2.2 CALENDAR CLOCK (OPTIONAL) ............2-3 2.2.1 Adjusting the clock through the keypad ......... 2-3 3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS 3.1 PRINT DIRECTION ................3-1 3.2 CONTROL CHARACTERS ..............3-2 4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 4.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............4-1 4.2 DIMENSIONS ..................4-2 FT190S...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 5. CHARACTER SETS 5.1 CHARACTER SETS ................5-1 APPENDIX A - ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS A.1 ACCESSORIES................... A-1 A.1.1 Power supply ................. A-1 A.1.2 Paper winder .................. A-2 A.2 SPARE PARTS ..................A-2 FT190S...
Clean the printer with a damp cloth. Do not use liquid or spray products. • Do not operate the printer near to water. • Do not place the printer on unsteady surfaces. It could fall and get seriously damaged. FT190S...
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The printer has been exposed to rain or water; The printer is not operating normally despite the instructions in the user’s manual having been followed. The printer has been dropped and its case damaged. The performance of the printer is poor. The printer does not work. FT190S...
24 or 40 characters per line according to the selection made at the setup stage or through a software command . The FT190S printer is so compact and lightweight that it can be installed ex- tremely easily on any type of equipment. It is supplied with an RS232 serial interface.
INTRODUCTION DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINTER The FT190S printer has an ABS casing (1) with a front cover (2) which opens to allow access to the paper roll and print head. The control panel is located on the front (3) and has a PRINT key, a FEED key and two LEDs: Power and Status.
1. INSTALLATION AND USE 1.1 CONNECTIONS (Fig.1.1) 1.1.1 Power supply The FT190S printer is equipped with a standard 4-pin male AMPMODU1- type connector (J4). The signals on the connector pins are as follows: WARNING Respect the polarity of the power supply.
P n i (Tab.1.3) 1.2 CONFIGURATION The FT190S enables the configuration of the printer default parameters.This procedure is enabled by holding down the PRINT and FEED keys while switching on, with the jumper JP2 (Fig. 2.1) present on the printer card open.
If the PRINT key is held down during switching on, the printer enters Hexadecimal Dump mode. This function is used for the diagnostics of characters received in serial. In fact, these are printed in hexademical code together with the corresponding ASCII code. 1 - 3 FT190S...
The paper is automatically pulled by the roller for 3 or 4 centimetres; Tear off the paper and re-close the cover. (Fig.1.2) WARNING Make sure the paper edge is straight before inserting it in the machine. FT190S 1 - 4...
RXD and RTS (if the RTS/CTS protocol was selected) or TXD and RXD if the XON/XOF protocol was selected. Given below are the signals present on the connector: SIGNAL DIRECTION DESCRIPTION Outpu Data transmission Inpu Data reception Outpu Same as DTR signa Ground signal 2 - 1 FT190S...
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SPACE indicates that the printer is ready to receive data and MARK that the printer is busy. Ground Ground Ground (Tab.2.1) The diagrams below give sample connections between the printer and Per- sonal Computer using a 25- and 9-pin female connector. (Fig.2.2) (Fig.2.3) FT190S 2 - 2...
To proceed to modify another digit, press the FEED key again. Each time the printer will print the updated time and date, highlighting with an arrow the currently selected digit; • To terminate the setting procedure, press PRINT and FEED at the same time. 2 - 3 FT190S...
3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS 3.1 PRINT DIRECTION The FT190S printer has two printing directions which can be selected by means of the control characters: normal and reverse. (Fig.3.1) FT190S...
3.2 CONTROL CHARACTERS The command table lists all the commands for the management of the FT190S printer functions. The commands can be transmitted to the printer at any moment, but they will only be carried out when the characters previously transmitted have been printed or the commands previously transmitted have been carried out.
4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 4.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The main technical features of the printer are listed in Table 4.1. Table 4.1 n i l Ø l a i ± S “ ” t n i 4 - 1 FT190S...
4.2 DIMENSIONS The dimensions of the FT190S panel printer are shown in the figure below. With the screws fitted in the printer, the maximum thickness of the panel is 5 mm; using the two additional screws provided, the printer can be mounted on panels with a maximum thickness of 15 mm.
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5. CHARACTER SETS 5.1 CHARACTER SETS The FT190S printer has two characters sets, each containing 224 characters (font 1 and font 2), which can be called up through the programming (paragraph 1.2) or through the control characters (paragraph 3.2). (Fig.5.1) (Fig.5.2)
APPENDIX A - ACCESSORI ES AND SPARE PARTS A.1 ACCESSORIES A.1.1 Power supply The drawing below shows the power supply Engineering to be used with the FT190S printer. The power supply is PSM05 for the 5V version. (Fig.A.1) ssis GND cha...
APPENDIX A - ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS A.1.2 Paper winder The AV03 model paper winder can be connected to the FT190S at the J5 connector. (Fig.A.2) Technical specifications: ± (Tab.A.2) A.2 SPARE PARTS (Tab.A.3) y t i ° n °...
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