Brady 2024, 2034 manual Programming Commands, Immediate Commands

4.1Programming Commands

To prompt the Printer for a command sequence, the Printer must first receive a special character called an “attention getter”, which informs the Printer that it is about to receive a command and the type of command it will be. Immediate Commands, System Level Commands, and Font Loading Commands each have their own attention getter. The attention getter character is followed by a "command character" that tells the Printer what action to take.

ASCII	Decimal	HEX	DOS	Attention Getter For
Char.	Value	Value	Prompt
SOH	1	01	Ctrl A	Immediate Commands
STX	2	02	Ctrl B	System Level Commands
ESC	27	1B	Crtl [	Bitmapped Font Loading Commands

Table 4-1 Attention Getters

When the Printer receives an "immediate" command it will stop whatever it is doing and perform that command. Commands of all types must be in the following sequence:

1.Attention Getter

2.Command Character

3.Command Parameters, (if any).

Command	Printer	Command
Character	Responds?
#	Y	Reset
A	Y	Send ASCII Status String to Host
B	N	Toggle Pause
C	N	Cancel
D	N	SOH Shutdown
E	Y	Send Batch Quantity
F	Y	Send Status Byte

Table 4-2 Immediate Commands

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