Connection To External Units And Setting | Star Micronics TCP100 Series

5 CONNECTION TO EXTERNAL UNITS AND SETTING

1Turn OFF the power of the host computer and the reader/writer.

2Plug in an end of the interface cable to the reader/writer connector and

the other end to the serial port of the host computer.

3Fasten two screws located at both the shoulders of the interface cable connectors.

4Modular connector: Connects to Star original stand-alone terminal MCD2000 by specified cable.

Please set the interface convert switch to the left side.

Note) Do not connect to any external devices other than MCD2000.

		[TCP100]		[TCP2000]
<Serial Interface (RS-232C)>
1 Applicable connector :			D-sub 9 pin (female)
2 Mating connector :			D-sub 9 pin (male)
3 Connector terminals :			See the table below
4 I/O circuit :			See the table below
5 Level :			RS232C
6 Cable :			Cross (reverse) cable

Pin No.	Signal name	Direction		Function
2	RXD	IN		Received data
3	TXD	OUT		Transmitted data
4	DTR	OUT		Data-terminal-ready (always ON after reset)
5	S-GND	-		Signal ground
6	*CTS/DSR	IN		Clear-to-send / Data-set-ready (no detection)
7	RTS	OUT		Request-to-send (always ON after reset)

* CTS is assigned to pin #8 at TCP2000.(no detection)