GCC Printers Elite XL

F-2 Appendix F

Appendix F Interface connections and pinouts

Interface connector pinouts

Use the following pinouts and descriptions of the various Elite XL interface

connectors if you need to purchase or make a new cable.

RS-422 Serial:

IBM PC/XT (P1)

25 PIN SERIAL PORT

SIGNAL PIN DIRECTION

SHELL

CH. GND 1

TXD 2

RXD 3

RTS 4

CTS 5

DSR 6

SIG.GND 7

DCD 8

DTR 20

SHELL

HSKO

HSKI

TXDB-

SIG.GND

RXDB-

TXDB+

RXDB+

SIGNALDIRECTION

PRINTER (P2)

MINI-DIN 8

BRAIDED SHIELD

Parallel

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION DIRECTION

1 /STROBE Data Strobe In <

2 D1 Data Bit 1 In <

3 D2 Data Bit 2 In <

4 D3 Data Bit 3 In <

5 D4 Data Bit 4 In <

6 D5 Data Bit 5 In <

7 D6 Data Bit 6 In <

8 D7 Data Bit 7 In <

9 D8 Data Bit 8 In <

10 /ACK Acknowledge Out >

11 BUSY Busy Out >

12 PE Paper Empty Out >

13 SELECT Select Out Out >

14 NC Not Used

15 NC Not Used

16 GND Signal Ground

17 CGND Chassis Ground

18 NC Not Used

19-30 GND Signal Ground

31 /PRIME Input Prime In <

32 /FAULT Printer Fault Out >

33 GND Signal Ground

34-36 NC Not Used