External Signal Interface; Serial Interface Specifications (Rs-232C) - SATO CLLM Basic 412e Operator's Manual

Section 5: Interface Specifications

5.5 EXTERNAL SIGNAL INTERFACE

Unlike the more advanced SATO printers such as the CL4XXe series, the LM printer cannot be
fitted with an EXT Signal Interface card for sending printer information status to any device or
LAN. If you need this functionality in future, please consider purchasing a SATO printer featuring
the EXT signal interface as an option.

5.6 SERIAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS (RS-232C)

The serial interface of this printer conforms to the RS-232C standard.
There are two types of receive modes: 1. Single Job Buffer
These can be set using the dip switches.
Basic Specifications
S tandard
Interfa ce
D ip S w itch
1) C h aracter
configuration
2) T ran sm ission
speed
3) P rotocol
S ynch ro nization
m od e
M axim um
R eceiva ble B uffer
ca pacity
C ode used
C onnectors
T ransm ission
form at
S ign al level
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O n the inte rface boa rd
1- D ata bit
1 length
D SW 1-
1-
2
P arity bit
(2-3)
1-
3
1-
S top bit
4
D SW 1-
1-
5
B aud rate
(5-6)
1-
6
D SW 1-
1-
7
P rotoc ol
(7-8)
1-
8
N o te : T he sw itch betw ee n S ingle Jo b B uffer and M ulti Job
B uffe r ca n be sp ecified by softw are. *V alid if C om patible M ode
is disabled in the p rinter via the S e rvice M od e m enu .
A syn chron ous
2 .9 5M byte
0M byte
N ear full
R eleas e N ear Full
S tatus
A S C II(7 bit) G ra phics(8 bit)
P rinter side D B -25S (Fem ale)
C a ble side D B -25 P (M ale)
C a ble leng th 5 m e ters or less
S tart b1 b2 b3
N o te b8 is not app licable w h en u sing 7 bits.
H igh le vel: +5 ~ +1 2V
L ow leve l: -5 ~ -12 V
2. Multi Job Buffer
O FF 8 bits
O N 7 bits
D SW 1-3
2
O F F O FF N O N E
O F F O N E V E N
O N O FF O D D
O N O N N ot used
O FF 1 bit
O N 2 bits
D SW 1-6 D IP SW 2-8
5 O F F*
O F F O FF 9600bps
O F F O N 19200bps
O N O FF 38400bps
O N O N 57600bps
D SW 1-8 D IP SW 2-8
7 O F F*
O F F O FF R eady/B usy
O F F O N X-on-Xoff
O N O FF S tatus 3 echo
O N O N D river
protocol
b4 b5 b6 b7 b8
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D IP SW 2-8
O N
9600bps
19200bps
4800bps
2400 bps
D IP SW 2-8
O N
R eady/B us y
X -on-Xoff
S tatus 3 ec ho
S tatus 2 ec ho
2.95M byte
0.95M byte rem aining
1.95M byte rem aining
S top