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Intermec Fingerprint 6.13 – Programmer's Guide
10. Communications Test
Check that you have entered the immediate mode and have a
working two-way serial communication by sending a simple
instruction from the host to the printer. On the keyboard of the host,
type:
? VERSION$ ↵ (↵ = Carriage Return key)
The printer should respond immediately by returning the version of
the installed Fingerprint firmware to the screen of the host, e.g.:
Fingerprint 6.13
Ok
This indicates that the communication is working both ways.
If the communication does not work, turn off the printer and check
the connection cable and CPU board straps. Also check if the
communication setup in the host corresponds to the printer's setup
and if the connection is made between the correct ports. Check the
verbosity level. Then try the communication test again.
Another possible cause of error may be that another communication
channel than "uart1:" has been selected for Fingerprint in Shell.
Reselect the Fingerprint application for "uart1:" as described in the
Shell startup manuals.
Once you know that the communication is working, you may go on
and send a line of text to make sure that characters transmitted from
the terminal are interpreted as expected by the printer's firmware:
FONT "SW030RSN" ↵
PRTXT "ABCDEFGHIJKLM" ↵
PRINTFEED ↵
Each line will be acknowledged by “Ok” on the screen, provided
that it has been entered correctly, that there is a working two-way
serial communication, and that the verbosity is on. When you press
the “Carriage Return” key the third time, the printer will feed out a
label, ticket, tag or piece of strip with the text printed near the lower
left corner of the printable area.
Try using other characters between the quotation marks in the third
line, especially typical national characters like ÅÄÖÜ¿¢¥ç etc.
Should any unexpected characters be printed, you may need to
select another character set, see NASC statement in chapter 9.1, or
switch from 7-bit to 8-bit communication.
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Verbosity
Also see:
• Chapter 7.7
• Chapter 15.7
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Version Check
Also see:
• Chapter 15.11
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Intermec Shell
Also see:
• Intermec Shell Startup manuals
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
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Character Sets
Also see:
• Chapter 9.1
• Intermec Fingerprint Reference
Manual
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Communication Setup
Also see:
• Chapter 15.6
• Technical Manual
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Text Field Printing
Also see:
• Chapter 10.2