Installation manual

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CW-80 — ELTRON SETUP
The CW-80 must use the Eltron KDU keyboard to interface with Eltron printers.
Indicator Configuration
The CW-80 communicates in serial RS-232 from its serial port through the KDU keyboard to the printer.
The serial string format is in Condec format (CCC), but the complete auto-print command is not included in the
indicator string. Instead, the CW-80 is set to initialize a demand print through its Print Function (PFUNCT) feature,
but the final auto-print command is an Eltron command (PA1) added to the printer memory by downloading it from
the PC in a text editor program.
Make the following configuration settings for the CW-80:
Baud 4800 Port RS232
Data Bits 8 None Address 0
EOL CR PFunct AP4 or AP3
EOL DLY 0 Pr Out CCC
Filter 2 (preferred) Update .040S (preferred)
Printer Configuration
No change to the printer default serial settings are necessary.
In a text editor program, insert the Print Automatic, 1-time command (PA1) into the printer’s .EJF journal file and
save it in that modified form. See Adding the Auto Print Command to the Printer on page 9.
Hardware Cabling
1. Connect the PC to the printer with the appropriate serial or parallel cable.
If the printer has a parallel connector, use a parallel cable and one of the LPT parallel connectors on the
computer for faster label downloading.
If the printer only has a DB-9 or DB-25 serial
connector, use a serial cable and one of the
COM serial connectors on the computer.
2. Connect the printer to the KDU with the fixed
DB-9 connector. If the printer’s DB-9 serial
connector is in use by the PC, wait until all
labels are downloaded before connecting the
KDU.
3. Connect the KDU to the checkweigher via
serial RS-232 cable.
Wire the RS-232 cable from the RS-232 pins of
the KDU’s DB-9 connector (3-RXD, 5-GND) to
the CW-80’s serial communication terminal
strip (TXD, GND).
RS-232 Serial or
Centronics Parallel
RS-232RS-232
PC with Create-A-Label Tools program Eltron Printer KDU Keyboard CW-80 Checkweigher
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32 DxT3 DxR
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66 RSD6 YDR
74 STR7 C/N
85 STC8 YDR
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DB-25, DB-9 Pin Functions