Checking Version Information; Communicating With The Organizer - Paxar Monarch 6015 Programmer's Manual

C h e c k i n g V e r s i o n I n f o r m a t i o n
Your application can check the versions of both the printer hardware and
firmware.
Command
ESC-'P'-'('
ESC-'P'-')'
C o m m u n i c a t i n g w i t h t h e O r g a n i z e r
The printer and organizer must use these values for the communication
parameters:
Baud Rate - 19200
Stop Bits - 2
Parity - None
Data Bits - 8
Have the organizer use hardware (RTS/CTS) communications protocol when
communicating with the printer.
These control characters are related to communications between the printer
and the organizer.
Command
13 hex (Xoff)
11 hex (Xon)
Description
Requests the firmware version. The printer
responds with:
ESC-'('-#version#-CR-LF
#version#
Four ASCII characters
representing the firmware
version.
Requests the hardware version. The printer
responds with:
ESC-')'-'097'-<version>-CR-LF
#version#
An ASCII character representing
the hardware version.
Description
Indicates a complete data transmission.
Ready to accept data.
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