SATO GL4XXE manual Local Area Network Lan Interface Mode Table, Menu, Description

		Unit 4: Printer Configuration
UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) INTERFACE MODE (TABLE 4-7)
MENU		DESCRIPTION
	Communication Protocol. Selects the mode of Bi-Directional communications. In most cases this
	menu does not need to be altered and is meant to help support legacy applications which may
	have incorporated older bi-directional statuses. Anything other than Staus 5 or Standard (none) is
	not recommended.
	•	Status 5 - factory default. Most advanced of the options. This status is the most recent and
Comm. Protocol		represented in the interface specifications. For more information, refer to the appropriate
Status 5*		section in the programming and interface guide.

•Standard - bi-directional interface is not used.

•Status 2 - legacy bi-directional support. Not recommended for new applications.

•Status 3 - legacy bi-directional support. Not recommended for new applications.

•Status 4 - legacy bi-directional support. Not recommended for new applications. Is the menu selection screen for the USB Port option of the INTERFACES mode.

INTERFACES

Host Interface

	Is the main menu screen for the Host Interface option of the INTERFACES mode. There are only
	two options relative to the serial interface, ignore all others.
Host Interface	•	Auto Switching - the printer automatically switches to the relative interface type and moves
USB*		into the applicable menus.
	•	USB - factory default. Allows the operator to select the interface and the relative menus will
		follow.
	Is a transitional screen that will allow the buffer size to be established in the following screen.
USB Port
Buffer Size in K
	This menu configures the amount of memory allocated for the serial port buffer. The range is 1 to
	16 Kbytes in 1 kbyte increments.
Buffer Size in K	Note: If a baud rate 19200 or greater is selected, the Buffer Size in K parameter may need to be
1 to 16KB*
	increased from the default to 16 Kbytes to improve performance.
	The factory default is 16.
	This is the value used by the printer to time out from the current port and check the other selected
	Port Types for data print. When the printer has not received data from the host after a certain
Timeout
	period of time, it must timeout in order to service other ports.
10 sec*
	The factory default of 10 seconds with an allowable range of 1 to 60 seconds.

	LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) INTERFACE MODE (TABLE 4-8)
MENU		DESCRIPTION
		Permits entry into the INTERFACES Mode.
INTERFACES

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