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    i-data Electronic Documentation ida FS 250 / ida FS 250 PDS Operator’s Guide Doc. no D60256 Revision 03 WARNING: This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to comply with[...]

  • Page 2

    ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 2 - Document No.: D60256-03 © Copyright i-data international a-s 1997 i-data international a-s Vadstrupvej 35-43 DK-2880 Bagsvaerd Denmark Telephone: +45 44 36 60 00 Telefax: +45 44 36 61 11 E-mail: i-data i-data.com WWW: http://www.i-data.com SUBSIDIARIES i-data Denmark Vadstrupvej 35 DK-2880 Bagsvaerd Denmark [...]

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    Table of Contents ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 3 - Preface September 1997 This manual applies to th e ida FS 250 and the ida FS 250 PD S protocol converters. NOTE: Both products: “ ida FS 250 ” an d “ida FS 250 PDS” will be referred to as “ ida FS 25 0 ” unless specific reference is made to the IPDS functionality of th e ida FS 2[...]

  • Page 4

    Table of Contents ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 4 - As the ida FS 250 emulates the IBM 3812 printer in IBM 5219 emulation, useful information may be obtained from: "IBM 5219 Printer, Models DO1/DO2, Programmer's Reference Guide" IBM Order no. GA 23-1025 "Using the IBM Page printer 3812 with an IBM System /36 or System /38&[...]

  • Page 5

    Table of Contents ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 5 - Table of Contents Preface ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 3 Related Manuals ................................ ................................ ................................ . 3 Table of Contents ....[...]

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    Table of Contents ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 6 - 8.6 Quick Reference Guide of Supported FSL Functions ................................ 32 9. Programming via Shareport ................................ ................................ ............... 43 9.1 Updating firmware ................................ ................................ .[...]

  • Page 7

    Kit Contents ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 7 - Kit Contents Please check that your kit is complete with the following: ida FS 250 • ida FS 250 converter • Wall plug power supply • Parallel printer cable • Auto-terminating twinax T-cable • Product documentation (electronic format): ida FS 250 / ida FS 250 PDS Operator's Guide; D[...]

  • Page 8

    Introduction ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 8 - 1. Introduction to ida FS 250 This chapter gives a short description of the ida FS 250 converter 1.1 Introduction to ida FS 250 The ida FS 250 is a protocol converter which enables any printer to be connected to an IBM computer sys tem. See Section 1.3, Supported Control Units , for information o[...]

  • Page 9

    Introduction ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 9 - • Support of Automatic Page Orientation IPDS: IPDS support - IBM 4028 and 3812 or 3816 emulation. • Non-IPDS support via the installed i-data interface card, with full emulation of IBM3812/5219/3816 and IBM 5224/ 5225/5256/4234. • Support of the ida PSS software package • Support of the i[...]

  • Page 10

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 1 0 - 2. Installation Requirements Before connecting th e ida FS 25 0 , you should check the requirements described in this chapter. 2.1 Environment requirements Th e ida FS 25 0 protocol converter can be installed in the following environment: • Temperature range from 1 0 ° - 4 0 ° • H[...]

  • Page 11

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 11 - &&??% (defines % as temporary ESC character) %Y8,<number of new language>% (selects language) %X1 (saves setup) Changing Language via the Line Your can select between the following languages: Option Description 37 English (US) EBCDIC 256 International 273 Austrian/German 27[...]

  • Page 12

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 12 - 3. Installation and Connections of the ida FS 250 This chapter starts with an overview of the functionality of the rear panel. Then follows a description of how you connect the ida FS 250 box to a printer and finally you will find instructions for connection to a system . NOTE: Before yo[...]

  • Page 13

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 13 - For this connection you need a spare cable ending in a 25-pole RS connector (i-data order no. 999010 030). To use the serial input, Function 24 Data Input/Output Port Select must be set to zero (which is factory default). On the PC you must also make the following settings to match the d[...]

  • Page 14

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 14 - 3.2 Emulation As a default the ida FS 250 will emulate IBM 3812/5219/3816. The ida FS 250 PDS emulates IPDS as a default. You can select emulation in two ways. Either via the address switch or via the line using FSL function Y37. The following emulations are supported by the ida FS 250 :[...]

  • Page 15

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 15 - Non-IPDS Selection Emulation *0 3812 / 5219 / 3816 1 5224 2 5225 3 5256 4 4234 5 3812/5219/ 3816 * default value Matrix printers Selecting emulation via address switch 6. Connect the twinax cable and switch power on. 7. Activate the "T" position again and check that the emulati[...]

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    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 16 - Y37,n1 Write Emulation 3812 *3812 / 5219 / 3816 5224 5224 5225 5225 5256 5256 4234 4234 * default value SCS printers Selecting emulation via the line The default configuration of the ida FS 250 can be used for most application programs and uses. You should only change the address and the[...]

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    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 17 - 3.4 Connecting the ida FS 250 to the Printer CAUTION: All connections to the ida FS 250 protocol con verter should be made while the power is switched OFF to both the printer and converter. 3.4.1 Connecting via Centronics output Connecting the ida FS 250 to the printer is done by followi[...]

  • Page 18

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 18 - 3.4.2 Connecting via RS-232 output Note: This does not apply for the ida FS 250 PDS 1. To use the RS-232 port as an output por t you must set function Y24 to 1. (For further details on programming the ida FS 250 , please see the chapter Programming ida FS 250 ). If possible, the serial o[...]

  • Page 19

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 19 - If the printout format does not match the test printout in Appendix B. or if nothing was printed, this means that the printer setup does not match the protocol converter setup. Contact your systems support personnel or your i-data dealer. 6. Power OFF and ON the ida FS 250 and check that[...]

  • Page 20

    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 20 - If all three (a. b. and c.) are in order, contact your systems support personnel or your point of purchase. 3.5.1 Testing The test printout pages can be generated in two ways - via the address switch or via the line activating the T function . For details on the T function, please see th[...]

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    Connecting to System ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 21 - 3.5.2 Timeout The ida FS 250 enables printer sharing between the system and a PC. For this purpose it is possible to specify a timeout period. If the printer is receiving input on the parallel port, for example, and there is a break in the transmission of data, the other input ports will[...]

  • Page 22

    Specifying Share Timeout and String ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 22 - 4. Operation of ida FS 250 The ida FS 250 top panel has been designed to register the operation of the box via the four following indicator LEDs : • CU (contact to control unit) • PAR (parallel input) • SER (serial input) • READY (printer) 4.1 ida FS 250 top panel [...]

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    Specifying Share Timeout and String ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 23 - SER (Serial input/output) The indicator LED has 3 states State Indication ON Indicates that the box is processing data from the RS- 232 Serial input BLINKING Indicates that the box has defined the RS-232 as output for the box. OFF Indicates that the box is idle or is proce[...]

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    Specifying Share Timeout and String ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 24 - 5. Specifying Share Timeout and String In order to specify the timeout for a specific input port, an FSL ( F unction S election via the L ine) sequence must be sent to the port in question. To do this a tempo rary Escape (ESC) Character must be defined first. This is done [...]

  • Page 25

    Specifying Share Timeout and String ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 2 5 - %X1 NOTE : %X1 will delete the temporary escape character. The FSL string above was split up into several lines for reasons of clarification to simplify the explanation of the different functions. Below is an example where the FSL string is typed in one line. Example: &am[...]

  • Page 26

    IPDS Setup ida FS 250 PDS, Operator's Guide - 26 - 6. idaSetup - IPDS Programming NOTE: This chapter only applies to the converter when mounted with an IPDS module. idaSetup is a program developed with the purpose of setting up the wide range of IPDS protocol converters via a PC share port or from a host. For details on how to configure the IP[...]

  • Page 27

    Programming ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 27 - 7. IRQ Handling This section describes how to recover from various IRQ conditions. • Paper jam • Out-of paper • Stacker full The printer will recover from these conditions without loss of data as long as you do not power off the printer . • Printer Not READY The ida FS 250 PDS will detect[...]

  • Page 28

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 28 - 8. Programming ida FS 250 - non-IPDS The ida FS 250 works using a large number of internal Setup Functions (FSL Functions). FSL setup functions can be sent either from your IBM system or from a PC. When the protocol converter has been installed and connected to a printer, you may ha[...]

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    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 2 9 - 8.2 Defining a Temporar y Escape Character The ESC Character may be defined as a temporar y as well as a permanen t ESC Character. Below see how to define "%" as a temporary ESC Character. &&??% Defining "%" as a temporary ESC Characte r . Since the temp[...]

  • Page 30

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 30 - 8.5 Setup Functions supported (PCL Mode) No. Description Y2 LPI Y3 CPI Y8 LU1 Language Y10 Page Format Y11 Paper Path Y12 Paper Size Y15 Baud Rate for Serial Input Y16 Number of Data Bits for Serial Input Y17 Parity for Serial Input Y18 Number of Stop Bits for Serial Input Y19 Duple[...]

  • Page 31

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 31 - No. Description X Save/Overwrite Settings X1 Store Settings in Permanent Memory X3 Restore Factory Default Settings X4 Restore Settings from Permanent Memory Z Send User String S Send User String W Send Bar Code (as defined in Y59) P Program Flash Prom ESC Features: %% Special trans[...]

  • Page 32

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 3 2 - 8.6 Quick Reference Guid e of Supported FSL Functions In this section the supported FSL Functions in twinax will only be described with their syntax and parameters. The notation below will apply to the following FSL Functions table: % is the defined escape character * factory defau[...]

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    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 33 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 2 LPI %Y2,<n1>% 3 = 3 LPI 4 = 4 LPI *6 = 6 LPI 8 = 8 LPI 3 CPI %Y3,<n1>% 5 = 5 CPI *10 = 10 CPI 12 = 12 CPI 15 = 15 CPI 16 = 16.7 CPI 8 Language %Y8,<n1>% **37 = Engl. US EBCDIC 256 = International 273 = Austrian/ German 274 = Belgian 275[...]

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    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 34 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 10 Page Format %Y10,<n1>[,n2]% n1 0 = Portrait 1 = Landscape *2 = COR 82 = COR regardless of Print Quality n2 1 = Tractor 2 = Tray 1 3 = Drawer 2 4 = Manual feeder 5 = Envelope feeder 6 = Tray 3 11 Paper Path %Y11,<n1>% 1 = Tractor *2 = Tray 1 [...]

  • Page 35

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 35 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 12 Paper Size %Y12, <n1>[,n2,n3]% NOTE:Factory default depends on DIP switch settings n1 (Physical paper size) *1 = A4 2 = Legal 3 = Letter 4 = Executive 5 = Letter (Monarch) 6 = Business 7 = International DL 8 = International C5 10 = A3 11 = Ledger [...]

  • Page 36

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 36 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 15 Baud Rate for RS232 inter- face %Y15,<n1>% n1 0 = 300 baud 1 = 600 baud 2 = 1200 baud 3 = 2400 baud 4 = 4800 baud *5 = 9600 baud 6 = 19200 baud 16 Number of Data Bits %Y16,<n1>% n1 7 = 7 bits *8 = 8 bits 17 Parity %Y17,<n1>% n1 0 = odd[...]

  • Page 37

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 37 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 36 Suppress IBM control codes %Y36<n1>% *0 = Respect codes 1 = Suppress codes 37 IBM Printer Emulation Select %Y37,n1,<n2>% n1 device address *3812 5224 5225 5256 4234 4245 (IPDS) n2 secondary address 0-6 48 Permanent Es- cape Character Selecti[...]

  • Page 38

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 38 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 51 User-Defined String(s) at Power-Up %Y51,<n1>% 0-7 = One or more strings stated in the form: (n1),(n2) ,....(nx) in ascending order The strings must be pre- defined in FSL 61 59 Bar Code Type Definition %Y59,<n1>,<n2>, <n3>,<n4[...]

  • Page 39

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 39 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 73 Select Trans- late Table %Y73,<n1>[,n2]% ----------------- %Y73,<n1>% n1 (Translate Table) *1 = Roman-8 2 = IBM PC-8 3 = ECMA Latin 1 5 = US ASCII 6 = OCR A 7 = OCR B 8 = PC 850 n2 (Symbol Set) *1 = Roman-8 2 = IBM PC-8 3 = ECMA Latin 1 5 = [...]

  • Page 40

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 40 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 88 Physical Margins %Y88,<n1>,<n2> [,n3]% n1 0 - +/-32000 = Horizontal margin compensation in 1/1440" n2 0 - +/-32000 = Vertical margin compensation in 1/1440" n3 0-2 = Orientation as defined in FSL 10 89 Physical Margin Compensation [...]

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    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 41 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 91 Font Defini- tion See Appendix D. for more details on fonts %Y90,<n1>,<n2>, <n3>,<n4>,<n5> [,n6]% n1 (IBM GFID) 1-65535 = IBM GFID no. n2 (Typeface) 0-255 = Pre-program- med typeface value n3 (Attribute) 0 = Remove all curr[...]

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    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 42 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 94 Font Typeface Definition String %Y93,<n1>,<n2>% n1 10-255 = String no in decimal n2 00-FF = String contents in HEX 96 Font Change Simulation See Appendix D for details on scalable fonts %Y96,<n1>% 1-65535 = GFID no. 97 GFID/Font Select[...]

  • Page 43

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 43 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 119 Auto- Configura tion select %Y119,<n1>% n1 *0 = Disable Auto- configuration 2 = Auto- configuration via PJL 120 Settings printout at power up %Y120,n1% n1 *0= disable settings printout at power up 1= enable settings printout at power up 249 Enter[...]

  • Page 44

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 44 - 9. Programming via Shareport In order to ease customization of the ida FS 250 , FSL parame ters for twinax input can be programmed directly via the interface's Centronics or serial (RS-232) port using the Engineering Function Y249. The Engineering Function enables the system to[...]

  • Page 45

    Programming via Shareport ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 45 - If you have defined % as Escape Character, you activate the engi neering function by typing: %Y249,n% n = password. As this is sensitive information, system operators can contact point of purchse for password details. Deactivating the Y249 Engineering Function The function will be d[...]

  • Page 46

    Error Messages ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 46 - 10. Errors and Recovery Printer-related error messages will be displayed on the printer front panel. To recover from these errors, please refer to the relevant printer documentation. The following errors are related solely to the ida FS 250 and will appear as printed error messages. For some o[...]

  • Page 47

    Appendix Section ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 47 - Appendix A: Use of ida FS 250 Serial Port The following connections are available in the serial plug: pin 1: N.C. pin 2: RX data pin 3: TX data pin 4: DTR pin 5: GND (signal) pin 6: DSR (busy) pin 7: RTS (always high) pin 8: N.C. pin 9: N.C.[...]

  • Page 48

    Appendix Section ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 48 - Appendix B: Test Printout ida FS 250 Firmware version: S20 140.010/00970005 i-data international a-s Vadstrupvej 35-43 2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark Phone: +45 44366000 Fax: +45 44366111 Boot id: 80023102 HW id: Current escape code = 00 in hexadecimal as Character = ' ' Dipswitch: Nation[...]

  • Page 49

    Appendix Section ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 49 - Appendix C: Default GFID Table The factory default GFID Table below lists all the predefined fonts which are supplied with the interface GFIDs (GFIDs 1 - 399) 2 . Fonts with GFIDs above 400 (i.e. scalable fonts) are described in the section Scalable Fonts below. For further details on defini[...]

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    Appendix Section ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 50 - In the table below, an asterisk (*) after the GFID number denotes a simulated IBM GFID. GFID Font Type- face Attri- bute Symbol Set Point Size Translate Table 3* OCR B 0 0 7 12 7 11* Courier 3 0 1 12 0 12* Prestige 8 0 1 10 1 18* Courier 3 2 1 12 1 19* OCR A 0 0 6 12 6 38* Presentation 11 1 [...]

  • Page 51

    Appendix Section ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 51 - Scalable Fonts NOTE: Only applies to printers running PCL Level 5 . The ida FS 250 allows GFID access to all the scalable fonts found in the printer. These GFIDs are in the range 400 - 65535. Typeface, typeface attributes and point size have been linked together using the system described be[...]

  • Page 52

    Appendix Section ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 52 - %Y96,4815% This is 48 point, Helvetica Compressed, bold upright %Y96,1301% This is 13 point, Times Roman, bold upright Font examples Other relationships between IBM GFID and printer typefaces/fonts can be programmed using Function 91 or 97 (See Programmer's Guide for more details on Fun[...]

  • Page 53

    Appendix Section ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 53 - Appendix D: i-data Product Platform Coax S/370 - 390 SCS ida LS 170 External For Centronics attached matrix printers S/370 - 390 SCS + AFP ida LS 270 External For Centronics attached laser printers ida FS 270 External For PCL printers S/370 - 390 IPDS ida FS 270 PDS External For PCL printers[...]

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    Appendix Section ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 54 - Token Ring S/370 - 390 AFP ida PS 03 TR External For Centronics attached laser and matrix printers ida PrintServer 03 IOP TR Internal For Lexmark Optra L, R, N and C series ida PrintServer 03 MIO TR Internal For HP MIO printers with HP PCL4 or higher ida PS 03 NP TR Internal For IBM Network [...]

  • Page 55

    Index ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 55 - Index —C— Connections A/B Switch, 13 Address Switch, 13 Parallel In, 12 Parallel Out, 12 Serial Port (Out), 47 Serila (In/Out), 12 Twinax Connector, 13 Control units, 9 —D— Default FGID Table, 49 —E— Emulation, 13 Via address switch, 14 Via the line, 15 error messages, 46 ESC Invalid, 29 ES[...]

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    Reader's Comments ida FS 250, Operator's Guide - 56 - READER'S COMMENTS This manual is part of a library that serves as a reference source for programmers and operators of i -data equipment. This form may be used to communicate your view about this publication. Your in ter est is appreciated. Comments may be written in your own langu[...]