SATO E series Programming Manual page 146

Section 7: Bi-Directional Communications
INTERFACE STATUS (SOH + IG)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII IG
causes the printer to return a 1 byte Interface Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the type of interface connection currently set in the printer.
BYTE
NUMBER
1
SERIAL INTERFACE SETTINGS (SOH + H2)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII H2
causes the printer to return a 5 byte Serial IF Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the current operating parameters of the Serial RS232 Interface.
BYTE
NUMBER
1
2
3
4
STATUS BYTE DEFINITION, BI-COM PROTOCOL
ASCII
0
1
2
3
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VALUE
0 IEEE 1284 Parallel
1 Serial RS232
2 Local Area Network
3 Universal Serial Bus
VALUE
0 9600 BPS
1 19200 BPS
2 38400 BPS
3 57600 BPS
0 No Parity
1 Odd Parity
3 Even Parity
0 1 Stop Bit
1 2 Stop Bits
0 Single Item Buffer with Ready/Busy Flow Control
1 Multi-Item Buffer with Ready/Busy Flow Control
2 X-ON/X-OFF Flow Control
3 Status 4 Bi-Comm
4 Status 3 Bi-Comm
HEX
OFF-LINE
30 No Errors
31 Ribbon Near End
32 Buffer Near Full
33 Ribbon Near End and Buffer Near Full
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
DEFINITION
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