ABLE Systems A150B User Manual

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Experts in Small Printer Solutions
A104SB
User Guide
Able Systems Limited Denton Drive, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 7TU England
Tel: +44 (0) 1606 48621 Fax: +44 (0) 1606 44903 Web: www.able-systems.com

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  • Page 1 Experts in Small Printer Solutions A104SB User Guide Able Systems Limited Denton Drive, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 7TU England Tel: +44 (0) 1606 48621 Fax: +44 (0) 1606 44903 Web: www.able-systems.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Note that copyright subsists in all Able Systems intellectual property, including controller firmware (embedded software) and circuit diagrams, pin connection lists and application data. No warranty in respect of patent rights of Able Systems Limited or of third parties is given. Unauthorised reproduction or amendment of controller firmware may result in prosecution.
  • Page 3: Pin Connections

    3 PIN CONNECTIONS The A104SB has three external connectors or connection areas, for data and power, auxiliary power, and the printer mechanism. The locations of these connectors, and the overall PCB outline and fixing positions, are designed to be identical to those of the A160B. There are also some onboard jumpers.
  • Page 4: Installation

    3.5 Mechanism Connector J2 The A104SB is normally supplied without any connector here, or with a flat 0.1” pitch jumper cable. J2 Pin no Function Reed switch input Reed switch return (0V) Motor return (0V) Motor drive output Solenoid common return (0V) Solenoid D output Solenoid C output Solenoid B output...
  • Page 5 5.2 Busy Output Signal The controller asserts the Busy output when the input buffer is one character away from being full. The following character will, however, be loaded into the input buffer. This avoids any data being lost due to the host not responding to the busy signal immediately (such as with a double-buffered UART in a PC).
  • Page 6 5.6 Control Codes 9 character sets which may be selected for backwards compatibility. The default character set is the 8 bit IBM 224-character set. Previous versions of the A160B family have been supplied programmed with 7 bit character sets, UK, French, German, “Scandinavian”, Danish/Norwegian, Swedish, Japanese and Spanish character variations (often to special order).
  • Page 7 <CR> Print any buffer contents (line terminator). Treat as <CR><LF>. <LF> Print any buffer contents (line terminator). Treat as <CR><LF>. <CR><LF> Print any buffer contents (line terminator). Treat as single <CR><LF>. <LF><CR> Print any buffer contents (line terminator). Treat as single <CR><LF>. A character line is automatically terminated and printed if it reaches the full line width for a given mechanism and print mode setting.
  • Page 8 EMC Directive 89/336/EC (Disclaimer) Please note that the item to which the enclosed application data refer is designed to be used as a component in another finished good, and is not intended to be placed on the market or brought into service independently. The system integrator using this item must assume responsibility for Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) between this item and its environment, both for emissions and immunity/susceptibility.

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