Star Micronics 150 Fault Indicators

Operator Panel Controls PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide

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Fault Indicators

If the printer indicates printer fault, the error is not recoverable. The printer must be restarted and

may lose information. To aid in printer troubleshooting, the RESUME key will activate an extended

diagnostic indication. This will blink the status indicator a number of times. The number of blinks

indicates the fault. The fault list follows.

Faults while in operation:

1Motor move time-out

2Motor move retry fault

3Motor move fault (moved in wrong direction)

4Space motor locked

5Motor homing fault

6Motor acceleration fault

7Printing fault

8Fault while centering

9Forms compensation fault

Faults during Level 0 diagnostics:

10 ROM check-sum failure

11 RAM failure

12 Configuration EEPROM failure

13 Processor test fault

14 EEPROM check-sum failure

Faults that can happen at anytime:

15 Firmware control fault (loss of program control)

16 Cutter option fault

After the fault code is displayed, the printer can be restarted by pressing the RESUME and RELEASE

keys simultaneously.

If the EEPROM check-sum fault occurs (Fault Code 14), the EEPROM can be set to default by

pressing the RESUME and LF keys simultaneously. The printer will be functional but must be

reconfigured. This procedure is only to allow reconfiguration and not to recover printer function in

the field.

If the indication is printer failure, the printer controller is not running and is being held in reset. If

this failure occurs, the printer is not functional and should be serviced.

If the printer appears to go through a power cycle by itself, the hardware watchdog has detected a

fault. This fault is generally a hardware failure or an external interference. If the fault is hardware,

the printer will continue to cycle through its diagnostics and then reset. If this happens, the printer

must be serviced. If the fault is caused by external interference like electrostatic discharge (ESD), the

printer will generally recover by itself. (Note: The parallel port INIT pin causes a soft reset.)

Contents

Main Page Programmers Guide PcOS Series 150 Change History Change History Disclaimer PcOS Series 150 Programmers Guide Disclaimer Copyright Trademarks Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement Programmers Guide PcOS Series 150 Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Table of Contents Figures and Tables PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Table of Figures Table of Tables Page Page Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Overview Chapter 1: Overview of the Series 150 Printer Warranty Information Warranty Options Service Information What is in this book? Overview PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Where can you find more information? Contacting Ithaca Peripherals Internet Support Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 General Description Chapter 2: General Description Series 150 Models Standard Features Page Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 General Specifications Chapter 3: General Specifications Printing Specifications Character Generation Page Physical Specifications Dimensions Weight Electrical Characteristics Self-powered AC Media Specifications Ribbon Receipt Paper Receipt/Journal Paper Printable Area Receipt Printing Paper tear-off Receipt Printing with the Autocutter Validation Forms Printing Validation - Top Insertion Validation - Left-side Insertion Validation Forms Insertion Control Codes Overview PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Chapter 4: Control Codes Overview Nomenclature Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Overview Standard Emulation IPCL Codes EPOS Emulation Microline Emulation Application Development Tables and Charts Print/Paper Motion Chaper 5: Printer Control Codes Print/Paper Motion Low-level Paper Motion Control Horizontal Motion Horizontal Motion Control Horizontal Motion Vertical Motion Control Page Page Page Character Font Character Font Character Font International Character Sets and Code Pages 12/14/99 Rev G Page 25 Table 5 Language table IDs Page 26 Rev G12/14/99 Page Page Page Character Pitch Ithaca Peripherals Character Print Control Character Pitch Character Pitch Character Pitch Character Attribute Commands Page Page Page Page Page Page Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Print Rotation Commands Page Page Page Page Graphic Mode Standard APA Graphics Page Page Bar codes Page Page Receipt Paper Out Sensor Validation Operation Validation Operation Control Page Miscellaneous Control Page Page Page Printer Status Set/Inquire Parallel, Non-IEEE 1284 Mode Inquire Serial Mode Inquire Parallel, IEEE 1284 Mode Inquire Dynamic Response Mode Page Inquire Commands Page Page Page Page Page Extended Diagnostics Extended Diagnostic Commands EPOS Codes EPOS Codes Real-time Status EPOS Command Summary EPOS Codes Page 70 Rev G12/14/99 EPOS Deviations Command Descriptions Page Page Page MICROLINE Codes MICROLINE Codes MICROLINE Command Summary MICROLINE Codes Page 76 Rev G12/14/99 STAR Codes Star Codes Star Command Summary STAR Codes Page 78 Rev G12/14/99 NCR2567 Codes NCR2567 Codes NCR Command Summary TELPAR Codes Page 80 Rev G12/14/99 Telpar Codes Telpar Command Summary The following is a list of the Telpar commands that are supported. 12/14/99 Rev G Page 81 Control Codes Summary by Code Page 82 Rev G12/14/99 12/14/99 Rev G Page 83 Page 84 Rev G12/14/99 12/14/99 Rev G Page 85 Control Codes Summary by Function Page 86 Rev G12/14/99 12/14/99 Rev G Page 87 Page 88 Rev G12/14/99 Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Operator Panel Controls Chapter 6: Operator Panel Controls Push Buttons - Momentary Switches Indicators Operator Panel Controls PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Fault Indicators Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Product Self-tests Chapter 7: Product Self-tests Level 0 Diagnostics Extended Diagnostics Self test Hex-dump Mode PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Chapter 8: Hex-dump Mode Chapter 9: Configuration Mode Initial Power ON Manual Configuration Enable Remote Configuration Feature Configuration 12/14/99 Rev G Page 95 Page 12/14/99 Rev G Page 97 Page 12/14/99 Rev G Page 99 Page 100 Rev G12/14/99 12/14/99 Rev G Page 101 Page 102 Rev G12/14/99 General Control Page Vertical Control Character Interface Page Chapter 10: Communications Protocol and Print Buffers Overview Status and flow control back Data to printer Page Page Parallel Port Parallel Port Protocol Printer Buffer Size One-line mode Parallel Port Inquire IEEE 1284 Buffer Mode 4 Page Mode 0 Time-out Active State Inquire Responses Parallel Port Inquire (Non-IEEE 1284) Parallel Port Plug and Play Parallel Port Connector Signal Levels Serial Port Serial Port Features Serial Port Pin-out Signal levels Serial Port Protocol Serial Port Flow Control Using DTR 12/14/99 Rev G Page 119 Serial Port Flow Control XON/XOFF Figure 21 Serial port flow control XON/XOFF Print Buffer Flow Page Page Printer Buffer Size One-line Mode Serial Port Inquire Programmers Notes Remote Printer Reset Reset in Serial Mode Reset in Parallel Mode Power-cycle Recovery Remote Printer Reset Programmers Notes Programmers Guide PcOS Series 150 Cash Drawer Interface Chapter 11: Cash Drawer Interface Pin 1 Interface Description Interface Connectors Printing Graphics PcOS Series 150 Programmers Guide Chapter 12: Printing Graphics Character Graphics Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Printing Graphics Printing Graphics PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide APA Graphics Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Printing Graphics 12/14/99 Rev G Page 131 Page Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Appendix A 12/14/99 Rev G Page 133 Appendix A Language Tables Appendix A PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 134 Rev G12/14/99 Programmers Guide PcOS Series 150 Appendix B 12/14/99 Rev G Page 135 Appendix B ASCII Code Chart Table 20 ASCII chart Appendix C PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Appendix C Ordering Cables General Information Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Index 12/14/99 Rev G Page 137 Index [ Index PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 138 Rev G12/14/99 A C D