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1. formatted mode or XXX_YYY XXX unformatted mode DSC DSE Extended Attributes When the EAB feature is enabled all base buffer characters and attributes have a corre sponding attribute designation in the Extended Attribute Buffer EAB If the EAB modifies a character byte in the base buffer it is a character attribute CA If the EAB modifies a field attribute in the base buffer it is an extended field attribute EFA The format of the character attribute CA is Bit Description 7 6 00 Revert to the EFA 01 Blink Character ignored 10 Reverse Video Character ignored 11 Underline Character including spaces and nulls 5 3 Ignored 2 0 000 Revert to the EFA 001 APL Character Set The format of the extended field attribute EFA is Bit Description 7 6 00 Normal Mode 01 Blink Character ignored 10 Reverse Video Character ignored 11 Underline Character including spaces and nulls 5 3 Ignored 2 0 000 Base Character Set 001 APL Character Set Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 18 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES DSC DSE Control Codes The following control codes are valid in DSC DSE mode Code Value Description Page NUL 00 Null 19 EM 01 End of Message 19 FF 02 Form Feed 19 NL 03 New Line 20 CR 05 Carriage return 20 Note 1 These codes have different meanings in print and non print fields in both formatted and unform
2. Notes 1 See Section 4 for a detailed description of the Extended Emulation Modes 2 Extended Emulation Mode is automatically set to 2 when the Extended Emulation Control Sequence is received and the previous value was 0 or 1 If the previous value was 2 or higher the Extended Emulation Mode is left unchanged 3 A new Extended Emulation Mode setting will not take effect until the next Warm Start Related 041 Escape Character parameters 104 Extended Emulation Control Sequence 041 Escape Character Selects the DBC character code used for Single Byte Transparency User Definable Strings and Extended Emulation Mode 1 Value Description 10 BF Escape Character DBC character code 2E Factory default value 00 Disable Escape Character Note 3 Notes 1 This parameter value must be entered as a DBC character code 2 The Escape character is automatically set when the Extended Emulation Control Sequence is received 3 If parameter 040 Extended Emulation Mode is set to 1 and this parameter is set to 00 SCS code 27 is translated to ASCII 1B Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 78 THE PARAMETER LIST Related 040 Extended Emulation Mode parameters Notes 104 Extended Emulation Control Sequence 042 Option Select 1 Controls 8 independent switches Each bit represents one switch Value Description 00 FF See switch descriptions below 02
3. e lt ESC gt is the Escape Character SN is the string number given as a hexadecimal digit in the range 0 through C Note 1 The string number 0 corresponds to the protocol converter string number 01 and C corresponds to 0D Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 143 COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS Memorex 2068 To activate the 2068 compatible mode the Extended Emulation Mode type 4 must be entered Use the following configuration file amp amp 22 Enter Extended Emulation Mode SP Configuration Lead in Sequence 40 4 Set Extended Emulation type 4 permanently 207 10 Initialize 207 12 Save configuration permanently End of configuration The Memorex 2068 printer uses special commands for printer control Syntax lt 5 gt lt gt e ESC is the Escape Character parameter 041 FC is the Function Code see the table below Code Function Code Function 10 Set Italic toggle 89 Set 12 CPI 1C Set Boldface toggle 8A Set 15 CPI 1D Set Underline toggle 8B Set 17 CPI 1E Set Elongated toggle 8C Set 2 LPI 1F Reset attributes 10 1 8D Set 4 LPI 80 Set draft fixed pitch 8E Set 6 LPI 81 Set NLQ fixed pitch 8F Set 8 LPI 82 Set draft proportional 91 Select Sheet Feeder 1 83 Set NLQ proportional 92 Send UDS 12 84 87 Reserved 93 Select Sheet Feeder 2 88 Set 10 CPI 94 Send UDS 13 Note 1
4. e EP is EBCDIC to DBC table position e DV is the DBC Character Code value Notes 1 The EBCDIC to DBC table positions range from 40 to FF 2 Changing the System Language overrides all table modifications Axis 7 Technical Reference 106 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS 205 Edit DBC to ASCII Translation Table This function allows you to modify the current DBC to ASCII translation table analogous to the View Edit DBC to ASCII table entry in the Character Translation Menu Syntax lt DP gt AV1 AV2 2 AVn DP is the DBC to ASCII table position e AVi through AVs are ASCII Character Code values Notes The DBC to ASCII table positions range from 00 to FF 1 2 Positions CO through FF are available in LU 1 SCS mode only 3 Changing the System Language overrides all table modifications 4 See also page 46 206 Edit DBC to ASCII APL Translation Table This function allows you to modify the DBC to ASCII APL translation table Syntax and notes are the same as for function 205 207 1 Print test functions and Printer Drivers Produces a list of the available test functions and Printer Drivers 207 6 Reserved 207 7 HPGL Line Line sent to HP 7475 7550 compatible plotters to test communication 207 8 HPGL Loop Repeated lines sent to HP 7475 7550 compatible plotters to test communication Exited by turning the rotary switch to 9 and ba
5. 0 An additional NL is generated 1 No NL is generated Notes 1 This switch is used in DSC DSE mode only 2 This switch emulates an IBM RPQ Bit 3 08 Lock MPP Value Description 0 MPP will be set by the LU 1 SCS SHF command 1 MPP is locked to the parameter setting Related 003 Maximum Print Position parameter Bit 4 10 New Line after Extended Emulation Sequence Value Description 0 Suppress NL command after Ext Emulation Sequence 1 Don t suppress NL command after Ext Emul Sequence Note 1 Set this switch to 0 so suppress the LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE NL command after all lines containing Extended Emulation Sequences Bit 5 20 CR and Space Character Buffering Value Description 0 Buffer CR and space characters 1 Print CR and space characters immediately Bit 6 7 40 80 Reserved Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 86 THE PARAMETER LIST 070 Transparency Lead In Sequence This sequence bypasses the normal emulation and starts a Multi byte Transparency session Value Description any seq Multi byte Transparency start sequence empty Multi byte Transparency disabled 2E 2E Factory default sequence Notes 1 This sequence will be automatically set when the Extended Emulation Control Sequence is received 2 This sequence is valid in Extended Emulation Modes 2 3 4 and 5 In modes 0 and 1 the sequence will be interpreted as printable characters
6. Null Suppression see Appendix page 136 007 Form Feed before Hardcopy Enables an optional Form Feed before a Local Copy print buffer Value Description Yes Send a Form Feed before Local Copy print buffer Don t send a Form Feed before Local Copy print buffer 1 This function is not available in the emulated printers 008 Form Feed after Hardcopy Enables an optional Form Feed after a Local Copy print buffer Value Description Send a Form Feed after Local Copy print buffer No Don t send a Form Feed after Local Copy print buffer 1 This parameter emulates an printer front panel switch 009 Monocase Print all characters in upper case Value Description Yes Convert lower case characters to upper case No Don t convert lower case characters 1 This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch 010 Suppress Control Codes Enables suppression of all LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE Control Codes Use this parameter to lock out IBM 3270 commands when print formatting is controlled by pass through Escape sequences Value Description Yes Suppress all LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE Control Codes No Don t suppress Control Codes Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 68 Notes Related parameter Notes Notes Related parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 011 True Line Feed Controls the emulation of the LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE LF commands Value Descriptio
7. Error handling Invalid parameter number Undefined and non sequence parameters are ignored Notes 1 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 2 Only decimal parameter numbers may be used Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 42 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Data Parameter numbers must always be specified as decimal values Pass through data can Representation specified as either hexadecimal values or as ASCII data Delimiters can be used and Delimiters during Multi Byte Transparency but not mandatory during Multi Byte Transparency Data representation and delimiters during Multi Byte Transparency Data Type Delimiter Character Example Of Use Note 1 Parameter Number 11 120 2C 120 8 2B 8120 Hexadecimal Value Note 2 0 or Oc Text String ASCII char 12 ASCII CODED TEXT 13 ASCII CODED TEXT Delimiter SP 10 120 DATA Note 3 33 120 DATA 632 120 DATA 34 120 DATA BE 120 DATA Suppress text amp control codes 31 Note 4 Normal mode 35 Note 4 Notes 1 Character codes are the DBC codes that are valid If you use SCS LU 1 make sure that a System Language matching your host settings is used No character should be used to denote a hexadecimal value 3 Only valid if set in parameter 100 option select 3 See page 145 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 43 EXTENDED EMULATION
8. Function Number gt lt Argument not all functions Any number of functions can be called before the TCT stop sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 27 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Data Parameter and function numbers must always be specified as decimal values Other Representation data can use alternative representations but must during Configuration from the and Delimiters System be separated by delimiter during Configuration Data Type Delimiter Character Example Of Use Note 1 Parameter Number 11 2120 2 120 8 2B 120 Decimal Value Note 2 12 Hexadecimal Value 1A 0C or 0c Note 3 1F 0 or 0 Binary Value 00100111 Text String ASCII char 612 ASCII CODED TEXT 13 ASCII CODED TEXT Text String EBCDIC char 14 DBC CODED TEXT 96 2 DBC CODED Yes Value y 98 y Y 88 Y No Value n 8D n N AD N Comment start 0D comments will be ignored Comment stop 0C comments will be ignored Delimiter SP 10 120 DATA Note 4 33 120 DATA 32 120 DATA 34 120 DATA BE 120 DATA Notes 1 Character codes are the DBC codes that are valid If you use SCS LU 1 make sure that a System Language matching your host settings is used No character should be used to denote a decimal value 3 When programming string parameters or
9. 3 This sequence must be entered in DBC character codes or literally i e lt 2E 2E gt or lt gt sets The Transparency Lead In Sequence to 9 4 Ifthis sequence is empty the Multi byte transparency is disabled Related 040 Extended Emulation Mode 072 Transparency Config Trailer Seq parameters 071 Configuration Lead In Sequence 104 Extended Emulation Control Seq 071 Configuration Lead In Sequence This sequence bypasses the normal emulation and starts a Configuration from the System session Value Description any seq Configuration Lead in Sequence empty Configuration disabled 2E AF Factory default sequence Notes 1 This sequence will be automatically set when the Extended Emulation Control Sequence is received 2 This sequence is valid in Extended Emulation Modes 2 3 4 and 5 In modes 0 and 1 the sequence will be interpreted as printable characters 3 This sequence must be entered in DBC character codes or literally i e lt 52 5 gt or lt P gt sets The Transparency Lead In Sequence to P 4 If this sequence is empty the Multi byte transparency is disabled Related parameters 040 Extended Emulation Mode 072 Transparency Config Trailer Seq 070 Transparency Lead In Sequence 104 Extended Emulation Control Seq Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 87 THE PARAMETER LIST 072 Transparency Configuration Trailer Sequence This sequence ends a Multi b
10. Yes Set Letter Quality at Power Up and Warm Start Set Draft at Power and Warm Start Notes 1 The Letter Quality setting is overridden by LU 1 SCS PPM command avoid this set Lock Print Quality 112 to Yes 2 This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch Related 053 Set Letter Quality 112 Lock Print Quality parameters 054 Exit Letter Quality 016 Left Margin Adds a Left Margin by inserting a specified number of spaces Value Description 0 255 Starting print position 1 Factory default value no Left Margin 0 Same as 4 Notes 1 Setting a Left Margin greater than 1 might cause problems when using the pass through function To avoid this set the margin as described in note 2 2 Left Margin width depends on the current CPI setting To set a fixed Left Margin adjust the paper path matrix printers or insert a Left Margin command in the Power Up Sequence laser printers 3 This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch Related 004 Character Density parameters 060 Power Up Sequence 017 Sheet Feeder Selects the default paper source Value Description 0 Select paper source defined by 82 1 Select paper source defined by 61 2 Select paper source defined by 62 3 Select paper source defined by 83 Sheet Feeder 0 Sheet Feeder 1 Sheet Feeder 2 Envelope Feeder Note 1 The specified paper source sequ
11. 11 BUSY 11 BUSY 12 PE 12 PE 13 SELECT 13 SELECT 14 AUTO FEED 14 AUTO FEED 18 5V 18 45V 19 30 GND 19 30 GND 31 INIT 31 INIT 32 ERROR 32 ERROR 36 SELECT IN Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 36 SELECT IN 154 CABLES Power Connector If power is supplied from an external source a Japanese power plug with dimensions according to the illustration below should be used Outer diameter 5 5 mm Inner diameter o 2 5 mm Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 155 UPGRADING FIRMWARE APPENDIX F UPGRADING FIRMWARE Does not apply to the Axis 370 Cobra The AX 7 Cobra firmware can easily be upgraded by replacing the EPROM chip located inside the unit To replace the EPROM proceed as follows Caution The AX 7 Cobrat circuit board is static sensitive Mishandling may cause permanent damage to its components Make sure to take all recommended precautions related to static sensitive devices Turn off the AX 7 Cobra by removing the power supply connector Disconnect the system and printer connections Unscrew the two screws on the back panel Gently pull the back panel The attached circuit board with the EPROM will slide out of the box pe po ders 5 Gently remove the EPROM from its socket using a flat screwdriver It is very important to insert the screwdriver from the edge facing the front panel See above illustration If the screwdriver is inserted the wrong way the
12. 00 FF XON Character 11 Factory default value 037 XOFF Character Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Selects the XOFF Character for serial communication Value Description 00 FF XOFF Character 13 Factory default value 038 Set Top of Form Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to set the Top of Form Position Value Description any seq Set Top of Form Sequence Notes 1 The default sequence depends on the selected printer driver 2 This sequence is sent at Power Up and when the Form Length setting is changed Related 001 Form Length parameter Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference Fi THE PARAMETER LIST 039 Force Last Line Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to force out the line buffer Value Description any seq lt empty gt Force Last Line Sequence Factory default sequence Notes 1 This sequence is sent after DSC DSE buffers and Last in Chain LU 1 SCS buffers Use this sequence when the print job doesn t end with a line terminating command 3 If your printer doesn t have a Print Line Buffer command use a Carriage Return 0D instead 040 Extended Emulation Mode Selects the default Extended Emulation Mode Value Description 0 No Extended Emulation Mode Escape Char translates to 1B ASCII Default Extended Emulation Mode MPI compatible mode Memorex 2068 compatible Maersk Data compatible mode
13. 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 126 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 285 English UK Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 127 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 286 Austrian German alt ese 7 e o a e c o e e 9 Notes 1 The light shaded areas CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 128 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 287 Danish Norwegian alt Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 129 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 288 Swedish Finnish alt E e5 6 7 e a e c 0 E F e Lo Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CEC
14. Power Up Sequence 83 PPM See Print Presentation Media Print Presentation Media LU 1 SCS Control Code 28 Printer Cable Centronics Parallel 148 PC Host Sharing 149 RS232 Serial 148 Printer Control Information Area 10 Printer Driver 62 Printer Drivers Load internal function 109 Printer Replacement 50 Printer Sharing Device 55 Problems additional empty lines or spaces 58 corrupted printouts 58 lost characters at end of line 58 page breaks 58 text positioning 59 Proportional Pitch Select 66 Sequence 81 PS 167 Q Query 167 AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference R Right to Left Mode Sequence 85 Rotary Switch 140 RPQ 167 S SA See Set Attribute Screen Size Select 74 Set Attribute LU 1 SCS Control Code 23 Set Factory Defaults 140 Set Horizontal Format LU 1 SCS Control Code 25 Set Line Density LU 1 SCS Control Code 27 Set Print Density LU 1 SCS Control Code 27 Set Text Orientation LU 1 SCS Control Code 27 Set Vertical Format LU 1 SCS Control Code 26 Sheet Feeder 0 sequence 90 1 Sequence 83 2 Sequence 83 Select default 70 SHF See Set Horizontal Format SLD See Set Line Density SNA 167 SNA See System Network Architecture Space as delimiter 92 buffering 86 SPD See Set Print Density Start Conditions 140 Start of Job Sequence 102 STO See Set Text Orientation String Substitutions 50 112 Str
15. VTAM needs to be set up depending on desired LU type The following VTAM logon mode entries apply to MVS VM and VSE The logon mode entries are the same for all emulated IBM printers selected by the protocol converter IBM Printer Emulation parameter SNA LU 1 SCS SCS MODEENT LOGMODE SCS FMPROF X 03 TSPROF X 03 PRIPROT X BI SECPROT X 90 COMPROT X 3080 RUSIZES X 87C6 PSERVIC X 01000000E100000000000000 PSNDPAC X 01 SRCVPAC X 01 SNA LU 3 3270 DSE DSCAK MODEENT LOGMODE DSCAK FMPROF X 03 TSPROF X 03 PRIPROT X B l SECPROT X 90 COMPROT X 3080 RUSIZES X 8787 PSERVIC X 03000000000018502B507F00 Note 1 Continuation characters in column 72 are not shown You also need to match the Printer Emulation setting in protocol converter with the setting of your 3270 printer driver software JES 328x VPS CMA Spool RSCS etc Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 15 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES SECTION 2 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES This section describes the emulation of IBM control codes in DSC DSE and LU 1 SCS communication modes Control codes are the IBM 3270 equivalent to ASCII escape sequences The LU 1 SCS mode has a large number of control codes but the DSC DSE mode supports only a few Instead print control is obtained by PCIA settings base buffer attributes and extended attributes See page 10 for an explanation of the PCIA settings Ba
16. arise when these products diverge from the IBM specifications If the protocol converter to be replaced utilizes non standard command code interpretation the printout from the protocol converter will look different The only way to solve this problem is to modify the host applications to fit the IBM specifications Another area of difficulties is when configuration commands are included in the applications Since all protocol converter manufacturers use their own configuration method the applications need to be modified also in this case This is a good cause for using configuration files separated from your applications However in most cases it is possible to replace other protocol converters The protocol converter can emulate many different hex transparency formats which is the most common non IBM function You can also filter out configuration commands by using the string substitution function The following pages shows configuration file examples on how to achieve hex transparency compatibility with a number of different protocol converters Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 141 COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS Agile 6287 Ultra The 6287 Ultra uses two different hex transparency methods the Cent Sign Dollar Sign method and the Cent Sign Count Byte method Use the following configuration file to emulate the Cent Sign Dollar Sign method amp amp 22 Enter Extended Emulation Mode SP Configuration Lead
17. be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the Class A limits Europe This digital equipment fulfils the requirements for radiated emission according to limit B of EN55022 1987 and the requirements for immunity according to EN50082 1 1992 residential commercial and light industry Compliance is not valid for unshielded network and printer cables TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IBM Epson Fujitsu OKI Diablo Philips Mannesmann Brother Hewlett Packard LaserJet Cannon Xerox are registered trademarks of the respective holders 7 Cobra Technical Reference Revision 6 0 Part No 12937 Dated February 1997 Copyright Axis Communications AB 1992 1997 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 4 CONTENTS Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Section 9 Section 10 Section 11 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT Copy Controls Communication Methods The Communications Buffer The Printer Control Information Area PCIA The Printer Output Area 3270 Host Configuration IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES DSC DSE Base Buffer Attributes DSC DSE Extended Attributes DSC DSE Control Codes THEORY OF OPERATION Data Flow Chart Protocol Converters Data Processing Control EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Using Extended Emulation Mode Extended Emulation Mode Types Configuration from the System Hex Transparency Redefinition of Lead in and Trailer Sequences Modifying the Cha
18. data ASCII EBCDIC Char Codes Char Codes DSC DSE data DBC Char Codes LU 1 data stream EBCDIC codes are first translated into DBC Device Buffer Code which is the internal character representation format The DBC codes are then translated into ASCII codes DSC DSE data stream DBC codes are translated directly into ASCII codes Notes 1 The active EBCDIC to DBC translation table depends on the selected System Language 2 The active DBC to ASCII translation table depends on the selected ASCII Character Set which is a part of the Printer Driver Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 45 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE The DBC to The DBC to ASCII table is modified by the internal function 205 see page 107 ASCII table positions 00 trough FF may be modified but note that only positions 08 Translation Table through BF are used in DSC DSE mode Each table position may contain either a single ASCII code or a sequence of ASCII codes The length of these sequences are only limited by the Free String Area Example If the Printer Driver HP LaserJet III with the ASCII Character Set PC 850 is selected the following commands replaces the with a in the DBC to ASCII table This will print the tilde character as a filled diamond in both LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE modes Since the filled diamond is not available in PC 850 it is necessary to temporarily switch character sets SP 205 3B 1B 28 36 4D C1
19. 1 program parameter 128 page 37 207 10 internal function call page 37 Transp Config Trailer Sequence page 37 0 Single byte transparency page 39 or User Defined string page 49 51B amp a8L Multi byte transparency page 40 8472000 exit Extended Emulation Mode Note 2 Note 1 This is the default enter Extended Emulation Mode sequence The sequence be altered if needed See also page 34 2 This is the default exit Extended Emulation Mode sequence The sequence can be altered if needed See also page 35 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference dd EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Enter Extended Extended Emulation Mode is entered by inserting the enter Extended Emulation Mode sequence into your document Emulation Mode Syntax Note Example Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference lt 5 gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt EECS gt is the Extended Emulation Control Sequence Parameter 104 The default sequence is amp amp lt a gt b and c are three printable characters to be used for subsequent extended emulation functions Result Number Title New contents 040 041 070 071 072 Extended Emulation Mode Escape Character Transparency Lead in Sequence Configuration Lead in Sequence TRN Conf Trailer Sequence 2 a a b lt gt lt gt lt gt 1 The characters a b and
20. 2 A Print Quality sequence is sent at Power Up Warm Start and after receiving the LU 1 SCS PPM command unless Lock Print Quality 112 is set to Yes 015 Letter Quality 112 Lock Print Quality 056 Set Boldface Sequence 057 Exit Boldface Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to start and stop boldface printing Value Description any seq Set Exit Boldface Sequence The default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 Set Boldface sequence is sent when a DSC DSE Highlight attribute code is received and Highlight 019 is set to 1 Boldface 3 The Exit Boldface sequence is sent at Power Up Warm Start and when a DSC DSE Normal attribute code is received in Boldface active mode 019 Highlight 122 Exit Simulated Bold Sequence 121 Set Simulated Bold Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 82 Notes Related parameter Notes Notes Related parameter THE PARAMETER LIST 058 Set Underline Sequence 059 Exit Underline Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to start and stop underlining Value Description any seq Set Exit Underline Sequence The default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 The Set Underline sequence is sent after receiving the LU 1 SCS SA Underscore command and when a DSC DSE Highlight attribute code is received and Highlight 019 is set to 2 Underline 3 The Exit Bold
21. 49 HP LaserJet III 50 Canon LBP 8 111 51 IBM 4019 PPDS 54 IBM 4029 PPDS 55 HP LaserJet 4 56 IBM 4039 PCL 5 Does not apply to the Axis 370 Cobra Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 56 SOLVING PROBLEMS SECTION 7 SOLVING PROBLEMS This Section helps you solve common problems that might arise when installing or using your protocol converter There are two major areas of difficulty Missing printouts ncorrect host printouts Missing Printouts If the installation has been done correctly and you still don t get printouts as expected check the following steps for problem determination Q Is the POWER indicator on A No Your printer cannot supply the protocol converter You must use an external power supply Q Is the attached printer on line Ready A No Set the printer on line see the printer manual Q Is the printer correctly attached A Make sure that the protocol converter printer cable is connected to the proper port If your printer has both parallel and serial input ports the printer must be set up for the printer cable type parallel serial you are using For serial attached printers Are the serial parameters correct A Make sure that the baud rate stop bits parity and word length settings match your printer settings If XON XOFF protocol is used 136 PC Host Time out must be set to 0 System printouts Is the SYSTEM indicator A No The protocol converter
22. APPENDIX G TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 159 APPENDIX RELATED DOCUMENTATION 162 APPENDIX HOW TO CONTACT AXIS 163 Axis on line service 163 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 6 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT SECTION 1 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT This section describes the IBM environment in which the protocol converter is intended to operate in For further details refer to the documents listed in Appendix H Copy Controls There are three different operations that can cause the protocol converter to start a print operation Host Directed Copy The host sends print data directly to the protocol converter normal print operation HostInitiated Local Copy The host sends the information displayed on a terminal to the protocol converter This operation is activated by pressing the Print Screen function key set up by the application Operator Initiated Local Copy The display station operator sends the information displayed on a terminal to the protocol converter by pressing the Local copy key application independent Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 4 System Network Architecture Binary Synchronous Communication THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT Communication Methods The protocol converter communicates with the IBM 3270 environment through a 3x74 Control Unit using either SNA System Network Architecture or non SNA Binary Synchronous Communication BSC as shown in the diagram below SNA non SNA SDLC or BSC
23. All other codes below 80 will be sent transparently to the printer Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 144 COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS AT 02 AT 02 uses two percent signs both as transparency lead in and trailer sequences This is supported by Extended Emulation Mode type 3 set by the following configuration file amp amp 2 Enter Extended Emulation Mode SP Configuration Lead in Sequence 40 3 Set Extended Emulation type 3 permanently 207 10 Initialize 207 12 Save configuration permanently 5 End of configuration note the new trailer sequence AT 02 uses two special sequences which are also supported by the protocol converter and All character and control codes between these sequences are suppressed The MPI Simple Pass Through function is equal to the protocol converter Single Byte Transparency Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 145 USING THE MD GRAFTEXT SOFTWARE APPENDIX D USING THE MD GRAFTEXT SOFTWARE MD GRAFTEXTO is a software package from Maersk Data A S offering DCF SCRIPT users font selection and graphics capabilities The Extended Emulation Mode type 5 is designed for printing MD GRAFTEXT applications Use the following configuration file assuming that the Escape Character is backward apostrophe amp amp 7 P Enter Extended Emulation Mode Configuration Lead in Sequence 107 48 Select the
24. Base Color settings Displayed color Printed color Base Color Black Base Color Green Green Black Green Red Red Red Blue Blue Blue White Green Black 2 This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch 3 This parameter is valid in LU 1 SCS mode only 127 Enable Base Color 131 Blue Color Sequence 129 Black Color Sequence 132 Red Color Sequence 130 Green Color Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 96 THE PARAMETER LIST 129 Black Color Sequence 130 Green Color Sequence 131 Blue Color Sequence 132 Red Color Sequence 133 Magenta Color Sequence 134 Cyan Color Sequence 135 Yellow Color Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to select color printing Value Description any seq lt empty gt Color Sequence Factory default Notes 1 These sequences are sent after receiving the LU 1 SCS SA Color command unless Extended Attribute Buffer 124 is set to 0 2 They are also sent after receiving a DSC DSE Base Buffer Attribute if Highlight 019 is set to 3 3 The printed colors may differ from the IBM colors depending on the color ribbon These sequences are sent when printing GDDM in color GDDM Color 143 set to 1 or 2 Related 019 Highlight 128 Base Color parameters 124 Extended Attribute Buffer EAB 136 PC Host Time out Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra A timer value controlling the automatic switching between PC
25. Beginning of query Bit2 7 Reserved Load Struct Field BitO 7 Reserved Address Function Bit Code Description 0018 Maximum This byte specifies the MPP for DSC DSE Print modes If zero the default MPP setting is used Position 0019 to Reserved 0021 0022 Extended Bit 0 Reserved Order Bit 1 0 Continue on error Any unsupported LU 1 control code causes a hyphen to be printed 1 Stop on error Any unsupported LU 1 control code causes a Function not supported to the host Bit 2 7 Reserved 0023 to Reserved 002F 0030 LCID Code 00 Non loadable character set always 00 0031 Table Code 00 0032 Code F1 APL character set if installed 0033 Code 00 0034 Value LCID for PS 2 0035 Value APA value for PS 2 0036 Value LCID for PS 3 0037 Value APA value for PS 3 0038 Value LCID for PS 4 0039 Value APA value for PS 4 003A Value LCID for PS 5 003B Value APA value for PS 5 003C Value LCID for PS 6 003D Value APA value for PS 6 003E Value LCID for PS 7 003F Value APA value for PS 7 0040 to Reserved 0049 004A to Test Test message from the Control Unit 004D Message e g AA 32 74 AA for 3274 004E to Reserved 004F Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 14 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT 3270 Host Configuration The protocol converter supports non SNA LU 0 3270 DSC SNA LU 3 3270 DSE and SNA LU 1 SCS data streams When printing in an SNA network
26. Configuration from the System This function enables you to configure the protocol converter without using the Configuration from a Terminal described in the User s Manual The configuration is done by including parameter programming commands and internal function calls in your document To use these commands the Extended Emulation Mode has to be invoked page 33 Syntax CLI Parameter Funct i Parameter Funct Parameter Funct s TCT e lt CLI gt is the configuration Lead In sequence parameter 071 The default sequence is e lt Parameter Funct gt are parameter programming commands or internal function calls TCT is the Transparency Configuration Trailer Sequence parameter 072 The default sequence is Parameter parameter programming command consists of an equal sign a parameter number Programming acomma and a parameter value The command is valid only within a configuration sequence Syntax Parameter Number gt lt Parameter Value or String gt Any number of parameters can be programmed before the TCT stop sequence Note 1 Only decimal parameter numbers may be used Internal Function The internal function call consists of an equal sign a function number a comma and Calls function parameter value The command is valid only within a configuration sequence The internal functions are described in Section 10 page 106 Syntax
27. EBCDIC character ta bles supported by IBM 4224 and other modern IBM printers CECP tables are backward compatible with the old EBCDIC tables the difference is that all previously undefined are now assigned The AX 7 Cobra supports LU 1 SCS CECP for all IBM printer emu lations but DSC DSE CECP is only available in the IBM 4224 em ulation The first half of the communications buffer The codes representing printable characters LU 1 SCS character codes are 40 FF DSC DSE character codes are 08 BF Coaxial cable The standard medium for connecting 3270 devices The IBM term for character table See also CECP The Power up Sequence 060 is sent to the printer followed by the page formatting commands A cold start occurs only at power up See also Warm Start A buffer for temporary storage of print data The first half is the character or base buffer the second half is the extended attribute buffer EAB Codes used for printer control e g Carriage Return and Form Feed LU 1 SCS control codes are 00 3F DSC DSE control codes are 00 07 The limited number of DSC DSE control codes are partly compensated for by using Attributes for additional printer control Computer output Reduction Printout in landscape orientation with reduced horizontal and vertical spacing Device Buffer Code The internal character representation in the AX 7 Cobra and also the character table used in DSC DSE mode Data Stream
28. Factory default value Bit 0 01 Reserved Bit 1 02 Form Feed valid in Ist line Value Description 0 FF command not valid in 1st line 1 FF valid in 1st line 1 This switch is used in DSC DSE mode only 2 Set this switch to 1 to suppress empty forms default 3 This switch emulates an IBM RPQ Bit 2 04 Reserved Bit 3 08 SHF Maximum Print Position select Selects the Maximum Print Position to use after receiving a Set Horizontal Format LU 1 SCS command see section 2 4 with no arguments Value Description 0 Use default Maximum Print Position 1 Use current Maximum Print Position Bit 4 10 Reserved Bit 5 20 SVF Maximum Page Length select Selects the Maximum Page Length to use after receiving a Set Vertical Format LU 1 SCS command see section 2 4 with no arguments Value Description 0 Use default Maximum Page Length 1 Use current Maximum Page Length Bit 6 40 Extended SCS Transparency Value Description 0 SCS TRN data is interpreted as SCS character codes 1 SCS TRN data is interpreted as ASCII character codes Bit 7 80 Action at coax communication loss Value Description 0 No action at communication loss 1 Power On Reset will be sent 60 seconds after communication loss Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 79 THE PARAMETER LIST Note 1 This switch emulates IBM printer front panel switch 045 IBM Printer Emulation Selects the IBM
29. Lead In Sequence Specifies the part of the Form Length command that precedes the Form Length value Value Description any seq Form Length Lead In Sequence 1 default setting depends on the selected printer driver 2 Form Length Sequences are only used when True Form Feed 013 is set to Yes 013 True Form Feed 029 Form Length Trailer Sequence 028 Form Length Format Sequence 028 Form Length Format Sequence Specifies the format of the Form Length value in the Form Length command Byte no Value Description 1 1 Set value as number of lines 2 Set value as no of lines lines per inch constant 2 1 Binary format Add offset from byte 4 2 Decimal format 3 0 255 Constant 4 0 255 Binary offset 1 default setting depends on the selected printer driver 029 Form Length Trailer Sequence Specifies the part of the Form Length command that succeeds the Form Length value Value Description any seq Form Length Trailer Sequence 1 default setting depends on the selected printer driver 030 Inverted Busy Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Controls the serial interface DTR Ready Busy signal polarity Value Description Yes DTR is low when printer is busy DTR is high when printer is busy 1 Set this parameter to Yes when the printer s signal polarity is inverted e g for some plotters Axis AX 7 Cobra Techn
30. Programmable Transparency Function data pass through Bar Codes e Start End of Job Strings Automatic Orientation COR XEROX XPAF support Optional Hardware Specifications AX 7 Cobra family only Size 100 25 90 mm 4 0 x1 0 x3 5 Weight 0 25 kg 0 55 Ib Power Max 170mA at 5V DC supplied via Centronics printer cable or 200mA at 9V AC 12V DC via optional External Power Supply Axis 370 Cobra only e Size 29 55 100 mm 1 2 x2 2 x4 0 Weight 0 15 kg 0 3 Ib Power 5 VDC min 170 mA from printer parallel port or Axis power supply PS A 9 VAC min 300 mA Approvals FCC 15B class A and CE EN 50081 1 EN 50082 1 e Safety EN 60950 UL CSA Approved power supply for all countries Environments Temp 5 40 C 40 1057 Humidity 20 8096 non condensing specifications are subject to change without prior notice Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 161 APPENDIX H RELATED DOCUMENTATION RELATED DOCUMENTATION Title Part No AX 7 User s Manual 12821 IBM 3274 Control Unit Customizing Guide GA23 0065 6 IBM 3174 Subsystem Control Unit Customizing Guide GA23 0214 1 IBM 3174 Character Set Reference GA27 3831 04 IBM 3287 Printer Models 1C and 2C Components Description GA27 3229 2 IBM 3268 Printer Models 2 and 2C Description GA27 3268 2 IBM 4214 Printer Model 1 Product Description GC31 2563 1 IBM 3262 Printer Models 3 and 13 Components Description GA2
31. Related parameter THE PARAMETER LIST 020 Form Feed Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to generate a Form Feed Value Description any seq Form Feed Sequence empty Suppress the FF command 0C Factory default sequence 1 This sequence is sent at receiving a LU 1 SCS or DSC DSE FF command and after the last line on the current form unless Form Length 001 is set to 07 2 If True Form Feed 31013 16 set to Line Feeds will be used to emulate a Form Feed 3 To suppress the LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE FF commands empty the Form Feed Sequence 001 Form Length 013 True Form Feed 021 New Line Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to generate a New Line Value Description any seq New Line Sequence empty Suppress the NL command 0D 0A Factory default sequence 1 This sequence is sent at receiving a LU 1 SCS or DSC DSE NL command and after printing at the Maximum Print Position unless Maximum Print Position 003 is set to 0 2 To suppress the LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE commands empty the New Line Sequence 003 Maximum Print Position Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 72 Notes Related parameter Notes Related parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 022 Carriage Return Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to generate a Carriage Return Value Description any seq Carriage Return Sequence empty Sup
32. SA LU 1 control code Bit 6 7 00 Use the Base Color switch setting 01 Disable Base Color override switch setting 10 Enable Base Color override switch setting 11 Reserved 0011 Mode 2 BitO 2 Reserved Bit3 4 00 Host Directed Copy 01 Host Initiated Local Copy 10 Operator Initiated Local Copy 11 Reserved Bit 5 7 000 No mode 001 Data stream Compatible Mode DSC 101 Data stream Emulation Mode SNA DSE 110 LU 1 SCS mode All other codes are reserved 0012 to Message MSA These bytes define the character buffer address 0013 Starting where the current message begins Address 0014 to Message ML These bytes define the length of the current 0015 Length message If the length is zero nothing is printed In LU 1 mode data will wrap from the end of the character buffer to address 0050 In DSC DSE modes no wrapping occurs 0016 Order Code 01 Abort Code 02 System Status Available Code 03 Header Processing Code 04 DSC DSE Load PS Code 05 Load Translate Table Code 06 DSC DSE Query Code 07 DSC Load Structured Field Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 12 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT Address Function Bit Code Description 0017 LU 1 mode The bits have different meanings for different orders Order Parameters Abort BitO 7 Reserved System Code 00 Mode change Status Code 02 Enter send state Available Code 03 Enter receive
33. and Host input Value Description 0 255 Valid range 0 Host input only 10 10 seconds delay default 254 254 seconds delay maximum 255 PC serial input only Note 1 When an input gains control the other inputs will be held busy until the PC Host Time out has expired Related 137 PC Host Sequence 152 PC Host TOF Sequence parameters 138 Host PC Serial Sequence 154 Resend Host PC Sequence 141 Host PC Parallel Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 97 Related parameters Related parameters Notes Related parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 137 PC Host Sequence Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Sent before a System Print Buffer preceded by a PC Serial or PC Parallel printout Value Description lt gt any seq No sequence is sent default Printer control commands 136 PC Host Time out 141 Host PC Parallel Sequence 138 Host PC Serial Sequence 152 PC Host TOF Sequence 154 Resend Host PC Sequence 138 Host PC Serial Sequence Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Sent before a PC Serial printout preceded by a System Print Buffer or PC Parallel printout Value Description lt empty gt lt any seq gt No sequence is sent default Printer control commands 136 PC Host Time out 152 PC Host TOF Sequence 137 PC Host Sequence 154 Resend Host PC Sequence 141 Host PC Parallel Sequence 139 End of Job Time out Controls the E
34. bit symbol set 6 French Belgian 7 bit symbol set 7 Spanish 7 bit symbol set 8 Japanese 7 bit symbol set 9 XBASIC Arabic 8 bit symbol set 10 2 Arabic 8 bit symbol set 11 PC Set 2 8 bit symbol set 12 Roman 8 8 bit symbol set 13 PC 850 8 bit symbol set 14 ISO ECMA94 8 bit symbol set 15 PC 942 Shift JIS 8 bit symbol set 16 JIS X0201 8 bit symbol set 20 PC 864 Arabic 8 bit symbol set 21 PC 862 Hebrew 8 bit symbol set 22 PC 869 Greek 8 bit symbol set 23 PC 857 Turkish 8 bit symbol set 25 PC 855 Oyrillic 8 bit symbol set 26 PC 852 PC Latin 2 8 bit symbol set 27 PC 851 Greek 8 bit symbol set 28 PC 874 Thai 8 bit symbol set Notes 1 The default setting depends on the selected printer driver 2 selected Character Set must match the printer s symbol set If this parameter is changed the Power Up Sequence 060 must be edited to select the corresponding symbol set 3 The ASCII character set used must be supported by the printer Related 060 Power Up Sequence parameter Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 84 Notes Related parameters Note Note Related parameter Note Related parameter THE PARAMETER LIST 064 Left to Right Mode Sequence 065 Right to Left Mode Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to activate Left to Right or Right to Left print mode Value Description any seq lt gt Print
35. edit the translation table as described on page 45 or to select another character set in your printer If you have created your own DBC to ASCII translation you might need to modify the power up sequence parameter 060 to select the correct ASCII table in your printer Corrupted This is generally caused by selecting a Printer Driver not matching your printer The printouts control commands will then be misinterpreted by the printer causing corrupted printouts If changing Printer Driver does not help you can use the ASCII hexdump function described later in this section to locate the control commands causing the problem Incorrect page Most likely an incorrect Form Length setting Recommended values are shown on page breaks 64 parameter 001 Make sure that you have selected the correct Printer Driver Lost characters at Some laser printers cannot print a full line of 80 characters in 10 CPI Change the end of line Characters per Inch setting to 12 CPI or modify the 10 CPI sequence contents to select a slightly higher CPI setting For HP LaserJet II and select 10 266 CPI by using the following sequence 1B 28 73 31 30 48 1B 26 6B 31 31 2E 36 38 39 48 These are the commands s10H and Fc amp k11 689H selecting a 10 CPI font with Horizontal Motion Index of 11 689 Additional empty Your system application may assume the utilization of an Several empty lines or spaces line
36. in Sequence 40 2 Set Extended Emulation type 2 permanently 70 lt 155 gt 5 Redefine Transparency Lead in Sequence 12 a Redefine TRN Conf Trailer Sequence 207 10 Initialize 207 12 Save configuration permanently End of configuration note the new trailer sequence The Cent Sign Count byte method cannot be directly emulated by the protocol converter However if only a limited number of different Cent Sign Count byte sequences are used then the String Substitute function can be used to trap these sequences Example sequence 011B is used to generate the ASCII escape character To emulate this function in the protocol converter add the following lines to the configuration file above before the Initialize command 41 51 Redefine the Escape Character as the Cent sign 210 01 01 1B Define 501 51 as Match String 210 02 1B Define 1B as Substitute String You must define string substitutions for all different Cent Sign Count byte sequences that occurs in your applications Andrew Malibu This protocol converter uses I Data transparency formats see the IDA 3270 below Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 142 COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS Avatar MainPrint CG The MainPrint CG has one hex transparency method which is similar to the protocol converter multibyte transparency The default lead in sequence is split vertical bar and backward apostrophe a
37. instructions dealer distributor may ask you to make an error report which should include A printout with a description of the errors e f possible a correct printout A Parameter List A System hexdump An ASCII hexdump Data sent to the protocol converter can also be recorded and analyzed with the Axis Emma System see page 60 You may also send questions and reports using Email to info axis com Sweden info USA info axiscom co jp or info axis com hk Hong Kong and Asia See Appendix I on page 163 for more details Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 59 Printing the Parameter List Producing Hexdumps Example of ASCII hexdump The Emma System SOLVING PROBLEMS The Parameter List shows the complete configuration The parameters are described in Section 9 page 64 To print the Parameter List do as follows Switch the protocol converter and printer off and on Make sure the printer is on line Set the rotary switch to 9 and wait for approx 3 seconds until the SYSTEM indicator starts to flash You are now in the Test Mode Set the rotary switch to 8 to start the printout Set the rotary switch to 9 when the printout is completed The SYSTEM indicator will stop flashing Select position 0 to resume normal print operation A hexdump is a printout where the input data stream is printed as hexadecimal byte values rather than being interprete
38. is not correctly connected to the system or the power up routine has been disturbed Restart the interface power off power on If this doesn t help make sure that the coax cable is properly connected between the interface and system If the cable works with another 3270 printer contact your distributor Flashing The protocol converter is in Test Mode To exit set the rotary switch to position 9 or switch the protocol converter off and on PC printouts Is the PC Host Sharing Configuration correct A See Section 5 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 57 SOLVING PROBLEMS Incorrect Host Printouts There are five major types of incorrect printouts Some characters Characters like are printed as are printed Most likely an incorrect System Language has been selected Select the System incorrectly Language matching your system configuration or Load Translate Table to make your Control Unit down load the System Language for you e Characters like are printed as e i o u Your printer has not been set up for the character set matching the ASCII Character Set selection in the Printer Driver Make sure that you have selected the correct Printer Driver If this doesn t help your printer may not be able to print all the characters that the system produces Print out the DBC to ASCII translation table and compare it to the tables on page 116 and page 117 In some cases it is possible to
39. lt TLI gt is the Transparency Lead In Sequence parameter 070 The default sequence is TCT is the Transparency Configuration Trailer Sequence parameter 072 The default sequence is Any number of hexadecimal values and sequences of ASCII characters can be sent to the printer before the lt gt stop sequence Example three sequences below perform the function sending the command amp a 8 L to the printer This is the HP LaserJet command to set the left margin to the 8th column 1 2661384 or SSIB amp ABL S or SS1BS amp a8L Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 40 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE The first sequence shows the hexadecimal format where the ASCII character codes are given by their hexadecimal representation The second sequence shows a mixed hexadecimal and literal format giving an improved readability In the third sequence the printable characters are entered as normal text This is generally not recommended since a buffer break may disrupt the command by generating control codes Error handling Invalid data If the lead in sequence isn t followed by hexadecimal digits then the Multibyte transparency is terminated and the subsequent characters will be printed The first table below shows the correct syntax and the second table shows the results of a misplaced in different positions Intended sequence Resulting printout Charact
40. parameters in the Parameter List The size of the available string area is printed in the Parameter List header and is also displayed in all string programming menus Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 61 SECTION 8 PRINTER DRIVERS PRINTER DRIVERS A Printer Driver is a device driver containing all the parameters including command sequences and character sets required to drive a particular range of printers The following printer drivers are available as standard Number Printer drivers AX 7 Cobra 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 62 Generic Printer IBM Graphics IBM Proprinter Epson FX EX DFX Epson LQ Fujitsu DL DPL24C Fujitsu DX Epson FX OKI 320 Epson FX OKI 390 Epson LQ OKI 393 Epson LQ OKI 2350 2410 Diablo 630 Philips GP300 Mannesmann MT660 IBM Matrix PPDS IBM 5577 Japan Epson ESC P Japan Brother M 4018 HP LaserJet II HP LaserJet III Canon LBP 8 III IBM 4019 PPDS Xerox 4045 HP 7475 7550 IBM 4029 PPDS HP LaserJet 4 IBM 4039 PCL 5 HP Color LaserJet HP PaintJet XL 300 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Notes 1 7 Cobra only Optional firmware is available for PPDS printers supporting East European and Middle East countries and for XEROX printers supporting XEROX Printer Access Facility ver 2 2 host software Please contact your dealer distributor Axis AX 7 Cobra
41. range 00 3F are printed as hyphens i e control codes in the transparent data stream will not be recognized 2 protocol converter supports an extension of the command where the transparent data is interpreted as ASCII character codes See parameter 042 Option Select 1 bit 6 Extended SCS Transparency Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 24 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES Set Horizontal Format SHF 2B C1 NN MPP LM RM T1 Tn SHF sets the horizontal format control parameters Maximum Print Position MPP Left Margin Left Margin Right Margin RM and up to 128 horizontal tab stops Ti T The count byte NN defines the number of bytes to follow including the count byte Note 1 SHF should be followed by a New Line or Carriage Return to initialize the horizontal format control parameters Count NN Valid range for the count byte is 01 83 Acount of 01 sets all horizontal format control parameters to their default values Maximum Print Position MPP Defines the number of characters per line f MPP is 00 or not specified i e the count byte NN is 01 the Maximum Print Position 15 set to the default value see note 1 Notes 1 The default MPP depends on the selected IBM Printer Emulation IBM 3268 and IBM 4224 use the parameter 004 Maximum Print Position value IBM 3287 IBM 3262 and IBM 4214 use the fixed value 132 2 The MPP setting can be pr
42. the SYSTEM indicator starts to flash you can select one of the following Test Mode functions Pos Test Mode Function Restart same as power off power on Set Factory Default abandon the current configuration See note Print Character Translation Tables all active tables are printed ASCII Hex Dump Mode trap the outgoing data stream and print characters and control commands as hexadecimal values 4 System Hex Dump Mode trap the incoming data stream and print characters and control codes as hexadecimal values 5 6 Reserved o 7 Configuration Mode run the Configuration Utility using a directly attached 3270 terminal see the User s Manual 8 Print Parameter List print the complete configuration 9 Exit Test Mode resume normal print operation Do not forget to set the rotary switch to position 0 again for normal print operation Note Applies to the AXIS 370 Cobra only To set factory default configuration requires a two step operation to avoid accidental activation and loss of configuration settings 1 Setthe rotary switch to position 17 2 Within 2 seconds set the rotary switch to position 27 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 140 COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS APPENDIX C COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS The protocol converter is designed to directly replace one of the emulated IBM printers When replacing other printers or protocol converters problems will often
43. to be active See page 33 Using the information given in the previous sections you can create a new System Language by following these steps 1 Select the default System Language US English and the Printer Driver matching your printer If you are using an ASCII language different from a Printer Driver default you might need to modify the power up sequence parameter 060 to select the correct ASCII language in your printer Make a printout of the DBC to ASCII table 3 Modify the table positions required When the DBC to ASCII table is correct print out the EBCDIC to ASCII and EBCDIC to DBC hex tables 5 Modify the EBCDIC to DBC table so that the EBCDIC to ASCII table prints correctly This method applies both to Configuration from the System and Configuration from a Terminal In the latter case refer to the User s Manual Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 48 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE User Definable Strings There are 255 User Definable String available commonly used for advanced printer control The strings are programmed by internal function 209 see page 111 and can be activated in your applications by using the Escape Character followed by the string number Application following example demonstrates how the User Definable Strings can be used for Example LaserJet III typeface control Typeface Control Configuration file P 209 501 528 573 533 554 Select Courier typeface 209 502 52
44. 0 Off default 1 Fujitsu DPL24C 2 Epson Proprinter 3 HP LaserJet 4 HP LaserJet 2 3 size Notes 1 Select 1 for the Fujitsu DL series printers Select 2 for Epson and Proprinter emulating printers Select 3 for HP LaserJet full size Select 4 for HP LaserJet reduced size 2 The HP LaserJet drivers require HP PCL level 4 A 2 MB memory expansion board is recommended 3 Extended Attribute Buffer 124 must be 1 or 27 when GDDM Support is used When this parameter is changed the protocol converters must be restarted 5 When GDDM is selected the free string area is reduced by approximately 13kb Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 99 Related parameters Note Related parameters Note Related parameter THE PARAMETER LIST 124 Extended Attribute Buffer 143 GDDM Color 147 Graphic Line Feed Sequence 153 Graphics Orientation 155 String before GDDM 156 String after GDDM 143 GDDM Color Selects Color or Monochrome GDDM graphics Value Description 0 Monochrome default 1 Four colors 2 Seven colors 1 When set to 1 or 2 the Color Sequences 129 135 are sent to the printer to produce color graphics 142 GDDM Driver 129 135 Color Sequences 147 Graphic Line Feed Sequence Used by the Programmable Symbols graphics driver to advance the paper Value Description any seq Printer control commands 1 default sequence depen
45. 1 SCS BEL command Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 94 THE PARAMETER LIST 121 Set Simulated Bold Sequence 122 Exit Simulated Bold Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to simulate double strike printing on laser printers by setting resetting microstep adjustment Value Description any seq Set Exit Simulated Bold Sequence Notes 1 The default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 These sequences are sent when a character is printed a second time at the same print position 123 Header Text This sequence is printed on the second line of the Parameter List Value Description Header Text Factory default sequence lt any seq gt lt empty gt Note 1 Use this sequence to add your own information to the Parameter List header 124 Extended Attribute Buffer Controls the Extended Attribute Buffer EAB support as well as the following IBM System Features APL e Color e SCS Save Restore Formats e DSC DSE Queries Query List LU 1 FM Headers Value Description 0 EAB and IBM System Features disabled 1 EAB and IBM System Features enabled APL characters are printed as normal characters 2 EAB and IBM System Features enabled APL characters are emulated by PC Set 2 characters 3 Reserved 4 Reserved Notes 1 The default value depends on the selected printer driver 2 When this parameter is changed the protocol converters must be resta
46. 1B 28 31 32 555 207 10 207 12 9 6 e 2205 is Edit DBC to ASCII Table function call 3B isthe table position for the tilde character e 1B 28 36 4D is the PCL 4 command 6M which selects the Ventura Math as primary symbol set is the ASCII code for the filled diamond in the Ventura Math symbol set e 1B 28 31 32 55 is the PCL 4 command 12U which selects the PC 850 as primary symbol set Note 1 The ASCII codes 00 03 08 0A 0C 0D 0E 1B 20 and 5F have special meanings to the output driver If a DBC code is translated to any of these codes the ASCII code might be translated buffered or not sent to the printer at all To avoid this translate these DBC codes to an ASCII sequence ASCII sequences are sent directly to the printer without any conversion by the output driver Example To translate DBC code BF to ASCII 03 use 205 BF 00 03 00 is ignored by most printers 2 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 46 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE The EBCDIC to Most translation table modification requirements are well taken care of by editing the DBC Translation DBC to ASCII table However there are a few cases where the EBCDIC to DBC also Table to be modified ASystem Language not supported by the protocol converter e g Greek or Hebrew is used e Some chara
47. 20 275 Brazilian 121 277 Danish Norwegian 122 278 Finnish Swedish 123 280 Italian 124 281 Japanese English 125 284 Spanish Speaking 126 285 UK English 127 286 Austrian German alt 128 287 Danish Norwegian alt 129 288 Swedish Finnish alt 130 289 Spanish alt 131 297 French and French AZERTY 132 500 International Set 5 New Swiss French and Belgian 133 ASCII Symbol Sets ASCII Symbol Set Character Tables Page PC Set 2 Code Page 437 134 PC 850 Code Page 850 135 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 115 CHARACTER TABLES DBC Base Character Set a r fellate NEN Note 1 The codes above BF are only available for LU 1 SCS mode EBCDIC to DBC translation Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 116 CHARACTER TABLES DBC CECP Character Set eee piepppptejsje o TY Jejsjo ojeie o r E NR Notes 1 This table is only available for the 4224 emulation The light shaded areas are DSC DSE CECP characters 3 The codes above are only available for LU 1 SCS mode EBCDIC to translation N Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 117 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page number 037 English US Netherlands Portuguese and Canadian Bilingual Notes 1 This is the default system language 2 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM sy
48. 4 3741 1 IBM 4224 Printer Models 1xx and 2xx Product and GC31 2551 4 Programming Description Manual Axis 370 Cobra User s Manual 14368 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 162 HOW TO CONTACT AXIS APPENDIX I HOW TO CONTACT AXIS Technical Support Internet and World Wide Web If you need technical support please contact your dealer If they can t help you they will forward your request through the appropriate channels Axis on line service Use the Axis on line service at any time to retrieve electronically distributed items The material available includes the AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference the Adobe Acrobat Reader required for all Axis on line documentation company and product presentations etc All items are available on Internet by a WWW browser or FTP file transfer If you are connected to Internet have a look at the Axis WWW Home Page at http www axisinc com or http www axis com Here you can find information about the company and our products You can also down load on line manuals tools such as the Acrobat Reader for different platforms and the latest versions of the software utilities You can also get files and information through anonymous ftp log in to ftp axisinc com or ftp axis com and go to the pub axis directory or enter ftp ftp axisinc com pub axis or ftp ftp axis com pub axis in your WWW browser If you want to receive regular information about new products and product updates by e mail s
49. 6 87 Vertical Channel 7 88 Vertical Channel 8 89 Vertical Channel 9 7A Vertical Channel 10 7B Vertical Channel 11 7C Vertical Channel 12 Notes 1 Vertical channels are supported when IBM Printer Emulation parameter 045 is set to 62 68 or 24 When set to 87 or 14 the VCS command is treated as a Line Feed LF 2 Channel 1 is always set to the TM value Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 21 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES 3 Ifno tab position is set for the selected channel number the VCS command is treated as a Line Feed LF 4 Ifthe selected channel specifies a line number less than or equal to the current line the print position moves to the specified line on the next page Horizontal Tab HT 05 HT moves the print position to the next higher tab stop specified by the Set Horizontal Format SHF Notes 1 Ifthe current print position is greater than or equal to the highest tab stop HT is treated as a space 2 HT at 1 moves the print position to Left Margin LM 1 of the next line Graphic Escape GE 08 GE indicates that the next byte represents an APL character Vertical Tab VT 0B VT moves the print position to the line specified by the next higher vertical tab stop Notes 1 VT does not change the horizontal print position 2 Ifthe current line number is greater than or equal to the highest tab stop or if no tab
50. 7 Cobra Built in connector cables This section describes the pin configuration for the different cables that can be used with the Axis OKI HD AX 4039 and 7 Cobra OEM built in connector cables There are three different cables available for connecting the Axis OKI HD AX 4039 and AX 7 Cobra OEM cables to parallel or serial PC or LAN connections The possible configurations are listed below Part No Description PC Host Sharing PC Host Sharing Serial PC LAN Parallel PC LAN 12513 Serial PC LAN Yes No 12514 Parallel PC LAN No Yes 12516 Serial Parallel PC LAN Yes Yes PC Host Sharing cable Serial PC PC Host Sharing cable P N 12513 20 pin high density connector Axis OKI HD AX 4039 1 and AX 7 Cobra OEM 1 RECEIVE 2 TRANSMIT 3 DTR 4 GND PC Host Sharing cable Parallel PC PC Host Sharing cable P N 12514 20 pin high density connector Axis OKI HD AX 4039 1 and AX 7 Cobra OEM 25 pin female connector PC 2 TRANSMIT 3 RECEIVE 5 CTS le DSR 7 GND 8 DCD 20 DTR 25 pin male connector PC 4 GND 5 STB 6 BUSY 7 PE 8 INDATAO 9 INDATA1 10 INDATA2 11 12 4 13 INDATAS 14 INDATA6 15 INDATA7 16 SELECT 20 ACK Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 18 25 GND 1 STROBE 11 BUSY 12 PE DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 SELECT ACK Dv 0 100 2C 152 PC Host Sharing cable Serial Paral
51. 8 573 530 554 Select Line Printer typeface 209 503 528 573 534 554 Select Helvetica typeface 209 504 528 573 535 554 Select Times Roman typeface 209 05 28 73 37 54 Select Script typeface 207 10 207 12 9 5 This configuration file defines the User Definable Strings 01 through 05 as typeface selection using the PCL4 s T command where is the typeface number Example document 01 This line is printed with the Courier typeface 02 This line is printed with the Line Printer typeface 03 This line is printed with the Helvetica typeface 04 This line is printed with the Times Roman typeface 05 This line is printed with the Script typeface A User Definable String is activated by the Escape Character followed by the string number in hexadecimal format without a leading dollar sign Resulting printout This line is printed with the Courier typeface This line is printed with the LinePrinter typefac This line is printed with the Helvetica typeface This line is printed with the Times Roman typeface T his line is printed with the S cript ty peface This is how the HP LaserJet III prints the document Note 1 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 49 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE String Substitutions The String Substitution function searches the output data stream for specified sequences of
52. 9 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS 207 116 Print EBCDIC to ASCII APL Table This function prints the EBCDIC to ASCII APL translation table 207 117 Print DBC to ASCII APL Table hex This function prints the DBC to ASCII APL translation table as hexadecimal values 207 118 Print EBCDIC to ASCII APL Table hex This function prints the EBCDIC to ASCII APL translation table as hexadecimal values 207 121 Print EBCDIC to DBC APL Table hex This function prints the EBCDIC to DBC APL translation table as hexadecimal values 207 200 Reserved 207 210 Reserved 207 215 Print DBC to ASCII CECP Table This function prints the DBC to ASCII CECP translation table 207 217 Print DBC to ASCII CECP Table hex This function prints the DBC to ASCII CECP translation table as hexadecimal values 207 220 Reserved 207 221 Reserved 207 230 Reserved 207 231 Print firmware header This function prints firmware revision information 207 232 Print current Printer Driver This function prints name and number of current printer driver 207 238 Print Test Page This function prints the test page Same as rotary switch position 8 207 254 Wait until printer is ready This function waits until the printer is ready This can be useful with some printers before making internal test printouts Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 110 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS 209 Edit User Definable Strings UDS This function lets you program and delete th
53. ASCII characters Match Strings and substitutes them other sequences Substitute Strings This function is part of the Output Driver see the flowchart on page 29 meaning that all substitutions take place after the character and control code conversion The Match Strings and Substitute Strings are defined by the internal function 210 see page 112 Application If your documents contain printer control commands you will have to replace these Example Printer commands with new ones when the printer is replaced Instead of changing the Replacement documents you can let the protocol converter substitute the commands prior to printing The configuration file below makes the protocol converter substitute IBM Proprinter commands for start and stop underlining with the corresponding HP LaserJet III commands SP 210 01 1B 2D 31 Start underline IBM Proprinter 210 502 51 526 564 544 Start underline HP LaserJet III 210 503 51 52 530 Stop underline Proprinter 210 504 51 526 564 540 Stop underline HP LaserJet III 207 10 207 12 Note 1 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 50 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Bar Codes bar code function gives you access to a range of standard bar code types resident in the protocol converter Each bar code printout can be individually defined regarding type size text below and horizontal start positio
54. AXIS AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference F1 ew a AXIS A COMMUNICATIONS PREFACE Please refer to the User s Manual for installation and basic configuration procedures Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual if you detect any inaccuracies or omissions please inform us at the address supplied Axis Communications AB cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes in this manual and to the firmware without prior notice About Axis Axis Communications founded in 1984 is one of the world s fastest growing companies in the printer interface network print server and CD ROM server market The head quarters are located in Lund Sweden with subsidiaries in Beijing Shanghai Singapore Tokyo Hong Kong and Paris Please refer to How to contact Axis on page 163 Axis Communications has a distributor network operating in more than 60 countries world wide marketing four product lines IBM Mainframe S 3x and AS 400 Printer Interfaces These products include a wide range of plug in interfaces and free standing box products such as the Cobra and the AFP IPDS to PostScript converter Network Print Servers These intelligent Ethernet and Token Ring print servers support a wide range of LAN protocols The AXIS NPS 530 532 550 and AXIS 150 152 540 542 560 570 are Ethernet print servers while the Axis NPS 630 632 650 and A
55. Compatibility The communication mode under the BSC protocol Data Stream Emulation LU 3 The SNA equivalent to the DSC communication mode under the BSC protocol 166 EAB EBCDIC Extended Emulation Field Attributes FM Header GDDM IBM Load Translate Table LU 1 LU 3 MVS PCIA PS Query RPQ SCS SNA Structured Fields Transparency VM Warm Start Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference Extended Attribute Buffer The second half of the communications buffer used for printer control in DSC DSE mode Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code This is the code used in LU 1 SCS mode A method of accessing AX 7 Cobra functions not available in the standard IBM environment Same as Base Buffer Attributes Function Management An FM header data stream contains host to printer or printer to host information in structured fields rather than print data See also Structured Fields Graphical Data Display Manager Widely used IBM mainframe package for creating displaying and printing graphic data Requires Programmable Symbols PS support International Business Machines A computer company When requested the control unit will download the EBCDIC to DBC translation table to the AX 7 Cobra thus eliminating the need to select system language See SCS See DSE Multiple Virtual Storage IBM s standard operating system for the mainframe environment Printer Control Information Are
56. DSR 21 GND 7 GND 9 PR 8 DCD 13 PR SELECT L20 DTR 12 PR PE SER BUSY L26 SER BUSY PC Host Sharing Cable Parallel Printer Serial Parallel PC PC Host Sharing Cable P N 12758 Centronics connector 44 pin male connector 36 pin centronics connector printer AX 7 Cobra 1 PR STB 1 5 2 PR DATA 0 2 DATAO 3 PR DATA 1 1 4 PR DATA2 4 DATA2 5 PR DATA 3 5 DATAS 6 PR DATA 4 6 DATA4 7 PR DATA 5 7 DATA5 8 PR DATA 6 8 DATA6 9 PR DATA 7 9 DATA7 10 PR ACK 10 ACK 11 BUSY 11 BUSY 12 PR PE 12 PE 13 SELECT 13 SELECT 18 45V 18 45V 19 45V 18 45V 20 19 GND 21 20 GND 42 PR INIT 31 INIT 41 PR ERR 32 ERROR Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 149 CABLES PC Host Sharing Cable P N 12758 PC connectors 44 pin male connector AX 7 Cobra 25 pin female connector PC 22 RECEIVE 23 TRANSMIT 24 DTR OUT 24 DTR OUT 21 GND 44 pin male connector AX 7 Cobra 2 TRANSMIT 3 RECEIVE 5 CTS 6 DSR 7 GND 8 DCD L 20 DTR 25 pin male connector PC 27 STROBE 28 DATAO 29 1 30 2 31 32 4 33 5 34 6 35 DATA7 36 37 BUSY 38 PE 39 SELECT 20 GND 21 GND 40 PC INIT 41 ERROR Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference STROBE DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 3 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 AC
57. Direction Sequence Factory default sequence 1 These sequences are only used when Arabic and Hebrew Code Pages and ASCII Character Sets are selected 2 These sequences are sent after receiving the LU 1 SCS STO command used for Arabic and Hebrew Code Pages only 005 System Language 063 ASCII Character Set 066 Option Select 2 Controls 8 independent switches Each bit represents one switch Value Description 00 FF See switch descriptions below 10 Factory default value The following note applies to the Axis 370 Cobra In the Xerox 4045 Printer Driver 52 is the Option Select 2 66 set to 30 by default Bit 0 01 Extended Emulation Control Syntax Value Description 0 Three characters after Extended Emulation Control Sequence 1 One character after Extended Emulation Control Sequence 1 Set this switch to 1 to emulate I Data transparency 104 Extended Emulation Control Sequence Bit 1 02 True Screen Image in Host Direct Mode Value Description 0 1 True Screen Image setting is valid for all Hardcopy modes Enable NUL suppression in Host Direct Mode 1 Set this switch to 1 and parameter 006 True Screen Image to Yes to enable NUL suppression in Host Direct Mode 006 True Screen Image Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 85 THE PARAMETER LIST 066 Option Select 2 continued Bit 2 04 New Line or Carriage Return at 1 Value Description
58. ES Set Line Density SLD 2B C6 NN LD SLD sets the number of lines per inch LPI The count byte NN specifies the number of bytes to follow including the count byte Count NN Valid values are Value Description 01 is determined by parameter 002 Line Density 02 is determined by the byte LD value Line Density LD Valid values are Value Description 00 6 Lines per Inch 18 3 Lines per Inch 12 4 Lines per Inch 0C 6 Lines per Inch 09 8 Lines per Inch Note 1 Line Density setting can be prevented by setting parameter 111 Lock LPI to Yes Set Text Orientation STO 2B D1 06 83 XX 00 2D 00 STO sets the print direction Print Direction XX Valid values are Value Description 00 5A Left to Right direction Right to Left direction Note 1 STOisonly used by Arabic and Hebrew languages Set Print Density SPD 2B D2 NN 29 00 VV SPD sets the number of characters per inch CPI The count byte NN specifies the number of bytes to follow including the count byte Notes 1 The SPD becomes effective immediately after it is received Data following for the same print line will be printed with the new CPI setting 2 A CPI change affects the current print position the left margin LM the maximum print position MPP and the horizontal tab HT stop positions 3 If CPI
59. HP LaserJet II printer driver 40 5 Set Extended Emulation type 5 permanently 41 7 Redefine the Escape Character permanently 121 Empty the Set Simulated Bold sequence 122 Empty the Exit Simulated Bold sequence 207 10 Initialize 207 12 Save configuration permanently End of configuration Note 1 The protocol converter configuration can also be made from within MD GRAFTEXT using the FIRSTL and LASTL entries in PRTGEN Refer to the MD GRAFTEXT documentation for further details Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 146 APPENDIX E CABLES 1 AX 7 Cobra Cables This Section describes the pin configuration for the different cables that can be used with the 7 Cobra Overview CABLES There are five different cables available for connecting the AX 7 Cobra to the printer and optionally to parallel or serial PC or LAN connections The possible configurations are listed below Part Description PC Host Sharing Serial Protocol No Serial PC LAN Parallel PC LAN Cobra to Printer PC LAN to Cobra 12755 Parallel Printer No No N A N A 12756 Serial Printer No No Rdy Bsy or N A Xon Xoff 12757 Serial Printer Serial PC LAN Yes No Rdy Bsy Rdy Bsy 12758 Parallel Printer Yes Yes N A Rdy Bsy or Serial Parallel PC LAN Xon Xoff 12998 Parallel Printer Parallel No Yes N A N A PC LAN Note 1 The AX 7 Cobra PC Host sharing cannot be used to connect a parallel PC o
60. KNLG BUSY PE SELECT GND GND INIT ERROR gt si ak j mi 42 150 CABLES PC Host Sharing Cable Parallel Printer Parallel PC PC Host Sharing Cable P N 12998 Centronics connector 44 pin male connector AX 7 Cobra 36 pin centronics connector printer 1 PR STB 2 PR DATAO 3 PR_DATA1 4 PR DATA2 5 PR DATAS3 6 DATA4 7 PR DATA5 8 DATA6 9 PR DATA7 10 PR 11 PR BUSY 12 PR PE 13 PR SELECT 18 45V 19 45V 20 GND 21 GND 42 PR INIT 41 PR ERR STROBE DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 10 ACK 11 BUSY 12 PE 13 SELECT 18 45V 18 45V 19 GND 20 GND 31 INIT 32 gt PC Host Sharing Cable P N 12998 PC connector 44 pin male connector AX 7 Cobra 27 STROBE 28 DATAO 29 PC DATA 1 30 DATA2 31 32 4 33 5 34 6 35 7 36 37 BUSY 38 39 SELECT 20 GND 21 GND 40 41 ERROR Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 25 pin male connector PC STROBE DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 3 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 ACKNLG BUSY PE SELECT GND GND INIT ERROR gt 32 151 Overview CABLES C 2 AX
61. M 4701 4702 Device Cluster Adapter IBM 4300 Printer Adapter IBM 9370 Subsystem Controller IBM 4361 Work Station Adapter IBM 4321 Display Printer Adapter IBM 4331 Display Printer Adapter IBM 4361 Display Printer Adapter IBM ES 9370 Work Station Subsystem Controller IBM ES 9370 3270 Adapter IBM 3299 Multiplexer Equivalent PCM controllers Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 159 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IBM Printer Emulations BM 3287 mod 1 and 2C e BM 3268 mod 1 and 2 BM 4214 mod 1 BM 3262 mod 3 and 13 BM 4224 mod 2 non IPDS mode 4230 mod 201 Applies to the Axis 370 Cobra only IBM System Features SNA LU 1 SCS SNA DSE and BSC 3270 DSC data streams e APL2 Text Feature e LU 1 FM Headers Subset 1 e SCS Local Remote Save Restore Formats Extended Attribute Buffer EAB e 3270 DSC DSE Query Reply and LU 1 Query List BM RPQs Load Translate Table Country Extended Code Pages CECP BM 3287 mod 2 Programmable Symbols PS and color Page Presentation Media Cut Sheet Feeder Command Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 160 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AX 7 Cobra Additional Features Configuration from a Terminal or from the System 26 predefined Printer Drivers fully editable Fully editable Character Translation Tables Intelligent 3 way PC Host Sharing parallel or serial PC 255 User Definable Strings 127 String Substitutions
62. MODE Redefinition of Lead in and Trailer Sequences It is sometimes desirable to change the Transparency Lead in and Trailer Sequences e g When as existing application uses non standard sequences This is done either using a Configuration File or using the Configuration from a Terminal Usinga A configuration file is a document containing parameter programming commands and Configuration internal function calls see page 37 setting up the protocol converter for different File applications or printers Example application uses the sequences lt and gt amp to start and stop hex transparency The protocol converter can be set up for this application by the following configuration file amp amp 2 Enter Extended Emulation Mode SP Configuration Lead in Sequence 40 2 Set Ext Emulation Type 2 permanently 70 1 lt Redefine Transparency Lead in Sequence 72 gt Redefine TRN Conf Trailer Sequence 207 10 Initialize 207 12 Save configuration permanently gt amp End of configuration note the new sequence Notes 1 The command 40 2 is necessary since the Enter Extended Emulation command sets Type 2 only temporarily If omitted the Extended Emulation Mode will be 0 after the next Power up 2 The Lead in and Trailer sequences must be entered as DBC characters hence the quotation marks Using same configuration as in the previous example can
63. P characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 130 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 289 Spanish alt st 4 5 7 e o ajele o e r eoo 1 Ea D Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 131 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 297 French and French AZERTY pst 4 5 6 7 8 9 a B c 0 E Fe BH Lo Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 132 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 500 International Set 5 New Swiss French and Belgian Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language depend
64. Printer Emulation Value Description 87 IBM 3287 68 IBM 3268 14 IBM 4214 62 IBM 3262 24 IBM 4224 non IPDS mode 30 IBM 4230 Applies to the AXIS 370 Cobra only Notes 1 Select 87 if you intend to use the Programmable Symbols feature GDDM Support Select 68 14 62 if you are replacing an IBM 3268 4214 3262 printer 3 Select 42247 if you intend to use CECP in DSC DSE mode When this parameter is changed the protocol converters must be restarted to allow the Control Unit to read the new IBM Printer Emulation 046 6 Lines per Inch Sequence 047 8 Lines per Inch Sequence One of these sequences is sent to the printer to activate the current Lines per Inch setting Value Description lt any seq gt 6 8 Lines per Inch Sequence Notes 1 The default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 Lines per Inch sequence is sent at Power Up Warm Start and after receiving the LU 1 SCS SLD command unless Lock LPI 111 is set to Yes 3 3 and 4 Lines per Inch are emulated by sending an extra Line Feed Related 002 Line Density 111 Lock LPI parameters 023 Line Feed Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 80 Notes Related parameters Notes Related parameter THE PARAMETER LIST 048 5 Characters per Inch Sequence 049 10 Characters per Inch Sequence 050 12 Characters per Inch Sequence 051 15 Characters per Inch Sequence 052 16 7 Cha
65. TENDED EMULATION MODE During normal mode of operation the protocol converter together with your printer emulates the IBM printer selected in your configuration In addition the Extended Emulation Mode gives you access to functions not available in standard IBM printers These functions are Hex Transparency Configuration From the System Advanced Printer Control Modification of the Character Translation Tables User Definable Strings String Substitutions Bar Code printing The following parameters control the Extended Emulation Mode 040 Extended Emulation Mode 041 Escape Character 070 Transparency Lead in Sequence 071 Configuration Lead in Sequence 072 Transparency Configuration Trailer Sequence 104 Extended Emulation Control Sequence The parameters are described on page 64 There are also a number of internal functions in the Extended Emulation Mode page 106 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference ge EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Using Extended Emulation Mode To use the Extended Emulation Mode functions the Extended Emulation Mode has to be activated This is done by inserting the enter Extended Emulation Mode sequence in your document Any number of extended emulation functions can then be used before Extended Emulation Mode is deactivated using the exit Extended Emulation Mode sequence Example amp amp P enter Extended Emulation Mode Note 1 SP Configuration Lead In sequence page 37 128
66. Technical Reference 62 Number PRINTER DRIVERS Printer drivers in Axis 370 Cobra 30 31 32 33 34 35 44 48 49 52 55 Number Generic Printer IBM Graphics IBM Proprinter Epson FX EX DFX Epson LQ Fujitsu DL DPL24C IBM Matrix PPDS HP LaserJet II HP LaserJet III Xerox 4045 HP LaserJet 4 Printer drivers in Axis OKI HD 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Number OKI OKIDATA 393 395 Epson LQ default OKI OKIDATA 3410 Epson FX OKI 393 395 Proprinter OKIDATA 393 Proprinter OKIDATA 395 Proprinter OKI OKIDATA 3410 Proprinter Generic Printer Printer drivers in AX 4039 1 30 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference HP PCL 63 SECTION 9 THE PARAMETER LIST THE PARAMETER LIST This section describes the parameters available in the protocol converters parameters can be edited either using the Configuration from the System see page 37 or from the Edit Parameters entry in the Main Menu see the User s Manual 001 Form Length Selects the number of lines per page Value Description 1 255 0 48 64 66 72 Form Length value in number of lines Inhibit Form Length setting 8 5 fan fold Letter size cut sheet A4 size cut sheet and 11 fan fold default for laser printer drivers 12 fan fold default for matrix printer drivers Notes 1 When set to line counting is inhibited and no Form Length command will be sent to the printer 2 The F
67. XIS 640 642 660 670 are Token Ring print servers CD ROM Servers Multiprotocol CD ROM servers provide a flexible and cost efficient solution for sharing CD ROMs across the network They are available in Ethernet and Token Ring versions Network Camera Server The AXIS Neteye 200 Network Camera attaches directly to an Ethernet network It supports TCP IP and Internet related protocols This product replaces closed circuit video or PC with framegrabber at a lower cost ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual contains a detailed technical description of the Axis protocol converters and how to use them in an IBM printing environment The protocol converters covered belong to the Cobra family they are AX 7 AXIS OKI HD AX 4039 1 AXIS COBRA OEM and the AXIS 370 Cobra If you are not familiar with the basic functions of the protocol converters refer to the User s Manual Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 2 The sections and appendices of this manual cover the following topics Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT Describes the SNA and BSC communication methods and how the protocol converter exchanges information with the IBM system IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES Describes the LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE Control Codes supported by the protocol converters THEORY OF OPERATION Contains a functional description of the protocol converter EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Configuration methods Hex Transparency adva
68. a The first 80 bytes of the character buffer used for exchanging information between host and printer Programmable Symbols A printer feature required for printing GDDM documents PS is only available for the IBM 3287 emula tion At power up the control unit exchanges information with the print er AX 7 Cobra to determine which features that are supported The Query Query Reply handling is part of the FM Header processing Request for Price Quotation An IBM upgrade system involving PROM or disk replacements for printers and control units Most IBM printer are supported by the AX 7 Cobra SNA Character String LU 1 The main communication mode under the SNA protocol Supports a large number of control codes for printer control System Network Architecture A communications protocol more modern than BSC supporting the LU 1 SCS and DSE modes of communications The format for exchanging information between the host and printer in LU 1 mode A structured field may contain Queries Query Lists Query Replies SCS Data or Save Restore Formats Passing data from the application to the printer without any process ing The AX 7 Cobra supports two types Hex Transparency through Extended Emulation commands and SCS Transparency an IBM control code Virtual Machine An IBM mainframe operating system page formatting commands are sent to the printer A warm start occurs at communication mode changes and when the I
69. al to the Print EBCDIC to ASCII table entry in the Character Translation Menu 207 17 Print DBC to ASCII Table hex This function prints the DBC to ASCII translation table as hexadecimal values It is equal to the Print DBC to ASCII table hex entry in the Character Translation Menu 207 18 Print EBCDIC to ASCII Table hex This function prints the EBCDIC to ASCII translation table as hexadecimal values It is equal to the Print EBCDIC to ASCII table hex entry in the Character Translation Menu 207 20 Reserved 207 21 Print EBCDIC to DBC Table hex This function prints the EBCDIC to DBC translation table as hexadecimal values It is equal to the Print EBCDIC to DBC table hex entry in the Character Translation Menu 207 22 Exit ASCII Hex Dump Mode This function resets the PCIA or ASCII Hex Dump Mode started by function 207 23 or 207 25 and resumes normal print operation 207 23 Set PCIA Hex Dump Mode This function sets the protocol converter in PCIA Hex Dump mode In this mode the PCIA data is printed as hexadecimal values while print data is unaffected Normal print operation is resumed by function 207 22 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 108 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS 4207 25 Set ASCII Hex Dump Mode This function sets the protocol converter in ASCII Hex Dump mode i e all subsequent data is printed as ASCII hexadecimal values It is equal to selecting rotary switch position 3 in Test Mo
70. also be obtained using the Configuration Configuration from a Terminal utility rom a Terminal fi Start the Configuration from a Terminal as described in the User s Manual Select the Edit Parameters entry in the Main Menu 3 Move down to parameter 40 Extended Emulation Mode and press Right to enter edit mode Change the value to 2 then press Enter 4 Move down to parameter 70 Transparency Lead in Sequence Change this sequence to 19 18 09 the DBC character codes for lt 5 Change parameter 72 Transparency Configuration Trailer Sequence to 08 30 the DBC character codes for gt amp 6 Press Enter to leave the parameter editor When back to the Main Menu select Save and then Exit The configuration is now completed Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 44 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Modifying the Character Translation Tables Normally there is no need to modify the character translation tables since the tables activated by the System Language and Printer Driver selections are designed to produce the same printouts as the emulated IBM printer If you should need to print characters not available in the standard translation tables this section describes how to do the necessary modifications The diagram below is an excerpt from the data flow chart on page 29 showing the character translation process DBC EBCDIC char Codes LU 1 SCS
71. amp is only needed before the first hexadecimal value e g 31 32 33 34 is equivalent 31323334 Only valid if set in parameter 100 option select 3 5 Characters used in the parameters that control Extended Emulation Mode see page 33 cannot be used as delimiters or data representation Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 38 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Hex Transparency The transparency pass through function lets you send data directly to the printer without any conversion The data could be ASCII printer commands not supported by the protocol converter e g double height characters or font data for downloading fonts to the printer There are two types of transparency functions Single Byte and Multibyte The Single Byte Transparency is included mainly to maintain compatibility with older Axis products the Multibyte Transparency is the recommended method Single Byte Single Byte Transparency passes through one byte of data to the printer The function Transparency 18 controlled by the Escape Character Syntax lt ESC gt lt Hexadecimal Value two digits e ESC is the Escape Character parameter 041 The default Escape Character is Syntax 1B amp a8L Result This command will set the left margin to column 8 on HP LaserJet printers Error handling Invalid data If lt ESC gt isn t followed by two hexadecimal digits then the Single Byte transpare
72. arm Start if Orientation 148 is set to 0 Portrait Related 148 Orientation parameters 150 Landscape Sequence 150 Landscape Sequence Sent to the printer to select Landscape orientation Value Description Printer control commands No sequence is sent any seq empty Notes 1 The default sequence depends on the selected Printer Driver 2 This sequence is sent at Power Up and Warm Start if Orientation 148 is set to T Landscape Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 101 Related parameters Note Related parameters Note Related Parameters Related Parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 148 Orientation 149 Portrait Sequence 151 Start of Job Sequence Sent to the printer when a Print Buffer is received after a specified amount of time Value Description Printer control commands No sequence is sent default lt any seq gt lt empty gt 1 This sequence is sent when a Print Buffer is received after the timer value specified by End of Job Time out 139 has expired 139 End of Job Time out 140 End of Job Sequence 152 PC Host TOF Sequence Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra The PC Host TOF String is sent when the PC printout did not finish with a Form Feed Value Description Printer control commands Factory default lt any seq gt 0C 1 If your PC printout ends with an other command e g Printer Reset you can em
73. atted modes as explained below Null NUL 00 NUL causes no action in formatted mode The table below shows how NUL is treated for different fields and modes Formatted mode Unformatted mode Print field NUL see note Space Non print field NUL see note Space Note If True Screen Image parameter 006 is set to Yes NUL is treated as space in local copy mode End of Message EM 01 EM stops printing and the remainder of the print buffer is ignored in a unformatted print field The table below shows how EM is treated for different fields and modes Formatted mode Unformatted mode Print field Space EM Non print field NUL Space Form Feed FF 02 FF moves the print position to the Top of Form position on the next page in formatted and unformatted print and non print fields Formatted mode Unformatted mode Print field FF FF Non print field FF FF Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 19 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES New Line NL 03 NL moves the print position to the left margin of the next line in an unformatted print field The table below shows how NL is treated for different fields and modes Formatted mode Unformatted mode Print field Space NL Non print field NUL Space Carriage Return CR 05 CR moves the print position to the left margin of the current line in an unformatted print field The table
74. battery could be short circuited causing permanent damage to the unit Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 156 UPGRADING FIRMWARE 6 Carefully insert the new EPROM chip into the socket The notch on the top of the chip should face the front panel Make sure that all of the EPROM pins align with the socket and gently press the chip down 7 Push the circuit board back into position inside the box 8 Tighten the two screws on the back panel Attach the AX 7 Cobra to the printer and make a test printout See User s manual section 2 2 Please note that all user configurations will be lost and that the following error message will be printed as a normal consequence of a firmware upgrade E2 PERMANENT MEMORY CHECKSUM ERROR FACTORY DEFAULTS SET 10 Attach the AX 7 Cobra to the system See User s manual section 2 3 Dip Switch Positions The switch positions of the DIP switch located on the circuit board should not be altered The correct positions are Switch no Position off on on on off off Updating the software Applies to the Axis 370 Cobra only Software that can The Axis 370 Cobra software held in Flash ROM t software updates are free of charge Checking if an Contact your dealer to check if there has been any new issues of the software You update is available should have your present version numbers ready t
75. below shows how CR is treated for different fields and modes Formatted mode Unformatted mode Print field Space CR Non print field NUL Space Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 20 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES LU 1 SCS Control Codes The following control codes are valid in LU 1 SCS mode Code Value Description Page VCS 04 Vertical Channel Select 21 HT 05 Horizontal Tab 22 GE 08 Graphic Escape 22 VT 0B Vertical Tab 22 FF 0C Form Feed 22 CR 00 Carriage Return 20 ENP 14 Enable Presentation 22 NL 15 New Line 23 BS 16 Back Space 23 IRS 1E Interchange Record Separator 23 INP 24 Inhibit Presentation 23 LF 25 Line Feed 23 ESC 27 Escape 23 SA 28 Set Attribute 23 BEL 2F Bell 24 TRN 35 Transparent 24 SHF 2BC1 Set Horizontal Format 25 SVF 2 2 Set Vertical Format 26 SLD 2 6 Set Line Density 27 STO 2BD1 Set Text Orientation 27 SPD 2BD2NN29 Set Print Density 27 PPM 2BD2NN48 Print Presentation Media 28 Vertical Channel Select VCS 04 VS VCS moves the print position to a vertical tab position specified by the Set Vertical Format SVF command Vertical channels are defined by the Top Margin and the first 11 vertical tab stops The byte 5 selects the vertical channel Valid values are Value Description 81 Vertical Channel 1 82 Vertical Channel 2 83 Vertical Channel 3 84 Vertical Channel 4 85 Vertical Channel 5 86 Vertical Channel
76. c must be different from the characters in the lt EECS gt sequence The example below shows how Extended Emulation Mode can be entered using the default EECS 56262777 amp amp 5 Result Number Title New contents 040 Extended Emulation Mode 2 041 Escape Character 2E 070 Transparency Lead in Sequence 2 2E 071 Configuration Lead in Sequence 2E AF P 072 TRN Contf Trailer Sequence 2E 34 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Exit Extended exit the Extended Emulation Mode and to resume normal emulation the exit Emulation Mode Extended Emulation Mode sequence is used Syntax lt EECS gt 000 lt EECS gt is the Extended Emulation Control Sequence Parameter 104 The default sequence is amp amp The example below shows how Extended Emulation Mode can be exited using the default EECS 56262777 Example amp amp 000 Result Number Title New contents 040 Extended Emulation Mode 0 041 Escape Character 00 070 Transparency Lead in Sequence lt empty gt 071 Configuration Lead in Sequence lt empty gt 072 TRN Conf Trailer Sequence empty Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 28 Type 0 No Extended Emulation Mode Type 1 Escape Character translates to 1B ASCII Type 2 The default Extended Emulation Mode Type 3 MPI transparency compatible mode Type 4 Memorex 2068 transparency com
77. changes within a print line a CR and spaces will sent to the printer to maintain the current print position 4 The CPI setting can be prevented by setting parameter 110 Lock CPI to Yes Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 27 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES Count NN Valid values are Value Description 02 CPI is determined by parameter 004 Character Density 04 CPI is determined by the byte VV value Character Density VV Valid values are Value Description 00 10 Characters per Inch 05 5 Characters per Inch 0A 10 Characters per Inch 0C 12 Characters per Inch 0F 15 Characters per Inch 10 17 1 Characters per Inch Note 1 5 isanon IBM LU 1 SCS value Print Presentation Media PPM 2B D2 NN 48 00 00 FC SD 00 00 00 00 00 PPM selects a source drawer and also sets the print quality The count byte NN speci fies the number of bytes to follow including the count byte Count NN Valid range is 02 through 0C Forms Mode FC Valid values are Value Description 00 No change from current selection 01 Paper 02 Envelope Envelope Feeder Source Drawer SD Valid values are Value Description 00 No change from current selection 01 Select primary cassette Sheet Feeder 1 02 Select secondary cassette Sheet Feeder 2 03 FF No change from current selection Print Quality PQ Valid values are Valu
78. ck 207 9 Initialize Printer See function 207 10 Function 207 9 is available for compatibility only and should not be used 207 10 Initialize Printer This function performs a Warm Start i e all current Control Commands such as Form Length CPI and LPI are sent to the printer 207 12 Save Current Configuration This function saves the current configuration i e the complete parameter list plus all User Definable Strings and String Substitutions permanently It is equal to the Save entry in the Main Menu Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 107 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS 4207 13 Set System Hex Dump Mode This function sets the protocol converter in System Hex Dump mode i e all subsequent data is printed as EBCDIC DBC hexadecimal values It is equal to selecting rotary switch position 4 in Test Mode Normal print operation is resumed by power off power on or by turning the rotary switch to 9 and back 8207 14 Print the Parameter List This function prints the complete parameter list plus all non empty User Definable Strings and String Substitutions It is equal to the Print Parameter List entry in the Main Menu 207 15 Print DBC to ASCII Table This function prints the DBC to ASCII translation table It is equal to the Print DBC to ASCII table entry in the Character Translation Menu 207 16 Print EBCDIC to ASCII Table This function prints the EBCDIC to ASCII translation table It is equ
79. cters should be translated differently in LU 1 and DSC DSE modes The EBCDIC to table is modified by the internal function 204 see page 106 The table positions available for editing are 40 through FF Each position contains one DBC character code Example 1 this example the prints as a in DSC DSE mode local copy but still as a in LU 1 mode system printouts SP 204 5 1 5 5 205 SE5 7E 205 3B 1B 28 36 4D C1 1B 28 31 32 55 207 10 207 12 9 6 The first command remaps EBCDIC tilde A1 to the previously unused DBC position 5 Next the DBC position E5 is defined as 7E the PC 850 code for the tilde character Finally the DBC position 3B is defined as the filled diamond as in the previous example Note 1 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 47 Example 2 Notes How to create a Custom System Language EXTENDED EMULATION MODE This time the prints as a in DSC DSE mode local copy and as a in LU 1 mode system printouts SP 204 5 1 5 5 205 E5 1B 28 36 4D C1 1B 28 31 32 55 207 10 207 12 9 5 The EBCDIC tilde 5 1 is remapped to the DBC position 5 SE5is then defined as the filled diamond 1 The DBC tilde does not have to be redefined in this case 2 Extended Emulation Mode has
80. d as characters and control codes The protocol converter features two different types of hexdump modes System hexdump This mode will trap the input data before the character and control code conversion The data is printed as EBCDIC or DBC hexadecimal values e ASCII hexdump The input data is converted to ASCII hexadecimal values before printing This mode is useful if you want to see what printer control command a certain IBM control code corresponds to To produce a hexdump do as follows Switch the printer and protocol converter off and on Set the rotary switch to 9 and wait for approx 3 seconds until the SYSTEM indicator starts to flash You are now in the Test Mode Select position 4 for system hexdump or position 3 for ASCII hexdump Repeat your print job The data will now be printed in hexadecimal form Set the rotary switch to 9 when the printout is completed The SYSTEM indicator will stop flashing Select position 0 to resume normal print operation AX 7 Cobra Ver 5 41 960311 Printer Driver 49 HP LaserJet III 0001 1B 26 61 33 36 30 48 1B 26 61 35 32 38 56 26 amp a360H amp a528V amp 0002 61 33 36 30 48 1B 26 61 35 32 38 56 54 45 53 54 a360H amp a528VTEST If your dealer distributor has an Axis Emma system you can record data sent between the host and the protocol converter and send it for analysis Contact your dealer distributor for more information Axis AX 7 Cobra T
81. de PC Host sharing is disabled when in ASCII Hex Dump mode Normal print operation is resumed by function 207 22 207 30 69 Load Printer Driver This function loads a new printer driver overriding the current configuration It is equal to selecting a new entry in the Basic Configuration Printer Driver Menu See section 8 for a list of available drivers Selecting driver 30 Generic Printer is the same as Set Factory Defaults the Main Menu or using the rotary switch If an undefined Printer Driver is specified the Generic Printer Driver 30 will be loaded 8207 70 81 Reserved 1207 82 Dump contents of RAM to printer Advanced problem solving 3207 83 Dump contents of the permanent memory to printer Advanced problem solving 1207 85 Dump Coax RAM to printer Dumps the contents of the 4k coax buffer including the PCIA Advanced problem solving 8207 86 Reserved 1207 87 Reserved 8207 90 Reserved 1207 99 Reset Soft reset of the protocol converter Equivalent to power on off of the protocol converter Note that host communication will be temporarily lost 207 108 Set Factory Defaults Function 207 108 is available for compatibility only and should not be used 207 109 Print User Defined Strings Prints the user defined strings as defined by function 209 207 115 Print DBC to ASCII APL Table This function prints the DBC to ASCII APL translation table Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 10
82. ds on the selected Printer Driver 142 GDDM Support 11148 Orientation Controls the orientation when auto orientation is disabled or when the calculated page size doesn t fit the calculated page size Value Description 0 Portrait default 1 Landscape 2 COR Computer Output Reduction Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 100 THE PARAMETER LIST Note 1 The Auto Orientation COR function will not work properly under the following conditions e Form Length 001 is set to 0 e Line Density 002 is set to 0 e Maximum Print Position 003 is set to 0 e Character Density 004 is set to 0 5 or 99 e Suppress Control Codes 010 is set to Yes Lock MPP 066 bit 3 is set to 1 e Lock Form Length 099 is set to Yes Lock CPI 110 is set to Yes e Lock LPI 111 is set to Yes e Page formatting is modified by extended emulation sequences Related 074 Automatic Orientation 079 12 CPI COR parameters l 075 Custom Page Size 080 15 CPI COR 076 6 LPI COR 081 17 CPI COR 077 8 LPI COR 149 Portrait Sequence 078 10 CPI COR 150 Landscape Sequence 149 Portrait Sequence Sent to the printer to select Portrait orientation Value Description lt any seq gt Printer control commands lt empty gt No sequence is sent Notes 1 The default sequence depends on the selected Printer Driver 2 This sequence is sent at Power Up and W
83. e Description 00 No change from current selection 01 Data Processing Quality Draft 02 Near Letter Quality NLQ Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 28 THEORY OF OPERATION SECTION 3 THEORY OF OPERATION The protocol converter receives IBM LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE Character Codes and Control Codes and translates them into ASCII Character Codes and Control Commands which are sent to an attached printer Data Flow Chart The basic data flow is shown in the following diagram IBM System LU 1 SCS ASCII Control Codes LU 1 Control Commands SCS Emulation LU 1 SCS Char Codes LU 1 SCS data EBCDIC DBC Char Codes ASCII Printer Output Driver DSC DSE Char Codes Extended Emulation DSC DSE data PC LAN Parallel DSC DSE ASCII Control Codes DSC DSE Control Commands Emulation Axis AX Data is temporarily stored in the Communications Buffer note that the communications buffer also holds printer information data directed to the host see the previous section As soon as a buffer of data is received the protocol converter starts processing the data The data takes different paths depending on the current mode LU 1 SCS or DSC DSE 7 Cobra Technical Reference 29 LU 1 SCS Data Processing DSC DSE Data Processing Extended Emulation Output Driver THEORY OF OPERATION The data is separated into LU 1 SCS Control Cod
84. e 163 Intervention Time Select 74 Inverted Busy Select 75 IRS See Interchange Record Separator Italic Set sequence 94 L Landscape Sequence 101 Left Margin Select default 70 Left to Right Mode Sequence 85 Letter Quality Exit sequence 82 Lock 93 Select default 70 Set sequence 82 Line Density Select default 65 Line Feed Graphic sequence 100 LU 1 SCS Control Code 23 Sequence 73 True 69 Lines per Inch Lock 93 Sequence 80 AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference Maximum Print Position Lock 86 Select default 65 MD GRAFTEXT 36 146 Memorex 36 144 Monocase 68 36 145 MVS 167 N New Line after Ext Emulation Sequence 86 at MPP 1 86 136 DSC DSE Control Code 20 LU 1 SCS Control Code 23 Sequence 72 NL See New Line NUL See Null Null DSC DSE Control Codes 19 Null Suppression 137 Operator Initiated Local 7 Option Select 1 79 Option Select 2 85 Option Select 3 91 Orientation 100 Orientation Automatic 56 170 P Page Size Custom Select 89 Parameter List printing 60 108 Parameter List 64 Parameter Programming command 37 Parameters syntax to program 37 Parity Select 76 PC Share Indicator 139 PC Host Sequence 54 98 Timeout 97 PC Host Sharing 54 PCIA 167 PCIA See Printer Control Information Area Portrait Sequence 101 Power Indicator 139
85. e User Definable Strings analogous to the User Definable Strings Menu Syntax program 2209 SN lt HV1 gt lt HV2 gt lt HV gt or 209 5 lt 5 gt lt 5 gt Syntax delete 2209 SN e lt 5 gt the string number range 01 through FF e HVi through HVs are ASCII character codes hexadecimal format lt AS gt is a sequence of ASCII characters Notes 1 Quoted space characters are ignored To insert spaces in a UDS use the hexadecimal format 20 If the specified UDS already exists it will be overwritten by the new data If the string number isn t followed by data the specified UDS will be deleted If the string number is zero all UDS will be deleted du 9 49 All UDS are deleted when a new printer driver is loaded or when factory defaults are set 6 All non empty UDS are saved permanently by function 207 12 Axis 7 Technical Reference 111 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS 210 Edit String Substitutions This function lets you program and delete Match Strings and Substitute Strings analogous to the String Substitution Menu Syntax program 210 lt SN gt lt HV gt lt HV2 gt lt HV gt or 210 5 lt 5 gt lt 5 gt gt Syntax delete 210 lt SN gt Notes 1 Dy V SN is the string number the range 01 through FF where odd numbers are Match Strings and even numbers are Substitu
86. e barcode can be printed on the same line Normal text can be printed both before and after the bar code 5 The text below is always printed in 12 CPI regardless of the CPI setting The protocol converter will lose track of the vertical print position when printing bar codes End bar code printouts with a Form Feed to maintain the page formatting 7 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 8 Applies to Code 128 only To get all characters correctly printed it is assumed that Code Page 037 English US is used Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 51 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE 9 Applies to Code 128 only Non printable characters must be entered in numeric form according to the following table Character ASCII Character ASCII NUL 00 DLE 10 SOH 01 DC1 11 STX 02 DC2 12 ETX 03 DC3 13 EOT 04 DC4 14 ENQ 05 15 ACK 06 SYN 16 BEL 07 ETB 17 BS 08 18 HT 09 EM 19 LF 0A SUB 1A VT 0B 5 1B FF 0C 5 1C CR 0D GS 1D SO 0E RS 1E SI 0F US 1F DEL 7F FNC 1 F1 FNC 2 FD FNC 3 FC FNC 4 EF Example following lines define and print bar code samples 211 1 2 2 1 30 Define bar code type 6 size Code 39 212 5 Print bar code data 211 12 2 2 1 10 Define bar code type 6 size 2 of 5 Interleaved 212 1234 Print bar code data 211 13 2 2 1 10 Define bar code type amp size Codabar Matrix 212 12 Prin
87. e the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 122 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 278 Swedish Finnish Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 123 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 280 Italian ese 7 e 9 a c o e F 9 faj fel o o Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 The dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 124 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 281 Japanese English Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 125 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 284 Spanish and Spanish Speaking Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system
88. e using downloaded Xerox EBCDIC fonts and Xerox Graphic Windows set 158 to 33 If you are using Xerox Graphic Windows without graphic data being translated using the special Xerox font and graphics character translation table set 158 to 01 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 104 THE PARAMETER LIST X 7 Cobra Technical Reference 105 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS SECTION 10 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS This section contains a summary of the internal functions available in the protocol converter The general syntax for function calls is described on page 37 An internal function call is only valid within a configuration sequence as described on page 37 Many of the internal functions are also accessible from the Configuration from a Terminal described in the User s Manual 105 Reserved 106 Edit DBC to ASCII table See function 205 Function 106 is available for compatibility only and should not be used 11107 Test functions See function 207 Function 107 is available for compatibility only and should not be used 108 Reserved 109 Edit User Definable Strings UDS See function 209 Function 109 is available for compatibility only and should not be used 204 Edit EBCDIC to DBC Translation Table This function allows you to modify the current EBCDIC to DBC translation table analogous to the View Edit EBCDIC to DBC table entry in the Character Translation Menu Syntax 204 EP DV
89. echnical Reference 60 SOLVING PROBLEMS Error Messages There are four different error conditions that will cause the protocol converter to print an error message on your printer BE BAR CODE ERROR Incorrect or insufficient bar code definition The bar code must be specified with five values see page 113 function 211 BF GDDM SUPPORT NOT ENABLED NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN FREE STRING AREA NEEDS 13283 33E3 BYTES Lr An attempt has been made to enable GDDM 142 with insufficient free memory You must remove some strings from your configuration User Definable Strings String Substitutions or String parameters in the Parameter List The size of the available string area is printed in the Parameter List header and is also displayed in all string programming menus E2 PERMANENT MEMORY CHECKSUM ERROR FACTORY DEFAULTS SET This message indicates that the non volatile memory has been corrupted The interface is automatically set to factory default state your configuration is lost If the message does not re appear after power off power on configure the protocol converter I E6 MEMORY OVERFLOW FREE STRING AREA EXHAUSTED The available string area is exhausted You must remove some strings from your configuration User Definable Strings String Substitutions or String
90. ed 075 Custom Page Size parameters 148 Orientation Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 88 THE PARAMETER LIST 075 Custom Page Size User definable paper size used by selection 99 above A 4 byte hexadecimal sequence is used to set the paper size in 1 300 increments Byte no Value Description 1 0 255 High byte horizontal size 0 255 Low byte horizontal size 0 255 High byte vertical size 0 255 Low byte vertical size O Notes 1 The default setting is empty 2 Ifthe sequence doesn t contain four bytes the custom page size defaults to 0 0 Example set the custom paper size to 8 5 10 2550 3000 1 300 decimal 09F6 8 hexadecimal the sequence should be 09 F6 0B B8 076 6 LPI COR 077 8 LPI COR Sequences used by the COR Computer Output Reduction function to obtain 70 compression of 6 and 8 LPI Value Description lt any seq gt 6 8 COR Lines per Inch sequence Note 1 default value depends on the selected printer Related 148 Orientation parameter 078 10 CPI COR 079 12 CPI COR 080 15 CPI COR 081 17 CPI COR Sequences used by the COR Computer Output Reduction function to obtain 13 3 15 20 27 CPI Value Description any seq 13 3 15 20 27 COR Characters per Inch sequence Notes 1 The default value depends on the selected printer driver 2 If your printer is equipped with different fixed pitch fo
91. ence will be sent at Power Up and Warm Start Related 61 Sheet Feeder 1 082 Sheet Feeder 0 parameters 062 Sheet Feeder 2 083 Envelope Feeder Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 70 THE PARAMETER LIST 019 Highlight Controls the emulation of DSC DSE Base Buffer Attributes Value Description 0 Ignore Base Buffer Attributes 1 Use Boldface as highlight default 2 Use Underline as highlight 3 Use Color as highlight Notes 1 When set to 1 the Set Boldface Sequence 056 is sent when an Intensified attribute is received and the Exit Boldface Sequence 057 when a Normal attribute is received 2 When set to 2 the Set Underline Sequence 058 is sent when an Intensified attribute is received and Exit Underline Sequence 059 when a Normal attribute is received 3 When set to 537 a Color Sequence 129 132 is sent according to the table below when an attribute is received Base Buffer Attribute Printed color Base Color Black Base Color Green Unprotected Normal Black Green Unprotected Intensified Red Red Protected Normal Blue Blue Protected Intensified Green Black Related 056 Set Boldface 129 Black Color Sequence parameters 057 Exit Boldface 31130 Green Color Sequence 058 Set Underline 131 Blue Color Sequence 059 Exit UnderLine 132 Red Color Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 71 Notes Related parameters Notes
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93. ent 1001 5210 or equivalent Bit4 7 0000 APL All other codes are reserved 000C Features Bit 0 Extended Attribute Buffer EAB installed Bit 1 APL Text installed requires EAB Bit 2 PS installed requires EAB Bit 3 SCS EBCDIC installed always 1 Bit4 6 001 Screen size 960 bytes 010 Screen size 1920 bytes 011 Screen size 2560 bytes 110 Screen size 3564 bytes 111 Screen size 3440 bytes Bit 7 Unit ID always 1 000D Character Code 08 2 K base buffer not including EAB Buffer Code 10 4 K base buffer not including EAB Size Code 20 8 K base buffer not including EAB Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 11 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT Address Function Bit Code Description 000E Extended Bit O 1 Reserved ID Bit 2 Color supported Bit 3 LU 1 FM header supported always 1 Bit 4 Load Structured Field order supported Bit 5 CECP supported Bit 6 7 Reserved 000F Prog Bit 0 1 00 No PS installed Symbols 01 2 PS installed 2 3 10 4 PS installed 2 5 11 6 PS installed 2 7 Bit2 7 1xxxxx triplane installed on PS no 2 1 triplane installed on PS no 3 xx1xxx triplane installed on PS no 4 xxx1xx triplane installed on PS no 5 xxxx1x triplane installed on PS no 6 xxxxx1 triplane installed on PS no 7 The Host Output Area Address Function Bit Code Description 0010 Mode 1 BitO 4 Reserved Bit 5 Enable Set Attribute
94. ent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 133 CHARACTER TABLES PC Set 2 Code Page 437 ASCII Symbol Set ioj ijesa s e E r AMORE ABL eo peep Pe Deaf a of repe Bones 1 Note 1 Thisis the most common 8 bit symbol set Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 134 CHARACTER TABLES PC 850 Code Page 850 ASCII Symbol Set EJGIEIIEJERESEHESEIEIESETOS DIES er Note 1 This symbol set is used by the HP LaserJet III printer driver Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 135 APPENDIX A IBM RPQs Note IBM RPQs This Appendix describes the IBM RPQs supported by the protocol converter how to activate them and the corresponding IBM printer RPQ numbers 1 The RPQs are used in DSC DSE mode only Carriage Return at MPP 1 Default setting RPQ setting current line 1 column 1 An additional NL is generated The next print position will be No NL is generated The next print position will be current line column 1 Protocol converter 066 bit 2 0 IBM 4214 Option 15 2 IBM 3268 mod 2C Standard 3287 mod 1 2 Standard New Line at MPP 1 Default setting 066 bit 2 1 Option 15 1 SC9501 RPQ S30219 RPQ setting current line 2 column 1 Protocol conv
95. er EAB The communications buffer Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 9 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT The Printer Control Information Area PCIA The PCIA is the first 80 bytes of the character buffer The first 16 bytes addresses 0000 to 000F is the Printer Output Area which informs the host about the printer type and supported features The rest of the PCIA addresses 0010 to 004F is the Host Output Area which informs the printer about the character buffer and EAB print data The following tables list the PCIA addresses their functions and a description of each bit or code To view the contents of the PCIA you can perform a system hex dump see page 60 Note 1 The bits are numbered as in the documentation i e bit 0 is the most significant and bit 7 is the least significant The Printer Output Area Address Function Bit Code Description 0000 Status Bit 0 0 Address 0006 is reserved Register 1 Address 0006 contains extended status Bit 1 Data check Bit 2 Order complete Bit 3 Equipment check hardware or PCIA error Bit 4 Operator intervention required Bit 5 Sense data available see address 0003 Bit 6 Input code available see address 0002 Bit 7 Valid switch transition see address 0001 0001 Switch BitO 2 Reserved Status Bit 3 0 Bit 4 0 Bit 5 0 Monocase 1 Dual Case Bit 6 0 Single line spacing 1 Double line spacing Bit 7 0 6lines per inch 1 8 lines per i
96. er codes sent 9626419642 A42 41 34 32 Entered sequence Resulting printout Character codes sent 41 42 41 78 34 31 42 4 1 42 1 04 78 31 42 41 42 AxB 41 78 42 Notes 1 Multibyte Transparency is available in Extended Emulation Mode types 2 3 and 5 2 During Multi Byte Transparency the hexadecimal values shall not be preceded by a or character 3 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 41 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Sending Control Multi Byte Transparency function can also be used for sending any control Commands to the command sequences stored in the parameter list to the printer by referring to their printer parameter numbers This function provides a versatile method of printer control independent of the selected printer driver Syntax lt TLI gt lt Parameter Nr i gt lt Parameter Nr 2 gt lt Parameter Nr n gt lt TCT gt e lt TLI gt is the Transparency Lead In Sequence parameter 070 The default sequence is TCT is the Transparency Configuration Trailer Sequence parameter 072 The default sequence is Example line below results in the Set Bold Face and Set Italic sequences being sent the text Example is printed just as the title above and the Exit Bold face and Exit Italic sequences are sent Syntax 56 114 Example 57 115
97. erter 066 bit 2 0 IBM 4214 Option 15 2 IBM 3268 mod 2C Standard 3287 mod 1 2 Standard Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference An additional NL is generated The next print position will be No NL is generated The next print position will be current line 1 column 1 066 bit 2 1 Option 15 1 5 9502 530219 136 Form Feed within the Print Buffer Default setting FF generates a space The next print position will be next form line 1 column 2 IBM RPQs RPQ setting No space is generated The next print position will be next form line 1 column 1 Protocol converter 100 bit 0 0 100 bit 0 1 IBM 4214 Option 16 1 Option 16 2 IBM 3268 mod 2C Standard SC9503 IBM 3287 mod 1 2 Standard Not available Null Suppression Default setting RPQ setting Suppress Nulls Print Nulls as spaces Protocol converter 006 No 006 Yes IBM 4214 Option 18 1 Option 18 2 IBM 3268 mod 2C Standard SC9505 IBM 3287 mod 1 2 Standard SC3741 Valid Form Feed Positions Default setting RPQ setting Form Feed valid at 1st Print Position and MPP 1 only Form Feed valid anywhere Protocol converter IBM 4214 IBM 3268 mod 2C IBM 3287 mod 1 2 100 bit 2 0 Option 19 2 Standard Standard Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 100 bit 2 1 Option 19 1 SC9506 SC3739 137 Automatic Function at End of Job Default setting An addi
98. es 00 3F and Character Codes 40 The Control Codes are passed through the LU 1 SCS Emulation which translates them into ASCII Control Commands The Character Codes are translated into Device Buffer Code DBC using the EBCDIC to DBC translation table for further processing DBC is the protocol converter internal character representation format common to all print modes The data is separated into DSC DSE Control Codes 00 07 Character Codes 08 BF and Base Buffer Attributes CO FF Control Codes and Base Buffer Attributes are passed through the DSC DSE Emulation which translates them into ASCII Control Commands The Character Codes are translated into ASCII character codes using the DBC to ASCII translation table This module processes all non IBM functions referenced in the data stream such as Hex Transparency and Configuration Commands These functions are explained later in this manual This module transfers the ASCII Character Codes and Control Commands to an attached printer using either the parallel Centronics or serial RS 232 interface The interface type is automatically determined by the type of printer cable installed The Output Driver module also controls the PC Host Sharing feature described later in this manual Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 30 THEORY OF OPERATION Protocol Converters Data Processing Control The funct
99. evented by setting parameter 066 bit 3 Option Select 2 Lock MPP to 1 Left Margin LM Defines the left most print position LM is the new print position after New Line Carriage Return or Form Feed If LM is greater than 00 and less than or equal to MPP then Left Margin is set to the LM value If LM is 00 or not present i e the count byte NN is less than 03 Left Margin is set to column 1 LM is stored as the first horizontal tab stop Right Margin RM The Right Margin is not used and the RM value is ignored Horizontal Tab Stops T1 Tn Defines the horizontal tab stops used by Horizon tal Tab HT control code Valid tab stop columns are in the range from LM to MPP e fnotab stops are specified i e the count byte NN is less than 5 the default is a tab stop at each column between LM and MPP Tab stops may be defined in any order Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 25 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES Set Vertical Format SVF 2B C2 NN FL TM BM T1 Tn SVF sets the vertical format control parameters Form Length FL Top Margin TM Bottom Margin BM and up to 128 vertical tab stops T 1 Tn The count byte NN specifies the number of bytes to follow including the count byte Note 1 SVF should be sent only in Top of Form position i e after a Form Feed and before any control code or character that would change the current print position SVF i
100. face sequence is sent at Power Up Warm Start LU 1 SCS SA Default and when a DSC DSE Normal attribute code 1s received in Underline active mode 019 Highlight 060 Power Up Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer when the protocol converters is powered up Value Description any seq Power Up Sequence The default sequence depends on the selected printer driver 2 Power Up sequence is primarily used for selecting printer emulation and symbol set but may also be used for downloading fonts and logos 3 This sequence is sent before the Warm Start sequences 061 Sheet Feeder 1 Sequence 062 Sheet Feeder 2 Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to select paper source Value Description any seq Sheet Feeder 1 2 Sequence 1 default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 A Sheet Feeder sequence is sent at Power Up and Warm Start according to the Sheet Feeder parameter 017 3 The LU 1 SCS PPM SD command will activate one of the Sheet Feeder sequences unless Sheet Feeder 017 is set to 0 017 Sheet Feeder Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 83 063 ASCII Character Set Selects the DBC to ASCII translation table THE PARAMETER LIST Value Description 0 US English 7 bit symbol set 1 Swedish Finnish 7 bit symbol set 2 Danish Norwegian 7 bit symbol set 3 German 7 bit symbol set 4 UK English 7 bit symbol set 5 Italian 7
101. ffer to complete before an Intervention Required status is reported to the Host Value Description Don t report Intervention Required status Allow 2 minutes for a print buffer to complete Allow 4 minutes for a print buffer to complete Allow 6 minutes for a print buffer to complete Allow 8 minutes for a print buffer to complete 10 Allow 10 minutes for a print buffer to complete gt Note 1 Setto 0 to allow more than 10 minutes for a print buffer to complete e g when using a plotter 025 Screen Size Controls the Local Copy logical screen size and the DSC mode buffer size Value Description 1 960 bytes 2 1920 bytes 3 2560 bytes 6 3564 bytes 7 3440 bytes Notes 1 This parameter has effect in DSC DSE mode only 2 VM users The RSCS buffer size must not exceed the selected Screen Size DSC mode only 3 When this parameter is changed the protocol converters must be restarted to allow the Control Unit to read the new Screen Size 026 Character Buffer Size Selects the protocol converters character buffer size Value Description 2 2 kbytes 4 4 kbytes Notes 1 The selected size does not include EAB 2 When this parameter is changed the protocol converters must be restarted to allow the Control Unit to read the new Character Buffer Size Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 74 Notes Related parameters Note Note Note THE PARAMETER LIST 027 Form Length
102. gins TT specifies the type of attribute Valid values are Value Description 00 Reset 41 Highlight 42 Color 43 Character Set Reset TT 00 All attributes are reset to normal Byte VV must be 00 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 23 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES Highlight TT 41 Byte VV selects the type of highlight attribute Valid values are Value Description 00 Normal F1 Blink ignored F2 Reverse image ignored F4 Underline Color TT 42 Byte VV selects a color for subsequent printing Valid values are Value Description 00 Black F1 Blue F2 Red F3 Magenta F4 Green F5 Cyan F6 Yellow F7 Black Character Set TT 43 Byte VV selects normal or APL character set Valid values are Value Description 00 Normal character set F1 APL character set Bell BEL 2F BEL causes the protocol converter to send the Bell Sequence parameter 120 to the printer Note 1 By default the Bell Sequence only results a short beep and the printer remains on line An IBM printer would go off line and the alarm would sound continuously Transparent TRN 35 NN D1 Dn 36 NN D1 Dn TRN indicates the start of a transparent pass through data stream The count byte NN defines the number of data bytes to follow excluding the count byte Valid NN values are 01 Notes 1 Character codes in the
103. he protocol converter is connected to your IBM system It can also flash under the following conditions Flash during six seconds at power up Flash in Test Mode see below Rapid flash during test function execution Note 1 Ifthe power up flashing continues a hardware error has occurred Contact your dealer distributor The PC SHARE indicator Does not apply to the Axis 370 Cobra This indicator yellow is lit during a PC printout Any print job from host will be put on wait during the PC printout and for a subsequent delay time set by parameter 136 PC Host Time out Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 139 THE FRONT PANEL The Rotary Switch The ten position rotary switch is used to set start conditions for the protocol converter It is also used to select and execute test functions during operation Start Conditions action when the protocol converter is switched on will be determined by the setting of the rotary switch as follows Pos Description 0 Normal print operation If a terminal is connected the Terminal Set up is started automatically 1 7 Reserved Perform a test printout then start normal print operation 9 Perform a test printout ending with a Form Feed then start normal print operation Test Mode Test Mode is reached from normal print operation It is used to access a number of internal functions Normal print operation is inhibited Set the rotary switch to position 9 When
104. ical Reference 48 THE PARAMETER LIST 031 Baud Rate Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Controls the serial port baud rate Value Description 1 100 baud 3 300 baud 6 600 baud 12 1200 baud 18 1800 baud 24 2400 baud 36 3600 baud 48 4800 baud 72 7200 baud 96 9600 baud 192 19200 baud Note 1 The value 192 19200 baud cannot be used with PC Host Sharing 032 Word Size Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Set the serial port word size number of bits Value Description 7 7 bits 8 8 bits 033 Parity Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Set serial port parity Value Description 0 No parity 1 Odd parity 2 Even parity 034 Stop Bits Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Selects the number of stop bits for the serial communication Value Description 1 One stop bits 2 Two stop bits Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 76 THE PARAMETER LIST 035 XON XOFF Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Selects handshake protocol for serial communication Value Description Yes XON XOFF protocol No Ready Busy protocol Related 036 Character parameters 037 XOFF Character Note 1 Ifa serial cable is used from the AX 7 Cobra family to the printer and XON XOFF is set to Yes parameter 136 PC Host Time out must be set to 0 036 Character Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Selects the XON Character for serial communication Value Description
105. ion of the modules described here depends heavily on the protocol converter configuration i e changing the IBM Printer Emulation the ASCII Printer Driver or utilizing some of the protocol converter internal functions will affect the data processing This is the reason why the protocol converter is so flexible it may be configured to match virtually any host application and ASCII printer The Parameter Parameter List is the complete set of parameters making up the List protocol converter configuration There are several different types of parameters IBM System Parameters e g IBM Printer Emulation System Language Intervention Time and Character Buffer Size Front panel switches e g Form Length Line Density and Left Margin Internal function controls e g Extended Emulation Mode Bar Code Driver and PC Host Sharing Time out ASCII Printer controls e g True Form Feed and ASCII Character Set ASCII Control Commands e g LPI CPI and Underline Sequences Printer Drivers Printer Driver is mainly a subset of the Parameter List containing all parameters of the groups ASCII Printer Controls and ASCII Control Commands plus some of the Front Panel Switches and Internal Function Controls This means that selecting a driver matching your printer will preset all relevant parameters so that no further configuration is necessary Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 31 SECTION 4 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE EX
106. le match the System Language configuration of your IBM system Value Code Page Description 0 037 English US 1 037 Netherlands 2 037 Portuguese 3 037 Canadian Bilingual 4 260 Canadian French 5 273 Austrian German 6 275 Brazilian 7 277 Danish Norwegian 8 278 Swedish Finnish 9 280 Italian 10 281 Japanese English 11 284 Spanish 12 284 Spanish Speaking 13 285 English UK 14 286 Austrian German alt 15 287 Danish Norwegian alt 16 288 Swedish Finnish alt 17 289 Spanish alt 18 297 French 19 297 French AZERTY 20 500 International Set 5 21 500 New Swiss French 22 500 Belgian 23 290 Japanese Katakana 30 420 Arabic 31 424 Hebrew 32 423 Greek 33 1026 Turkish Latin 5 35 880 Cyrillic 36 870 East Europe 37 875 Greek new 38 834 Thai 80 n XBASIC Arabic 81 2 Arabic 99 Load Translate Table Notes 1 When set to 99 the translate table will be downloaded from the control unit at Power Up US Language Group is only supported for Load Translate Table 3 To use system languages marked the matching ASCII Character Set parameter 063 must be selected Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 67 Note Note Note Note THE PARAMETER LIST 006 True Screen Image Controls NUL treatment in DSC DSE mode print buffers Value Description Yes NUL codes are replaced by Space characters No NUL codes are suppressed 1 This parameter emulates
107. lel PC PC Host Sharing cable P N 12516 20 pin high density connector Axis OKI HD 4039 1 and AX 7 Cobra OEM CABLES 25 pin female connector PC 1 RECEIVE 2 TRANSMIT 3 DTR 4 GND 20 pin high density connector Axis OKI HD AX 4039 1 and AX 7 Cobra OEM 4 GND 5 STB 6 BUSY 7 PE 8 INDATAO 9 INDATA1 10 INDATA2 11 12 4 13 INDATA5 14 INDATA6 15 INDATA7 16 SELECT 20 ACK 2 TRANSMIT 3 RECEIVE 5 CTS l6 DSR 7 GND 8 DCD 20 DTR 25 male connector 18 25 GND 1 STROBE 11 BUSY 12 PE DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA2 DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 SELECT ACK AC I Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 153 Overview C 3 AXIS 370 Cobra Cables CABLES This section describes the pin configuration for the different cables that can be used with the AXIS 370 Cobra There are one cable available for connecting the AXIS 370 Cobra to the printer The possible configuration are listed below Part No Description 13522 Printer Cable extension Printer Cable Extension Printer Cable Extension P N 13522 36 pin centronics female connector 36 pin centronics male connector AXIS 370 Cobra printer 1 STROBE 1 STROBE 2 DATA 0 2 DATA 0 3 DATA 1 3 DATA 1 4 DATA 2 4 DATA2 5 DATA 3 5 DATA 6 DATA 4 6 DATA 4 7 DATA 5 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 6 8 DATA 6 9 DATA 7 9 DATA 7 10 ACK 10
108. n Yes No Send Line Feed sequence only Send Line Feed sequence spaces The default setting depends on the selected printer driver Set this parameter to Yes if your printer supports the Line Feed command 3 When set to the number of spaces required to maintain the horizontal print position will be printed 023 Line Feed 012 True Back Space Controls the emulation of the LU 1 SCS BS command Value Description Yes Send Back Space No Send Carriage Return sequence spaces The default setting depends on the selected printer driver Set this parameter to Yes if your printer supports the Back Space command 3 When set to No the number of spaces required to maintain the horizontal print position will be printed 4 The Back Space command is 08 ASCII 013 True Form Feed Controls the emulation of the LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE FF commands Value Description Yes No Send Form Feed sequence Send Line Feeds The default setting depends on the selected printer driver 2 Set this parameter to Yes if your printer supports the Form Feed and Form Length setting commands 3 When set to No the number of Line Feeds required to advance to the next Top of Form will be sent 001 Form Length 023 Line Feed 020 Form Feed Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 69 THE PARAMETER LIST 015 Letter Quality Controls the default Print Quality Value Description
109. n Bar codes are defined and printed by two internal functions 211 Define Bar Code 212 Print Bar Code Data These functions are described on page 113 There are also two parameters controlling the bar code printouts 093 Bar Code Driver The graphics driver used for bar code printing 094 Bar Code Attributes Controls the appearance of the bar code printouts See page 90 for a description of these parameters The following bar code types are supported Type Length characters Valid characters Check sum digit 1 Code 39 1 32 0 9 A Z Symbols 3 UPC A 11 0 9 Yes 8 EAN8 7 0 9 Yes 9 EAN13 12 0 9 Yes 12 2 of 5 Interleaved 1 32 0 9 No 13 Codabar Matrix 2 34 incl start stop 0 9 Symbols A D No 17 Code 128 1 32 Full 128 character Yes ASCII set 4 Func Applies to the AX 7 Cobra and the AXIS 370 Cobra only Notes 1 The symbols supported by Code 39 are plus minus period slash percent 96 dollar apostrophe 7 and space The space character must be given in hex Example Code 20 39 2 symbols supported by Codabar Matrix are plus minus period slash dollar and colon A D can only by used as start and stop characters 3 Bar codes can only be printed vertically and only one bar code per line By using page position commands on laser printers and reverse linefeeds on matrix printers more than on
110. n any other position will generate a Form Feed Count NN Valid range for the count byte is 01 83 Acount of 01 sets all vertical format control parameters to their default values Form Length FL Defines the number of lines per page e is 00 or not specified i e the count byte NN is 01 the Form Length is set to 1 Note 1 FL setting can be prevented by setting parameter 099 Lock Form Length to Yes 2 If parameter 44 Option Select 1 bit 5 20 is set then Form Length is set to parameter 001 Top Margin TM Defines the first print line on the page If TM is 00 or not specified i e the count byte NN is less than 03 the Top Margin defaults to print line 1 Bottom Margin BM Defines the last print line on the page If BM is 00 or not specified i e the count byte NN is less than 04 the Bottom Margin is equal to Form Length Vertical Tab Stops 1 Defines the vertical tab stops used by the Vertical Tab V T and Vertical Channel Select VCS functions Valid tab stop values are in the range from TM to BM e Ifno tab stops are specified i e the count byte NN is less than 05 the default is a tab stop at each line between TM and BM The TM value is stored as the first tab stop and the Vertical Channel 1 e Tab stops through are used for Vertical Channels 2 through 12 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 26 IBM 3270 CONTROL COD
111. nced printer control and bar codes PC HOST SHARING Using the same printer for both host and PC printouts AUTOMATIC ORIENTATION AND COR Automatic adaptation of print orientation and scaling to the printer paper size SOLVING PROBLEMS How to solve common problems PRINTER DRIVERS A list of supported printer drivers THE PARAMETER LIST A complete description of all parameters INTERNAL FUNCTIONS Describes the functions available in the Extended Emulation Mode CHARACTER TABLES National dependent EBCDIC tables and International Set 5 IBM RPQs FRONT PANEL COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS USING THE MD GRAFTEXT SOFTWARE CABLES UPGRADING FIRMWARE TEXHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RELATED SPECIFICATIONS HOW TO CONTACT AXIS GLOSSARY INDEX EMISSION NOTICES USA This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio communications It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Shielded cables should
112. nch 0002 Switch Code 50 Attention PA1 or PA2 pressed in receive state Input Code 5F PA1 key pressed Code Code 5E PA2 key pressed Code 5D No PA key pressed Code 6B Inbound data available Code 6C DSC DSE query reply partial Code 6D DSC DSE query reply complete Code 6F LU 1 inbound data without FM header Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 10 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT Address Function Bit Code Description 0003 Sense Code 01 Cancel key pressed LU 1 mode Data Code 02 Invalid control code parameter Code 03 Invalid LU 1 SCS Control code Code 04 Order reject Code 05 Invalid PS selection Code 06 Invalid LCID selection Code 07 Invalid FM header Code 08 Invalid structured field DSC mode 0004 to Inbound 0005 Message Length 0006 Extended 6 Reserved Status Bit 7 0 Order complete not deferred 1 Order complete deferred 0007 to Reserved 0009 000A Features Bit Underline supported Bit 1 Reverse video supported not applicable Bit 2 Blink supported not applicable Bit 3 Translate table required Bit4 5 Reserved Bit 6 Save Restore and Query List supported Bit 7 DSC DSE Query supported 000B Printer BitO 3 0000 Old Type i e 4214 Type and 0001 ADII 3287 or equivalent Character 0010 4250 or equivalent Set 0100 3268 or equivalent 0101 3230 or equivalent 0111 3262 or equival
113. ncy is terminated and the subsequent characters will be printed The first table below shows the correct syntax and the second table shows the results of a misplaced x in different positions Intended sequence Resulting printout Character codes sent 41 A 41 Entered sequence Resulting printout Character codes sent 41 41 78 34 31 4 1 04 78 31 41 41 78 Notes 1 Single Byte Transparency is available in Extended Emulation Mode types 2 3 and 5 2 User Definable Strings described later in this section overrides the Single Byte Transparency function If you are using both User Definable Strings and transparency use the Multibyte Transparency instead 3 During Single Byte Transparency the hexadecimal value shall not be preceded by or character 4 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 39 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Multibyte Multi Byte Transparency passes through any number of bytes to the printer Once Transparency Extended Emulation Mode has been entered see page 33 the function is controlled by the Transparency Lead In Sequence and the Transparency Configuration Trailer Sequence Syntax lt TLI gt lt Hexadecimal Valuei gt lt Hexadecimal Valuez gt lt Hexadecimal Valuen gt lt TCT gt or Syntax lt TLI gt lt sequence of ASCII characters gt lt TCT gt e
114. nd of Job function Value Description 0 End of Job function disabled default 1 255 Time out value in seconds 1 Parameter 140 End of Job Sequence is sent if no Print Buffer is received within the specified time 2 Parameter 151 Start of Job Sequence is sent when a Print Buffer is received after the End of Job Time out has expired 140 End of Job Sequence 151 Start of Job Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 98 THE PARAMETER LIST 140 End of Job Sequence Sent to the printer if no Print Buffer is received for a specified amount of time Value Description Printer control commands No sequence is sent default any seq lt empty gt Note 1 This sequence is sent when the timer value specified by End of Job Time out 139 has expired Related 139 End of Job Time out parameters 151 Start of Job Sequence 141 Host PC Parallel Sequence Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Sent before a PC Parallel printout preceded by a System Print Buffer or a PC Serial printout Value Description lt any seq gt Printer control commands lt empty gt sequence is sent default Related 136 PC Host Time out 152 PC Host TOF Sequence parameters 137 PC Host Sequence 154 Resend Host PC Sequence 138 Host PC Serial Sequence 142 GDDM Support Selects Programmable Symbols graphics driver Supports IBM 3287 2C programmable symbols and color Value Description
115. nd the default trailer sequence is dollar sign Use the following configuration file to emulate the MainPrint CG hex transparency amp amp 2 Enter Extended Emulation Mode SP Configuration Lead in Sequence 40 2 Set Extended Emulation type 2 permanently 70 Redefine Transparency Lead in Sequence 72 5 Redefine TRN Conf Trailer Sequence 207 10 Initialize 207 12 Save configuration permanently 5 End of configuration note the new trailer sequence Note 1 MainPrint CG supports different sequences in LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE modes This can not be emulated by the protocol converter I Data IDA 3270 IDA 3270 uses the same syntax for Single Byte and Multibyte transparency as the protocol converter Assuming that the I Data Escape Character is set to currency sign the following configuration file will enable I Data transparency amp amp 14P Enter Extended Emulation Mode Configuration Lead in Sequence 40 2 Set Extended Emulation type 2 permanently 207 10 Initialize 207 12 Save configuration permanently End of configuration If only the Single Byte transparency is used then the I Data command for Defining a Temporary Escape Character amp amp can be used This function is enabled by setting parameter 4066 bit 0 Option Select 2 to 1 The I Data User Defined String command is supported Syntax lt ESC gt Z lt SN gt
116. nitialize 207 10 command is executed 167 INDEX A Agile 142 Andrew 142 Anonymous FTP 163 APL 166 ASCII Character Set Select default 84 ASCII 166 Attributes 166 Automatic Function at End of Job 92 138 at End of Operator Initiated Local Copy 138 Automatic Orientation Select 88 Automatic Orientation 56 Avatar 143 Axis Offices 164 Axis WWW Home Page 163 B Back Space LU 1 SCS Control Code 23 True 69 Bar Code Attributes 91 Define 113 Driver 90 Print 114 Bar Code 51 Base Buffer Attributes 17 Base Color Enable 96 Select 96 Baud Rate Select 76 Bell LU 1 SCS Control Code 24 Sequence 94 Binary Synchronous Communication 8 Boldface DSC DSE Highlight attribute 71 Exit simulated sequence 95 Exit Sequence 82 Set Simulated sequence 95 Set Sequence 82 BS See Back Space BSC See Binary Synchronous Communication Buffer See Character Buffer AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference Carriage Return at MPP 1 86 136 buffering 59 86 DSC DSE Control Code 20 LU 1 SCS Control Code 22 Sequence 73 CECP 166 Character Buffer Size Select 74 Character Buffer 9 Character Codes 166 Character Density Select default 66 Character Set Select APL sequence 96 Select normal sequence 96 Character Translation Tables modifying 45 106 printing 108 Characters per Inch Lock 93 Sequence 81 C
117. nter 132 Factory default value 1 New Line command is sent to the printer when the specified print position is reached 2 When set to 0 character counting is inhibited and no New Line command will be generated 3 The Maximum Print Position setting is overridden by the LU 1 SCS SHF command To avoid this set Option Select 2 066 bit 3 to 1 Lock MPP 4 This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch 021 New Line 066 Option Select 2 bit 3 Lock MPP Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 65 THE PARAMETER LIST 004 Character Density Selects the number of characters per inch CPI Value Description 0 Inhibit CPI setting 5 5 Characters per Inch 10 10 Characters per Inch 12 12 Characters per Inch 15 15 Characters per Inch 17 16 7 Characters per Inch 99 Proportional Character spacing Notes 1 A Character Density command is sent to the printer at Power Up and Warm Start 2 When set to 0 no Character Density command is sent 3 The Character Density setting is overridden by the LU 1 SCS SPD command To avoid this set Lock CPI 31110 to Yes 4 This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch Related 048 5 CPI 052 16 7 CPI parameters 049 10 CPI 053 Proportional 050 12 CPI 110 Lock CPI 051 15 CPI Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 66 THE PARAMETER LIST 005 System Language This parameter makes the EBCDIC to DBC translation tab
118. nts you might add commandis to select default fonts to the Character per Inch sequences Related 148 Orientation parameter Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 89 Notes Related parameters Note Related parameter Notes Related parameter THE PARAMETER LIST 082 Sheet Feeder 0 Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to select paper source Value Description any seq Sheet Feeder 0 sequence 1 default sequence depends the selected printer driver 2 Sheet Feeder 0 sequence is sent at power Up and Warm Start if parameter 017 Sheet Feeder is set to 0 017 Sheet Feeder 062 Sheet Feeder 2 Sequence 061 Sheet Feeder 1 Sequence 083 Envelope Feeder This sequence is sent to the printer when Envelope Feeder is selected by the LU 1 SCS PPM command Value Description lt any seq gt Envelope sequence 1 default sequence depends the selected printer driver 017 Sheet Feeder 093 Bar Code Driver Selects the driver used for bar code printing Value Description 0 Off 1 IBM Proprinter Epson FX 2 Epson LQ Fujitsu DPL24C 8 HP PCL 1 The default value depends on the selected printer driver 2 If this parameter is set to 0 Off an attempt to print bar code data will result in an error message ERROR NO BE BAR CODE ERROR 094 Bar Code Attributes Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 90 Notes Rela
119. o compare against the latest software issues from Axis Alternatively go to the Axis WWW Home Page at http www axisinc com or http www axis com where you can download the latest version of the software utilities You can also get files and information through anonymous ftp log in to the ftp axisinc com or ftp axis com and go to the pub axis directory Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 157 UPGRADING FIRMWARE Updating the Axis You can carry out an update to your Flash ROM 370 Cobra Flash ROM through the parallel printer port of the Axis 370 Cobra a special cable is needed Full instructions on how to carry out the update will be supplied with the software update kit Part Number 14518 Flash ROM This is a special type of memory chip the Axis 370 Cobra that controls the printing operations Just like a normal ROM its contents are unaffected when the power is turned off What makes it special is that its memory contents can be replaced during an update sequence this will upgrade your Axis 370 Cobra s performance without having to replace any physical components Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 158 APPENDIX G TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Host Environments TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 5 370 8 390 IBM 303x 308x 309 81 47xx 43xx 937 Attachments IBM 3174 Control Unit IBM 3274 type A Control Unit IBM 3276 Control Unit IBM 8775 Display Terminal IB
120. oax communication loss action at 79 Color Black sequence 97 Cyan sequence 97 Green sequence 97 Magenta sequence 97 Red sequence 97 Yellow sequence 97 Communication Methods 8 Communications Buffer 9 Computer Output Reduction 10 CPI Select 89 12 CPI Select 89 15 CPI Select 89 17 CPI Select 89 6 LPI Select 89 8 LPI Select 89 Computer Output Reduction 56 Configuration from the System 37 Lead In Sequence 87 Save internal function 107 Trailer Sequence 88 Configuration File 44 142 Control Codes 16 166 Control Commands sending to the printer 42 Copy Controls 7 CR see Carriage Return 168 D Data Flow Chart 29 Data Processing Control 31 DSC DSE 30 LU 1 SCS 30 Data Representation during Configuration 38 during transparency 43 DBC 166 Delimiters during configuration 38 during transparency 43 Dip Switch Positions 157 DSC 166 DSE 166 E EAB 167 EBCDIC 167 Elongated Exit sequence 94 Set sequence 94 EM See End of Message Emma System 60 Enable Presentation LU 1 SCS Control Code 22 End of Job Sequence 99 Timeout 98 End of Message DSC DSE Control Code 19 ENP See Enable Presentation Envelope Feeder sequence 90 Error Messages 61 Escape Character Select default 78 Extended Attribute Buffer Select 95 Extended Attribute Buffer 9 Extended Attributes 18 Extended Emulati
121. ommunications Ltd Beijing Office Room 2203 22 F Everbright Building 6 Fu Xing Men Wai Street Beijing 100045 China Phone 86 10 6856 1350 Fax 86 10 6856 1359 Axis Communications Ltd Shanghai Office Room J 6 F World Trade Building NO 1590 Yan An West Road Shanghai 200052 China Phone 86 21 6280 8527 Fax 86 21 6280 6892 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 165 GLOSSARY 3270 APL APL2 Text ASCII Attributes Base Buffer Attributes BSC CECP Character Buffer Character Codes Coax Code Page Cold Start Communications Buffer Control Codes COR DBC DSC DSE Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference The IBM mainframe environment A Programming Language Requires special characters that can be emulated by the AX 7 Cobra by using the PC Set 2 Symbol Set The IBM mainframe environment for MVS and VM American Standard Code for Information Interchange Originally a 7 bit character set but also a common term for the various 8 bit character sets used in the IBM PC environment as opposed to e g EBCDIC Used is DSC DSE mode to modify subsequent character and control codes making up for the lack of LU 1 control codes Base buffer attributes are the DBC codes CO FF extended attributes are found in the EAB See Attributes Binary Synchronous Communication An old communications pro tocol Widely used but superseded by the SNA protocols Country Extended Code Page The new IBM
122. on Mode Control sequence syntax 85 Control Sequence 93 Enter command 34 Select default 78 Types 36 AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference F FF See Form Feed Field Attributes 167 Firmware upgrade 156 FM Header 167 Force Last Line Sequence 78 Form Feed at mode change 91 DSC DSE Control Code 19 LU 1 SCS Control Code 22 Sequence 72 True 69 valid in 1st line 79 Valid positions 92 137 within the Print Buffer 91 137 Form Length Format Sequence 75 Lead In Sequence 75 Lock 91 Select default 64 Trailer Sequence 75 Front Panel 139 G GDDM Color 100 Support 99 GDDM 167 GE See Graphic Escape Graphic Escape LU 1 SCS Control Code 22 H Hardcopy Form Feed after 68 Form Feed before 68 Sequence after 94 Sequence before 94 Header Text 95 Hex Dump Mode 108 140 Hex Dumps 60 Highlight Select default 71 Horizontal Tab LU 1 SCS Control Code 22 Host Configuration 15 Host Directed Copy 7 Host Initiated Local Copy 7 Host PC Parallel sequence 99 Serial sequence 98 HT See Horizontal Tab 169 IBM Control Codes 16 IBM Printer Emulation Select 80 l Data 143 Inhibit Presentation LU 1 SCS Control Code 23 Initialize Printer Internal function 107 INP See Inhibit Presentation Interchange Record Separator LU 1 SCS Control Code 23 Internal Functions 37 106 Internet 163 Internet Axis Home Pag
123. ons for Module Width MW in multiples of 1 120 Value Description 1 32 Minimum Module Width 1 120 maximum Module Width 32 120 Valid selections for Bar Code Height BH in multiples of 1 6 Value Description 1 32 Minimum Bar Code Height 1 6 maximum Bar Code Height 32 6 Valid selections for Human Readable Text RT Value Description 0 No text 1 Text immediately below bar code 2 Text below bar code with a blank line between Valid selections for Horizontal Start Position HP in multiples of 1 12 Value Description 1 255 Leftmost Start Position 1 12 rightmost Start Position 255 12 Axis 7 Technical Reference 113 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS 212 Print Bar Code Data This function prints bar code data as specified by function 211 Syntax 212 LS e LS is a sequence of ASCII characters containing the bar code data Note 1 Quoted space characters are ignored To insert spaces use the hexadecimal format 20 Example 2212 AXIS 20 INC gives the bar code data for AXIS INC Axis 7 Technical Reference 114 CHARACTER TABLES SECTION 11 CHARACTER TABLES This section contains the following character tables DBC to ASCII Page Base Character Set 116 CECP Character Set 117 EBCDIC to ASCII Code Pages Page 37 US Netherlands Portuguese and Canadian Bilingual 118 260 Canadian French 119 278 Austrian German 1
124. or channel channel 3x74 3x74 Control Unit Control Unit AX 7 Cobra AX 7 Cobra AX 7 Cobra The two SNA modes of communication are LU 1 and LU 3 LU 1 is the SCS SNA Character String mode and uses EBCDIC Character Sets 118 onwards LU 3 is the DSE Data Stream Emulation mode and uses DBC Character sets see page 116 and 117 DSE is the SNA equivalent to the DSC mode described below BSC has only one communication mode which is DSC Data Stream Compatible mode It uses DBC Character Sets see page 116 and 117 In a BSC environment all copy control operations use the same mode of communication Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 8 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT The Communications Buffer The protocol converter has an 8K storage area called the communications buffer This buffer is a temporary storage for coax data commands and the controls necessary for the protocol converter operation The communications buffer contains a character buffer also called the base buffer and an extended attribute buffer EAB of 4K each The first 80 bytes of the character buffer is the Printer Control Information Area PCIA and the first 80 bytes of the EAB is the extended PCIA The remainder of the character buffer is the message area containing buffers of print data The EAB contains additional information about how each character should be printed see page 18 PCIA Character Buffer Ext PCIA Extended Attribute Buff
125. orm Length setting is overridden by the SCS SVF command To avoid this set Lock Form Feed 099 to Yes 3 This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch Line Feeds are buffered until a printable character is received or the last line of current form is reached unless this parameter is set to 0 At end of form a Form Feed will be sent instead of the buffered Line Feeds unless True Form Feed 013 is set to No Related 013 True Form Feed 029 Form Length Tail parameters 027 Form Length Header 099 Lock Form Length 028 Form Length Format Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 64 Notes Related parameters Notes Related parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 002 Line Density Selects the number of lines per inch LPI Value Description 0 Inhibit Line Density setting 3 3 Lines per Inch 4 4 Lines per Inch 6 6 Lines per Inch default 8 8 Lines per Inch When set to 0 no Line Density command will be sent to the printer 2 The Line Density setting is overridden by the LU 1 SCS SLD command To avoid this set Lock LPI 111 to Yes 3 3 and 4 LPI are implemented as 6 and 8 LPI with double Line Feeds This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch 046 6 LPI 111 Lock LPI 047 8 LPI 003 Maximum Print Position Selects the number of characters per line Value Description 1 255 Number of characters per line 0 Inhibit print position cou
126. patible mode Type 5 Maersk Data transparency compatible mode EXTENDED EMULATION MODE Extended Emulation Mode Types There are six different Emulation Mode types This subsection briefly describes the main features of each type More details will be given for each extended emulation function This is the default mode No extended emulation functions are active The Escape character and the transparency and configuration lead in sequences are printed as normal characters when received If the Extended Emulation Control Sequence is received mode type 2 is entered The Escape character is translated to the ASCII escape 1B The transparency and configuration lead in sequences are printed as normal characters when received If the Extended Emulation Control Sequence is received mode type 2 is entered This mode is entered when the Extended Emulation Control Sequence is received The Escape character and the transparency and configuration lead in sequences will start extended emulation functions and will not be printed See the respective extended emulation functions for details This mode is used when replacing an existing MPI protocol converter see page 145 for details This mode is used when replacing an existing Memorex Telex 2068 printer see page 144 for details This mode is used with the Maersk Data MD GRAFTEXT software see page 146 for details Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 36 EXTENDED EMULATION MODE
127. press the CR command 0D Factory default sequence This sequence is sent after receiving a LU 1 SCS or DSC DSE CR command 2 CRs and spaces are buffered to minimize print data unless Option Select 2 066 bit 5 Disable CR and spaces buffering is set to 17 3 To suppress the LU 1 SCS and DSC DSE CR commands empty the Carriage Return Sequence 066 Option Select 2 bit 5 Disable CR and spaces buffering 023 Line Feed Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to generate a Line Feed advance to the next line maintaining the horizontal print position Value Description any seq Line Feed Sequence empty Suppress the LF command 0A Factory default sequence This sequence is sent after receiving a LU 1 SCS LF command 2 Line Feeds are buffered until a printable character is received or the last line of current form is reached unless Form Length 001 is set to 07 At end of form a Form Feed will be sent instead of the buffered Line Feeds unless True Form Feed 013 is set to No 3 If True Line Feed 011 is set to No CR LF and spaces will be used to emulate a Line Feed 4 To suppress the LU 1 SCS LF command empty the Line Feed Sequence 011 True Line Feed 020 Form Feed Sequence 013 True Form Feed 022 Carriage Return Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference Xm THE PARAMETER LIST 024 Intervention Time Specifies the maximum allowed time for a print bu
128. pty this sequence to avoid empty forms 136 PC Host Time out 137 PC Host Sequence 138 Host PC Serial Sequence 141 Host PC Parallel Sequence 154 Resend Host_PC Strings 153 Graphics Orientation Controls the orientation of GDDM graphics Value Description 0 Same as text default 1 Portrait 2 Landscape 148 Orientation 149 Portrait Sequence 150 Landscape Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 102 Note Related parameters Related parameters Related parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 154 Resend Host PC Strings Does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra Controls the resending of the Host PC Serial Parallel string after the PC Host Time out has elapsed even if the data comes from the same PC input Used to make sure the printer is correctly set before the next PC printout begins Value Description No Don t resend Host PC string default Yes Resend Host PC Serial or Parallel string The string is not sent before new data is present 136 PC Host Time out 138 Host PC Serial Sequence 137 PC Host Sequence 141 Host PC Parallel Sequence 152 PC Host TOF Sequence 155 String before GDDM String sent to the printer before GDDM printouts Value Description lt any seq gt Printer control commands 142 GDDM Support 156 String after GDDM String sent to the printer after GDDM printouts Value Description lt any seq gt Printer control commands 142 GDDM Support 157 Di
129. r LAN to a serial printer Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 147 CABLES Centronics Parallel Printer Cable Centronics parallel printer cable P N 12755 44 pin male connector AX 7 Cobra 36 pin centronics connector printer RS 232 Serial Printer Cable PR STB PR DATA 0 PR DATA 1 PR DATA2 PR DATA PR DATA 4 PR DATA 5 PR DATA 6 PR DATA 7 PR_ACK PR_BUSY PR_PE PR_SELECT 45V 45V GND GND PR INIT PR ERR STROBE DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA6 DATA7 ACK BUSY PE SELECT 45V 45V GND GND INIT ERROR aA a a a ai in MN AWN RS 232 Serial printer cable P N 12756 44 pin male connector AX 7 Cobra 25 pin male connector printer 22 23 25 20 18 9 RECEIVE TRANSMIT CTS GND 45V PR DATA 7 L13 PR SELECT 12 PR PE SER BUSY L26 SER BUSY Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 2 TRANSMIT 3 RECEIVE 20 CTS 7 GND can be connected to 5V 200mA 148 CABLES PC Host Sharing Cable Serial Printer Serial PC PC Host Sharing cable P N 12757 44 pin male connector 25 pin male connector printer AX 7 Cobra 23 TRANSMIT 3 RECEIVE 25 CTS 20 CTS 20 GND 7 GND 18 45V can be connected to 5V 200mA 44 pin male connector 25 pin female connector AX 7 Cobra 22 RECEIVE 2 TRANSMIT 24 DTROUT 5 CTS 24 DTROUT 6
130. racter Translation Tables User Definable Strings String Substitutions PC HOST SHARING Using an External Printer Sharing Device AUTOMATIC ORIENTATION AND COR SOLVING PROBLEMS Missing Printouts Incorrect Host Printouts Error Messages PRINTER DRIVERS THE PARAMETER LIST INTERNAL FUNCTIONS CHARACTER TABLES Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference TABLE OF CONTENTS 57 57 61 62 64 106 115 TABLE OF CONTENTS APPENDIXA IBM RPQs 136 Carriage Return at MPP 1 136 New Line at MPP 1 136 Form Feed within the Print Buffer 137 Null Suppression 137 Valid Form Feed Positions 137 Automatic Function at End of Job 138 Automatic Function at End of Operator Initiated Local Copy 138 APPENDIX B THE FRONT PANEL 139 The POWER indicator 139 The SYSTEM indicator 139 The PC SHARE indicator 139 The Rotary Switch 140 APPENDIX C COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS 141 Agile 6287 Ultra 142 Andrew Malibu 142 Avatar MainPrint CG 143 I Data IDA 3270 143 Memorex 2068 144 MPI AT 02 145 APPENDIX D USING THE MD GRAFTEXT SOFTWARE 146 APPENDIX E CABLES 147 Overview 147 Centronics Parallel Printer Cable 148 RS 232 Serial Printer Cable 148 PC Host Sharing Cable Serial Printer Serial PC 149 PC Host Sharing Cable Parallel Printer Serial Parallel PC 149 PC Host Sharing Cable Parallel Printer Parallel PC 151 Power Connector 155 APPENDIX F UPGRADING FIRMWARE 156 Dip Switch Positions 157 Updating the software 157
131. racters per Inch Sequence One of these sequences is sent to the printer to activate the current Characters per Inch setting Value Description any seq 5 10 12 15 16 7 Characters per Inch Sequence The default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 Characters per Inch sequence is sent at Power Up Warm Start and after receiving the LU 1 SCS SPD command unless Lock CPI 110 is set to Yes 3 If your printer is equipped with different fixed pitch fonts you might add commands to select default fonts to the Character per Inch sequences 004 Character Density 110 Lock CPI 053 Proportional Sequence 053 Proportional Pitch Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to activate proportional pitch characters Value Description any seq Proportional Pitch Sequence The default sequence depends on the selected printer driver 2 This sequence is sent at Power Up and Warm Start when Character Density 004 is set to 99 Proportional 004 Character Density Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 81 Notes Related parameters Notes Related parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 054 Set Letter Quality Sequence 055 Exit Letter Quality Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to activate the current Print Quality Value Description any seq Print Quality Sequence 1 default sequences depend on the selected Printer Driver
132. rameter Related parameter THE PARAMETER LIST 104 Extended Emulation Control Sequence This sequence starts and stops the Extended Emulation Mode Value Description any seq 30 30 18 18 Extended Emulation Control Sequence Factory default sequence amp amp 1 This sequence must be entered DBC character codes or literally i e 30 30 18 18 corresponds to the characters 626229 2 This sequence must be followed by 3 DBC character codes amp amp start Extended Emulation Mode amp amp 000 stop Extended Emulation Mode 040 Extended Emulation Mode 071 Configuration Lead In Sequence 041 Escape Character 072 Transparency Config Trailer Seq 070 Transparency Lead In Sequence 110 Lock CPI Controls the emulation of the LU 1 SCS SPD command Value Description 0 CPI is set by LU 1 SCS SPD command 1 CPI is locked to the parameter value 004 Character Density 111 Lock Controls the emulation of the LU 1 SCS SLD command Value Description 0 is set by LU 1 SCS SLD command 1 is locked to the parameter value 002 Line Density 112 Lock Print Quality Controls the emulation of the LU 1 SCS PPM Q command Value Description 0 Print Quality is set by LU 1 SCS PPM Q command 1 Print Quality is locked to the parameter value 015 Letter Quality Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 93 Notes Note
133. rate a Form Feed between DSC DSE and LU 1 SCS buffers 1 Do not generate a Form Feed Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 91 Notes Notes Notes Related parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 100 Option Select 3 continued Bit 2 04 Valid Form Feed Positions Value Description 0 is valid at 1st print position and 1 1 FF is valid anywhere 1 This switch is used in DSC DSE mode only 2 This switch emulates an IBM RPQ Bit 3 08 Automatic Function at End of Job Value Description 0 NL is generated at end of print buffer 1 FF is generated at end of print buffer 1 This switch is used in DSC DSE mode only 2 This switch emulates an IBM RPQ Bits 4 6 10 40 Reserved Bit 7 80 Space as delimiter Value Description 0 Spaces can not be used as delimiter in ext emulation sequences 1 Spaces can be used as delimiter in ext emulation sequences 102 Physical Maximum Print Position Selects the physical paper width for Right to Left print mode Value Description 0 255 132 Physical paper width max print position Factory default value 1 This parameter is only active when an Arabic or Hebrew Code Page and ASCII Character Set is selected 003 Maximum Print Position 063 ASCII Character Set 005 System Language 065 Right to Left Mode Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 92 Notes Related parameters Related parameter Related pa
134. ric alphanumeric This is a screen attribute it does not affect printing Normal Cancels an Intensified or Invisible attribute Intensified Prints as highlighted as determined by Highlight parameter 019 see page 71 Invisible non print Character and control codes are treated as nulls Base Buffer Attributes Printed color Base Color Black enabled Base Color Green enabled Unprotected Normal Black Green Unprotected Intensified Red Red Protected Normal Blue Blue Protected Intensified Green Black This table shows the resulting print color for different base buffer attribute and base color combinations See page 96 Base Color parameter 128 for further details on base color settings colors are printed as black on monochrome printers You may substitute color with highlight features such as underscoring or bolding by programming the appropriate color sequences The following example assumes that the Red Color Sequence parameter 132 has been programmed to Begin Underscore and the Black Color Sequence parameter 129 has been programmed to End Underscore Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 17 Example Resulting printout IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES The following codes demonstrate the use of base buffer attributes B7 is the DBC code for X B8 is Y C8 is an Intensified attribute and CO is a Normal attribute 5 7 5 7 SB7 5 8 5 8 5 8 5 8 5 0 5 7 SB7 5 7
135. rted to allow the Control Unit to read the new setting 3 Ifthis parameter is set to 1 2 3 4 parameter 126 APL Character Set Sequence and 125 Normal Character Set Sequence are sent before and after APL characters to switch Symbol Sets Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 95 Related parameters Notes Related parameter Notes Related parameter Notes Related parameters THE PARAMETER LIST 126 APL Character Set Sequence 125 Normal Character Set Sequence 126 APL Character Set Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to switch symbol sets when printing APL characters Value Description any seq Normal APL Character Set Sequence 1 default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 These sequences are only active when Extended Attribute Buffer 124 is set to 2 124 Extended Attribute Buffer 127 Enable Base Color Controls the Base Color selection Value Description Yes No Base Color is set by the Base Color parameter Base Color is set by the Host application 1 This parameter emulates an IBM printer front panel switch 2 This parameter is valid in LU 1 SCS mode only 128 Base Color 11128 Base Color Controls the interpretation of display colors Value Description 0 Base Color Black default 1 Base Color Green 1 The table below shows the printout result of the display colors for different
136. s Notes Related parameters Note THE PARAMETER LIST 114 Set Italic Sequence 115 Exit Italic Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to start and stop italic printing Value Description any seq Set Exit Italic Sequence 1 default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 These sequences are not activated by host command 116 Set Elongated Sequence 117 Exit Elongated Sequence These sequences are sent to the printer to start and stop double width printing Value Description any seq Set Exit Elongated Sequence 1 default sequences depend on the selected printer driver 2 These sequences are not activated by host command 118 Sequence before Hardcopy 119 Sequence after Hardcopy These sequences are sent to the printer before after a Hardcopy print buffer Value Description any seq lt gt Sequence before after Hardcopy Factory default sequence 1 Use these sequences to print Hardcopies in a different pitch orientationor from another paper source etc 2 These sequences are sent before an optional Form Feed before after Hardcopy 007 Form Feed before Hardcopy 008 Form Feed after Hardcopy 120 Bell Sequence This sequence is sent to the printer to sound the bell Value Description Bell Sequence Factory default sequence lt any seq gt 07 1 This sequence is sent after receiving the LU
137. s can be caused by an incorrect character buffer size setting see parameter 026 The RPQ settings supported are listed in Appendix A page 136 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 58 SOLVING PROBLEMS Incorrect Text Text positioning using Carriage Return and spaces might cause unexpected results in Positioning conjunction with Hex Transparency sequences The following example will print TEXT from column 16 instead of 10 since the characters in the transparency sequence increases the position counter without affection the actual print position S1B amp dD CR 10 spaces gt TEXT The obvious solution is to avoid mixing text positioning and transparency sequences If this is not possible use one of the methods below to correct the text position Compensate for the length of the transparency sequence by inserting additional spaces S1B amp dD CR 16 spaces gt TEXT Move the transparency sequence to the end of the line lt 73 spaces gt 1B amp dD lt CR gt 10 spaces gt TEXT Disable buffering of CR and spaces Set parameter 066 bit 5 Option Select 2 to 1 This is only recommended when Multibyte Transparency is used see also page 39 551 26 64 445 lt gt lt 10 spaces gt TEXT Note 1 Extended Emulation Mode has to be active See page 33 Reporting If you have an unsolved problem you should contact your dealer distributor for further Problems
138. sconn if Power off Applies to AXIS 370 Cobra only Controls the disconnection of the AXIS 370 if the printer is turned off This is only valid when an external power supply is used This function may not work with some printers Value Description No Keep host connected default Yes Disconnect if printer is off Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 103 THE PARAMETER LIST 158 Xerox Font and Graphics Applies to the AXIS 370 Cobra only Controls 8 independent switches Each bit represents on switch Value Description 00 FF See switch description below 00 Factory default value Bit 0 01 Enable Xerox Graphic Window Support 0 Don t handle Graphic Windows 1 Handle Graphic Windows Bit 1 02 Use special character translation table for Graphic Window 0 Use character translation table selected by 063 1 Use special Xerox font and graphics character translation table Bits 2 3 04 08 Reserved Bit 4 10 Enable Xerox EBCDIC font Downloading 0 Don t handle EBCDIC font downloading 1 Handle EBCDIC font downloading Bit 5 20 Use special character translation table foe Xerox EBCDIC fonts 0 Use character translation table selected by 063 1 Use special Xerox font and graphics character translation table Recommended Bits 6 7 40 80 Reserved Example If you are using downloaded Xerox EBCDIC fonts but not the Xerox Graphic Windows set 158 to 30 If you ar
139. se buffer attributes appear in the Character Buffer see page 9 They apply to all sub sequent character and control codes Extended attributes appear in the Extended Attribute Buffer An extended attribute applies only to the character or control code in the corresponding Character Buffer position Extended attributes can only be used when the EAB function is enabled Note 1 The DSC DSE data stream is created by the control unit from the 3270 data stream sent from the host see page 8 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 16 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES DSC DSE Base Buffer Attributes All codes from and above are base buffer attributes A base buffer attribute con trols the interpretation of all subsequent character and control codes until cancelled by another base buffer attribute The attribute itself is treated as null i e it prints as a space in unformatted mode The table below explains the meaning of the base buffer attribute bits bit 7 is the most significant and bit O is the least significant Bit Description 7 Always 1 6 Always 1 5 0 Unprotected field 1 Protected field 4 0 Alphanumeric field 1 Numeric field 3 2 00 Normal print field 01 Normal print field 10 Intensified print field 11 Invisible non print field 1 Reserved 0 Reserved e Protected unprotected This is a screen attribute It affects printing in color mode only see Highlight parameter 019 see page 71 Nume
140. st PC Parallel Sequence 151 Start of Job Sequence Replaces the PC Host Sequence Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 55 AUTOMATIC ORIENTATION AND COR SECTION 6 AUTOMATIC ORIENTATION AND COR The automatic page orientation function calculates the page size based on the following page formatting parameters that are set by the host e Form length Line density Maximum print position Character density If the parameters are not set by the host the values in the parameter list are used The calculated page size together with the settings in parameters 074 Automatic orientation physical paper size 148 Orientation portrait landscape or COR automatically select portrait or landscape orientation If the calculated page size does not fit the physical page in portrait or landscape orientation Computer Output Reduction COR mode is set if selected The COR mode is designed to facilitate the use of laser printers with traditional data processing applications requiring 66 lines of 132 columns per page The following changes are made The page is printed in landscape orientation Theline spacing is 70 of that specified The character density is changed as follows 10 CPI 2 13 3 CPI 12 CPI 215 CPI 15 CPI 2 20 CPI 17 CPI 2 27 CPI e The top and left margins set to 0 5 The Auto orientation COR function is available for the following printer drivers Number Title 48 HP LaserJet II
141. state Print FM Bit 0 0 Extended Order parameter not used Header 1 Extended Order parameter see addr 0022 Processing Bit 1 0 Not first segment of first in chain 1 First segment of first in chain Bit 2 0 Not last segment of first in chain 1 Last segment of first in chain Bit 3 0 EBCDIC data code 1 Heserved Bit4 6 Reserved Bit 7 0 SCS data stream 1 FM Header data stream Load BitO 7 Translate Table DSC DSE The bits have different meanings for different mode order orders Parameters Print Bit 0 Reserved Bit 1 0 Data is in DBC Base Character code 1 Data is in DBC CECP Character code Bit 2 Reserved Bit 3 0 Control Codes 01 07 are valid regardless of the EAB byte value 1 Control Codes 01 07 are valid only if the EAB byte value equals xxxxx001 APL Bit 4 0 Print without the EAB 1 Print with the EAB 5 6 00 Use default for Mono Dual case 01 Monocase 10 Dual case 11 Reserved Bit 7 0 Unformatted mode honor NL EM and CR Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 1 Formatted mode ignore NL EM and CR 13 THE IBM 3270 ENVIRONMENT Address Function Bit Code Description Load PS Bit 0 Reserved 0017 Bit 1 0 Continuation of Load PS order 1 Beginning of Load PS order Bit2 7 Reserved Load BitO 7 Reserved Translate Table DSC DSE Bit 0 Reserved Query Bit 1 0 Continuation of query 1
142. stem 3 The dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 118 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 260 Canadian French Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 119 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 273 Austrian German Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 120 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 275 Brazilian Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas are the language dependent characters that differs from the default system language Code Page 037 Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 121 CHARACTER TABLES Code Page 277 Danish Norwegian Notes 1 The light shaded areas are CECP characters They are only available if the CECP feature is supported by your IBM system 2 dark shaded areas ar
143. stops are set VT is treated as a Line Feed LF Form Feed FF 0C FF moves the print position to the next Top of Form Carriage Return CR 0D CR moves the print position to Left Margin If the current print position equals the Left Margin CR is ignored Enable Presentation ENP 14 ENP has no effect on print operation Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 22 IBM 3270 CONTROL CODES New Line NL 15 NL causes a Carriage Return CR and a Line Feed LF Back Space BS 16 BS moves the print position one column to the left even if the current print position is equal to or less than Left Margin BS in column 1 is ignored Interchange Record Separator IRS 1E IRS performs the same function as Line Feed LF Inhibit Presentation INP 24 INP has no effect on print operation Line Feed LF 25 LF moves the print position to the next line without changing the horizontal print posi tion Escape ESC 27 Translates to ASCII 1B if parameter 40 Extended Emulation Mode 1 and param eter 41 Escape Character 0 Set Attribute SA 28 TT SA specifies an attribute for all subsequent data Each attribute is defined by two bytes following the SA control code An attribute remains valid until changed by a new SA code or a new SNA chain be
144. t bar code data 21 1 37 2p ey Lp LO Define bar code type amp size UPC A 212 123456789012 Print bar code data 211 8 2 2 25 10 Define bar code type 6 size EAN8 212 1234567 Print bar code data 211 9 2 2 1 10 Define bar code type amp size 13 212 123456789012 Print bar code data oe The function 211 calls select bar code types module width 2 120 height 2 6 human readable text below and start position 10 12 from the left margin The function 212 calls print the bar code data Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 52 Resulting printout Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference EXTENDED EMULATION MODE AXIS 1234 A12A 3456 789 1234 5670 234567 890128 53 PC HOST SHARING SECTION 5 PC HOST SHARING This section does not apply to the AXIS 370 Cobra The PC Host Sharing function makes it possible to share the attached printer between up to three sources Host input serial PC input and parallel PC input There are six parameters controlling the PC Host Sharing 136 PC Host Time out page 97 137 PC Host Sequence page 98 138 Host PC Serial Sequence page 98 141 Host PC Parallel Sequence page 99 152 PC Host TOF Sequence page 102 154 Resend PC Host Sequence page 103 See the above referenced page number for parameter descriptions This function requires an optional 2 way or 3 way printer cable For order numbers and configura
145. te Strings HV through HV are ASCII character codes in hexadecimal format AS 15 a sequence of ASCII characters Quoted space characters are ignored To insert spaces use the hexadecimal format 20 The maximum Match String length is 50 bytes while the Substitute String length is limited only by the Free String Area If the specified string already exists it will be overwritten by the new data If the string number isn t followed by data the specified string will be deleted If the string number is zero all strings will be deleted strings are deleted when a new printer driver is loaded or when factory defaults are set All non empty strings are saved permanently by function 2207 12 Axis 7 Technical Reference 112 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS 211 Define Bar Code This function specifies the Bar Code type and size for subsequent Bar Code printouts Syntax 211 BT MW BH RT HP BT is the Bar Code Type e MW is the Module Width in multiples of 1 120 BH is the Bar Code Height in multiples of 1 6 RT Human Readable Text e lt HP gt is the Horizontal Start Position in multiples of 1 12 Valid selections for Bar Code Type BT Value Description 1 Code 39 3 UPC A 8 EAN 8 9 EAN 13 12 2 of 5 Interleaved 13 Codabar Matrix 17 Code 128 Applies to the AX 7 Cobra and the Axis 370 Cobra only Valid selecti
146. ted parameter Related parameter Notes THE PARAMETER LIST 094 Bar Code Attributes Controls the appearance of printed bar code data Value Description 0 1 Thin 2 Bold 3 Thin and Bold 1 The Thin attribute reduces the bar width by 1 120 without affecting the overall width This attribute is effective only when the horizontal expansion factor is set to 2 or greater see function 211 page 113 2 The Bold attribute results in a more dense printout by printing the bar code data twice 3 For the HP PLC driver the Thin attribute reduces the bar width by 1 240 and the Bold attribute increases the bar width by 1 360 The and Bold attribute has no effect 093 Bar Code Driver 099 Lock Form Length Controls the emulation of the LU 1 SCS SVF MPL command Value Description No Form Length is set by the LU 1 SCS SVF MPL command Yes Form Length is locked to the parameter value 001 Form Length 100 Option Select 3 Controls 8 independent switches Each bit represents one switch Value Description 00 FF See switch descriptions below 02 Factory default value Bit 0 01 Form Feed within the Print Buffer Value Description 0 FF generates a space 1 No space is generated 1 This switch is used in DSC DSE mode only 2 This switch emulates an IBM RPQ Bit 1 02 Form Feed at mode change Value Description 0 Gene
147. tion procedure see appendix E and the User s Manual Using the PC Host and Host PC Parameters These parameters are used when the PC printouts requires a different configuration e g printer emulation or character set than the Host printouts The Host PC Serial Sequence is sent before a serial PC printout It may contain any printer control commands required by the PC application The Host PC Parallel Sequence is sent before a parallel PC printout It may contain any printer control commands required by the PC application The PC Host Sequence is sent before a Host printout if the previous printout was PC serial or parallel It must restore all printer controls changed by the Host PC sequences The PC Host TOF sequence is sent before the PC Host sequence if the PC printout did not end with a Form Feed command 0C The yes no parameter Resend Host PC sequence forces the Host PC serial or Host PC parallel sequences to be sent between two PC printouts if the timer PC Host Time out has expired Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 54 PC HOST SHARING Using an External Printer Sharing Device The protocol converter can also be used with an external printer sharing device This function is similar to the internal PC Host Sharing The parameters used for controlling the external printer sharing device are 139 End of Job Time out Replaces the PC Host Time out 140 End of Job Sequence Replaces the Host PC Serial or Ho
148. tional NL is generated The next print position will be current line 1 column 1 IBM RPQs RPQ setting An additional FF is generated The next print position will be next form line 1 column 1 Protocol converter IBM 4214 IBM 3268 mod 2C IBM 3287 mod 1 2 008 No 100 bit 3 0 Option 20 1 Standard Standard 008 No 100 bit 3 1 Option 20 2 5 9507 563740 Automatic Function at End of Operator Initiated Local Copy Default setting RPQ setting No FF is generated An additional FF is generated The next print position will be next form line 1 column 1 Protocol converter IBM 4214 IBM 3268 mod 2C IBM 3287 mod 1 2 008 No 100 bit 3 0 Option 20 1 Standard Standard Axis AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 008 Yes Option 20 3 SC9508 563750 138 THE FRONT PANEL APPENDIX B THE FRONT PANEL The front panel of the AX 7 Cobra family of protocol converters has three indicators POWER SYSTEM and PC SHARE and a rotary switch The front panel of the Axis 370 Cobra protocol converter has two indicators POWER and SYSTEM and a rotary switch The switch is used for accessing certain functions In normal print operation it should be set to the device address The POWER indicator This indicator green is lit when the protocol converter is switched on The SYSTEM indicator This indicator green is lit when t
149. uctured Fields 167 Suppress Control Codes 68 SVF See Set Vertical Format System Indicator 139 System Language Create new 48 Select default 67 System Network Architecture 8 171 T Technical Support 163 Test Mode 140 Top of Form Sequence 77 Transparency Extended SCS 79 Hex 39 Lead in and trailer redefine 44 Lead in Sequence 87 LU 1 SCS Control Code 24 single byte 39 Trailer Sequence 88 TRN See Transparency True Screen Image Host Direct Mode 85 True Screen Image 68 Typeface Control 49 U Underline Exit Sequence 83 Set Sequence 83 User Definable Strings 49 111 V VCS See Vertical Channel Select Vertical Channel Select LU 1 SCS Control Code 21 Vertical Tab LU 1 SCS Control Code 22 VM 167 VT See Vertical Tab W Word Size Select 76 World Wide Web 163 X XOFF Character Select 77 XON Character Select 77 XON XOFF Select 77 AX 7 Cobra Technical Reference 172
150. yte Transparency or Configuration from the System session and resumes normal emulation Value Description any seq 2E Configuration Trailer Sequence Factory default sequence Notes 1 This sequence will be automatically set when the Extended Emulation Control Sequence is received 2 This sequence is valid in Extended Emulation Modes 2 3 4 and 5 In modes 0 and 1 the sequence will be interpreted as printable characters 3 This sequence must be entered in DBC character codes or literally i e lt 2E gt or lt gt sets The Configuration Lead In Sequence to 4 Changing this sequence will take immediate effect i e the current configuration session must be terminated with the new trailer sequence 5 Do not empty this sequence If you do a Multi byte Transparency or Configuration from the System session cannot be correctly terminated Related 040 Extended Emulation Mode 071 Configuration Lead In Sequence parameters 070 Transparency Lead In Sequence 104 Extended Emulation Control Seq 074 Automatic Orientation Controls the Automatic Orientation function The following values can be selected Value Description 0 Automatic orientation off 1 Letter 8 5 11 2 Legal 8 5 1 14 3 A4 8 27 X 11 69 297mm 2 210mm 4 Executive 7 25 3 10 5 99 Custom Auto orientation for Custom size paper See 075 Note 1 If set to 0 off orientation is determined by 148 Relat

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