Epson C82307, C823088 About this guide, Note

About this guide

This guide is designed to give you detailed information on how to install your C82307 * /C82308 * serial interface card in a variety of EPSON printers. Installation procedures vary slightly depending upon the printer model that you have.

Also included are instructions on how to adjust the settings of the C82307 * /C82308 * interface card, as well as a general description of serial data communication.

The C82307 * /C82308 * option package contains the following items:

C 8 2 3 0 7 *

serial I/F card (1)

C 8 2 3 0 8 *

O p t i o n a l connector lock nuts (2)

Note

When attaching the interface cable to the interface, you may find that the screws of your interface cable do not fit into the connector lock nuts. If this happens you will need to replace the connector lock nuts with the optional ones provided in this package.

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Contents

Page FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT FOR AMERICAN USERS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION About this guide SETTING THE CONDITIONS Card layout DIP switch and jumper settings DIP switches Table 1. DIP switch Data word structure Table 2. Word structure Table 3. Parity check Table 4. DIP switch RS-232D 19,200 BPS Handshaking selection and Interface selection Page DIP switch 3 (Interface operation) Table 9. DIP switch Buffer full recovery timing Table 10. Buffer full recovery timing Jumpers Figure 2. Jumpers Table 11. Jumper settings DATA ENTRY Serial data communications About data entry Handshaking protocol X-on/X-offProtocol Figure 3. X-on/X-offtiming DTR protocol Buffer Operation Disabled Table 12. Flag set/reset conditions Page SELF TEST Table 13. Self-testmodes Loopback mode Table 14. Terminal pin connections Line-monitormode SPECIFICATIONS 5 . Handshaking Table 15. Handshaking HARDWARE DESCRIPTION Page Page CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS Figure 6. Transmitter Circuit Diagram Figure 7. Receiver Circuit Diagram Figure 8. Transmitter Circuit Diagram Figure 9. Receiver Circuit Diagram INSTALLATION