SATO CX200 manual Communication Ports, Serial Input Connector DB9S, Standard Printer Cables

CX200 User's Guide

Communication Ports

CX200 printers are equipped with Centronics parallel and RS232C commu- nication ports, wired as shown below.

Serial Input Connector (DB9S)

Pin #	Description
2	RXD (data to printer))
3	TXD (data from
	printert)
5	Ground
7	RTS (printer busy)
8	CTS
1, 9	+5VDC, 200 mA max.

Parallel Input Connector (Centronics 36 pin)

	Pin #	Description
	1	Strobe
	2-9	Data bits 0-7
	10	Acknowledge
	11	Busy
	12	Out of Paper
	13	+5DC
	17	Chassis Ground
	31	Reset
	32	+5VDC
	16, 33	Signal Ground
	19-30
Standard Printer Cables

The following standard cables are available for CX200 printers:

Centronics Parallel Cable, 6 ft.:	Order PN 14S000132
RS232 Cable, DB9M to DB9F, 6 ft.:	Order PN 14S000133
RS232 Cable, DB9M to DB25F, 6 ft.:	Order PN 14S000134

Serial Port Parameters

CX200 printers are configured as Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) equip- ment, and use Request-To-Send/Clear-To-Send (RTS/CTS) handshaking or XOn/X-Off flow control (control characters are DC2 and DC4). The serial port supports the following parameters:

Speed:	600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200 Baud
Parity:	Odd, Even, or None
Data Bits:	7 or 8 bits
Stop Bit(s):	1 or 2 bits

Default parameters: 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit

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