Contents, cont'd. - Intermec

ON/OFF LINE
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Statement controlling the SELECT signal on a Centronics communication
channel.
Syntax ON | OFF LINE
↔
specifies the communication channel:
4 (= "Centronics:")
Remarks Pin 13 in the Centronics interface connector contains the SELECT signal.
ON LINE 4 sets the SELECT signal high.
OFF LINE 4 sets the SELECT signal low.
If no ON/OFF LINE statement is issued, the SELECT signal will be high, i.e.
the Centronics channel will be ON LINE.
Example In this example, the "centronics:" communication channel is disabled, while
a new setup is performed on the printer by means of a setup file, and then
enabled:
10 OFF LINE 4
20 SETUP "New Setup.SYS"
30 ON LINE 4
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
Intermec Fingerprint 7.2 – Reference Manual Ed. 3 164