Usb Hid; Usb Cdc Acm; Usb Cdc Acm - Windows Installation; Usb Cdc Acm - Linux Installation - Microcom 485TM Operator's Manual

Getting Started
3.4.1

USB HID

The printer may be configured as a USB HID device. Once the printer is configured as a
USB HID (see Configuration Application), simply connecting the printer to a Windows
Operating System will install the Microsoft driver.
Once the driver is installed and, communication with the printer may be done using software
developed to send FGL instructions to the USB HID port.
3.4.2

USB CDC ACM

This is the default mode of the printer. Both Windows and Linux Operating Systems are
supported through different driver installations.
3.4.2.1

USB CDC ACM - Windows Installation

The device driver "Microcom_USBCOM_vx.xx.x_xxxx-xx-x_setup.exe" (the "x's" indicate the
driver version and date code) is needed to install the USB CDC driver on a Windows
Operating system by following the steps outlined below.
1. Run the driver installer mentioned above with ADMIN access on the host PC.
2. Go through the installation process. Connect the printer and turn the power on to
complete the installation.
3. To verify the installation, go to the host PC Device Manager and expand the "Ports (COM
& LPT) section. One of the COM port should display "Microcom 485 Thermal Printer". If it
does not show up, disconnect the USB cable from the host and then reconnect the cable to
reload the driver.
After the driver is installed, connect to the printer just like you would a standard serial port.
3.4.2.2

USB CDC ACM - Linux Installation

The Linux host kernel must be configured so that the USB Modem CDC ACM) support is
built as part of the kernel. This is typically included by default in most distributions. Please
not that is ModemManager is installed and running on the Linux system, it will try to
communicate with the printer and prevent other applications from properly communicating
with the printer causing data loss. To see if ModemManager is running, run the "ps -e | grep
ModemManager' command. If the program is listed as a running process, please look at
your Linux distribution on how to disable the ModemManager or blacklist the Microcom 485
Thermal printer device so that it will not try to control the printer.
Follow the steps outlined below to install the USB CDC device on Linux Operating System.
1. Connect the printer to an available USB port on the Linux based host machine.
2. Power the printer.
3. Linux should automatically load and enumerate the device. To test this, run the
command "dmeg | tail" and observe the output. It should be similar to the following:
> usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_pci
> usb 1-1: new USB device found, idVendor=277d, idProduct=7001
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