I-Data i-data Electronic Documentation ida, FS 250 PDS instruction manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

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Related Manuals

. 3

Table of Contents

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Kit Contents

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1. Introduction to ida FS 250

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1.1

Introduction to ida FS 250

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1.2 ida FS 250 Product Features

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1.3

Supported Control Units

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2. Installation Requirements

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2.1

Environment requirements

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2.2

Pre-Installation Requirements

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2.2.1 National Language Selection

10

2.2.2 Paper Size (EU/US)

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3. Installation and Connections of the ida FS 250

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3.1

The Rear Panel

12

3.2

Emulation

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3.2.1 Via the Address Switch

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3.2.2 Via the Line

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3.3

Upgrading to IPDS

16

3.4

Connecting the ida FS 250 to the Printer

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3.4.1 Connecting via Centronics output

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3.4.2 Connecting via RS-232 output

18

3.5. Connecting the ida FS 250 to System

19

3.5.1 Testing

20

3.5.2 Timeout

21

4. Operation of ida FS 250

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4.1 ida FS 250 top panel

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CU

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PAR (Parallel input)

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SER (Serial input/output)

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READY (Printer Ready)

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5. Specifying Share Timeout and String

24

6. idaSetup - IPDS Programming

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7. IRQ Handling

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8. Programming ida FS 250 - non-IPDS

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8.1

The Escape Character

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8.2

Defining a Temporary Escape Character

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8.3

Syntax of an FSL Function

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8.4

Invalid Escape Character

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8.5

Setup Functions supported (PCL Mode)

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