Serial Com M Unicat Ion - Datamax APEX 2 User Manual

3 .3 Se r ia l Com m u n ica t ion
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The RS232C I nt erface signals for t he APEX 2 Series print ers are t erm inat ed on a 6 PI N RJ
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t ype dat a connect or locat ed on t he side of t he print er.
Six connect ions are provided from t he Serial I nt erface t o t he host com put er.
below, list s t he Serial I nt erface signals and pin out s on t he RJ connect or. The connect or
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pin locat ions are shown in Figure 11.
A m inim um of t wo pin connect ions are required for operat ion, RXD – pin 3 and Com m on –
pin 1.
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Dip Swit ch # 1 and # 2 m ust be in t he < OFF> posit ion t o act ivat e t he serial com m unicat ion
int erface
Note: The communication parameters: Baud rate, Data Bit and Parity settings must match those of
the host device. Dip switch #1 must be in the OFF position.
FI GURE 1 1 : RJ D ATA CON N ECTOR
Ta ble 3 – APEX 2 Se r ia l RS2 3 2 C I n t e r fa ce sign a ls
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Table 3,