Microcom 428LT Operator's Manual page 92

Chapter 5
^A ^D COMMAND
119 Display Memory Allocation.
This command shows how all of the RAM and FLASH memory is being used
Example display from the ^D119 command:
Ram Based Fonts/Graphics(TCI=8) - [file number(CGN), size, type]
[2,4625, Font set]
Ram Based Formats - [file number, size]
[2,176] ß Slot #2 in FORMAT RAM has a FORMAT that is 176 bytes.
Total Ram Memory Available - 258335 ß There are 258,335 bytes of RAM
Flash Based Fonts/Graphics(TCI=7) - [file number(CGN), banks used, type]
[1,1, Graphic]
Font/Graphic Flash Memory Banks Available - 119 ß There are 119 banks of 64KB open.
Flash Based Formats - [file number, size]
[1,176] ß Slot #1 of FORMAT flash has a FORMAT file that is 176 bytes.
Format Flash Memory Available - 65359 ß There are 65,359bytes of FORMAT flash open.
Label Memory - [size, available]
[43231,41618] ß The difference is the amount of memory to process current format.
NOTES: RAM GRAPHICS can extend beyond the starting slot # into
sequential ones. RAM formats are numbered #1 to #128 (RAM FONTS are
limited to 64K in size.)
122 Display Available FONT/GRAPHICS FLASH memory.
This command is used to display the amount of FONT/GRAPHICS FLASH
memory available in bytes in the form >xxxxxxx< where xxxxxxx is the number
of available bytes.
xxyy 127 Save FONTS to RAM.
(See Chapter 7, Downloadable Fonts)
XX 130 Save a FORMAT to FLASH. (non-volatile memory)
The ^Axx selects the memory slot (1- 128) into which the format is to be
saved. A format file must be terminated by an ESC (HEX 1B) or "["(left
bracket) character to save the format.
How to Save a Label FORMAT to FLASH:
1) Create the FORMAT file with ^Axx^D130 at the top to tell the printer
2) Send the file to the printer using a standard communications
Sample format saved to RAM slot #1:
^A1^D130
^D57
5,1280,900,19,38,7,0,1,385,0,0
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ß Slot #2 in RAM has a FONT that is 4,625
ß Slot #1 of FONT flash has a GRAPHIC that takes up 1 bank (64Kbyte)
to store into FLASH Slot #xx.
program.
Printer Commands
bytes.
available.
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