M-S Cash Drawer A794 - Manual (Page 123)

Chapter 6: Programming Information A794 Owner’s Guide
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Select or Cancel Automatic Status Back (ASB) (continued)
Exceptions
If n = 0, ASB is disabled.
Unlike the A793, that had a dedicated connector and resultant dedicated status
reporting for each cash drawer, the A794 has a single connector that shares data
reporting from either cash drawer. When either cash drawer is open, an open status
is reported by the printer.
Related Information
When the printer is disabled by the Select Peripheral Device command (1B 3D), this
command (Enable/Disable Automatic Status Back) is disabled but Automatic Status
Back is not disabled.
When Auto Status Back (ASB) is enabled using this command, the status transmitted by
other commands and the ASB status be differentiated according to the information
found in Recognizing Data from the Printer, (in the Real Time Commands section in this
document). The status bytes to be transmitted are described in the following four tables.
In TM-T88 Emulation, when the Handshaking Mode communication parameter is set to
“RX Buffer Full”, the power on ASB default is 02 (Busy Status enabled.)”RX Buffer Full”
is the default Handshaking Mode in TM-T88 Emulation.
First Byte (Printer Information)
Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status for ASB
0 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
1 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
2 Off
On 00
04 0
4 One or both cash drawers open.
Both cash drawers closed.
3 Off
On 00
08 0
8 Not Busy at the RS232C interface.
Printer is Busy at the RS232C interface.
4 On 10 16 Not used. Fixed to on.
5 Off
On 00
20 0
32 Cover closed.
Cover open.
6 Off
On 00
40 0
64 Paper Feed Button is not pressed.
Paper Feed Button is pressed.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.