Paxar TC6035AN manual

MONARCH  DOS-based PATHFINDER  Ultra  System TC6035AN Rev. A 7/98 ©1998 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.[...]

Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only warranty on which the customer can rely. Monarch reserves the right to make changes in the product and the programs and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Monarch has made every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Monarc[...]

MONARCH  DOS-based PATHFINDER  Ultra  System TC6035AN Rev. A 7/98 ©1998 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.[...]

Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only warranty on which the customer can rely. Monarch reserves the right to make changes in the product and the programs and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Monarch has made every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Monarc[...]

7/21/98 Table of Contents i TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................... 1-1 About this Manual ............................................................................... 1-1 Related Documentation ....................................................................... [...]

ii Application Notes 7/21/98[...]

7/21/98 Introduction 1-1 INTRODUCTION The MONARCH® DOS-based PATHFINDER® Ultra® printer is very versatile. In addition to running applications that you write with Microsoft  C/C++ 1.52 (described in the Programmer’s Manual ), it can ♦ communicate with a host via a serial communications port. ♦ use international configurations for its ke[...]

1-2 Application Notes 7/21/98 Related Documentation The following table describes other manuals for the printer. Manual Description ROM-DOS  User Manual Describes the Datalight  ROM- DOS operating system that runs on the printer. Equipment Manual Describes how to operate the printer. For example, it covers topics such as loading supplies, usi[...]

7/21/98 Using Memory Cards 2-1 USING MEMORY CARDS You can use an AT-Attachment (ATA) memory card with the appropriate device drivers to add memory to the printer. The card goes in the printer’s PC-card slot. The application treats the memory card as another disk drive. Memory cards are flash-based. They have a built-in processor to track bad loca[...]

2-2 Application Notes 7/21/98 2. Enter the following lines in the application’s CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=SSELAN.EXE DEVICE=CS.EXE DEVICE=CSALLOC.EXE DEVICE=ATADRV.EXE DEVICE=CARDID.EXE 3. Create the disk image and load it into the printer. 4. Reboot the printer.[...]

7/21/98 Using Radio Cards 3-1 USING RADIO CARDS You can use a radio card with the appropriate device drivers to enable a printer to run radio-frequency (RF) communications, which allow the printers to use wireless radio networks. The card goes in the printer’s PC-card slot. Following are the available radio cards: ♦ Aironet 3000 (U.S./Canada) ?[...]

3-2 Application Notes 7/21/98 2. Place the radio card files and the following files in the application disk image’s root directory: Name Description SSELAN.EXE SystemSoft Socket Services . CS.EXE SystemSoft Card Services . CSALLOC.INI Initialization file for CSALLOC.EXE. CSALLOC.EXE Sy stemSoft Card Allocation Module. You can find the files in th[...]

7/21/98 Serial Communications 4-1 SERIAL COMMUNIC A TIONS The printer has one RS-232 serial communications port located on the printer’s side. The port is 16450 UART-compatible and supports up to 115k baud. Connector Pinouts The external connection to the port is an 8-pin mini-DIN receptacle. The connector pin outs are: Pin Signal Direction 1 RTS[...]

4-2 Application Notes 7/21/98 Using I/O Routines The SDK does not provide routines for reading and writing to the serial port. Application developers can ♦ write their own routines. These routines must use interrupt 14hex. ♦ use third-party products such as Greenleaf CommLib  . This product is a software development kit consisting of librari[...]

7/21/98 International Configurations 5-1 INTERN A TIONAL CONFIGUR A TIONS To configure the printer for international use, you must configure the keypad and display. Configuring the Display To configure the display for international use, put a reference to the DISPLAY.SYS driver in CONFIG.SYS, specifying the appropriate code page. Refer to the ROM-D[...]

5-2 Application Notes 7/21/98 Configuring the Keypad To configure the keypad for international use, you implement a international keypad map. The default keypad map is for the United States. See “ International Keypad Maps ” for more information about these maps. To implement an international keypad map: 1. Enter the following line in the appli[...]

7/21/98 International Configurations 5-3 International Keypad Maps Below are diagrams showing the characters for the international keypad maps. Each square in the diagram represents a key. The lower-left character in the square is from the default map. Universal Pathfinder Map (Country Code UP) B À A à È B è Ì C ì Ò D ò Ù E ù H Á F á É[...]

5-4 Application Notes 7/21/98 Turkish Map (Country Code TR) B A B Ç C ç D E H F G H I J Del K L M N Ö O ö a P Q R S T s Ü U ü V W X Y Z P e[...]

7/21/98 Glossary 1 GLOSSARY Following is a list of terms you must be familiar with to use the information in this manual. Term Definition Application A program written in Microsoft C/C++ 1.52 that runs on the printer. Disk Image A file containing the application and related files put in the printer’s flash memory. Flash Memory A type of memory wr[...]

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