Using A Pc To Configure The Interface Card - Intermec EasyCoder 4630 User Manual

Using a PC to Configure the Interface Card

If you are at a remote site and do not have access to the host, you can
use a PC or other ASCII device to download commands to the
interface card. Commands such as restore factory defaults or save the
configuration, must be placed at the end of a command sequence since
the interface card does not hold incoming data.
To communicate with the card, you must build a custom serial cable.
The cable requires a 9-socket connector for the interface card and a 25-
socket connector for the PC or ASCII device serial port.
The 9-socket connector has the following connections:
1, 2, 6 Ground
8
Data in
The cable pin assignments are:
9-socket Connector 25-socket Connector
1, 2, 6 --------------------------- 7
8 --------------------------------- 2
Connect 5, 6, 8, and 20 to the connector.
To configure the interface card from a PC
1. Connect the custom serial cable to the 9-pin interface card
connector and to the 25-pin PC serial port connector.
Use the following protocol to send data to the interface card:
9600, N, 8, 1, no handshake.
2. Create an ASCII text file with the commands you want to send to
the interface card.
3. Copy the ASCII file to the interface card. From a PC, you can use
the DOS Copy comand.
For example, to set the interface card to the default twinax
configuration, you would enter the following command in a text file
and then copy the file to the interface card:
&%Z98,0
2
Twinax Configuration
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