnennsnenennne 7 2 2 Installing an OEM printer mechantsm 8 29 e e E lee Ee e 10 3 GEIF Ee EE 13 al GEES 13 OZ General ese idea 13 33 Faperloadihg cede 14 3 4 Paperjam Run e Md oi 16 3 5 Self test mode ticket repeat mode 17 4 Command SO dius id 18 Gei IN EE 18 4 2 Printing and encoding Capability OvVervlew 19 Ao SUMMMALY Ol COMMMANGS ta 22 95 Command Reference ins adas 24 5 1 System related commande A 24 5 2 Document entry related COMMANAS cccocccccccccncnconcnnonnnnnnnnonononnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 25 3 9 Prntrelated commandS EE 27 5 4 Magnetic encoding and decoding related commande 34 6 TIPM2 Start UDa E E 36 7 DOCUMENT examples osson a p aa AAA AAA A 37 8 Single ticket Map Dt iras a nnnm 44 Sch EEN Ee da 44 8 2 Inserting a single ticket la 45 Ono Read anddecode ti a toda ene cetacean 45 0 Encodeand Ka EE 45 90 EJS CUI TING Ice idolos dota 46 9 geev Le e rra daa tada aa 47 TO Emor e e 48 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 3 11 Interface describo 49 TLT DIP SWICHOS EN 49 11 2 Co mm ncatons Protocol maso ci 49 11 3 COMMUNICATIONS port 49 11 4 Communications cable a nnannnannannnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnsnnnrrnsnrnnrrnnrrnnrnnrrnnrenrenne 50 12 DOCUMENT STOCK EE 51 12 1 Ticket base matera 51 12 2 Coating ANG DSPM E 51 12 3 Magnetic Medid wsceccewssetncevcacndcacedatn G Zeg eege dE Eege deen 52 12 4 Ticket dimens
23. the magnetic code data is correctly received 1 Calculate the checksum as the modulo 2 sum consecutive XOR of the ASCII data bytes sent in the IM command The checksum must have bit 7 set to 1 to distinguish it from ordinary data 2 Append the checksum at the end of the M data string when encoding ISO data at track 2 or centre track 3 When the message has been received the TTPM2 calculates the checksum and compares it to the checksum appended to the message If they are identical an ACK is returned otherwise a NAK followed by the checksum calculated by the TTPM2 will be returned The checksum is never encoded on the magnetic strip it is only intended to secure data transmission The ISO format itself automatically adds a check digit to the magnetic code Reading and decoding ID Reads and decodes ISO format data from ISO track position 2 or center track of a ticket in active position and transmits the data to the host computer The command then returns the ticket to active position ID1 Reads and decodes ISO format data from track 1 of a ticket in active position and transmits the data to the host computer The command then returns the ticket to ac tive position ID3 Reads decodes and transmits ISO track 3 position data IO Reads and transmits bit by bit data from ISO track position 2 or center track of a ticket in the active position to the host computer The command then returns the ticket to active position No
24. 99 FW revision Change 2 80 Processor incompatibility problem After the release of version 906 270 it has been found that this release does not run on some control boards The actual cause is that this firm ware version supports both the enhanced 80C320 microprocessor and the old 80C32 processor The enhancements in the 80C320 include a number of special memory locations not used by the original 80C32 Writing or reading any of these memory locations with a standard 80C32 has no effect which means that these locations can be used for program code without bothering which type of processor that is used It now turns out that the manufacturer of the original 80C32 also has made an enhanced version and that this enhanced version is indeed the one that they are shipping even as the standard 80C32 This new enhanced version is of course not compatible with the 80C320 and will in fact stop dead if any of the 80C320 special codes are used This is what happened to us The older processors labelled 80C32 works fine since they use the origi nal chip But the new upgraded ones also marked 80C32 and coming from the same manufacturer do not The problem is overcome by carefully encapsulating any 80C320 code that is executed only if the firmware is used with an 80C320 The IN command does not return an error code The N command does not return a NAK error code if encoding fails This has been corrected and an erroneous encoding with the N c
25. S tee 47 S Select document entry TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual LOWER TE A 24 Lower rear and signal paper out 25 UID DEP TO Musica i 24 Upper rear and signal paper out 25 Serial interface Conpnechor 7 Sheet cut Dckete 15 Single ticket handling oooococooo 42 a dant ot ease gees 50 Eege ee 34 Status reOuest 23 Juin el E 23 Ell EE 50 AS 47 Summary of Commande oocccconccnccnccnncnnooo 22 Syncronization Zero 32 SMA da 18 System COMMANAS oocccocccccoccccccnccncncnns 22 23 T A e O 19 26 Ticket Cancellation oi cn 30 Ticket base matena 49 Ticket dimensions oocccocccccncccnconccnnncnnccnnos 50 Tickets with 45 Cut corners cccoccccccccco 52 TOD CO AMO 49 A 32 MACK EE 32 PACK A Qentoasanteies 32 Transfer tape cti ei 50 RK Ee re a ras en 28 U Upper document entry occcocccccncccccnnccno 14 UV ele e E 49 V o A i eea 26 38 Windows btmanp 28 X XON KOPP oorte toas 47 September 99
26. TTPM2 Ticket Printer Encoder Installation and Programming Manual Publ No 00759 000 Ed E SWEG N Related manuals TTPM2 Technical Specification 00759 000 old number 38 1111 00 TTPM2 Service Manual 00693 000 old numbers 38 1141 00 SWC 00693 The Service Manual covers the following subjects e Functional description e Maintenance e Spare parts This is a publication of Swecoin AB Box 545 SE 192 05 Sollentuna Sweden Phone int 46 8 623 45 60 nat 08 623 45 60 Fax int 46 8 623 45 69 nat 08 623 45 69 www http www swecoin se SWECOIN AB 1995 All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or in parts is pro hibited without written consent of the copyright owner We have taken great care to ensure that the information in this manual is correct and complete However if you discover any errors or omissions or if you wish to make suggestions for improvements you are welcome to send your comments to us Swecoin AB disclaims any liability resulting from the use of this information and reserves the right to make changes without notice Fifth edition September 1999 Printed in Sweden This edition of the manual is based on firmware 906 320 and control board 2448 901 2 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 CONTENTS September 99 Eh dee DT de EE 5 ES NR A 5 2 Magnetic encoder od tada 5 to DOCUMENT ANI e E ia caos 5 2 MVPS CANAL OWN daria Leica 6 2 1 Installing a
27. ack 2 or centre track in hexadecimal format Char acters 0 9 and A F are valid The least significant bit is encoded first No addi tional characters are added by the TTPM It is therefore necessary to put approximately six ZERO digits at the beginning of the data to be encoded Any start stop bits or check digit also have to be included in the data string e Reading a ticket encoded with IN by the use of the D command will not work since D expects a ticket to have a correct ISO format e Read after write on track 2 has been slightly improved e Cutter is now reset at power up if no ticket is present in any of the sensors close to the cutter This prevents a ticket from being accidentally cut but en ables the cutter to be reset in the event of a failure or after maintenance e The new command O has been added This command reads track 2 of the magnetic stripe and reports the result by sending up to 240 characters 0 or 1 representing the bits encoded on the track No decoding is made by the TTPM This command is useful if a card has been encoded with an equipment that does not follow the ISO standard or by the TTPM2 using the command IN e A special version of the software called TTPM2 CD2 is introduced This version controls a CD200 card dispenser e A minor correction has been made to the routine used to enter variables that should take care of a problem where users are sending empty lines or too many lines or both cases
28. as been moved to approximately 95 mm instead of just below 110 mm This version is intended primarily for the dual track version SWC907 XXX TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 59 60 FW revision Change 2 70 Intergration of firmware No SWC 906 SWC 907 and SWC 926 into one EPROM firmware for single track dual track and card dispenser equipped printers DIP switch 7 and 8 select single track dual track and card dispenser Transmission speed selection with DIP switch 1 and 2 In addition to the default 9600 bps 1200 19200 and 57600 bps can be selected To enhance ticket handling speed front load printers read track two or center track data to memory when loading the ticket Previously a separate read move ment was required when D command read data to host computer Support for Dallas 80C320 microprocessor on the control board Specifying text graphics or bar code printing outside the valid co ordinates makes the processor enter a loop with strange behaviour of lamps paper feed and cutting motors Thus be very careful when you specify the print areas Fortunately you will discover this problem already during the design and testing of the application software To recover from the error situation clean the TTPM2 from any remaining paper particles and perform a warm start by holding all three operator control push buttons pressed while you power ON the unit TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September
29. ce achieves this IC IF T N 130 20 1 3 3 1 TTPM2 IF T N 90 100 1 2 1 1 Demonstration Show IF T N 150 150 1 1 1 1 Seat No IF T N 150 240 1 1 1 1 Place IF T N 150 310 1 1 1 1 Date IF T N 150 390 1 1 1 1 Time IF T N 150 180 1 3 3 1 v IF T N 80 270 1 2 2 1 v IF T N 50 350 1 2 2 1 v IF T N 120 420 1 2 2 1 v 16 Stockholm Jan 31 1998 14 00 1M980131140016 IP Fixed information to be printed Definitions of fields or variable information Variable information We have now defined six fixed text strings and four variable fields to be sent to the printer The variables will be assigned in the order they were defined The following ticket will then be produced l TTPH Demonstration Show Seat No FEED 1 5 DIRECTION Place Stockholm Date Jan 31 1998 Time 14 00 SW95026 Figure 26 Printout example TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 41 42 If you need to print a ticket for the show in Gothenburg at another date and time the fol lowing data will have to be sent to the printer 22 Gothenburg Feb 12 1998 19 30 1M980212193022 IP The data results in the following ticket being printed TTPM Demonstration Show Seat No FEED 7 DIRECTION Place Gothenburg Date Feb 12 1998 Time 19 30 SW95027 Figure 27 Printout example TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 Septe
30. cs data is as follows IF G lt orientation gt lt xpos gt lt ypos gt 1 lt height gt lt width gt 1_ lt Graphic_data gt IF G lt orientation gt xpos ypos height width 1 space Graphic_data Command to load print parameter information Indicates graphics mode Print orientation This is ignored in graphics mode Orientation is al ways North N The printer requires the N to be inserted Horisontal starting position in pixels for the upper left hand corner of the graphics block Position will automatically be rounded off to be di visible by 8 as a graphic block has to start at the first bit in a byte Vertical starting position in pixels for the upper left corner of the graphics block Not used for graphics printing Must be set to 1 Height in pixel lines of the graphic block The length of the ticket de termines maximum height For an 86 mm ticket the maximum height is approximately 500 pixel lines Width in bytes of the graphic block Maximum width is 48 bytes Not used for graphics printing Must be set to 1 A space has to follow after the font selection before the graphics data This is a block of bit mapped graphics data The block is stored in the printer starting at lt xpos gt lt ypos gt The numbers of bytes specified by lt width gt are stored in one pixel line The lt ypos gt is then incremented and the next line is stored This is repeated lt height gt number of times It is up to
31. d the yellow indicator lights up indicating Out of Paper Turn the tickets so that the magnetic stripe is on the left side facing downwards as seen from the front of the printer Insert tickets in the lower document entry The printer feeds the tickets forward and cuts and ejects one ticket Turn off the host computer and the printer Connect a serial cable between the COM port of the host computer and the serial input of the TTPM2 printer The printer is ready for use Pin Function 2 RXD Receive data 3 TXD Transmit data 4 DTR Data terminal ready 5 Ground 7 RTS Request to send SW97101C 8 CTS Clear to send Figure 3 RS232 serial interface connector pin assignment TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 2 2 Installing an OEM printer mechanism The TTPM2 OEM printer mechanism should be installed in some kind of enclosure such as a self service kiosk Preventing ESD and earth currents from affecting the printer operation requires proper connection of the printer chassis to protective earth through a mounting platform or through a separate earth conductor Troublefree printer operation also requires the printer s optical sensors to be shielded from ambient light Additional space is required for paper stocking and paper jam Consider mounting the printer on a movable platform so that the printer can be maintained outside the printer enclosure Ticket centerline 53 6
32. de Press again to encode and print one ticket The printout shows current firmware version Turn printer OFF and ON to exit self test mode SW97108 Indicators and pushbuttons A general reset of the TTPM2 restoring all parameters to their default value is effected if all three pushbuttons are kept depressed at power ON All three indicators will light but nothing else will happen At this point the power has to be turned OFF and ON once more The TTPM2 is then reset Do not hold the front button depressed Doing so will result in erroneously cut tickets often resulting in paper jam September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 13 3 3 Paper loading The yellow indicator indicates paper out Press the center button to eject remaining tickets if you want to replace paper stock be fore paper is out 3 3 1 Paper stock positioning The ticket stock should be oriented with the magnetic stripe down to the left as seen from the front of the TTPM2 The pile of fanfold tickets should be placed at a distance of at least one ticket length behind the printer Be O EC E 0 X 10 Cc O A SW97116 Figure 10 Positioning the ticket stock 3 3 2 Loading through rear document entries Insert the ticket stock into the desired document entry When the input sensor detects the ticket this will be pulled into the active position Fanfold ticket stock is usual
33. decoding takes place in the TTPM2 Magnetic encoding attributes The magnetic encoding data strings can be given attributes that govern versions of the standard encode read after write routines and cancellation functions The following attributes inserted anywhere in the applicable data strings will cause the following functional deviations from default standards NOTE The attributes in parenthesis only work for the M command or Cancels the read after write function The ticket is encoded and directly trans ported forwards for separation if applicable and subsequent printing according to the F command data without prior read after write or Encodes the ticket performs read after write but does not transport the ticket for printing Instead the ticket is backed into the active position without being cut waiting for the command to proceed for instance for a decode operation i and was introduced in firmware version 3 2 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 35 9 4 5 36 or Expands the read after write operation If this is successful the ticket is proc essed in accordance with standard routines that is it is separated and printed If the read after write operation is unsuccessful in the programmed number of attempts the ticket is transported forwards and the waste bin of the front load mechanism is activated only printers with front load amp waste bin option The ticket is dropped
34. er must be connected to ground potential safety ground After fastening the printer proceed with the installation instructions for stand alone printer on page 6 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 9 2 3 Installing accessories 2 3 1 Output tray The output tray collects the printed and coded tickets in a neat stack Use the tray if you intend to print many tickets at a time 1 Loosen the two screws at the front of the TTPM2 case Never loosen more than 5 turns or the nut plate will fall down inside the printer 2 Hook the tray on to the two screws 3 Tighten the screws SW97105 Figure 6 Installing the output tray 10 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 2 3 2 September 99 Fanfold ticket paper input tray This optional input tray holds ticket paper for one or two document entry applications The capacity is between 125 and 300 tickets for each entry depending on ticket stock thickness 1 Position the input tray on the table behind the printer Make sure the tray engages properly with the hook above the lower document entry 2 Put the pile of fanfold paper on the tray and load the paper into the printer Never add more than a 5 cm pile at a time Otherwise the paper will not feed correctly Figure 7 Installing the optional input tray TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 11 2 3 3 Card dispenser The TTPM2 model with card dispenser is fully assembled by Swecoi
35. f it does not comply with the ISO standard a NAK A is transmitted In either case the ticket is automatically returned to active position ready for encod ing printing or ejecting After the read operation the single ticket is again placed in active position waiting for either an eject command for a command sequence for printing or en coding or both followed by P for processing of that command string Encode and print 1 Encode a new or modified string on the magnetic stripe Use any of the magnetic en coding commands l J IK IM IN IN or O depending on what tracks are available in your printer and what encoding you want See page 34 2 Format the new print using the F command described on page 28 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 45 3 Encode and print the ticket with the P command The ticket will be ejected to the operator when correctly encoded and printed In case of unsuccessful encoding the single ticket is cancelled and a new single ticket form has to be inserted into the applicable document entry A blinking yellow indicator prompts this Ejecting the ticket If you want to eject the ticket without modifying the encoding or adding new print after reading the magnetic stripe use an applicable eject command IE Ejects the ticket through the upper rear document entry IL4 Ejects the ticket through the front entry IL5 Ejects the ticket to the waste bin of the TTPM2 Front Load 2 The number
36. f the single ticket handling is to process a ticket several times For example if you issue a return train ticket Stockholm to Oslo and back to Stockholm you can add print and re encode the magnetic stripe when the first part of the journey is made 1 Use the applicable decode command to read the previously encoded ticket informa tion 2 The data is transmitted to the host computer and the ticket is positioned in the active position of the upper track ready for a new encoding and printing 3 Printing and encoding is effected using the same commands as for processing a ticket from a fan fold ticket stock and the ticket is ejected to the customer TIP To avoid printing on top of the existing print of a previously used ticket e Include information in the magnetically encoded string about which area of the ticket has already been used for printing e Read the magnetic stripe and let the host computer position new text on free spaces of the ticket TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 8 2 8 3 8 4 September 99 e Update the magnetic stripe with correct information about used areas if the ticket should be used further Inserting a single ticket In the standard TTPM2 inserting a single ticket into the upper rear document entry will trigger the single ticket loading process In front load printers the application program must issue the command L3 to trigger the single ticket loading The yellow
37. g the previous data with new bar code data on the same X and Y coordinates This way you avoid deleting the complete ticket with a reset C when you want to update the bar code The syntax for defining and downloading of bar code data is as follows IF C lt orientation gt lt xpos gt lt ypos gt lt narrow bar gt lt height gt lt wide bar gt lt type gt _ lt bar code data gt IF Command to load print parameter information C Indicates bar code mode lt orientation gt Indicates print orientation Can be north N east E south S or west W xpos Starting position pixel for the upper left hand corner of the first code bar in the string Automatically rounded off to be divisible by 8 first bit in a byte ypos Starting position pixel for the upper left hand corner of the first code bar narrow bar Width of narrow code bar both black and white lines in pixels 1 16 height Code bar height in pixels Value 1 16 pixels 2 6667 mm 2 32pixels 5 3334 mm 3 48 pixels etc 4 64 pixels 5 80 pixels 16 256 pixels 42 6667 mm wide bar Width of wide code bar in pixels Values 1 16 applies only if the Code 39 font is selected see font below If the EAN type is selected the width set ting is ignored but the value must be set to 1 type Selects type of bar code The following types are available Value 1 EAN13 partly implemented no check sum Value 11 Code 39 space A space blank
38. hall be saved P shall be used for printer initialization See TTPM2 Start Up page 36 This command effects both the encoding printing cutting and ejecting of a ticket Printing follows a successful encoding The magnetic code and print information as well as cut and eject behavior must first be defined using the applicable commands The Print command can also be used to initialize the TTPM2 after power OFF as an al ternative to C in order to save any ticket layout stored in the TTPM2 See also page 21 and 36 Adding a single digit after the P makes it possible to set the maximum number of encod ing retries for one ticket The number given is the number of additional tries i e P 1 means one normal attempt plus one retry Default is 1 which is the value used if no digit is present IO Write transaction string IQ writes a string with up tp 15 ASCII characters to a buffer memory in the printer Example Q asdfgh lt CR gt lt LF gt After the ticket has been correctly encoded printed the string is copied to a buffer in the battery backed up RAM This buffer can be read by the V command The transaction string is committed at the precise point where a useable ticket has been produced The only way to reset a transaction string is to successfully print another use able ticket that was initiated with IO Loss of power or a reset or any other instruction leaves the string intact IS Status request The TTPM2 responds by send
39. he following layout and the number 123456789 to be encoded on ISO track 2 or centre track TTPH Printer Encoder FEED DIRECTION SW95023 Figure 23 Printout example To achieve this the following data have to be sent to the printer IC IF T N 150 20 1 2 2 1 TTPM IF T N 110 70 1 1 1 1 Printer Encoder IM 123456789 IP September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 37 This command sequence will now be fully explained ic Clears all previously sent definitions IF T N 150 20 1 2 2 1 TTPM Defines a print field starting at X coordinate 150 pixel pos 150 Y coordi nate 20 pixel pos 20 with characters of double height and double width font 1 X axis resolution is 7 52 pixels mm 0 133 mm pixel Y axis resolu tion is 5 7 pixels mm 0 175 mm pixel IF T N 110 70 1 1 1 1 Printer Encoder Defines a print field at X pos 110 Y pos 70 with standard size characters font 1 IM 123456789 Defines data to be encoded in ISO defined format on ISO track 2 or centre track magnetic stripe as 123456789 Reads the encoded string compares with the input read after write NOTE For ISO encoding start stop and check digits as well as synchronization ze roes are automatically added by the TTPM2 Ip Encodes and prints the document The IF definitions are now stored in the printer If another document with the same text and layout shall be printed but with another magnetic data stri
40. ing two bytes to the host computer Byte 1 indicates the status of the various TTPM2 sensors according to the following table Byte 2 reports the temperature of the thermal print head and is only used internally in the TTPM2 Bit Sensor Value 1 Value 0 0 Lower rear document entry Paper present No paper 1 Upper rear document entry Paper present No paper 24 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 2 Top of form Paper present No paper 3 Cutter position Paper present No paper 4 After cutter position Paper present No paper 5 Cutter Cutter home Cutter not home 6 Print head OK Error 7 sensor J11 front load Paper present No paper IU Firmware version query The TTPM2 responds by sending the following string TTPM2 Ticket Printer Encoder Ver X XX Where X XX is the firmware version IV Read transaction string Reads the string stored by Q from the memory in the printer ENQ Status request immediate The TTPM2 responds by sending the same 1 byte response to the host computer as is sent as byte 1 in response to the S command The ENQ command is effected immedi ately after receipt whereas the S command is effected in sequence when received 5 2 Document entry related commands IE Eject through rear document entry This command ejects through the rear document entry any document positioned in the active position for encoding or after decoding See page 44 for definition of active standby ticket
41. into a waste bin Gent Combining the characters and results in normal behavior if the encoding was successful If an error occurs then the ticket is transported back to the start position and NAK E is sent Magnetic encoding retries See Canceling a ticket on page 32 TTPM2 START UP The TTPM2 is equipped with battery backed up memory All print field definitions are re tained even when the printer power is switched OFF To enable the TTPM2 to synchronize itself to the incoming data after power up either after a usual power ON or after a power failure the printer has to receive either a C command that it will execute or a P command that it will ignore Using the C command to initiate the TTPM2 clears all data that has previously been stored To avoid having data cleared the P command can be used for example to retain document data stored in the TTPM2 prior to a power failure or power OFF NOTE Please remember that the TTPM2 has to receive either the C or P command or both after power up All other commands and data will be ignored TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 7 DOCUMENT EXAMPLES The command language will be explained in detail with the following examples NOTE These examples are for single track TTPM2 printers If you have a dual track printer you must insert a L1 command on a separate line before the P command Assume that you want to print a document with t
42. ions and pertoraton 52 13 FMRI ANS ONS CONG caras irnos 56 Co E 63 REGISTER NOW If you wish to stay informed of product changes manual updates etc you are wel come to subscribe to our bulletin service To register as a subscriber either visit our web site www swecoin se to fill in your sub scription request or send an e mail to bulletins swecoin se Enter the text Subscribe bulletins as the subject Do not enter any text in the message area Registration date for your own records REVISION HISTORY Edition E major changes e Information on fixed spacing with command F T modified e New commands Q U V and N described e Magnetic encoding attributes changed e Firmware history updated TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 1 1 1 2 1 3 September 99 INTRODUCTION This document describes installation and operation of TTPM2 Ticket Printer Encoder which creates credit card wide documents with magnetic encoding and thermal printing Document printing TTPM2 uses the direct thermal printing technique and can print the entire thermosensitive surface of the document with text or graphics or both Text block position and orientation is software programmable as is the character size A text block can be identified as either fixed information which is stored in the unit until an All Clear software command is sent or as variable information automatically erased as soon as prin
43. llation and Programming Manual 15 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 16 Paper jam removal Open the TTPM2 cover to locate and remove the ticket that is stuck in the mechanism Use the following procedure Select paper jam clearing mode 1 Power OFF 2 Push and hold the rear pushbutton while turning ON the power The red indicator shows a steady light to indicate paper jam clearing mode Tickets stuck in input module Press and hold the center push button to eject the ticket towards the rear of the unit Tickets stuck in output module Press and hold the front push button to eject the ticket towards the front of the unit Exit paper jam clearing mode Power OFF and back ON again the TTPM2 is operational but any ticket information pre viously sent to the unit is lost You can also power OFF the printer and turn the feed rolls manually to remove the blocking ticket Cutter Output module Input module Paper path Ya a k BH SW 97 104 Figure 14 Paper path TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 3 5 3 5 1 3 5 2 September 99 Self test mode ticket repeat mode Self test 1 Press and hold the front pushbutton at power ON to enter self test mode 2 Press again to encode and print one ticket The printout shows current firmware ver sion 3 Turn printer OFF and ON to exit self test mode
44. ly loaded in the lower document entry and single tickets in the upper document entry On printers with two fanfold tracks you may also use fanfold tickets in the upper document entry Upper document entry Lower document entry Magnetic stripe SW97113 Figure 11 Position of the magnetic stripe when loading paper 14 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 3 3 3 3 3 4 September 99 Loading through front document entry optional Insert a single ticket into the document entry with the magnetic stripe facing down to the left as seen from the front of the printer When an L3 command has been received and the input sensor detects the ticket this will be pulled into the active position of the upper rear document entry Magnetic stripe a Figure 12 Position of the magnetic stripe at front load Loading sheet cut tickets in optional card dispenser The card dispenser is factory adjusted to a specific card thickness usually 0 18 mm to 0 25 mm as indicated on a label on the dispenser Using thicker or thinner tickets will Cause paper jam The ticket stock should be oriented with the magnetic stripe down to the left as seen from the front of the TTPM2 Put the paperweight on top of the ticket pile press the rear push button to load a ticket and the printer is ready Paper weight Tickets Magnetic stripe Card dispenser SW97118 Figure 13 Loading tickets in the card dispenser TTPM2 Insta
45. m battery backup with approxi mately 7 years battery life This memory stores the entire ticket so you can continue after power OFF without having to reload the data Initialization after power OFF To initialize the printer after power ON you just send a print command P and the printer is ready for use NOTE The first P after power ON initializes the printer No ticket is produced If you want to clear the memory and start a new ticket you have to send the clear all command C TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 21 4 3 Summary of commands 4 3 1 System related commands IC Clear all IP Encode and print document IU Firmware version query IS Status request ENQ Status request immediate CAN General reset equivalent to power OFF ON IQ Writes a transaction string to RAM IV Reads the transaction string written by Q 4 3 2 Document entry related commands IE Ejects document through the upper rear document entry for example after de coding IL1 Selects lower rear document entry and waits if paper is out for units with dual consecutive tracks IL2 Selects upper rear document entry and waits if paper is out for units with dual consecutive tracks 1 IL3 Loads document through front entry IL4 Ejects document through front entry IL5 Transports document to waste bin only for printers with front load 2 IL17 Selects lower rear document entry and signals paper out for units with dual consecutive tracks 1
46. mber 99 We have so far been printing text oriented in the North direction The printer is capable of printing in four directions NOTE Fonts 2 and 3 can only be printed in North orientation The following example prints text oriented in all four directions IC IF T N 120 190 1 1 1 1 Prints N North IF T E 190 250 1 1 1 1 In E East IF T S 170 350 1 1 1 1 Four S South IF T W 120 330 1 1 1 1 Directions W West IP X FEED DIRECTION 03 ke HH cr um ui D on Ad D D W ei e I SW95028 Figure 28 Printout example TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 43 8 1 8 1 1 44 SINGLE TICKET HANDLING Overview The TTPM2 comes with one of two different single ticket handling systems upper rear entry load standard and front load optional In both cases the upper document track of the printer is used for the single tickets This means that single ticket processing restricts the use of fanfold ticket stock to the lower track Standby position upper track Front load Printer ticket entry exit E 20 RE ei Active position upper track Active position Standby position lower track lower track Input module Magnetic encoder decoder Waste bin ticket exit Read head Write head SW97104A Figure 29 Active and standby ticket position Previously encoded tickets One use o
47. n Both the TTPM2 and the card dispenser are mounted on a common base plate not shown The dispenser is connected to the TTPM2 control board and the serial interface is moved to the back of the card dispenser by means of an extension cable Follow the procedure Installing a stand alone printer on page 7 and Loading sheet cut tickets in optional card dispenser on page 15 Card dispenser SW97118A Figure 8 A stand alone TTPM2 printer equipped with card dispenser The OEM printer mechanism can also be equipped with card dispenser 12 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 OPERATION 3 1 Operator controls Red indicator Error turn OFF and ON the printer to clear Rear pushbutton Press and hold at power ON to turn on paper jam clearing mode Press front button to advance ticket forward and middle button to retract ticket backwards Turn printer OFF and ON to exit paper jam clearing mode Yellow Indicator Fixed Out of e o Blinking Print command received but out of paper Center pushbutton Ejects any document in the selected ticket track Same as when an E command is received Front pushbutton Green indicator Fixed Power ON amp printer ready 2 Blinking Insert ticket Flickering Receiving data Temporarily OFF Commands are executed Figure 9 3 2 General reset 1 Cuts and ejects a ticket Press and hold at power ON to enter self test mo
48. nd transports the ticket from active position to the waste bin The same function can be obtained for cancelled tickets if character is inserted into the string of data to be encoded 26 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 1L17 Select lower rear document entry and signal paper out only dual entry printers Same function as L1 but when ticket loading fails the printer sends an error code NAK 1 instead of waiting for paper to be loaded It is then up to the system to determine if paper should be loaded from the upper document entry instead 1L18 Select upper rear document entry and signal paper out only dual entry printers September 99 Same function as L2 but when ticket loading fails the printer sends an error code NAK 1 It is then up to the system to determine if paper should be loaded from the lower document entry instead Print related commands INTRODUCTION IF is the general command for formatting the ticket print IF lt type gt lt data gt The parameters are used as follows IF Indicates that this is the start of a print field definition lt type gt Specifies the type of the field T Text G Graphics M Ticket cancellation definitions See page 32 C Barcode lt data gt Depends on the type of field specified See the following pages TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 2 5 3 2 Text printing Format text for printing IF T lt orientation gt lt xpos gt
49. ng then only the following commands need be sent to the printer 1M987654321 IP This sequence will encode a ticket with a different number on the magnetic stripe but will produce a print picture with the same text and layout as the previous one NOTE If data shall be encoded on track 1 or 3 use the applicable command J or K to precede the data The same Encoding Read after Write routine applies as for track 2 or centre track encoding Two tracks can be encoded in the same operation IJ lt message gt and K lt message gt for encoding track 1 or 3 shall precede the IM lt message gt and N lt message gt for simultaneous encoding read after write of message data on tracks 2 and 1 3 NOTE X position range is 0 380 at North orientation Y position range is 0 470 for 86 mm tickets at North orientation TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 Suppose you have information such as seat number to be printed and encoded and that the information varies for each individual document The information shall be placed at the same position on all documents Consider the following example TTPH Demonstration Show SEAT No FEED DIRECTION SVV95024 Figure 24 Printout example This has been slightly changed from the previous example The seat number 15 changes for every document printed and encoded while the rest of the information re mains the same To achieve this the following c
50. no error condition exists the TTPM2 sends an ACK 06H to the host after each received print command P An error condition is reported as a NAK 15H followed by a one character error code The error codes have been defined starting with ASCII character 1 31H according to the fol lowing table a i No paper in the input path selected with L1 L2 L17 or L18 SA Paper jam when executing L1 L2 L17 or L18 oS Reserved 4 Cutter error No full cut performed Cutter blade returned to home position by reversing the cutter motor SCH Cutter error Cutter blade not returned to home position 6 Cutter error Cutter blade not moving If this error code is received immedi ately after power ON it indicates that something is wrong with the 24V supply 7 Paper jam when executing the P command 8 Magnetic encoding on track 2 or center track failed 9 Magnetic encoding on track 1 or 3 failed A Not possible to read magnetic information with ID command RB No document inserted within time limit following an L3 command front load Document inserted front load but immediately retracted D Document inserted through front load is blocked Er Document blocked in the front load input feeder during an L3 command Also used when combining the characters and in a hex magnetic string to get normal behavior if the encoding was successful If an error occurs then the ticket is transported back to the start posi
51. of encoding retries as well as the text to be printed on cancelled tickets can be set with the F M command See page 32 Cancelled tickets can be redirected to the optional front load waste bin by inserting an character in the string to be encoded on the stripe see page 35 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 9 ERROR HANDLING The green indicator lights up at power ON Should it fail to light up switch the TTPM2 OFF and back ON again If the green indicator is still OFF check your power connection both in the TTPM2 and in the wall outlet Also check your main power supply fuse Different error types can show up during processing The most common is that the TTPM2 is out of paper All errors encountered by the printer and requiring operator as sistance are indicated with a signal from an indicator on top of the printer The operator then has to follow a specific procedure depending on the type of error that caused the stop The procedures are as follows e Yellow indicator lights up Indicates No paper in the selected paper entry Insert new paper supply or new sin gle ticket The document will be automatically loaded to active position e Yellow indicator ON and green indicator ON or flashing No paper in the selected paper entry Data string and print command have been re ceived Insert paper into the selected paper entry e Red indicator lights up Indicates unsuccessful read after write The TTPM2 makes a
52. ombining the characters and in the M data string now results in normal be havior if the encoding was successful If an error occurs then the ticket is trans ported back to the start position and NAK E is sent Adding a single digit after the P makes it possible to set the maximum number of encoding retries for one ticket The number given is the number of additional tries i e IP 1 means one normal attempt plus one retry Default is 1 which is the value used if no digit is present SGA version Various modifications to the paper load routines have been made A paper jam during encoding no longer causes the printer to loose data Some types of long tickets caused paper jam if the magnetic encoding failed This is corrected by not allowing the long ticket to enter under the print head before checking the magnetic code Filter included making it possible to use tickets with holes IL3 also supports tickets with holes IL3 speed improved Test version never released Bug found which caused the magnetic code to be erased if a ticket was reprinted without any magnetic data Bug found in the L4 routine Rear motor now runs a bit longer to avoid jam after cut A new error code is defined E which means jam in the input feeder during an L3 command Paper jam in the input feeder was previously reported as D which gave the same error code for two different jam situations The limit between long ticket and short ticket h
53. ommand now results in NAK F 15H 46H Remaining problem The transmission rate 9600 baud is always used even if 19200 or 57600 baud is selected 2 90 With previous firmware versions 9600 baud is always used even if 19200 or 5 600 baud is selected Transmission speed 19200 baud can now be selected Restrictions The transmission rate 57600 baud can still not be used It is not possible to read track No 2 on 110 mm long tickets inserted through the optional front load mechanism September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 61 62 FW revision Change 3 00 3 20 Bug fixes e Problems with long thick tickets not loading and cutting correctly solved e Islandic characters added Restrictions Same as 906 290 Added commands TO U V and N New magnetic encoding attributes added Only dual track version Does not accept ticket data without track selection command L1 L2 IL17 or L18 must always be sent prior to every P command Signals NAK 1 to indicate error and discards the received data Restrictions Same as 906 290 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 14 September 99 INDEX A ACKINAK seeen 20 24 46 B BarCode san eres eee a 19 29 A O 21 MA q 28 Bounding DOX coincidir Uan da 26 ENEE ER BUTLONS as 13 Cc Canceling a cker 30 Card depnenser nnonnonneeneennennenrernenn 12 15 Carriage REUIN BEE 18 A A cham eebe 52 Center track tickets
54. ommand sequence has to be sent to the TTPM2 IC IF T N 130 20 1 3 3 1 TTPM IF T N 90 100 1 2 1 1 Demonstration Show IF T N 150 150 1 1 1 1 Seat No IF T N 150 180 1 3 3 1 V 15 1m0000015 IP September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 39 The variable information additions to the previous example are IF T N 150 180 13 3 1 v This defines a variable text field that will be filled with data sent to the printer prior to the print command The contents of the field will be erased after printing The field definition however is not erased 15 These are the characters that will be printed in the variable text field defined above 1m0000015 0000015 is the data string to be encoded on the magnetic stripe M in structs the printer to use track 2 and ISO code the message with a density of 75 bits inch To print and encode a document with the seat number 16 all we have to do is to send the following to the printer 16 1M0000016 IP This will then produce the following printout TTPM Denonstration Show SEAT No FEED 1 5 DIRECTION SW95025 Figure 25 Printout example This Demonstration Show will of course be held at many different locations and at differ ent dates and times lt is therefore necessary to define variable information print fields for seat number place date and time 40 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 September 99 The following command sequen
55. on and Programming Manual 55 13 56 FIRMWARE HISTORY Functions and features are being added from time to time affecting the firmware in the TTPM2 The following table lists the changes of general interest The TTPM2 firmware residing in programmable read only memory PROM is available in several customized versions They differ only in minor details and are indicated by three letters You will find these letters on the label attached to the PROM component The standard version for example has the letters STD The standard version includes support for one consecutive ticket stock track one rear single ticket entry and the front load option Please note that only some of the FW ver sions after release 2 13 have built in support for either two consecutive ticket entries or one consecutive ticket plus one single ticket entry Single track printer PROMs are marked FW906 260 where 906 indicates single track and 260 indicates revision 2 60 Dual track printer PROMs are marked FW907 234 where 907 indicates dual track and 234 indicates revision 2 34 From firmware version 2 70 all firmware is 906 xxx and you select single track dual track or CD version with the dip switches on the control board Notice that further FW revisions may have been introduced since the issue of this edition of the TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual An up to date list of FW revisions can be read at the Swecoin web site at http www swecoin se
56. r codes Font size 16x16 SW97120 Bar code data fed to the printer are converted to an Figure 16 Font examples EAN13 or a Code39 bar code The bar code prints on all subsequent tickets until a Clear all command is received or until new bar code data with the same coordinates and type is received Magnetic codes Messages can be magnetically encoded on a stripe at the back of the ticket The mes sage can be between 37 and 107 characters long depending on the coding standard and density you select TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 19 4 2 5 4 2 6 4 2 7 20 Positioning data on the ticket Items to be printed are placed within frames You position the frame by defining the X and Y coordinate of the upper left corner and the ori entation of the frame The frame is North orientation at X 1 Y 1 then automatically sized to the contents you put in it character size No of characters graphics size and other data for the item to be printed East oriented text at X 384 Y 1 FEED Frames can overlap each other DIRECTION You can for instance print text on top of graphics Triggering a printout Putting text graphics bar and mag netic codes on the ticket as de scribed above only builds an image of the ticket in the printer memory 86 mm DUU To actually print something on a ticket you must send a print com mand Printable width 51 07mm Ip dE 110 mm Y650 un DS f Every received
57. rent models Recommendation Use RTS CTS hardware handshake dip switch 5 OFF when ACK NAK error code is enabled dip switch 6 ON Communications protocol The protocol is 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity Handshaking is DIP switch selectable either XON XOFF or RTS CTS DIP switch 5 Communications port The following table shows how to connect the TTPM2 to the serial port of a PC compati ble computer TTPM2 9 pole D sub PC 25 pole D sub PC 9 pole D sub RXD 2 2 TXD 3 TXD 3 3 RXD 2 DIR 4 6 DSR 6 GND 5 7 GND 5 RTS 7 5 CTS 8 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 49 11 4 Communications cable Use a 9 pin serial cable to connect the TTPM2 printer to the Such a cable is available from Swecoin Part number 90 9825 000 The cable is 1 5m long with 9 pole D sub connectors at both ends PC and TTPM2 Adapters with 25 pole D sub connector at the PC end of the cable are commercially available 50 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 12 DOCUMENT STOCK The TTPM2 printers are produced and calibrated for and tested with the customers ticket stock To ensure accurate ticket issuing we do require 100 tickets of the customer ticket stock for each ordered printer 12 1 Ticket base material Material Paper 100 chemical pulp no ground wood permitted Laminate Triplex Plastic PVC Stiffness 18 36 g cm in grain direction Thickness Paper and laminate 0 18 0 40 mm 170 210 g m
58. rint quality e All versions of this FW release now include the command l that correctly en codes track 3 according to the ISO 7811 format Reading can be done with command D 3 e DCT SGA version Handling has been modified slightly to prevent paper jam It is also possible to use the printer with only one of the tracks loaded with pa per The self test however uses only the lower input e This version is only released for the standard version STD and corrects a bug which caused the printer to ignore the single ticket entry if the 24 V relay had been shut off New version of the dual fanfold ticket entry printer In order to increase flexibility two new subcommands have been added to the L command e 1117 Loads the lower track into active position e L18 Loads the upper track into active position See description on page 27 e Paper is automatically positioned at power on The timeout for the L3 command is increased The printer will automatically try to eject a ticket stuck in the machine during the L3 command TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 FW revision Change 2 33 2 34 2 35 2 36 2 37 2 38 2 39 2 40 2 41 2 50 September 99 The data string sent to the TTPM2 to encode track 2 M can now have a check sum digit added to it This checksum will then be compared by the TTPM2 before encoding which guarantees that the magnetic code data is correctly received See page 35 C
59. second attempt to en code and read the ticket During that attempt the red indicator will go out For each unsuccessful attempt the red indicator lights up again If a single ticket operation is in progress the red indicator stays ON until a new ticket is inserted and successfully processed Also refer to the previously described procedures regarding the yellow and green indicators e Red indicator is ON If the Red indicator stays ON even though ticket stock is present in the selected entry Station this indicates that the paper path in the TTPM2 has been blocked Follow the description on the next page to remove blockage NOTE No data is lost in the process of detecting and acting on errors as long as the printer is not switched OFF If however the printer is switched OFF by mistake when an error is attended to two tickets will normally be lost Because of the error the ticket being printed will be lost The reason for the next ticket being lost is that even though the printer has battery backed up memory which preserves data it is not possible to guarantee that no data is lost in the serial communication during the power OFF condition It is there fore necessary for the printer to erase the input buffer and wait for either an C or an P command before it can synchronize printing to incoming data September 99 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 4 10 ERROR CODES TTPM2 reports error conditions in the form of error codes If
60. the user to send the correct number of bytes to the printer that is lt height gt x lt width gt as the printer will scan the input character stream for the correct number of bytes TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual 29 1 2 3 4 Create Add empty Convert pixels Covert bits pixel vertical lines to bits to bytes graphics to get full bytes Black pixel 1 White pixel 0 1 20 392 00 02 6 1 12345678 711 10H 38H 7CH FEH 7CH 38H 10H Figure 19 Converting graphics to TTPM2 format Note that the appearance on your screen depends on the editor you use to write your program A file for downloading and printing the above graphics will look like this in Windows Notepad Ic IC IF GN 140 1401711 8 pl 8 c IC EI IP A utility program called Swecoin TTPM editor can help you convert Windows bitmap im ages BMP files to TTPM graphics format You can download the TTPM editor free of charge from the Swecoin Internet web site at http www swecoin se 30 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 5 3 4 Printing bar codes IFC Format bar code printing Bar code printing can be used as ticket data carrier instead of or in addition to magnetic encoding NOTE To produce sharp code bars the TTPM2 printer automatically reduces the print speed by approx 50 when printing tickets with east and west oriented bar codes Bar code data is treated as fixed data You can however replace a bar code by overlayin
61. ting of the document has been completed This feature allows printing from a data file containing the variable data information EAN 13 and Code 39 bar codes can be generated and printed Magnetic encoding Two magnetic tracks can be encoded Either with standard low coercivity recording or optional household magnet proof high coercivity recording Track combinations ISO track 2 at 75 BPI Bits Per Inch and ISO track 3 at 210 BPI ISO track 1 at 210 BPI and ISO track 2 at 75 BPI Center track at 75 or 210 BPI Naturally the TTPM2 can be used for encoding on a single track only Encoding in ISO standard format or in hexadecimal format is software selectable Read after write is automatically performed Software selectable decode functions are avail able See also Magnetic encoding and decoding related commands on page 34 Document handling A standard TTPM2 printer has one document entry for fanfold ticket stock and one entry for single tickets The printer can be ordered in Dual Consecutive Track DCT version with both upper and lower document entries designed for fanfold ticket stock There are two optional front load alternatives designated front load 1 and front load 2 Both make it possible to load single tickets through the ticket exit which replaces the up per single ticket entry at the rear of the printer In addition to this front load 2 has a waste bin function for redirecting used or invalid tick ets to
62. tion and NAK E is sent X Critical error This is issued when the printer must be turned off error condi tion cleared then turned off again NOTE For TTPM2 to send ACK or NAK error codes the DIP switch 6 on the TTPM2 control board must be set to ON Position OFF places the unit in a silent mode preventing these codes from being transmitted to the host computer 48 TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual September 99 11 September 99 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION The TTPM2 communicates through an RS232 serial interface DIP switches A DIP switch is accessible through the service opening at the bottom of the TTPM2 en closure The functions of these DIP switches are default settings in parenthesis Switch UL as ON OFF ON OFF A Bits s OFF 1200 OFF 9600 ON 19200 ON 57600 3 Read after write ON Disable for ISO magnetic track 1 or 3 data OFF 4 Auto clear ON Clear all fixed and variable data during printing OFF 5 Handshaking ON XON XOFF OFF RTS CTS OFF 6 ACK NAK error code ON enabled OFF Silent ON 7 F ON OFF ON d Mode OFF Standard OFF DCT ON CD200 ON Test Standard Consecutive lower track single ticket upper track DCT Dual Consecutive Track formerly called SGA CD200 Card dispenser mode Test Swecoin production test setting not to be used IMPORTANT DIP switches 7 and 8 are factory set and MUST NOT be changed The switch settings must fit the hardware of the diffe
63. up ticket handling the magnetic code of track two is read and placed in mem ory when loading the ticket 1D will read track two data from memory without having to move the ticket Reading track one D1 or track three D3 requites a ticket read movement from active position to the output module and back again On error the TTPM2 sends the following error codes to the host computer Error code Error NAK B No document is inserted within 60 seconds Command L3 is abandoned NAK C A document is inserted and immediately retracted NAK D A document is inserted but the TTPM2 is blocked paper jam NAK E Paper jam in the input feeder during an L3 command A front loaded document resting in active position can be processed using one of the fol lowing alternatives e Using the appropriate decode command D D1 D3 or O followed by print P e Using print parameter format command F and applicable encoding command I J IK IM or IN followed by print command P e Document related commands E L4 and L5 1L4 Eject document through front document entry front load printers only A document positioned in the active position is ejected through the front document entry without encoding or printing Compare with the E command that ejects the document through the upper rear docu ment entry IL5 Eject document into waste bin front load 2 printers only Only for printers with front load 2 with waste bin This comma

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