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UBI EasyCoder 301 Direct Protocol – Programmer's Guide Ed. 1
Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer
Chapter 6
Setting Up the Printer
The EasyCoder 301 Printer can operate in Immediate Mode or Lay-
out Mode. In Immediate Mode, layouts and variable data fields are
disabled. In Layout Mode, layouts and variable data fields are ena-
bled (see chapter 4.8). The printer default is Layout Mode.
INPUT ON
INPUT
ON
sets
SYSVAR(18)
to 0 and enables the use of layouts
and variable data. (Default)
INPUT OFF
INPUT
OFF
restores
SYSVAR(18)
to its value before the
INPUT
ON
command was received and disables the use of layouts and vari-
able data.
The printer will receive and transmit data on the standard serial
communication channel "uart1:". If you use parallel communica-
tion, two-way communication will be lost and the printer will not
be able to echo any data back to the host or return any other data. It
is possible to select different channels manually as standard IN and
standard OUT channels, using the
SETSTDIO
command.
SETSTDIO <IN channel>, <OUT channel>
<IN channel> and <OUT channel> can be individually specified
as:
0
automatic port switching (Default)
1
"uart1:" serial communication channel
4
"centronics:" parallel communication chan-
nel (IN channel only)
Example:
SETSTDIO 0,1
↵
1. Layout Mode/
Immediate Mode
2 IN/OUT Channel
Setup