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MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500
MTH-2500
Interface
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Protocol:
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Paper case Ø 31 mm or Ø 60 mm
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High definition and fast printing
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Bar codes and Graphic printing capabilities
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24 and 42 characters per line
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2 downloadable character sets
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Logo downloading and printing via interface
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or by closing a dry contact
5 VDC or 9 to 40 VDC supply voltage
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Setup by menu or interface
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Temperature control of the printing head
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Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP
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Selftest and hexadecimal dump
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THERMAL PRINTERS
WITH ELM-208 HEAD
TTL serial
USB 2.0
None or Modbus (RTU)
Version 3.4 – english
RS232C
RS422
Ethernet
Parallel
MTH-3500
etc...

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  • Page 1 MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 THERMAL PRINTERS WITH ELM-208 HEAD MTH-2500 MTH-3500 Interface TTL serial RS232C RS422 ● USB 2.0 Ethernet Parallel etc... Protocol: None or Modbus (RTU) ● Paper case Ø 31 mm or Ø 60 mm ● High definition and fast printing ●...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    PRELIMINARY NOTE Because of the evolution of standards and technologies and in a permanent concern for improvement, Megatron reserves itself the right to modify the characteristics of the device described in this document without advanced notice. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 3: General Information

    1.1 P RINTER OPERATION The basic idea for the conception of the MTH-2500 printer, was to push miniaturization as far as possible. The whole printer: case - head - interface holds in the volume of a big matchbox and consists of very robust elements.

  • Page 4: Material Description

    (Raw TCP/IP) ou (ModBus over TCP) or in parallel. Characters received by the interface are stored in its memory and interpreted by the micro-processor. Different features such as line-feed and menu buttons, control LED, paper- end detector and rewinder are directly driven by the MTH-2500, MTH-2700 or MTH-3500 printers. 1.3 P ART NUMBER Several versions of the electronics are available.

  • Page 5: Technical Data

    Operating temperature 0 to 50°C Paper MPA-TH-57-31-TL-SB for MTH-3xxx Weight (without roll) ~105 g Size in mm 77 x 113 x 70 ( W x D x H ) Operating temperature 0 to 50°C Paper MPA-TH-57-50-1 MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 6: Print Head Technical Data

    Distance between lines Head temperature sensor Thermistor on the head Paper-end sensor Reflective optical sensor Life 100 x 10 pulses, 50 kms Dimensions in mm 68 x 22 x 31 Weight ~ 40 g ELM-208-HS MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 7: Wiring Information

    Alimentation 9-40 VDC VPP (DC 9-40 V) Depending of the versions, add-on cards can offer other fonctionnalities like parallel interface, Ethernet interface, RS485, Communication Class USB interface and battery support for the clock chip and so on... MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 8: Serial Ttl And Rs232C

    RS232C serial connections in ± 12V levels must be connected on CN2 : type Molex KK – 4 pins male at 2.54mm step for MTH-2500 & MTH-3500 without add-on card On Sub-D 9 pins female socket : on the add-on card for MTH-2500 &...

  • Page 9: 2.4 Usb

    Other interfaces are available on add-on cards. They are not described in this manual but in others specific manuals delivered with your product: Parallel interface on a Sub-D 25 pins socket • Ethernet Raw TCP/IP interface • Ethernet ModBus over TCP interface • etc... • MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 10: Backup Battery

    Ext input is available on CN3 (type Molex KK – 2 pins at 2.54 step). Advanced->Ext input menu allows to choose the use of CN3 Ext Input the Ext input on CN3 connector between Not Used, Print Logo, Analog Input (ADC) and Counting Input (CPT). MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 11: Printer Operation

    • The bicolour LED informs the user of any malfunctions. A continuous • GREEN light indicates proper operation, a flashing RED light informs an anomaly whose description is detailed in the table in § 5.6. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 12: Self Test Or Hexadecimal Dump

    Each line begins by a characters counter (also in hexadecimal). A hexadecimal dump is implemented in the printer. This mode can be activated for a long time by setting the setup menu : Advanced->Compatible on HEXA. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 13: Characters & Commands

    Standard 9x24 Other fonts can be uploaded in the printer to replace existing fonts. Every other fonts or sizes (maxi 16x24) are conceivable like Cyrillic, Greek, Kanji, etc... Ask to our technical department for special fonts. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 14: Printer Language Or Compatibility

    This mode is used for connection debugging. Each line begins by a characters counter (also in hexadecimal). This mode can be temporary activated at the power-up (see chapter 3.5). MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 15: Mth Commands

    ESC T n (1B 54 Hex = 27 84 Dec) · Print next character in transparent mode. Character n is not interpreted as control character but is directly printed. This command allow printing of characters with values smaller than 20 Hex (32 Dec). MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 16 The byte n represents the distance in millimeters from the left edge of the printing zone. This setting is independant from the text or data printing modes. Be careful, right and left margins only affect text printing, and do not affect graphic and bar code printing. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 17 This command must end with the NULL character (00 Hex). By default, tabulations are positioned every 6 characters in 6, 12, 18, etc...). This value can be changed by the setup menu. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 18 Setting the page length in lines of characters. The default value is set by the setup menu. ESC J n (1B 4A Hex = 27 74 Dec) · Advancing for n dot lines (n x 0.125 mm). MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 19 ESC m n (1B 6D ... Hex = 27 109 ... Dec) · Setting of the graphic compression mode tiff4. n = 0 (00 Hex) or '0' (30 Hex) No compression (default mode) n ≠ 0 (00 Hex) or '0' (30 Hex) Tiff4 compression MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 20 60 PRINT #1, CHR$((192-Y) mod 256);CHR$((192-Y) div 256); 70 PRINT #1, CHR$(192);CHR$(0); 80 PRINT #1, CHR$((192+Y) mod 256);CHR$((192+Y) div 256); 90 PRINT #1, CHR$((192+YY) mod 256);CHR$((192+YY) div 256); 100 NEXT X 110 CLOSE #1 120 END Software in Basic MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 21 Same as FF in Label mode. if n is odd, this command feeds the roll at the start of the next label whatever its actual position. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 22 48 * 0.25 mm = 12 mm. All the n values included between 1 and 255 are available. Example: Set height to 60 lines ESC " 3 < so in hex: 1B 22 33 3C or 1B 22 03 3C MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 23 1. The position of the bar code is independant from the right and left margins. Example: 7 mm offset ESC " 5 07h so in hex: 1B 22 35 07 or 1B 22 05 07 MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 24 ESC <FD> <zone> <Low> <High> <datas> (1B FD Hex=27 253 Dec) Flash memory area upload (Font, Logo, Parameters, etc...) (This command is reserved to the factory) Warning: reprogramming above can not be used without consultation of our technical services! May damage the printer ! MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 25 If a value is false, a specific error message is sent on the serial line by the printer: GROUP Out of range ! , FIELD Out of range !, VALUE Out of range ! , NOTHING TO FLASH !, Clock ->xxxxx = Not allowed ! MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 26 At the reception of this command, the time is stored in the printing buffer at its current position. The time format is HH:MM'SS". If the clock is not present or faulty, the printed time is 00:00'00". MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 27: Pcl Raw Command

    ESC "+" ESC "/" ESC "." Remarque: Les autres commandes du mode Megatron qui n'ont pas d'équivalent PCL peuvent toujours être utilisées. A graphical scale mode is implemented in the printer. For horizontal scale, set "Advanced" -> "Horz Scale" menu.

  • Page 28: Labels

    Low part of the Label height, between 0 and 255 Label Hole: Spaces between the end of a label and the start of the hole, between 0 and 56 Remember: All distances are in dot lines, i.e.: distance in mm / 0.125. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 29 Width 48 mm. If lower width, user must take care to not print out the ● the useful area. Roll: Labels support width: 57 mm ± 0,5 mm ● External diameter maxi 60 mm (for MTH-3500) ● MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 30: Appendix

    Sizes are given in mm. If there is only one value, it apply for the two cases MTH-2500 and MTH-3500. Otherwise the first value applies to the MTH-2500 case · the second one (between brackets) applies to the MTH-3500 case ·...
  • Page 31 CUT-OUT FOR MTH-2500 CUT-OUT FOR MTH-3500 MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 32: Cables And Papers

    Bisphenol A Width 57 mm 0/-0.3 MTH-2500 External diameter 31 mm Length 11 m 0/+0.5 MPA-TH-57-50-1 White thermal paper roll Width 57 mm ± 0,5 mm MTH-3500 External diameter 50 mm Length 29 m ± 10% MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 33: Mth-2500 In Special Cases

    MTH-2700 printer is a special version of the MTH- 2500 integrated in a DIN 96 x 96 plastic case. POWER SUPPLY Phoenix Contact Connector DFK-MSTB 2,5/2-G-5,08 Corresponding connector delivered : Cut-Out for integration type MSTB 2,5/2-ST-5,08 MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 34: Status Led

    Å Transmission error in Serial interface Ä Å Printhead unrecognized Time ~150 msecs LED Red : - Green : - shut-off LED : Note: The printers will be gradually equipped with two-color LED: Green and Red. MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 35: Setup Menu

    : exits the navigation in the values and without printing. takes you back to the item navigation level MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 36 Xon: Number of XON sent in XON / XOFF protocol before reception of the  first character (only in serial). Nota: Hardware handshaking (RTS/CTS) is always enabled Interface: select the interface: “Serial/USB” and “Parallel/USB”  MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 37 Add Logo: Automatically add the logo  Horz Scale: Horizontally scale in PCL graphic mode  Vert Scale: Vertically scale in PCL graphic mode  PCL #Blank: Limiting the number of blank graphic dotlines in PCL  MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...
  • Page 38 Horz Scale Horizontal scale for PCL Raw, from 12% to 100% Vert Scale Vertical scale for PCL Raw, from 12% to 100% Group 4 PCL #Blank Maximum quantity of empty lines in PCL, (0 inhibit) MTH-2500, 2700 & 3500 v3.4...

  • Page 39: Modbus

    5.6 M ODBUS The printers MTH-2500, 2700 et 3500 manage the Modbus protocol in RTU mode RTU (ASCII mode is not implemented). Modbus protocol can be used with the interfaces : [8] : RS422 (Modbus over Serial) [9] : Ethernet (Modbus over TCP) with a Lantronix Xport-IAP module.
  • Page 40 Production center & Commercial Office Precision Potentiometers Precision Resistors Servo Systems Sensors Z.I. de Noyer Interface 451 route des Blaves Printing systems F- 74200 ALLINGES Joysticks-Trackballs Tel: +33 4.50.70.54.54 - Fax: +33 4.50.70.56.56 Internet: http://www.megatron.fr - E-mail: info@megatron.fr...

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