Setup At The Pc - Pitney Bowes DocuMatch Integrated Mail System Application Notes

Connecting DocuMatch to a Serial Port, continued

Setup at the PC

DocuMatch Integrated Mail System
TM
5. Back at the main DocuMatch control panel, hit
System Tests and then Document Printer. The
printer should produce two test pages. Under
CONFIGURATION MENU on the test pages, you
should see the following:
I/O=Serial
Serial Mode=RS-232
Baudrate=9600
Handshake=Hardware
DTR Polarity=HI
Parity=None
Stop Bits=1
If your settings are different, go back to the printer
control panel and use the procedure above to
change them until they match this list exactly.
When the test pages are correct, hit Backup on the
main control panel until DocuMatch System Ready
is displayed.
You also need to configure the PC's serial port. To do this:
1. Click on Start/Settings/Control Panel and double
click on System to bring up the system Properties
dialog.
2. Select the Device Manager tab and double click on
Ports and the COM port the DocuMatch is con-
nected to.
3. Click on Port Settings and choose the following
settings:
Bits per second
Data bits
Parity
DocuMatch Application Notes
9600
8
None
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