A795 User Guide: Programming Supplement
Chapter 2: Diagnostics and Configuration
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Indicators
The printer communicates various conditions both visually, with the green LED or audibly, with a
series of tones or beeps. The following table lists these indicators.
Indicator
Sequence
Condition
LED
Continuous, flashing quickly
Paper out
Cover off
Knife unable to home
LED
Continuous, flashing slowly
Paper is low
(if paper low sensor is installed)
Printhead too hot
Voltages out of range
Tone
Two-tone beep
Startup diagnostics completed successfully
(low frequency, high frequency)
LED
Single beep
Boot CRC test failure
and Tone
Single LED flash
LED
Double beep
SRAM test failure
and Tone
Double LED flash
LED
Triple beep
EEPROM test failure
and Tone
Triple LED flash
LED
Four beeps
Dynamic memory initialization failure
and Tone
Four LED flash
LED
Two-Tone beep
Main program CRC test failure
and Tone
(high frequency, low frequency)
Or
Continuous flashing of LED
DIP switch is in on position indicating
flash download mode
For more information about See this section
Error conditions and
“ Troubleshooting the
correcting them
printer” in Chapter 4: Using
thr Printer, in the A795 User
Guide
The printer is also able to communicate its status to the
host application if the application has been programmed to
receive this information.
For more information about See this section
Communication of printer
“Command descriptions”
status to host application
in Chapter 4: Programming
(commands section)