I-Data FS 250 PDS User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Front page

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• Warnings/Approvals

  1
• Adresses

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• About i-data

  2
• Preface

  3
• Related Manuals

  3
• Table of Contents

  5
• Kit Contents

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• 1. Introduction to ida FS 250

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  • 1.1 Introduction to ida FS 250

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  • 1.2 ida FS 250 Product Features

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  • 1.3 Supported Control Units

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• 2. Installation Requirements

  10
  • 2.1 Environment requirements

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    • Warning

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  • 2.2 Pre-Installation Requirements

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    • 2.2.1 National Language Selection

      10
    • 2.2.2 Paper Size (EU/US)

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• 3. Installation and Connections of the

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  • 3.1 The Rear Panel

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  • 3.2 Emulation

    14
    • 3.2.1 Via the Address Switch

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    • 3.2.2 Via the Line

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  • 3.3 Upgrading to IPDS

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  • 3.4 Connecting the ida FS 250 to the Printer

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    • Caution!

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    • 3.4.1 Connecting via Centronics output

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    • 3.4.2 Connecting via RS-232 output

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  • 3.5. Connecting the ida FS 250 to System

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    • Warning!

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    • 3.5.1 Testing

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    • 3.5.2 Timeout

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• 4. Operation of ida FS 250

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  • 4.1 ida FS 250 top panel

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• 5. Specifying Share Timeout and String

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• 6. idaSetup - IPDS Programming

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• 7. IRQ Handling

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• 8. Programming ida FS 250 - non-IPDS

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  • 8.1 The Escape Character

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  • 8.2 Defining a Temporary Escape Character

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  • 8.3 Syntax of an FSL Function

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  • 8.4 Invalid Escape Character

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  • 8.5 Setup Functions supported (PCL Mode)

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  • 8.6 Quick Reference Guide of Supported FSL Functions

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• 9. Programming via Shareport

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  • 9.1 Updating firmware

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• 10. Errors and Recovery

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  • 10.1 ida FS 250 Error Messages

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    • 10.1.1. Two Devices with Same Address

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• Appendix A: Use of ida FS 250 Serial Port

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• Appendix B: Test Printout

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• Appendix C: Default GFID Table

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  • Scalable Fonts

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• Appendix D: i-data Product Platform

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• Index

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• READER'S COMMENTS

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