FURTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
PRINTER SETUP
On bottom cover of the Aura series thermal printer, there is screwed a metal plate for setup window. In this window, there is a 8 position DIP switch for printer setup. Please use proper tool to change the switch setting when necessary. The switch position counting starts from the nearest edge of printer. The
ON direction points to the connector area of the printer. The OFF direction points to the power switch. The functions of each position may evolve with the revisions of the firmware. The information below applies to the latest version to the date of print of this manual.
This 8 position DIP switch works as following:
Switch | ON | OFF | |
position | |||
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1 | RS232 baud rate definition | or Parallel interface definition (ref. | |
2 | separate table below) | ||
3 | Even parity | None parity | |
4 | XON/XOFF handshaking | DSR/DTR handshaking | |
5 | Busy on “buffer full” | Busy on “buffer full” and/or “off line” | |
6 | Cut without paper feed | Cut with auto paper feed | |
7 | CR code (0Dh) effective | CR code (0Dh) invalid | |
8 | Factory internal setting | Application standard mode | |
Effect of positions 1 & 2 on baud rate is defined as in table below with parity check set according to position 3, number of data bits always set to 8, and stop bit set to 1. When the interface used is anything other than RS232, please still set these 2 switches at exactly the specified combination.
SW Pos. 1 | ON | OFF | ON | OFF |
SW Pos. 2 | ON | ON | OFF | OFF |
Baud rate setup | 38400 bps | 115200 bps (Default) | 9600 bps | 19200 bps |
Switch position 3 defines the parity check regulation in serial interface. In Aura, it is selectable between even and none.
Switch position 4 defines the handshaking method in serial interface. When it is set to ON, the printer transmits an “XOFF” for busy and sends an “XON” for not busy. When it is set to OFF, the printer signifies the busy status over hardware signals that can be detected by the host as “DSR” or “CTS”. When parallel interface is used, both switch positions 3 and 4 should be set to OFF.
For switch position 5, if the switch is set to ON, the busy signal is sent