Datamax DGL manual Bi-Directional Communications, Cutter Commands, Module Operations

Module Operations:

Cmd	Description
<STX>x	File delete from module
<STX>q	Module clear
<STX>Q	Modules, clear all
<STX>z	Module, compress
<STX>W	Module, directory request
<STX>X	Module, set default
<STX>w	Module, FLASH memory Test
<STX>t	Module, RAM memory Test
<STX>Kp	Module Protection

Comment

Supported

Supported

Supported Not Supported Partially Supported Supported

Do the stutus report, always oke Do the stutus report, always oke Not Supported

DGL will emulate 2 different Modules: Ram and Flash. Datamax has several Flash and Ram modules, but DGL will map all Flash modules to the same PTX Flash File System, and all Ram Modules to the global Memory Pool.

When recalling something from a module, the Module Identifier is not specified in the command, so this should not cause a problem when DGL maps them to a single Flash / Ram module.

The only problem that might occur is when there is bi-directional communication needed for a Windows driver, which might verify an object got stored correctly by requesting a module directory.

When specifying a module that is not available, the printer will automatically select the default module.

Bi-Directional Communications

Bi-Directional communications can be divided in two groups: time-critical (immediate), and non-time-critical responses.

Datamax describes the time critical responses as follows:

When the printer receives a Status and Control Command, its current operation will be momentarily interrupted to respond to the command. Status and Control Commands may be issued before or after System-Level Commands; however, they cannot be issued among (a) Label-Formatting Commands, (b) during font downloading, or (c) during image downloading.

Commands that require immediate action (including commands that request immediate response) will not be supported.

Non time-critical responses are supported by DGL. For example the feedback or memory module information request commands.

Cutter Commands

The Commands to activate the Cutter (System Level Command <STX>o, and Label Formatting Commands ‘c’ and ‘:’) are only processed when the Media Handling menu is set to ‘Cut’, and the DGL Advanced-User Menu ‘Cut Cmds’ is set to ‘Process’.

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