Intermec EasyCoder 501XP, User Manual

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aleconnectorfortheRS-232serial
interfaceport(seeAppendix3,“Interfaces”).
·
CentronicsParallelInterface
UsetheparallelinterfacewiththeIntermecInterDriver(for
Windows)becauseitisfasterthantheserialinterface.There
is
nocommunicationsetupfortheparallelinterface.
· RS-232SerialInterface
UsetheserialinterfacewithIntermecDirectProtocolor
IntermecFingerprintprogramminglanguagebecauseyoucan
receiveerrormessagesfromyourprinter(asopposedtothe
parallelinterface.)Beforeyoucanusetheserialinterface,
you
mayneedtosetupthecommunicationparameters,suchas
baudrate,parityetc.asdescribedinChapter6,“SettingUp
thePrinter.”
·
OptionalInterfaceBoard
Severaltypesareavailable(seeChapter9, “ Options.) ”
Refer
toAppendix3andtheseparatedocumentationdeliveredwith
theboardsforconnectionandsetupinstructions.
Theprintercanbesettoscanallcommunicationportsfor
incomingdataandautomaticallyswitchtothatport.Thisfacili
ty
("auto:")c
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