Operator`s manual

cab Produkttechnik GmbH & Co KG
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PRODUCT MARKING AND BARCODE IDENTIFICATION
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Appendix A: Interface Specifications
RS232 Serial
The RS232 connector on the printer is a DB9F
Pin Direction Definition
1 / /
2 Out TX
3 In RX
4 In CTS
5 - Ground
6 Out TS
7 In DSR
8 Out DTR
9 / /
Connection with host:
Host 25S Printer 9P Host 9S Printer 9P
TX 2 ……… 3 RX RX 2 ……… 2 TX
RX 3 ……… 2 TX TX 3 ……… 3 RX
DSR 6 ……… 8 DTR DTR 4 ……… 7 DSR
DTR 20 ……… 7 DSR DSR 6 ……… 8 DTR
RTS 4 ……… 4 CTS RTS 7 ……… 4 CTS
CTS 5 ……… 6 RTS CTS 8 ……… 6 RTS
GND 7 ……… 5 GND GND 5 ……… 5 GND
Alternately you can just connect the 3 wires as follows:
Host 25S Printer 9P Host 9S Printer 9P
TX 2 ……… 3 RX RX 2 ……… 2 TX
RX 3 ……… 2 TX TX 3 ……… 3 RX
GND 7 ……… 5 GND GND 5 ……… 5 GND
pin 4 pin 4
pin 5 pin 6
pin 6 pin 7
pin 20 pin 8
Baud rate : 9600, 19200, 38400,57600
(Baud Rate set by DIP switches 7–8)
Data format: always 8 data bits, 1 start bit and 1 stop bit.
Parity : always non parity.
Flow control: RTS/CTS (Hardware flow control).
If you are using software or drivers under the Windows environment, the
flow control must be set to “hardware”