Carl Valentin COMPA II, Operating Manual

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Compa II Function menu
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6.8 Interface
Switch on the label printer and the display shows the main menu.
Press the key to access the function menu.
Press the key until the menu Interface is displayed.
Press the key to select the menu.
COM1:
0 - serial interface Off.
1 - serial interface On.
2 - serial Interface On, no error message occurs in case of a
transmission error.
Baud:
Indication of bits which are transferred per second (speed of data
transfer).
Value range: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and
115200.
P = Parity:
N - No parity
E - Even
O - Odd
Please observe that the settings correspond to those of the printer.
D = Data bits:
Setting of data bits.
Value range: 7 or 8 Bits.
S = Stop bits:
Indication of stop bits between bytes.
Value range: 1 or 2 stop bits.
Press the key to move to the next menu item.
SOH: Start of data transfer block Hex format 01
ETB: End of data transfer block Hex formal 17
Two different start / en signs can be set. The settings are normally
SOH = 01 HEX and ETB = 17 HEX. Several host computers cannot
process these signs and therefore SOH = 5E HEX and ETB = 5F
cannot be set.
Press the key to move to the next menu item.
Standard: After starting a print order the printer buffer receives data
as long as it is filled.
Advanced: During a current print order data is received and
processed.
Off: After starting a print order no more data is received.
Press the key to move to the next menu item.
Check whether the data are transferred via the interface.
Press the key and to select standard (on). Press the key
and the data sent via any port (COM1, LPT, USB, TCP/IP) is
printed.
COM1 / Baud /
P / D / S
Start sign / End sign
Data memory
Port test