Specifications

- 36 - Sam4s SPS500 Programming Manual
Serial Port - Device Selections
The serial ports are the physical connections on the terminal, the following section defines which type of
peripheral will be attached to the port. The peripherals available may be subject to supply and country
legislations, if in doubt please contact your system provider.
Port This is the number of the physical port on the terminal. (5 as standard )
Device
This is the peripheral that will be connected to the port. The following
options can be chosen.
Disable
The port is not active.
Printer
The port will be used to operate a printer; which are then presented with a list
of printer types, all of which are pre-programmed with Driver setting.
Video
This is a linked Kitchen Video System for the display of products.
Polling
This is the on-line computer link.
Scanner
This option enables a barcode scanner.
Printer Type When a printer is selected in device, this displays printer manufacturer list.
Port Description
This is an area in which you can type your own description of the task the
port is carrying out, i.e. SHOP PRINTER, HAND SCANNER etc.. This
description is for your own reference purposes.
Baud Rate This is the Baud Rate of the device, the communications speed of the device
Parity This is set per device, and supplied by the peripheral manufacturer
Data Bits This is set per device, and supplied by the peripheral manufacturer
Stop Bits This is set per device, and supplied by the peripheral manufacturer
Retries
This is the number of attempts that will be made to communicate with a
device before failure is declared the default settings are satisfactory for most
commonly used peripherals. This is set to 3 as default
Feed Lines Before Printing
/ After Printing
This is the number of lines to be fed before or after the printing is started,
this will help format the ticket for non cutter printers.
Logo Size Dependent on the method of image printing the size can be changed.
Lines On Hard Slip
This is the number of lines that can be printed on a loose paper printer,
before a prompt for the next page appears.
Cutting After Printing
When a printer has the capabilities of auto cut, this option will decide if that
feature is to be used, i.e. For receipts it is commonly set to yes, however
detail journal printers do not require this option.
Print Bitmap
This always needs to be set for printing of the graphical images to receipt
printers, working in conjunction with the system settings. The images
should be loaded to the printer via the print supplied printer utility