Monarch 9460 OPENCOMM

5-64 Command Reference

OPENCOMM

Purpose Opens either the primary or secondary communications port. The port stays open

until it is closed with CLOSECOMM.

Syntax OPENCOMM

commport

,

timeout

Process The OPENCOMM command opens the communications port referenced by

commport

(1 for the primary port or 2 for the secondary port).

Timeout

defines the length of time (0-255, in seconds) that the printer waits for

data during a GET or FETCH. If a timeout occurs, control passes to the GET or

FETCH invalid label. A

timeout

of 0 means the port waits indefinitely

f

or data.

Commport

and

timeout

must be numeric and can be one of the following:

Commport and Timeout

Description

INPUT Input Buffer

Logical Field Name (PR1) Printer Buffer Field

Logical Field Name

(TEMP1)

Temporary Buffer

Field

Logical Field Name (LU1) Lookup Buffer Field

Number A number prefixed by

a pound (#) sign.

Example

This example opens the primary communications port, and times out after 120

seconds.

OPENCOMM #1, #120

See Also

CLOSECOMM

Contents

Main Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Page OVERVIEW How to Use this Manual A Review of Terms Page USING THE SOFTWARE System Requirements Quick Reference Operators Handbook Installing the Software Getting Started Page Saving a File About Projects 1. 2. 3. Building Projects Changing the Download Settings If you select COM1 - COM4: 4. If you select LPT1 LPT2: 5. Downloading a Project Editing Existing Projects Page PRINTER PROCEDURES Displaying the Ready Prompt No Application Loaded Application 1. Loading Applications Restarting Existing Applications Loading New Applications PROGRAM STRUCTURE Functions Starting a Script Files and Buffers Lookup Table Definition Temporary Storage Definition Printer Definition Scope of Field Names Script Flow Control Comments in a Script Data Storage Data Coding COMMAND REFERENCE Programming Conventions Field Names Keywords Page Special Characters Script Flow When a label is NOT defined... When a label is defined... Functional Relationships Math Commands Script Control Commands Compiler Directives Data Manipulation Commands File Management Commands Input/Output Commands ADD APPVERSION ARGREAD ASC AUTOSTART AVAILABLEDATA BITCLEAR BITMASK BITSET BITSHIFT BITTEST BSEARCH CALL param1, param2, ,paramX Example 1 Param param Page CHARTYPE CHECK Page CHR CLEAR item Example 2 Example 1 Item CLOSECOMM COMPARE CONCAT CSTRIP DATATYPE DEC DEFINE Field-type data-typ field-type Data-type Page DELAY DISABLE DIVIDE ENABLE EXIT FETCH FIELDLEN FIXDATA Buffer-field1 Example Buffer Field1 GENERATE GET HOTKEY IF buffer-field2 Buffer-fields buffer-fields Page INC INCLUDE INSERT JUMP label Example LABELCOUNT LEFT LINKFILE file-name Example 1 format-name\file-name LOCATE LOWER LSTRIP MACRO Page MID MOVE Page MULTIPLY OPENCOMM PAD PARSE , valid label Example valid labels Invalid PRINT QUERY Page READ RESTORESCREEN RETURN RIGHT RSTRIP SAVESCREEN SEEK SUB SWITCH Page SYSSET parameter2 function, parameter1, and parameter2 parameter2 parameter1 Function/Description Parameter1 Parameter2 Example TOKEN TSTRIP UPPER VALIDATE , valid label Example valid labels Invalid WHILE buffer-field1 comparison buffer-field2 Comparison Buffer-field Page Page SAMPLE SCRIPT A Page Page Page INDEX A B C D F G H I J Q R S T