Twinax Interface User's Manual
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1. 4400 163 4 Send some printer commands data down from the host The printer starts printing each character that is not filtered out at this stage by the twinax interface At this stage in the processing all of the host protocol characters are removed and the EBCDIC code has been converted to ASCII code Here is what you might expect to see on the labels 34 Twinax Interface e The first five characters are the printer command string delimiter lt STX gt If lt STX gt is missing the printer will not respond to any commands Characters before lt STX gt are filtered out e The next characters you see are printer commands and data Here are some examples lt U 5 gt 1 HbB 0a0 G4 4 B 3C 55 53 3E 31 3B 48 30 3B 6F 30 2C 34 30 3B 3400 t2 The final characters of the printer command string form the Print command lt ET BA 3C 45 54 42 3E 3B 3400 t3 Look for invalid printer commands or incorrect syntax within the printer command string e The last five characters printed are the final delimiter of the printer command string lt ETX gt If lt ETX gt is missing no data will be sent to the printer from the twinax interface Characters following lt ETX gt are filtered out 5 Print the data from the final stage of processing Without switching off the printer set the twinax interface rear panel switches back to the original setting you reco2. TWIN 02 Note Intermec does not provide twinax interface cables Twinax Interface Preparing the twinax interface for operation The twinax interface has been installed in your printer at the main manufacturing plant or by a field service technician Before you can use the twinax interface with your Intermec printer you need to do the following e Connect the twinax interface to your host computer e Set up twinax communications e Understand the meanings of twinax interface status lights e Test for communication with the host Connecting the twinax interface to your system With a twinax interface installed your Intermec printer can connect directly to a host computer through the twinax in connector Other IBM compatible twinax devices can connect to the host through the twinax out connector Providing twinax interface cables Intermec does not provide a twinaxial cable for you You need to purchase a twinaxial cable equivalent to IBM Part No 7362267 or 7362062 The maximum cable length allowed for the twinax interface is 5000 feet 1525 meters The twinax in connector attaches the twinax interface to a host computer It can also attach to the out connector of another twinax device attached nearer to the host on the twinax cable system The twinax out connector allows other IBM compatible twinax devices to be connected to the system cable without the need for a tee connector The out connector require
3. Twinax Interface Programming requirements There are special Programming requirements that you need to understand before you can send valid print messages to the printer through the twinax interface These special requirements involve the following e Configuration requirements e Control character format e Character set limitations e Formatting label data e Designing labels Your printer user s manual provides general information pertaining to these five topics The following paragraphs provide you with supplemental information necessary for proper operation of the twinax interface Configuration requirements Configure the host to recognize your Intermec printer as an IBM 5256 Model 1 printer Instructions for doing this are provided in your IBM System Configuration Manual Control character format Many of the printer commands are control codes To facilitate entering and viewing of control codes at an IBM terminal they are entered and displayed as mnemonics The twinax interface in the printer recognizes mnemonics and converts them into control codes before passing them to the printer The Appendix found on page 37 of this manual provides a list of standard ASCII control character mnemonics used for composing printer messages Refer to your printer user s manual to see how ASCII control characters are used in programming the printer To send a control character to the twinax interface as part of a printer message
4. Twinax Twinax Device Device Device lt Twinax Cable Intermec Printers TWIN 01 Twinax Interface Twinax interface parts and function The following table describes the twinax controls and indicators illustrated in the figure on the facing page Number Name Description 1 Twinax interface card 40 pin accessory cable Online light Rear panel switches Fault light Twinax in connector Terminate switch Twinax out connector Mounting screws Provides the twinax interface that allows other IBM compatible devices to be serially connected to the printer Connects the twinax interface to the printer CPU PCB assembly Flashes or stays on to indicate the twinax interface is communicating with the host computer or system controller Enable or disable the twinax interface self test Flashes or stays on to indicate there is a problem with the twinax interface or the commands received by the twinax interface Pulses comes on for one second and then goes out to indicate that a message is being recorded in the error log Connects the printer to the twinax system Switch selectable load provides proper termination when the twinax interface is at the end of the twinax cable Comnects the twinax interface to the printer CPU PCB assembly Secure the twinax interface to the printer Twinax Interface T Twinax interface with parts labeled PO e G 3 Me gt
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6. 2B 010 1011 0100 1111 4F 21 010 0001 0101 0000 50 amp amp 26 010 0110 0101 1010 5A 5D 101 1101 0101 1011 5B 24 010 0100 0101 1100 5C 2A 010 1010 0101 1101 5D 29 010 1001 0101 1110 5E 3 3B 011 1011 0101 1111 5F A A 5E 101 1110 0110 0000 60 2D 010 1101 0110 0001 61 2F 010 1111 0110 1010 6A 7C 111 1100 0110 1011 6B 4 2C 010 1100 0110 1100 6C 25 010 0101 0110 1101 6D 2 5F 101 1111 0110 1110 6E gt gt 3E 011 1110 0110 1111 6F 2 3F 011 1111 42 Twinax Interface EBCDIC ASCII code conversion table continued 7654 3210 654 3210 0111 1001 110 0000 0111 1010 he a a 011 1010 0111 1011 7B 23 010 0011 0111 1100 7C 40 100 0000 0111 1101 7D 27 010 0111 0111 1110 7E 3D 011 1101 0111 1111 7F E S 22 010 0010 1000 0001 81 a a 61 110 0001 1000 0010 82 b b 62 110 0010 1000 0011 83 c c 63 110 0011 1000 0100 84 d d 64 110 0100 1000 0101 85 e e 65 110 0101 1000 0110 86 f f 66 110 0110 1000 0111 87 g g 67 110 0111 1000 1000 88 h h 68 110 1000 1000 1001 89 i i 69 110 1001 1001 0001 91 j j 6A 110 1010 1001 0010 92 k k 6B 110 1011 1001 0011 93 1 1 6C 110 1100 1001 0100 94 m m 6D 110 1101 1001 0101 95 n n 6E 110 1110 1001 0110 96 O O 6F 110 1111 1001 0111 97 P P 70 111 0000 1001 1000 98 q q 70 111 0001 1001 1001 99 r r 72 111 0010 43 Twinax Interface EBCDIC ASCI code conversion table continued 7654 3210 654 3210 1010 0001 111 1110 1010 0010 gt S S
7. an nAnAaA END E ENDSR kkkkkxkxkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkxk EDITO1 EDITS THE PROMPT SCREEN FIELD Cc EDITO1 BEGSR Twinax Interface 23 Twinax Interface 24 MOVE OFF MOVE NO na NAME IFEQ BLANKS SETON MOVE YES END nana Q ENDSR IN80 ERR ERR 80 kkkkkxkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkxk DLOADQ DOWNLOAD TO PRINTER OUTQ SUB ROUTINE Cc DLOADQ BEGSR LINES IN THE lt INIT gt ARRAY Cc Z ADD10 SET UP CHANNEL CODE amp Z ADD1 MOVE BLANKS MOVEAQESC ADD 5 TORA OUTPUT ALL lt INIT gt ARRAY PRINTER 1 DO MXRD MOVEA BLANKS MOVEAINIT BX Z ADD80 nanna WRK CX DOWEQ SUB 1 END anna 120 SUB AX ADD 1 IFLT CX EXCPTPRINTOQ MOVE BLANKS Z ADD1 END TMP AAARAAARAAR Cc MOVEAINIT BX E ADD CX Cc END Cc EXCPTPRINTO
8. fault light still flashes call for service Twinax Interface Problem The amber fault light comes on and stays on This indicates that the twinax interface PCB assembly has failed and is no longer functioning In this situation call for service Problem The green online light stays on or flickers as it should but the printer does not print This indicates that the connection between the host and the twinax interface is good but that the host is sending bad printer commands Check the printer commands for errors Correct any error you find and try again If the printer still does not print try examining the data the twinax interface is receiving from the host Refer to Printing unprocessed data on page 33 for more information Problem The green online light goes out and the twinax interface stops communicating with your host system This problem has several possible causes e The twinax cable has become disconnected Check twinax cable connections at the host and all twinax devices including the printer twinax interface e The twinax cable has been terminated before the end of the cable or has been unterminated Check the last twinax device for proper termination check all other twinax devices to see that they are unterminated e Another twinax device has the same address as the printer twinax interface Check addresses of all other twinax devices especially those added after the printer twinax interface Change
9. select for printer communications The IBM translation character table in the previous section lists the characters unique to each international character set These characters take the place of the shaded boxes in the common character set table depending on the international character set selected For example if you select the German character set the character B appears when you enter the hex code Al from your host terminal 11 Twinax Interface Common character set More Significant Hex Digit E ee E e e e TWIN 06 6 This character will change depending on the character set selected Printer will not print this character A 0 O O KR oo lt OO O fA W LL ADNNHN VvV ODST boboc TOK Q DD 12 Twinax Interface To select an international character set refer to the printer commands section of your printer user s manual Look for the command to select printer language lt SI gt l n Your printer user s manual contains details on how to select the different languages For example to set the printer language to Italian send the following command lt SI gt 1 6 Understanding character set limitations There are certain characters that are not available to you These characters were either not available in the Intermec purchased fonts or they were not defined in the multinational character set at the time of product introduction Your Intermec printer cannot print the following
10. 16 Programming requirements 17 Configuration requirements 17 Control character format 17 Formatting label data 18 Error handling 19 Common problems when printing labels 19 Printing labels on demand from a host computer 20 Label design 20 Example print program 20 About the RPG example print program 21 RPG example print program 21 CLP program 21 Display program 22 RPG program 22 Table of Contents Troubleshooting 26 Twinax interface self test 28 Printing the error log 31 Printing unprocessed data 33 Appendix 37 ASCII control characters 37 Twinax jumper configuration 38 Factory switch settings 39 Setting the twinax rear panel switches 40 EBCDIC ASCII code conversion table 41 Twinax Interface Introduction to the twinax interface This user s manual describes how to use an Intermec printer with a twinax interface adapter in an IBM twinax cable system The twinax interface enables the printer to operate with an IBM System 34 System 36 System 38 or AS 400 host computer With the twinax interface your Intermec printer emulates an IBM 5256 Model 1 printer Host to printer commands are sent from the host computer to the twinax interface The twinax interface converts EBCDIC IBM twinax protocol into ASCII Intermec printer protocol The following figure illustrates how an Intermec printer with twinax interface fits into an IBM twinax system Twinax interface system relationship IBM System 34 36 38 AS 400
11. AQCR QRX AX Cc ADD 4 AX MOVEANAME QRX AX Cc ADD 20 AX C MOVEAQCR QRX AX ADD 4 AX Cc MOVEAQETB QRX AX ADD 5 AX C MOVEAQETX QRX AX C EXCPTPRINOO Cc ENDSR OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS OQPRINT E PRINTO o QSTX 0 o QRX 0 o QETX 131 o E PRINQQ o QSTX 0 o QRX 0 kkkkkxkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk INIT LABEL FORMAT P E3 F3 H0 H1 0050 050 c2 w2 h3 d3 INTERMEC H2 0075 100 c2 w1 h1 d3 Presents the H3 0115 125 c2 w1 h2 d3 MODEL H4 0075 165 c2 w1l h2 d3 XXXX PRINTER B5 0082 200 c0 0 0 h35 wl i1 d3 XXXX I5 0113 238 c0 wl H6 0135 255 c2 wl1 H7 0050 285 c2 wl R h1 h1 d3 to h2 d0 20 25 Twinax Interface Troubleshooting 26 This section describes functional problems that you may encounter with the twinax interface and possible solutions Problem The amber fault light comes on and goes out after one second This indicates that the twinax interface has recorded an
12. ENDSR MXRD lt ESC gt CHARACTER AX QRX QRX AX AX 30 STATEMENTS TO PRINTER BX WRK WRK CX CX TMP TMP QRX QRX AX 30 30 30 SETUPQ SET UP OUTPUT ARRAY FOR PRINT QUEUE wN C SETUPQ BEGSR E Z ADD1 Cc MOVEA BLANKS Cc ENDSR AX QRX Twinax Interface xy LABELQ PRINT LABEL SUBROUTINE PRINT QUEUE Cc LABELQ BEGSR EXSR SETUPQ C MOVEAQESC QRX AX ADD 5 AX C MOVEA E3 QRX AX Cc ADD 2 AX C MOVEAQCAN QRX AX ADD 5 AX C MOVE
13. FILE QPRINT ENDPGM 21 Twinax Interface Display program A A PROGRAM DEM44D A R SCRNO1 p WWNND 10 12 14 NAME 25 B 17 be oo o mn 23 RPG program H 1 22 PROGRAM NAME DEM44R FF D M SPSIZ 24 80 DS3 SGLOC 23 PRINT Cc 32 D F03 03 END OF JOB INTERMEC SPATR HT 3DATE EDTCDE Y 68 DEM44D 31 IME EDTWRD 0 3 E 31 XXXX DEMONSTRATION D SPATR HI 16 THIS PROGRAM WILL SHOW HOW TO P RINT TO AN OUTQUE 16 ON THE IBM AS 400 WE ARE USING OO PRINT AS THE 16 OUTPUT FILE AND PRTO1 AS THE OUT Q UE IF YOU DO 16 NOT HAVE EITHER OR BOTH PLEASE STOP AND CHANGE 16 THE CLP PROGRAM DEM44C 14 40 E 30 PLEASE ENTER YOUR NAME RRMSG NAME CAN NOT BE LEFT BLANK 80 CMD 3 END OF JOB DEM44R DESCRIPTION THIS PROGRAM WILL DEMONSTRATE THE XXXX PRINTER FDEM44D CF E WORKSTN FOPRINT O F 132 OF PRINTER INIT 1 10 8 WRK 80 QRX 125 I DS I I INITIALIZE VALUES MOVE 1 MOVE 0 ryt MOVE N Z ADD1 anana Ss O lt El 0 1 1 1 80 CMDQ 27 36 QUEUE WRRRR INITIALIZE FOR DATA DOWNLOAD MOVE lt CR gt QC
14. I control characters Character value Definition ASCII hex NUL NULL 00 SOH START OF HEADING 01 STX START OF TEXT 02 ETX END OF TEXT 03 EOT END OF TRANSMISSION 04 ENQ ENQUIRY 05 ACK ACKNOWLEDGE 06 BEL BELL 07 BS BACKSPACE 08 HT HORIZONTAL TAB 09 LF LINE FEED 0A VT VERTICAL TAB 0B FF FORM FEED 0C CR CARRIAGE RETURN 0D SO SHIFT OUT OE SI SHIFT IN OF DLE DATA LINK ESCAPE 10 DC1 DEVICE CONTROL 1 11 DC2 DEVICE CONTROL 2 12 DC3 DEVICE CONTROL 3 13 DC4 DEVICE CONTROL 4 14 NAK NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE 15 SYN SYNCHRONOUS IDLE 16 ETB END TRANSMISSION BLOCK 17 CAN CANCEL 18 EM END OF MEDIUM 19 SUB SUBSTITUTE 1A ESC ESCAPE 1B FS FILE SEPARATOR 1C GS GROUP SEPARATOR 1D RS RECORD SEPARATOR 1E US UNIT SEPARATOR 1F SP SPACE 20 DEL DELETE 7F 37 Twinax Interface 38 Twinax jumper configuration The following is a list of jumpers resident on the coax and twinax cards Jumper J5 1 to J5 2 J7 1 to J7 2 J7 2 to J7 3 J8 1 to J8 2 J9 1 to J9 2 J9 2 to J9 3 J10 1 to J10 2 J10 2 to J10 3 J10 2 to J10 4 J11 1 to J11 2 J11 2 to J11 3 J16 1 to J16 2 J16 2 to J16 3 Twinax defaults J5 1 to J5 2 J7 2 to J7 3 Function Processor clock enable Personality select coax I O Personality select twinax I O Bypass capacitor for coax cable 8K processor SRAM select 32K processor SRAM select Host select 4400 Host select test Host select 3000A 8K I O processor data SRAM select 32K I O processor data SRAM select 8K I O proces
15. R 4 C MOVE lt ETB gt QETB 5 MOVE lt ESC gt QESC 5 Cc MOVE lt CAN gt QCAN 5 C MOVE lt STX gt QSTX 5 Cc MOVE lt ETX gt QETX 5 Cc MOVE lt RS gt ORS 4 Cc MOVE lt FS gt QFS 4 MOVE lt US gt QUS 4 E MOVEL lt ESC gt QKINC1 7 Cc MOVE 11 QKINC1 C MOVEL lt ESC gt QKDEC1 7 MOVE D1 QKDEC1 DOWNLOAD FORMAT TO OUTQUE EXSR DLOADQ MAINLINE LOGIC e MOVE A FUNCIN 1 FUNCTN FUNCTN DOWNE Z CASEQ A SCRN1 END END MARCA SETON LR SCRN1 PROMPT SCREEN kkkkkxkxkkxkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkxk C SCRN1 BEGSR Q EXFMTSCRNO1 INO3 IFEQ ON MOVE Z ELSE EXSR EDITO1 FUNCTN nana ERR IFEQ NO EXSR LABELQ MOVE BLANKS NAME END
16. addresses that conflict with the printer twinax interface e The host has broken off communications with the twinax interface Check the program and the host configuration making certain that the host is ignoring the twinax interface 27 Twinax Interface Twinax interface self test Use the twinax interface self test to determine whether the twinax interface has been installed correctly or whether it is faulty To run the twinax interface self test complete the following procedure 1 Turn the printer off and disconnect the twinax interface cable 2 Set switches 5 through 7 to the ON position and set switches 1 through 4 to the OFF position Refer to the following figure for an illustration of the switch settings Twinax interface self test switch settings 28 OFF N rr TWIN 08 3 Turn the printer on Twinax Interface 4 The printer continuously prints the twinax interface test label shown in the figure below Twinax interface self test label This label is not available electronically 5 After printing six labels refer to your printer user s manual for directions on how to stop the printer from printing labels You may need to press the printer front control panel key or a front panel button 29 Twinax Interface 6 Look at the two lights on the twinax interface rear panel Both t
17. after testing is complete 2 Without switching off the printer power set switches 5 through 7 to the ON position as shown in the figure below At this point the printer ignores incoming messages from the host Print error log switch settings TWIN 10 31 Twinax Interface 3 The printer starts printing the contents of the error log one error per label It prints errors in the order they are received by the printer starting with the newest and ending with the oldest The error label is shown in the following figure Note The error log will not record errors in printer commands The error log is erased when it is printed Error log label This label is not available electronically 4 After the printer stops printing error labels set the twinax interface rear panel switches back to the original setting you recorded in Step 1 32 Twinax Interface Examine your error log labels Each one has a number and a brief description The errors fall into three categories Error 100 499 Twinax interface to printer CPU error This type of error may be caused by faulty installation of the twinax interface or by errors generated by the twinax interface that you cannot correct If you cannot determine the cause of the problem call for service Error 500 699 Host to twinax interface error This is a protocol error Usually correcting the program or the host configuration w
18. ample of possible information is given below 9TX gt PRINTE RET xX gt 3C 53 54 58 3E 50 52 49 4E 54 45 52 3C 45 54 58 3E 3400 t5 15 Twinax Interface 5 When your printer has successfully completed downloading information with Data Line Print refer to your printer user s manual for information on returning to normal print mode If the printer responded as described in the procedure you have successfully installed the twinax interface Proceed to the following section entitled Programming for the twinax interface If the printer failed to produce the results described in the above procedure refer to the Troubleshooting section starting on page 26 If you cannot get the printer to print the sample labels after following the recommendations in Troubleshooting call your Intermec service representative Programming for the twinax interface 16 This section describes how to write RPG print programs for your host computer that enable the twinax interface to control printer output An example RPG print program is provided for you When you complete this section you will be able to do the following e Understand how to send control characters to the twinax interface e Understand how to send label formats and data to the twinax interface e Understand how the twinax interface handles the erroneous messages it receives from the host e Write RPG print programs for your Intermec printer with a twinax interface
19. ations The file specifications used in the RPG example program are identical to those used for the IBM 5256 printer Extension specification The extension specification defines a compile time array named FMT The FMT array contains the label format Calculations specifications Miscellaneous label fields and printer control characters are initialized by the calculation specifications The calculation specifications also contain the FORMAT subroutine used to send the label format to the twinax interface Twinax Interface About the RPG example print program After compiling these programs called DEM44C a display screen appears warning you about having the correct print file and outque If necessary change DEM44C The display screen requires a user name Enter your name and press the ENTER key The screen blanks out and a label prints Use the CMD KEY 3 to exit the program Note The following program contains X s in place of a printer model number Please insert the model number of your printer in place of the X s RPG example print program INTERMEC PRINTER DEMONSTRATION DEM44D THIS PROGRAM WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO PRINT TO AN OUTQUE ON THE IBM AS 400 WE ARE USING OPRINT AS THE OUTPUT FILE AND PRTO1 AS THE OUTQUE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EITHER OR BOTH PLEASE STOP AND CHANGE THE CLP PROGRAM DEM44C CLP program yA PROGRAM DEM44C PGM OVRPRTF FILE QPRINT OUTO PRTO1 CALL PGM DEM44R DLTOVR
20. ble substitutes a default value e The label data contains too many characters for its field on the label e The label is physically too small to hold the data e The twinax interface has not been installed and tested correctly 19 Twinax Interface 20 Printing labels on demand from a host computer IBM System 3X computers do not start sending data to printers until the printer file is closed If you want to send labels that you design on a system terminal immediately to the twinax interface for printing you must follow these guidelines IBM System 34 and System 36 If you are using IBM System 34 or System 36 you need to finish the RPG to close the printer file OCL statements may be used to reload the program for the next print job IBM System 38 and AS 400 If you are using IBM System 38 or AS 400 you need to call a separate print program that will print the on demand label or after writing a label explicitly close the printer file within the RPG program Label design When you print a label with the twinax interface installed in the printer design your label s format and data by using a label design software program or your host terminal Refer to your printer user s manual for information on label design at the host terminal Example print program The following pages provide an example RPG print program for the AS 400 The next few paragraphs provide you with details about the RPG print program File specific
21. ction Before running a print program from the host terminal you need to ensure that your host system is configured to operate with the twinax interface You then need to test the connection between the twinax interface and the host computer Host configuration Configure your host to recognize the twinax interface as an IBM 5256 Model 1 printer For host configuration instructions refer to your IBM System Configuration Manual Downloading a data file 1 Ensure the printer is powered on and active e Check the printer status information at the host terminal e Check that the printer power light is on the twinax interface rear panel online light is on and the fault light is off If you cannot power on the printer if the fault light comes on or if the twinax interface online light is off check for the following e Correct address set on the twinax interface e Correct cabling from the twinax interface to the host e Configuration of the host system to recognize the twinax interface as an IBM 5256 Model 1 printer Check for terminal to printer communication by entering Data Line Print mode on your printer Refer to your printer user s manual for information on entering Data Line Print mode Send down some characters from the host When the printer is in Data Line Print mode it does not attempt to interpret any printer commands it simply prints each character it receives along with its hexadecimal equivalent underneath An ex
22. da 111 0011 1010 0011 A3 t t 74 111 0100 1010 0100 AA u u 75 111 0101 1010 0101 A5 v v 76 111 0110 1010 0110 A6 w w 77 111 0111 1010 0111 A7 x x 78 111 1000 1010 1000 A8 y y 79 111 1001 1010 1001 A9 z Z 7A 111 1010 1100 0000 C0 7B 111 1011 1100 0001 C1 A A 41 100 0001 1100 0010 C2 B B 42 100 0010 1100 0011 C3 C C 43 100 0011 1100 0100 C4 D D 44 100 0100 1100 0101 C5 E E 45 100 0101 1100 0110 C6 F F 46 100 0110 1100 0111 ES G G 47 100 0111 1100 1000 C8 H H 48 100 1000 1100 1001 C9 I I 49 100 1001 1101 0000 DO 7D 111 1101 1101 0001 D1 J J 4A 100 1010 1101 0010 D2 K K 4B 100 1011 1101 0011 D3 L L 4C 100 1100 1101 0100 D4 M M 4D 100 1101 1101 0101 D5 N N 4E 100 1110 1101 0110 D6 O O 4F 100 1111 1101 0111 D7 P P 50 101 0000 1101 1000 D8 Q Q 51 101 0001 1101 1001 D9 R R 52 101 0010 44 Twinax Interface EBCDIC ASCII code conversion table continued 7654 3210 654 3210 1110 0000 101 1100 1110 0010 gt S S E 101 0011 1110 0011 E3 T 54 101 0100 1110 0100 E4 U U 55 101 0101 1110 0101 E5 V V 56 101 0110 1110 0110 E6 W W 57 101 0111 1110 0111 E7 X X 58 101 1000 1110 1000 E8 Y Y 59 101 1001 1110 1001 E9 Z Z 5A 101 1010 1111 0000 FO 0 0 30 011 0000 1111 0001 Fl 1 1 31 011 0001 1111 0010 F2 2 2 32 011 0010 1111 0011 F3 3 3 33 011 0011 1111 0100 F4 4 4 34 011 0100 1111 0101 F5 5 5 35 011 0101 1111 0110 F6 6 6 36 011 0110 1111 0111 F7 7 7 37 011 0111 1111 1000 F8 8 8 38 011 1000 1111 1001 F9 9 9 39 011 1001
23. e twinax cable ends at the printer The twinax cable should not be terminated at the printer when other devices are connected to the host through the twinax interface The twinax interface disables the out connector when the slide switch is set to terminate the twinax cable The twinax interface is shipped from the factory with the slide switch in the up position unterminated To terminate the twinax cable at the printer set the slide switch as shown in the figure below Setting twinax termination Twinax Interface _ Panel AR TERMINATE TERMINATE OUT OUT UNTERMINATED TERMINATED TWIN 04 Twinax Interface Setting up twinax communications To run your printer with the twinax interface installed you need to do the following e Set the twinax address e Enable IBM language translation e Select a character set e Understand characters set limitations Setting the twinax address This section shows you how to set the rear panel switches to change the twinax interface device address The only tool necessary is a miniature flat tip screwdriver Intermec Part No 523298 The twinax device address is set by switches 5 6 and 7 You can set the twinax interface address to one of seven numbers from 0 to 6 The twinax interface is shipped from the factory with the address set at zero To select another address determine which address is not used by another twinax device and
24. e written materials is expressly forbidden without the prior written consent of Intermec All right title and interest in all copies of this software are and shall at all times remain the sole and exclusive property of Intermec Customer may be held legally responsible for any copyright infringement that is caused or encouraged by its failure to abide by these terms WARRANTY INFORMATION To receive a copy of the standard warranty provision for this product contact your local Intermec sales organization In the U S call 800 755 5505 and in Canada call 800 688 7043 Otherwise refer to the Authorized Service Centers list that was shipped with this manual for the address and telephone number of your Intermec sales organization 1994 Intermec Corporation All Rights Reserved Table of Contents to C Introduction to the twinax interface 3 Twinax interface parts and function 4 Preparing the twinax interface for operation 6 Connecting the twinax interface to your system 6 Providing twinax interface cables 6 Connecting the twinax interface to your host computer 7 Terminating the twinax cable 8 Setting up twinax communications 9 Setting the twinax address 9 Enabling IBM language translation 11 Selecting the character set 11 Understanding character set limitations 13 Status light meanings 14 Online 14 Fault 14 Testing the twinax connection 15 Host configuration 15 Downloading a data file 15 Programming for the twinax interface
25. error message in its error log To see if the twinax interface is recording error messages in its error log watch the rear panel fault light as the host transmits a message to the twinax interface To print the contents of the error log follow the directions starting on page 31 The error log may tell you where to look for the problem it may be located between the host and the twinax interface between the twinax interface and the printer or inside the twinax interface Problem The amber fault light continually flashes This indicates that the twinax interface PCB assembly has failed its power on test When the printer is first switched on the twinax interface runs a set of tests to verify that the RAM and ROM on the twinax interface PCB assembly are functioning correctly and that the twinax interface can communicate with the printer The fault light flashes and the twinax interface ceases to function if a failure is detected The fault light emits flashes to indicate where the problem is located No of flashes Problem ROM checksum error RAM error Biphase Communications Processor BCP shared RAM error BCP instruction RAM error BCP internal loopback test timeout BCP internal loopback test error Printer interface error ND OB WN FH Note The fault light will flash anywhere from one to seven times pause and then repeat the process until whatever caused the error is corrected Switch the printer power off and then on If the
26. fatermec 1 User s Manual val Twinax Interface Intermec Corporation Service U S 1 800 755 5505 6001 36th Avenue West Service Canada 1 800 688 7043 P O Box 4280 Media Supplies U S 1 800 227 9947 Everett Washington 98203 9280 Media Supplies Canada 1 800 268 6936 Outside U S and Canada Contact your local Intermec service supplier The information contained herein is proprietary and is provided solely for the purpose of allowing customers to operate and or service Intermec manufactured equipment and is not to be released reproduced or used for any other purpose without written permission of Intermec The word Intermec the Intermec logo JANUS IRL DURATHERM and CrossBar are trademarks of Intermec Corporation The name Centronics is wholly owned by GENICOM Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Information and specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice Throughout this manual trademarked names may be used Rather than put a trademark symbol in every occurrence of a trademarked name we state that we are using the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement The software contained in your Intermec printer and the accompanying materials are copyrighted Unauthorized copying of the software including software that has been modified merged or included with other software or th
27. he green light and the amber light should be off If either light is on or flashing the twinax interface has failed its self test and must be repaired or replaced Please call your Intermec service representative Twinax interface rear panel lights 30 Twinax Interface PO Green Online sai Light A Amber O Fault Light TWIN 09 Note The green light is OFF because the twinax interface is not connected to the host 7 If the twinax interface passed the self test return the switches to their original setting Install the twinax interface cable turn the printer on and resume normal Operation Twinax Interface Printing the error log A buffer in the twinax interface called the error log stores the last 20 recorded errors When more than 20 error messages accumulate the first error message stored is deleted and the new message is added The accumulated errors report the occurrence of bad commands received over the twinax system cable errors communicating with the printer or errors the twinax interface encounters while executing its own code Printing the contents of the error log may help you troubleshoot problems by showing you where to look for errors However if you cannot determine the cause of the problem call for service To print and interpret the contents of the error log 1 Record the setting of the twinax interface rear panel switches you need to know how to set the switches
28. ill remedy this situation Error 700 999 Internal error This type of error is not correctable by the user Call for service Printing unprocessed data Printing unprocessed data may help you troubleshoot problems by showing how the twinax interface handles data sent from the host However if you cannot determine the cause of the problem call for service Data from the host is filtered through several stages of processing before being sent to the printer You can print data from two of these stages The following procedure instructs you to first print data from one of the early stages of processing stage 1 and then from the final stage of processing stage 2 1 Enter Data Line Print mode on your printer Refer to your printer user s manual for the procedure to enter Data Line Print mode The printer enters a state in which it prints every character it receives including ASCII control characters with the matching hexadecimal code underneath 2 Record the setting of the twinax interface rear panel switches you need to know how to set the switches after testing is complete 3 Without switching off the printer set switches 1 through 4 to the ON position and switches 5 through 7 to the OFF position as shown in the following figure 33 Twinax Interface Printing stage one unprocessed data switch settings Ma A E MA 5 OFF
29. nter to print the label lt STX gt lt ESC gt E0 lt CR gt DATA lt ETB gt lt ETX gt The maximum print line handled by the IBM 5256 printer is 132 characters long Your Intermec printer with the twinax interface can handle a maximum of 512 characters in one message Error handling Twinax Interface The twinax interface and your Intermec printer handle the following errors Type of error Host Protocol Errors Printer Command Errors Twinax Interface Errors Response The twinax interface ignores messages containing protocol errors and records the error in the twinax interface error log Instructions for printing the error log are on page 31 The printer ignores bad printer commands substitutes default values where applicable and continues to the next command No errors are reported or logged Errors that occur within the twinax interface are recorded in the twinax interface error log An opcode error is an example of an error that occurs within the twinax interface The error log holds the 20 most recent errors To read the contents of the error log refer to the instructions provided on page 31 Common problems when printing labels These are the five most frequently encountered problems in printing bar code labels e The message does not end with the printer command lt ETB gt e The program contains printer commands that the printer does not recognize The printer ignores invalid commands and when possi
30. rded in Step 2 Run the print program on the host The printer prints each character that is not filtered out by the twinax interface At this stage in the processing all the host protocol characters have been removed the EBCDIC code has been converted to ASCII code the ASCII control code mnemonics have been converted to actual ASCII control codes and characters outside of printer command delimiters have been filtered out There should not be any characters other than the printer commands If you see any characters that are not printer commands you should suspect they are causing printing problems 35 Twinax Interface Here are some examples of printer commands 5 1 HQ0 ogg 4 B 1F 31 3B 48 30 3B GF 30 2C 34 30 3B 3400 1 The last characters of the printer command string form the Print command Oo J 3400 14 Within the printer commands look for invalid printer commands or incorrect syntax 7 If there is no printout suspect the host of transmitting illegal characters that are inhibiting processing of data during the final stage Go back and examine the printout from the earlier stage of processing There you should be able to find characters that are causing the problem 8 After you have completed the test refer to your printer user s manual for information on how to return to normal operation If you cannot solve your printing problems call Intermec for service 36 Twinax Interface Appendix ASCI
31. s the same twinax cable and connector assembly that the in connector uses When you use the out connector on the twinax interface to connect other devices to the system be certain that the slide switch on the twinax interface rear panel is set in the up unterminated position If the twinax interface is the last device or the only device on a cable the out connector is not used When this is the case the slide switch on the twinax interface rear panel must be set in the down terminated position Twinax Interface Connecting the twinax interface to your host computer Using the twinax cable described in the preceding section connect the twinax interface to your host computer according to the figure below Connecting the twinax interface to your host computer Host Computer optional optional TWIN 03 Note The serial port on the printer rear panel remains active after the twinax interface is installed To ensure trouble free operation do not connect any computing device to this port while you are operating the printer through the twinax interface The other computing device may transmit messages to the serial port that interfere with messages sent to the printer through the twinax interface Twinax Interface Terminating the twinax cable When the printer is the last device on the twinax cable the twinax interface rear panel slide switch should be set to the terminate position to designate that th
32. seven EBCDIC characters Character Hex Code 8D AD B4 BG BF DA FA w Vv i HH OIA You are now ready to try your printer with the twinax interface Before you start take time to learn about the status light meanings 13 Twinax Interface 14 Status light meanings The twinax interface rear panel contains two status lights as illustrated in the figure below Descriptions of the two status lights online and fault are contained in the following paragraphs Twinax Interface L Panel O ONLINE FAULT TWIN 07 Online This light illuminates when the host is communicating with the twinax interface The online light switches off if connection with the host is lost It flashes briefly when the printer is first powered on but goes out until the host establishes contact Fault If this light illuminates while you are operating your printer a fault has developed that requires service If the light pulses comes on for one second and then goes out the twinax interface has recorded an error in the error log Refer to page 31 for instructions on printing the error log If the fault light indicates that the twinax interface has failed call your Intermec service representative for assistance The fault light will come on or flash briefly when the printer is first powered on but goes out a few seconds after the twinax interface establishes contact with the printer Twinax Interface Testing the twinax conne
33. sor CODE SRAM select 32K I O processor CODE SRAM select J9 1 to J9 2 hardwired no jumper required J10 1 to J10 2 J11 1 to J11 2 hardwired no jumper required J16 1 to J16 2 hardwired no jumper required Twinax Interface Factory switch settings Seven miniature toggle switches and one slide switch are provided on the rear panel of the twinax interface Three of the seven miniature toggle switches set the twinax address and enable the twinax self test The slide switch terminates the twinax cable The switches are numbered 1 through 7 counting from bottom to top The switches are easily set ON or OFF with a miniature flat tip screwdriver Intermec Part No 523298 For the switch settings to take effect switch the printer power off and then on The twinax interface is shipped with the seven switches set to the OFF position as shown in the figure below With the seven switches set to the OFF position factory settings the twinax address is 0 zero and the self test is disabled Factory setting of twinax switches elie 5 OFF AA ZI ZVI Z ZV 4 TCA TWIN 12 39 Twinax Interface Setting the twinax rear panel switches Address Switch settings switches 5 6 and 7 0 000 1 001 2 010 3 011 4 100 5 101 6 110 Self Test Self Test On 111 Note For switch setting changes to take effect switch
34. the printer off and then on 40 Twinax Interface EBCDIC ASCII code conversion table 7654 3210 654 3210 0000 0000 000 0000 0000 0001 i uae col a 000 0001 0000 0010 02 STX STX 02 000 0010 0000 0011 03 ETX ETX 03 000 0011 0000 0101 05 HT HT 09 000 1001 0000 0111 07 DEL DEL 7F 111 1111 0000 1011 0B VT VT OB 000 1011 0000 1100 0C FF FF 0C 000 1100 0000 1101 0D CR CR 0D 000 1101 0000 1110 OE SO SO OE 000 1110 0000 1111 OF SI SI OF 000 1111 0001 0000 10 DLE DLE 10 001 0000 0001 0001 11 DC1 DC1 11 001 0001 0001 0010 12 DC2 DC2 12 001 0010 0001 0011 13 DC3 DC3 13 001 0011 0001 0110 16 BS BS 08 000 1000 0001 1000 18 CAN CAN 18 001 1000 0001 1001 19 EM EM 19 001 1001 0001 1100 1C or 22 FS FS 1C 001 1100 0001 1101 1D or 30 GS GS 1D 001 1101 0001 1110 1E or 35 RS RS 1E 001 1110 0001 1111 1F 31 or 36 US US 1F 001 1111 0010 0101 25 LF LF 0A 000 1010 0010 0110 26 ETB ETB 17 001 0111 0010 0111 27 ESC ESC 1B 001 1000 0010 1101 2D ENQ ENQ 05 000 0101 0010 1110 2E ACK ACK 06 000 0110 0010 1111 2F BEL BEL 07 000 0111 41 Twinax Interface EBCDIC ASCI code conversion table continued 7654 3210 654 3210 0011 0010 001 0110 0011 0111 a za e dd 000 0100 0011 1100 3C DC4 DC4 14 001 0100 0011 1101 3D NAK NAK 15 001 0101 0011 1111 3F SUB SUB 1A 001 1010 0100 000 40 Sp Sp 20 010 0000 0100 1010 4A gt 5B 101 1011 0100 1011 4B 2E 010 1110 0100 1100 4C lt lt 3C 011 1100 0100 1101 4D 28 010 1000 0100 1110 4E
35. then set the switches for that address as shown in the figure on the following page For the changes to take effect switch the printer power off and then on Twinax Interface Setting twinax address Invokes Self Ti 10 e v t TWIN 05 Twinax Interface Enabling IBM language translation To work in an IBM environment you must enable IBM language translation on your Intermec printer installed with a twinax interface This feature allows IBM compatible characters to replace standard ASCII characters based on the current printer language Refer to the printer commands section of your printer user s manual for the command to enable IBM language translation lt SI gt i n and for information on how to download it to your printer While running your printer with IBM language translation enabled use the following table to find the right hex codes for the international character sets IBM translation character table e III usas EA AA CN E a Ea Germany eee E o Nov ernie Ele la ele 1 e la pa st E ee E AA A E a AP ae Selecting the character set Refer to the common character set table on the following page for a complete set of characters that your Intermec printer can print These characters remain the same no matter which language you
36. you need to send the control character mnemonic in upper case letters bracketed by these two characters 17 Twinax Interface 18 Example The control character to clear format data is represented by the mnemonic CAN To clear data out of image RAM send CAN to the twinax interface in the following format lt CAN gt in human readable format or 4C C3 Cl D5 6E in EBCDIC Hex format Some control character mnemonics such as EF are only two letters in length The mnemonic FE advances the printer media to the next start of print point Send FF to the twinax interface in the following format lt FF gt Formatting label data All data sent to the twinax interface for printing must begin with lt STX gt and end with lt ETX gt Any printer data not sent with these beginning and ending control character mnemonics is not printed Note The twinax interface uses the lt STX gt and lt ETX gt delimiters to determine where the printer commands begin and end Do not enter a semicolon after lt STX gt and lt ETX gt Also all data sent to the twinax interface for printing must be a valid command or a printable character The printer ignores invalid commands and data it substitutes a default value whenever possible skips to the next valid command and continues to print Example The message below causes the printer to print the word DATA The lt ETB gt control character mnemonic enables the pri
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