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Intermec Fingerprint 6.13 – Programmer's Guide
“Device” is a generic term for communication channels, various
parts of the printer's memory, and operator interfaces such as the
printer's display and keyboard.
Name No. Can be OPENed for... Remarks
Communication:
console: 0 Input/Output Printer's display/keyboard unit
uart1: 1 Input/Output Serial communication
uart2: 2 Input/Output Serial communication
uart3: 3 Input/Output Serial communication
centronics: 4 Input Parallel communication
rs485: 2 Input/Output Serial communication (RS 485)
prel: N/A Input/Output Serial communication (RS 485)
Memory:
rom: N/A Input (files only) Printer's internal EPROMs plus
non DOS-formatted memory card
ram: N/A Input/Output/Append/ Printer's internal RAM memory
Random (files only)
card1: N/A Input/Output/Append/ DOS-formatted memory card
Random (files only)
Special:
msg: N/A Input/Output Implementation of SITA/CUTE 2
par: N/A Input/Output Implementation of SITA/CUTE 2
bscrypt: N/A N/A Internal use only
null: N/A N/A Internal use only
cutter: N/A N/A Internal use only
ind: N/A N/A Internal use only
The devices can be listed by means of a DEVICES statement. All
devices will be listed regardless if they are installed or not.
Devices are referred to by name in connection with instructions
concerning directories (e.g. SAVE, KILL, FORMAT) and with
OPEN statements. Note that the names of all devices should end
with a colon (:) and the name should be enclosed by double
quotation marks, e.g. "ram:". Upper- or lowercase characters in the
name do not matter.
In instructions used in connection with communication (e.g. BREAK,
BUSY/READY, COMSET), the keyboard/display unit and the
communication channels are specified by numbers instead of
names:
0 = "console:"
1 = "uart1:"
2 = "uart2:"/"rs485:"
3 = "uart3:"
4 = "centronics:"
4. TERMINOLOGY AND SYNTAX, cont'd.
10. Devices
☞ Files
Also see:
• Chapter 6 (File system)
• Chapter 7 (Input, Append, Random)
• Chapter 8 (Output, Random)