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ida FS 250, Operator's Guide
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Table of Contents
Preface................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 3
Related Manuals ................................ ................................ ................................ . 3
Table of Contents................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 5
Kit Contents................................................................ ............................................... 7
1. Introduction to ida FS 250................................ .................................................... 8
1.1 Introduction to ida FS 250 ................................ ................................ ............ 8
1.2 ida FS 250 Product Features ................................ ................................ ........ 8
1.3 Supported Control Units ................................ ................................ ............... 9
2. Installation Requirements................................ .................................................. 10
2.1 Environment requirements ................................ ................................ .......... 10
2.2 Pre-Installation Requirements ................................ ................................ .... 10
2.2.1 National Language Selection ................................ .......................... 10
2.2.2 Paper Size (EU/US) ................................ ................................ ........ 11
3. Installation and Connections of the ida FS 250................................ ................ 12
3.1 The Rear Panel ................................ ................................ .......................... 12
3.2 Emulation................................ ................................ ................................ .... 14
3.2.1 Via the Address Switch ................................ ................................ ...14
3.2.2 Via the Line ................................ ................................ ..................... 15
3.3 Upgrading to IPDS ................................ ................................ ...................... 16
3.4 Connecting the ida FS 250 to the Printer ................................ ................... 17
3.4.1 Connecting via Centronics output ................................ ................... 17
3.4.2 Connecting via RS-232 output ................................ ........................ 18
3.5. Connecting the ida FS 250 to System ................................ ....................... 19
3.5.1 Testing ................................ ................................ ............................ 20
3.5.2 Timeout ................................ ................................ ........................... 21
4. Operation of ida FS 250................................ ..................................................... 22
4.1 ida FS 250 top panel ................................ ................................ .................. 22
CU................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 22
PAR (Parallel input) ................................ ................................ ................. 22
SER (Serial input/output) ................................ ................................ ......... 23
READY (Printer Ready) ................................ ................................ ........... 23
5. Specifying Share Timeout and String................................ ............................... 24
6. idaSetup - IPDS Programming................................ ........................................... 26
7. IRQ Handling................................................................ ................................ ....... 27
8. Programming ida FS 250 - non-IPDS................................ ................................. 28
8.1 The Escape Character ................................ ................................ ................ 28
8.2 Defining a Temporary Escape Character ................................ ................... 29
8.3 Syntax of an FSL Function ................................ ................................ ......... 29
8.4 Invalid Escape Character ................................ ................................ .......... 29
8.5 Setup Functions supported (PCL Mode) ................................ .................... 30