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[Notes] ■ASB is the function that transmit the status of [cover open/close], [Online/Offline] from the printer
automatically. It is called [ASB function] and the status is [ASB status]. If you use ASB, application can
acquire the printer change in a real-time and passively.
■Select any status enabled (except
n
= 0) and basic ASB starts. Then transmit the current basic ASB status.
After that, while ASB is active the selected enabled basic ASB status is transmitted whenever the status
changes.
■When
n
= 0, basic ASB is disabled. When ASB is disabled, basic ASB status is not transmitted.
■Multiple status items can be selected.
■When ASB is active, ASB status is transmitted whenever the status changes even if ESC = is not selected.
■This command setting is effective until ESC @ is executed, the printer is reset or power is turned off.
■During Block data [header - NUL] transmission, ASB is disabled temporarily. Therefore you cannot get the
printer status change through ASB status when block data [header - NUL] is transmitted.
■Any basic ASB status represents the enabled status whenever the status changes. Therefore the disabled
status items may change, because each status transmission represents the current status.
6 0 00 0 Panel switch status disabled.
1 40 64 Panel switch status enabled.
7 0 00 0 Undefined.
n:
Bit Binary Hex Decimal Function