IBM Partner Pavilion 6400 manual Coax command interpreter, Commands

coax command interpreter

Commands

The command interpreter is enabled after the ¬ONN command is received.

The command interpreter is disabled by sending a ¬OFF command. The default power up state of the command interpreter is disabled.

Table 5 gives an explanation of all the commands available.

Table 5 Coax Command Interpreter commands

COMMAND	ACTION
¬ONN	Enable the command interpreter. Ignored if already on.
¬OFF	Disable the command interpreter - Default, power up
	state. Ignored if already off.
¬HEX	Hexadecimal pass-thru mode. Data following this
	command is packed into hexadecimal pairs and sent to
	the printer. The command may be terminated by sending
	the "@" character. Any non-hexadecimal characters
	(except the "@") are ignored.
	Terminate Hex mode by sending an at sign "@".
¬FLS	Forms Length Switch. This command is accepted only in
	LU3 (DSE) mode. It will set the forms length (in lines) to
	the value of the three digit number immediately following
	the command. Top of form will be set to the current
	physical line. The value must be in the range 000 - 127.
	There may NOT be any other characters embedded and
	the forms length MUST be three digits long.
	Sending the FLS command causes the MPI to load the
	printers VFU and set the Top Of Form to the present
	line.
¬L03 or	Lines Per Inch. This command is accepted in LU3 (DSE)
¬L04 or	mode only. It will set the line spacing to 3, 4, 6 or 8 lines
¬L06 or	per inch.
¬L08

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