Specifications

EPOS Control Codes POSjet
®
1500 Programmer's Guide
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Macro Function Commands
Function Start/End Macro Definition EPOS ONLY
ASCII [GS] :
Hexadecimal 1DH 3AH
Decimal <29> <58>
Description The [GS] : command starts or ends macro definition. Macro definition starts when the command
is received during normal operation and ends when it is received during the macro definition. The
macro definition can contain up to 2048 bytes. If the definition exceeds 2048 bytes, the excess
data will not be stored.
Function Execute Macro EPOS ONLY
ASCII GS ^ r t m
Hexadecimal 1DH 5EH r t m
Decimal <29> <94> r t m
Range 0 r 255
0 t 255
m = See below
Description The GS ^ r t m command executes a macro definition. The r specifies the number of times to
execute the macro. When Bit 1 of m is set, r is ignored, and the macro is executed infinitely. t
specifies the waiting time for executing the macro; it is t 100 msec for every macro execution.
m specifies macro executing mode. When the LSB of m = 0, the macro executes r times
continuously with the interval specified by t. When the LSB of m = 1, the printer remains idle and
waits for the FEED Button to be pressed (after waiting for the period specified by t). After the
button is pressed, the printer executes the macro once. The printer repeats the operation r times.
When Bit 5 of m is set, the current macro definition is saved into the printer‘s nonvolatile flash
memory as a start-up macro without executing it. The macro definition is executed upon power-
up using the parameters specified by the GS ^ r t m command. If the printer is powered-up into
self-test mode, the macro definition will not be executed. A saved macro definition can be deleted
with the GS _ command.
Bit
Off/On
Hexl
Decimal
Function
0
Off
00
0
Macro executes r times continuously with
the interval specified by t
On
01
1
FEED Button controlled operation with
time interval t
1-4
-
-
-
Undefined
5
On
20
32
Value given by r is ignored and macro is
run infinitely
6
On
40
64
Save start-up macro definition to flash
memory without executing
7
-
-
-
Undefined
Table 66 Macro Control Bit Definitions