M-S Cash Drawer A794 manual Generate Pulse to Open Cash Drawer, Select Cut Mode and Cut Paper

Chapter 6: Programming Information A794 Owner’s Guide

Generate Pulse to Open Cash Drawer

ASCII	ESC p	n p1 p2
Hexadecimal	1B 70	n p1 p2
Decimal	27 112	n p1 p2
Value of n:	00, 48 (Decimal) = Drawer 1;
	01, 49 (Decimal) = Drawer 2
Value of p1:	0-255
Value of p2:	0-255

Sends a pulse to open the cash drawer.

Formulas

The value for either p1 or p2 is the hexadecimal number multiplied by 2 msec to equal the total time.

♦On-time = p1 (Hex) x 2 msec

♦Off-time = p2 (Hex) x 2 msec

Related Information

The off-time is the delay before the printer performs the next operation. Refer to cash drawer specifications for required on and off-time.

Select Cut Mode and Cut Paper

ASCII	GS V m	GS V m n
Hexadecimal	1D 56 m	1D 56 m n
Decimal	29 86 m	29 86 m n
Value of m:	Selects the mode as shown in the table.
Value of n:	Determines cutting position only if m is 65 or 66.

mFeed and Cut Mode

0, 48 Full cut (no extra feed).

1, 49 Partial cut (no extra feed).

65Feeds paper to cutting position + (n times vertical motion unit), and cuts the paper completely.

66Feeds paper to cutting position + (n times vertical motion unit), and performs a partial cut.

Range of m:	0, 48; 1, 49
	65, 66 (when used with n)
Range of n:	0 – 255
Default of m, n:	0

Selects a mode for cutting paper and cuts the paper. There are two formats for this command, one requiring one parameter m, the other requiring two parameters m and n. The format is indicated by the parameter m.

Formulas

ntimes the vertical motion unit is used to determine the cutting position to which the paper is fed.

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