CHAPTER 4 CONTROL PANEL
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INTERFACE MODE
The automatic interface selection has been factory set. If you want to
select a specific interface manually, use interface mode to select it.
Display Message Interface Mode
I/F=PARALLEL
Parallel interface
I/F=RS-232C
Serial interface
I/F=EXTEND I/O
Extended I/O interface
I/F=AUTO
Auto interface selection
Select the setting menu and enter the sub-setting menu to change the
setting as follows:
■
Automatic Interface Selection
When you select this function with the
Set
button, the display shows the
next sub-setting menu.
You must set the time out for the auto interface selection from 1 to 99
seconds with the
▲
or
▼
button: factory setting = 5 seconds. This time
out is the duration during which the printer will not allow another
automatic change to the interface.
Even if you choose the automatic interface selection, you must set the
communications parameters for the serial interface, high speed / bi-
directional communications for the parallel interface and the optional
interface settings if the installed MIO card requires them. See the
following tables.
For more information about automatic interface selection, see
“AUTOMATIC INTERFACE SELECTION” in Chapter 3.