TEC B-370 Series Maintenance Manual page 87

7. PROGRAM DOWN LOAD
7. PROGRAM DOWN LOAD
The main program for the printer has been written onto the flash ROM. If the main program is
upgraded, due to the addition/change of the specification, down load the main program from the PC to
the printer with the down-load floppy disk and RS-232C interface or high speed PC interface.
7.1 FLOPPY DISK
(1) Media .................... 3.5 inches (2DD)
(2) System disk .......... 1 disk (This floppy disk contains the main program written onto the printer and
7.2 SETUP
The transmission control code for the printer must be set to either the automatic selection or manual
selection (ESC, NUL, LF). For details, refer to Section 6.3.8 Control Code Selection.
(1) Program down load with RS-232C interface
IBM PC/AT
Compatible
machine
Connect the PC to the printer with an RS-232C cable. Set the DIP SW2 on the CPU PC board of the
printer as follows:
SW#
1
2
3
4
5
(2) Program down load with high speed PC interface
IBM PC/AT
Compatible
machine
Install the BPC and BPE PC boards in the PC and printers, respectively, and connect both boards
to each other with the special printer cable after referring to the Maintenance Manual Section 3.1.
Refer to the Owner's Manual enclosed with the high speed PC interface board kit to set the DIP SW
on the BPC PC board and to install the BPC driver in the PC (hard disk drive).
the tool program for down load.)
RS -232C cable
Status Function
OFF
9600 BPS
ON
1 bit
OFF
8 bits
ON
No
OFF
BPC PC
board
Special printer cable
Description
Transmission Speed
Stop bit length
Data length
Presence/absence of parity
7-1
Printer
BPE PC
Printer
board
EM18-33012
7.1 FLOPPY DISK