SATO CT400 Operator And Technical Reference Manual page 147

Counter Status (SOH + ME)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ME
(hexadecimal 4D45) causes the printer to return a 28 byte Head Counter Status Word
bounded by an STX-ETX pair that reports the current status of the printer life
counters.
BYTE
NUMBER
1-8
9-12
13-16
17-20
21-24
25-28
Sensor Status (SOH + SG)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an SG
(hexadecimal 5347)causes the printer to return a 4 byte Sensor Status Word bounded
by an STX-ETX pair that reports the values of the printer counters.
BYTE
NUMBER
1
2
3
4
SATO CT Series Printers
VALUE
Binary Current Life Counter in dots
Binary 1st (Current) Head Counter in dots
Binary 2nd (Previous) Head Counter in dots
Binary 3rd Head Counter in dots
Binary Cutrrent Cut Counter in dots
Binary Current Dispense Counter in dots
VALUE
Binary See-Thru Sensor Level (0 to 255)
Binary Transmissive Sensor Level (0 to 255)
00 Out of Paper
H
01 Paper Present
H
00 Head Open
H
01 Head Closed
H
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