IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Read First This product is a printer server (I/F card) dedicated to STAR POS printers that conform to wireless LAN IEEE802.11b. At the time that this specifications manual was created, the following STAR POS printer was targeted. TSP743 F/W V6.0 or later TSP743 will not support this printer driver simply by updating the F/W.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Hardware 2.1. Supporting Destination for Wireless Units The wireless frequency bandwidth that can be used with a 2.4 GHz frequency bandwidth used in IEEE802.11b varies according to the individual regulations of each country. This difference is supported by having three types of PCB units for each area of use.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 2.3. Specifications Network I/F Unit: Conforms to IEEE802.11b CF Card Type I and II LED: LINK x 1 (green) Setting Switches: DIP-SW 2bit PCB Dimensions (Target): 69 mm x 95 mm (Tolerance: ±0.5 mm) t = 1.6 mm (Tolerance: ±0.2 mm) Power Supply: Operating Voltage: 5 V ±5% Rated Consumption Current: 500 mA Max MTBF Value:...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 2.4. Environment Conditions The following outlines the environmental conditions. Ambient Storage Conditions Storage Temperature: -20°C to +70°C Storage Humidity: 20% to 90% (No condensation) Ambient Operating Conditions Operating Temperature: 0°C to +55°C Operating Humidity: 20% to 80% (No condensation) 2.5.
This product is a wireless network interface card (printer server) embedded in the Star's POS printer. The wireless unit conforms to IEEE802.11b specifications. 3.2. Features Supports the following Star Micronics POS printer. • Supports: TSP743 To supply power from the printer to the adapter, it is not necessary to connect the separate AC •...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 TCP/IP Specifications This product has the following TCP/IP specifications. IP version 4 • IP routing: 1 • ICMP Redirect Request • ICMP Echo Request • UDP Maximum Number of Sessions: 8 • UDP Maximum Data Gram Length: 2048 octet for both sending and receiveing •...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.1.1. DHCP/BOOTP This product conforms to RFC2131/RFC2132. It is possible to get the IP address, sub-net mask, gateway address and DNS server address using either the DHCP server or the BOOTP server. A work station running either a DHCP server or BOOTP server is necessary for setting IP addresses using DHCP/BOOTP.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.1.3. ARP To set an IP address using ARP, register the IP address in combination with the MAC address and then transmit a ping. Setting Example: (1) Turn on the power to the product (2) Register the IP address in combination with the MAC address to the ARP table. (For UNIX) arp -s pbox 00:80:92:12:34:56 temp arp –a...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.2. LPD Specifications This products LPD protocol conforms to RFC1179. The list of logic printer names is handled as a queue name. The product waits for the queue name Ip. Example: Setting example for printcap pboxlp:¥...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.3. Raw Mode Print (TCP #9100) Specifications This product provides Raw Mode Print communications that is used as a listen port for the Port: 9100, as a printing mechanism running under the TCP/IP environment. With Raw Mode Print, all data that flows between TCP sessions is considered data handled between the printer and PC.
User (Any ASCII character string) None General users Example of Execution of TELNET Commands Star Micronics IFBD-HW03/04 Ver 1.0.0 TELNET server. Ethernet Address [ 00:80:92:12:34:56 ] Copyright (C) 2004 STAR MICRONICS CO.,LTD. Copyright (C) 2004 silex technology, Inc. login: root 'root' user needs password to login.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.5. HTTP Specification This product supports HTTP. This means that it is possible to use a Web browser to change the NIC and printer settings, display system information when running the product, and view that status of the printer port.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.6. FTP Specification The FTP of this product conforms to RFC959. It is possible to specify ASCII (A), BINARY (I) or TENEX (L 8) as the transmission mode, but the differences in the modes is not handled by the product, and depends on the client side. There are multiple accounts for setting items necessary for logging in by the client.
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Specify whether to issue put after issuing the cd command and transferring to the transfer destination directory, or the transfer destination directory to the transfer destination filename of put. Example 1: Specifying the transfer destination directory name for output ftp>put testfile /lp * Specify transfer destination when using put 200 PORT command Ok.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.6.1. Printing Mechanism Using FTP It is possible to print by logging in to this product using FTP, then writing the file to the root directory or to the “Ip” directory (port). 3.3.6.2. Setting Mechanism Using FTP It is possible to view settings by logging in to this product using FTP, then accessing the “config”...
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Example: When a Setting Fails “451 Aborted; Data write error” is returned. ftp> cd config ftp> put config.txt 200 PORT command Ok. 150 Open data connection. 451 Aborted; Data write error. Example: When Ended Normally “226 Data connection closed.”...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.6.3. Updating Firmware Using FTP This uploads binary data for upgrades in bin format to the “flash” directory (port) with a binary mode by logging in to the product using FTP. • The firmware cannot be updated using FTP when starting up in the flash memory load mode when the power is turned on, by setting the DIP switches.
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192.168.222.21 Specify the IFBD-HW03/04 IP address Connected to 192.168.222.21. >> IFBD-HW internal FTP server startup message 220 Star Micronics IFBD-HW03/04 Ver 1.0.0b3 FTP server. User (192.168.222.21:(none)): root Log-in as “root” user 331 Password required. No password (In default) Password: 230 User Logged in.
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 150 Open data connection. 226 Data connection closed. ftp: 887845 bytes sent in 13.49Seconds 65.82Kbytes/sec. >> Transfer complete message ftp> quit Quit FTP command C:¥IFBD-HW_FW_1.0.2> 3-16...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.7. DNS Specification This product inquires the domain name and host name to the DNS name server and resolves IP addresses. Also, it is possible to get IP addresses of the DNS name server using DHCP. 3.3.8.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.8.3. Secure Communications (SSL) Printing Function Specifications This product is incorporated with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for printing in secure communications (SSL). HTTP is mounted on the upper application of SSL to enable encrypted communications. Encrypted communication is used in sending and receiving IPP printing and settings information to the Web browser.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.9. POP3 Specifications It is possible to send and print email using the Internet standard POP3 protocol. Up to 4 mail accounts can be registered. Filtering is also possible for received mail using size, title, addressee and sender.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.10. SMTP Specification This product supports SMTP. It is provided a function for notifying the operating conditions and the status of connected printers via email. The main functions are outlined below. Configures notification messages according to the system (protocol operating conditions) status and printer status Three addresses (email addresses) and notification message levels for each address can be specified.
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+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+------ From: Star Micronics Message Header To: address1@silex.jp, address2@silex.co.jp From and To reflect settings. Subject: Report from Star Micronics IFBD-HW03/04 Subject is a fixed character string. Star Micronics IFBD-HW03/04 Ver. 1.0.0 Message Body Ethernet Address : 00:80:92:12:34:56 Composed of a title, printer status,...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.3.11. Universal Setting Function This product is provided a “universal setting function” for automatically detecting this product on Windows ME and Windows XP. Can enable/disable the “universal setting function” using the Web, FTP, or Telnet. •...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.4. UDP/IP Specifications 3.4.1. JCP (Silex-technology’s setting protocol (UDP #19541) This product is provided with Silex-technology’s independent protocol (JCP). This product uses this protocol to search for the accessory LPR client (Star LPR) and the NIC that is connected to the LAN by this network card initial setting utility software such as “SetuplfbeHeHw.exe.”...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.4.2. SNMP Specification The SNMP of this product has an SNMP engine that operates with UDP/IP. It is possible to control the product and printer information using the SNMP manager. Supports SNMPv1, and MIB-II (RFC1213), Printer-MIB (RFC1759), HostResource-MIB •...
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Continued on next page Continuation 1 of Support MIB Name Explanation ifOutNUcastPkts Number of send request packets with the broadcast and multi-cast from the upper protocol ifOutDiscards Number of packets discarded without sending because the send buffer is full ifOutErrors Number of packets not sent because of an error ifOutQLen...
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Continuation 2 of Support MIB Name Explanation ipRouteDest The IP address of the destination of this route (0.0.0.0 = default route) ipRouteIfIndex Interface identification number (=ifIndex) for sending to the next addressee host after this route IpRouteMetric Primary routing metric (-1 = not used) of this route ipRouteNextHop...
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Continuation 3 of Support MIB Name Explanation tcpRtoAlgorithm Resend timeout value determining algorithm on TCP connection (1: Other than below; 2: Fixed value; 3: MIL-STD-1778 4:Van Jacobson's algorithm) tcpRtoMin Minimum value (in 10 msec units) of the resend timeout value for TCP protocol tcpRtoMax Maximum value (in 10 msec units) of the resend timeout value for TCP protocol tcpMaxConn...
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Continuation 4 of Support MIB Name Explanation snmpInPkts Total number of SNMP messages received from transport service snmpOutPkts Total number of SNMP messages sending send requests to transport layer snmpInBadVersions Total number of unsupported version messages of received SNMP messages snmpInBadCommunityNames Total number of illegal community name messages of received SNMP messages snmpInBadCommunityUses...
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Continuation 5 of Support MIB Explanation Name Fixed value applied to connected devices hrDeviceIndex Type of device connected hrDeviceType Information character string of device connected hrDeviceDescr Product ID of device connected hrDeviceID Status of device connected hrDeviceStatus (1: Unknown;...
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IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 Continuation 6 of Support MIB Explanation Name Character string sent to printer after output of direct output port (Ip port) j c i P SPortConfi g Eoj R aw Character string sent to printer before output to output port (sjis/euc port) via the j c i P SPortConfi g Boj K anj i Kanji filter Character string sent to printer after output to output port (sjis/euc port) via the...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.4.2.2. TRAP Occurrence Phenomenon When the EnableAuthenTrap setting on this product is set to ENABLE (which can be set from the Web or Telnet), the following three types of phenomenon occur for the product to issue a TRAP to the SNMP manager (Trap notification address).
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.5. Other Specifications 3.5.1. DIP Switches and LED Specifications The DIP switches on this product startup the flash memory loader when only the first switch is ON at startup. After the power is turned on, the product checks the status of the DIP switches. If switch #1 is on, the system enters flash memory load mode.
A self-diagnosis print is performed after a test print of the printer when the printer is started. Example Self-diagnosis Print 01234567890123456789012345678901234567890 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ Star Micronics IFBD-HW03/04 Ver 1.0.0 Copyright (C) 2004 STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. Copyright (C) 2004 silex technology, I *** Diagnostic report *** ROM Check...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.6. Settings/Display Items The following shows the sections that can be set and referenced and a list of variables. 3.6.1. General Settings Variable Name Setting Range Initial Value (Default Settings) Change Root Password • Seven or more char. of ASCII None (No password) •...
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.7. Status Display 3.7.1. Printer Status Display The status of the printer can be verified using a Web screen, or TELNET, LPQ (LPSTAT) or FTP (STAT) commands. With TELNET, ASB status is displayed in a hexadecimal dump. The following are shown for the status of the printer.
IFBD-HW03/04 Product Specifications Rev. 0.00 3.7.2. System Status Display The status of the printer and system can be verified in the system status display using a Web screen, or TELNET command. The following shows an example of operations after logging in using the TELNET command.
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ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS DIVISION OVERSEAS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES STAR MICRONICS U.K. LTD. STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. STAR MICRONICS AMERICA, INC. 536 Shimizunanatsushinya, 1150 King Georges Post Road, Edison, Star House, Peregrine Business Shizuoka, 424-0066 Japan NJ 08837-3729 U.S.A. Park, Gomm Road, High Wycombe,...
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