Programming instructions

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Chapter 2 Program Instructions
DEVICES, cont.
Remarks, cont. lock: is all electronic key items that has been specifi ed as locks by means
of special software. Each electronic key may contain several key items with
different properties (counter, lock, or storage). The device name calls all
key items with the corresponding properties, regardless if they are stored
in the key circuit on the CPU board or in an inserted external key. Each
key item has a 4-character name, usually appended by a delimiter (?) and a
4-character password. Also see OPEN statement.
net1: is the communication channel for the EasyLAN 100i interface board
(Ethernet communication).
par: is used for special applications only.
rom: is both the read-only kernel sectors in the Boot-Bank fl ash SIMM,
and any read-only memory card inserted in the printer’s memory card
adapter, for example an OTPROM card, a Flash card, or a read-only
formatted SRAM card.
rs485: is used in connection with RS 485 point-to-point or multidrop
communication to specify that the RS 485 protocol is used and to specify the
protocol address of the unit, for example "rs485:23".
status: is used in connection with sending error messages from the printer to
the home page of an EasyLAN 100i interface board.
storage: is all electronic key items (see below) in the printer that has
been specifi ed as storages by means of special software. Note that this
memory is comparatively slow.
tmp: is the printer’s temporary read/write memory (DRAM SIMMs). It will
lose its content when the power is turned off or at a power failure. Thus, do
not use DRAM for valuable data that cannot be recreated, but copy it to "c:".
One advantage of using "tmp:" instead of "c:" is that data can be written to
DRAM faster than to the fl ash memory. To speed up operation, the Intermec
Fingerprint fi rmware (except program modules with dynamic downloading)
is copied from "rom:" to "tmp:" at startup and used from "tmp:".
uart1: is the standard RS 232C port.
uart2: is an additional serial port on an optional interface board.
uart3: is an additional serial port on an optional interface board.
usb1: is the standard USB (Universal Serial Bus) port on EasyCoder
F-series printers.
wand: is any input from an Code 128 bar code not containing any
FNC3 character via a bar code wand or reader connected to the wand
interface.