Option 5.1. Continue for Serial Alarm Printers

If you are configuring a serial printer, its printer baud rate, parity, and data length will have to be set each time your system is rebooted. You can do this by creating a file called cimp_port.bat in the top-level directory on the disk where your project is located. The file will be called by the Alarm Printer program when it initiates printing on the printer. The file contains:

@echo off

mode <port> baud=<rate> parity=<set> data=<n> stop=<m>

Where

<port>

Is the serial port to which the printer is connected.

<rate>

Is the baud rate of the printer.

<set>

Is the parity used by the printer.

<n>

Is the number of data bits.

<m>

Is the number of stop bits.

Example

If you have a printer on COM1: port that communicates at 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit, the file would look like this:

@echo off

mode COM1: baud=9600 parity=n data=8 stop=1

If you have more than one serial printer, you will need one mode line per printer.

To create mode line file:

  1. Open a Notepad window.

  2. Enter the printer configuration information according to the above template.

  3. Save the file called cimp_port.bat in the top-level directory on the disk where your project is located.

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Step 5. Continue for Serial, Redundant or Network Printers