Prima 3 Driver Manual
This prevents plugins from crashing the driver by attempting to use unsupported functions of a later driver release.
Plugin version
The plugin's version number is shown here. This is for support purposes to determine which version of the plugin is installed on the system.
Unicode
Some applications require to encode Unicode characters on the chips. This shows whether the plugin is capable of handling unicode data in the encoding string. If not, Unicode characters will be converted to Ansi by the driver.
Description
The plugin developer can display a short description of what the plugin does here.
6.2.2.Port Assignment
General information
Each encoder hardware must be attached to a printer physically, either inside or outside.
As each printer has its own ID, there is a fixed relation between one specific encoder and one specific printer.
Since each encoder is also attached physically to the computer (USB, COM or any other possible port), a link of a "printer ID" and the "port" where the encoder hardware is attached on the PC must be created. This link is called "Port Assignment".
In the Plugin Manager, the Port Assignment section shows two lists, one with all possible printer IDs and one with the available ports. Initially, both lists are empty. Depending on the encoder hardware and the ID of the printer to which the encoder is attached, the port names and IDs differ.
Encoder ports
The list is dynamically filled in
The same is true when a device is unplugged, i.e. the port disappears from the list.
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