Terminal Setup; Starting Terminal Setup; Solving Communication Problems - Intermec EasyCoder F2 Installation And Operation Manual

Terminal Setup

Starting Terminal Setup

Solving Communication
Problems
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/. By default, "uart1:" is standard IN/OUT
channel and should be used for communi-
cation between printer and host, e.g. for
running Terminal Setup or for program-
ming. However, other ports could be ap-
pointed standard IN and/or OUT chan-
nel by means of the Intermec Fingerprint
statement SETSTDIO. Refer to the Inter-
mec Fingerprint manuals for further in-
formation.
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The Terminal Setup program in Intermec Shell allows the operator
to control the whole Intermec Shell program remotely from a host
computer or terminal and also to read or change the printer's setup.
Obvious prerequisites are that there must be a working two-way
(serial) communication between printer and host, and that the host
runs a suitable communication program (e.g. MS Windows Termi-
nal) that can transmit and receive data in ASCII format, i.e. as print-
able characters. Set up the terminal as VT100.
You can enter Terminal Setup by transmitting three uppercase or
lowercase T characters (TTT or ttt) while the printer either shows
the Intermec Shell countdown menus or the Select Application menu.
If this does not work, the communication protocols of the printer
and the host probably do not match, or there is some other commu-
nication error, e.g. a defect communication cable, wrong port se-
lected on the host, or cable connected to some other port than "uart1:"
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on the printer .
You can check and change the printer's setup in the Setup Mode,
which you can enter by pressing the <Setup> key on the printer's
built-in keyboard. Proceed as described in chapter 7 "Setup Mode".
Among the facilities in Intermec Shell, you will also find a number
of options that allow you to read or change the communication setup
of the printer:
• Setup
This is another way of entering the Setup Mode, where you can
browse through the setup parameters and make changes by means
of the printer's keyboard.
• Print Setup
Here you can print the current setup on one or more labels.
• Default Setup
This option allows you to reset the communication parameters for
all serial communication channels on the printer to default values.
Change the communication setup of the printer according to the
host or vice versa.
Once printer and host has been set up with the same communica-
tion parameters, go to the "Select Application" menu and use the
triple T (TTT or ttt) to start Terminal Setup.
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