Terminal Setup; Starting Terminal Setup; Solving Communication Problems - Intermec EasyCoder 501 E Installation & Operation Manual

Chapter 9 Intermec Shell Startup Program

Terminal Setup

Starting Terminal Setup

Solving Communication
Problems
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IN/OUT channel and should be
used for running Terminal Setup.
However, other ports could be
appointed standard IN and/or
OUT channel using the Intermec
Fingerprint statement SETSTDIO.
Refer to the Intermec Fingerprint
manuals for further information.
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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 to read or change the printer's setup. There
must be a working two-way (serial) communication between printer
and host, and the host must be running a suitable communication
program (for example MS Windows HyperTerminal) that can
transmit and receive data in ASCII format; that is, as printable
characters. Set up the terminal as VT100.
Enter Terminal Setup by transmitting three upper- or lowercase T
characters (TTT or ttt) while the printer either shows the Intermec
Shell countdown menus or the Select Application menu.
If you cannot start Terminal Setup, the communication protocols
of the printer and the host probably do not match, or there is some
other communication error. For example, you may have a defective
communication cable, the wrong port may be selected on the host, or
the cable is not connected to "uart1:" 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 8, "Setup Mode."
Among the facilities in Intermec Shell, you will also fi nd 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
using the printer's keyboard.
• Print Setup
Here you can print the current setup on one or more labels.
• Ser-Com Reset
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 have been set up with the same communication
parameters, go to the "Select Application" menu and use the triple
T (TTT or ttt) to start Terminal Setup.
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