Roland DXY-1100, Command Reference Manual

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Page 5: ...nhancement Drawing Command 3 10 3 5 1 Drawing and Setting 3 10 3 6 Labeling C om m and 3 11 3 6 1 Drawing and Selecting Character Sets 3 11 3 6 2 Character S et 3 12 3 7 Output Command Only w ith Serial Connection 3 13 3 8 Digitize Commands Only w ith Serial C onnection 3 14 3 9 RD GL I Command Explanation 3 16 CHAPTER 4 ERRORS 4 1 4 1 Kinds of Errors 4 1 4 2 Judgment of Error 4 1 CHAPTER 5 INFORM...

Page 6: ...hake Mode Commands 5 17 5 4 2 Status Commands 5 21 5 4 3 Abort Com m ands 5 22 5 4 4 Monitor Mode Com m ands 5 23 APPENDIX A 1 App A DIP Switch Setting T able A 1 App B Control Code Table B 1 App C Character Set Table C 1 App D Command T a b le D 1 ...

Page 7: ...ter efficiently This command group possesses a high degree of flexibility because each of its commands has the capacity to make a precise setting of an individual plotter movement Please read section 2 2 DXY GL Command Explanation in Chapter 2 and section 3 9 RD GL I Command Explanation in Chapter 3 for the command functions of these two command systems Incidentally support is provided for those d...

Page 8: ... a serial connection it is necessary to match the communications conditions baud rate data bit length stop bit and parity with the plotter and to open a port to the RS 232C with the OPEN command 2 The parameters can be changed with variables For example the parameter in this statement 10 LP R IN T P A 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 may be changed with variables as follows 10 X 1 0 0 0 Y 20 0 0 20 LPR IN T P A X ...

Page 9: ...ending on the paper size standard and paper size setting which are both set with the DiP switches and the expand mode selection When selecting the DXY GL commanads by DIP switch the size of the maximum plotting area in plotter coordinate units 0 1mm or 0 025mm does not change but the units will be different ISO 15 0mm Fig 1 4 0 025mm unit A3 16158 11040 0 025mm unit A4 11040 7721 0 1mm unit 4039 2...

Page 10: ...nstance line 20 in Exam ple 1 1 plots a straight line in absolute coordinates EXAMPLE 1 1 10 LPRINT M10 0 200 20 LPRINT D400 800 If relative coordinates are used here line 20 must be rewritten as follows 20 LPRINT 1300 600 The I command performs straight line plotting in relative coordinates Since the pen position in line 10 is 100 200 an I command with the relative coordinate 300 600 for the dist...

Page 11: ...ormat of DXY GL Commands The DXY GL command format comprises the following four elements Command Delimiter Parameter Terminator Omission not permitted Fig 2 1 Command This instructs the plotter what sort of operation and setting to perform It uses a single up per or lower case character In the example of Fig 2 1 it instructs the plotter to draw a straight line from the current pen position to the ...

Page 12: ...uses the following standard formal D500 500 Terminator This marks the end of a command If another command follows in succession the ter minator may be omitted but not on any other occasion CR CHR 13 LF CHR 10 is used In the case of BASIC executing the command in line 1 will automatically transmit the data row in line 2 from the Centronics port parallel printer port 1 LP R IN T M 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 M ...

Page 13: ...d it is ignored and the previous value set with the A command remains valid When coordinates are set with this command they are valid until power is switched OFF or they are set again With the use of the G and K commands in particular specification of parameters exceeding the effective plotting area may be result in nothing being drawn at all If the A command is not executed the G and K commands w...

Page 14: ... adjusted so that an integer value number of patterns is drawn in the plotting area This will result in dimensions which differ slightly from the specifications The default value is ft 80 When the pitch is set with this command it is valid until power is switched OFF or the B or LT command is used to set a new pitch EXAMPLE 10 B COMMAND 20 LPRINT M1300 2200 30 FOR I 20 TO 100 STEP 20 40 LPRINT L2 ...

Page 15: ...e and when 01 02 the circle or arc is drawn clockwise Specification of the parameter 0d enables the drawing of a polygon 0d must be in the range 1 to 179 9999 so that specification of 0d as 60 will result in the drawing of a hexagon and specification as 45 will result in the drawing of an octagon When 0d is omitted the default value is 5 When a large circle or arc is drawn specification of 0d as 5...

Page 16: ...The sign may bo omitted If a parameter outside the range is specified if no parameter is specified or if only one parameter is specified an error occurs If an odd number of parameters 3 or more has been specified the pairs of parameters are ex edited in sequence but the last odd parameter results in an error If the specified coordinates are within the plotting area the pen will move as specified H...

Page 17: ... 01 and 02 must be in the range 32767 to 32767 The sign may be omitted When 01 02 the circle or arc is drawn counterclockwise and when 01 02 the circle or arc is drawn clockwise Specification of the parameter 0d enables the drawing of a polygon 0d must be in the range 1 to 179 9999 so that specification of 0d as 60 will result in the drawing of a hexagon and specification as 45 will result in the ...

Page 18: ...M l 500 1500 30 FOR I 0 TO 330 STEP 30 40 LPRINT E 2 0 0 I 360 I 50 NEXT I 60 L P R INT H Fig E 2 G A Circle FORMAT Gr 01 02 0d PARAMETER RANGE r 32768 0000 to 32767 4999 01 02 32767 to 32767 06 1 to 179 9999 RELATED COMMANDS A L B L T 2 8 ...

Page 19: ...ification of the parameter 0d enables the drawing of a polygon 0d must be in the range 1 to 179 9999 so that specification of 0d as 60 will result in the drawing of a hexagon and specification as 45 will result in the drawing of an octagon When 0d is omitted the default value is 5 When a large circle or arc is drawn specification of 0d as 5 or less permits drawing of a circle or arc with higher re...

Page 20: ...ative coordinates and any number of coordinates may be specified in the form x coordinate increment y coordinate increment Numeric values that represent movement in the X to Y area from 32768 0000 to 32767 4999 world coordinates are effective as parameters and decimals are rounded up or down to the nearest interger The sign may be omitted If the specified coordinates full out side the world coordi...

Page 21: ...returns to the position prior to execution of the command When the current pen is specified the pen carriage does not move An error occurs if a parameter other than 0 to 8 is specified When this com mand is not executed but the drawing command is executed using the default value n 1 the plotter will automatically draw with the No 1 pen When JO is executed the pen carriage will return the current p...

Page 22: ...nd is only valid when the A command has been executed Parameter n specifies the angle for the segment line the top of the circle being 0 90 and one revolution being equivalent to 100 360 Specification must be within the range 9101 to 9101 The sign may be omitted Specification of parameter n as a positive value results in the lines being drawn clockwise and specification as a negative value results...

Page 23: ...f l 1 is specified as being larger than the circle radius and 0 l 2 circle radius indication lines are drawn from inside to outside the circle l 1 and l 2 may be specified as negative values In such a case drawing is from the 180 posi tion as with a positive value For example when a negative value is specified for a circle of radius 500 drawn with the A and G commands the following is drawn l 1 is...

Page 24: ... graphs the characters explaining the graph then being drawn with the use of the P command EXAMPLE 100 K C O M M A N D 110 LPRINT A25 0 0 1 000 120 L P R INT G 5 0 0 0 3 6 0 130 A 0 140 FOR X 1 TO 5 150 READ B 160 A A B 170 LPRINT K A 5 0 0 0 180 NEXT X 190 LPRINT H 200 DATA 35 25 20 15 5 210 END Sets the coordinates of the center to 2500 1000 Draws a circle with a radius of 500 Reads the data in ...

Page 25: ... RELATED COMMANDS D I C E G K T B LT EXPLANATION This command specifies the type of line It will only change the type of line to be drawn with the straight line commands D and I the circle commands C E and G the segment line command K and the hatching command T The following 11 line types may be selected with p 5 to 5 2 15 ...

Page 26: ...cification of the positive parameter p 3 causes the end positions of the lines to vary depending on the line lengths to be drawn as in Example 1 below Therefore specification of the negative parameter p 3 will properly adjust the start and end points of the drawing according to the line lengths as in Ex ample 2 below In such cases the pitch may differ slightly but when plotting circles or hatching...

Page 27: ...e is set with this command it is valid until power is switched OFFor the L or L T command is used to set a new parameter EXAMPLE 10 L COMMAND 20 LPRINT M0 1200 30 FOR I 5 TO 5 40 LPRINT L I 50 LPRINT PP I 60 LPRINT I1000 0 70 LPRINT R 1120 80 NEXT I 90 LPRINT H Specifies the line type Draws a straight line of 1000 in the 1 0 0 X direction Moves 1120 in the X direction and 100 in the Y direction wi...

Page 28: ...utside the range is specified if no parameter is specified or if only one parameter is specified an error occurs It an odd number of parameters 3 or more has been specified the pairs of parameters are ex ecuted in sequence and the last odd parameter results in an error However if parameters are specified outside the effective plotting area but within the range of 32768 0000 to 32767 49999 the pen ...

Page 29: ...mbol size is specified with the S command n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Special symbol X Y Table N 1 However please note that when a part of the symbol extends beyond the drawing area that part will not be drawn and the symbol itself will be incomplete EXAMPLE 10 20 LPRIN T S 14 LPRINT M 1200 500 30 FOR I TO 15 40 LPRINT N I LPRINT R100 0 50 NEXT I 60 LPRINT S 3 70 LPRINT H Sets the size t...

Page 30: ...bols are drawn relative to the current pen position and the pen position is moved one space to the right after each character or symbol is drawn 1 6mm 0 8mm Current pen position Position alter one character or symbol is drawn drawing base point when S 3 is the default value Fig P 1 T he characters from CHR 32 to CHR 126 are listed in Appendix C Character Set Table and can be selected with RD GL I ...

Page 31: ...is ignored and the previously specified angle remains valid The initial value is n 0 The character drawing angles are as follows When the drawing angle is set with this command it is valid until it is set again or power is switched OFF EXAMPLE 10 Q COMMAND 20 FOR I 0 TO 3 30 LPRINT Ml500 1500 40 LP R IN T Q I Sets the drawing angle for characters 50 LPRINT P Roland 60 NEXT I 70 LP R IN T Q 0 Retur...

Page 32: ...or down to the nearest interger The sign may be omitted However if coordinates outside the absolute plotting area are specified if a parameter outside the range of 32768 0000 to 32767 4999 is specified if no parameter is specified or if only 1 parameter is specified an error occurs If an odd number of parameters 3 or more has been specified the pairs of parameters will be executed in sequence but ...

Page 33: ...ameter n must be between 0 and 127 and as shown in the table below both the character and symbol size as well as the character interval arc drawn with the value n 1 when n 0 When a parameter outside the range is specified this command is ignored and the previously specified S command is valid When n 0 Character height 0 1 x 0 8 0 8mm Character width 0 1 x 0 4 0 4 mm Character spacing 0 1 x 0 2 0 2...

Page 34: ...2768 0000 to 32767 4999 t 1 to 4 RELATED COMMANDS L B LT EXPLANATION Parameter n must be in the range 0 to 3 and decimal fractions are rounded up or down to the nearest integer It selects the following types of rectangles and hatching If a parameter is specified outside the permissible range it will be ignored n 1 Hatching only n 2 Rectangle only n 3 n 0 Hatched rectangle In the ease of rectangles...

Page 35: ...mitted as a dummy Fig T 2 Parameter t specifies the hatching angle The hatching angle is specified as 0 45 90 or 135 with the parameter t values 1 2 3 or 4 Decimal fractions are rounded up or down to the nearest integer If a value other than one of these four is specified the T command is ignored When only a rectangle is drawn ie n 2 a value of 1 to 4 must still be entered as a dummy t 1 0 t 2 45 ...

Page 36: ... IN T T 3 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 0 3 LP R IN T T 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 Fig T 4 EXAMPLE 10 T COMMAND 1 20 LP R IN T M 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 LP R IN T T 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 40 LP R IN T H 1000 200 Fig T 5 10 T COMMAND 2 20 LP R IN T M 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 LP R IN T T 3 2 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 40 LP R IN T T 1 2 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 5 0 1 50 LP R IN T H 500 1000 Fig T 6 2 26 ...

Page 37: ...f times the scale is to be drawn and is a numeric value between 1 and 32767 4999 Both q and r are rounded up or down to the nearest integer If a negative value is specified for q the coordinate axis is drawn in the negative direction when p 0 the scale is drawn downwards from the current pen position when p 1 the scale is drawn leftwards from the current pen position Number of repeats r 2mm Fig X ...

Page 38: ...0 FOR N 0 TO 1 30 FOR I 5 0 TO 50 STEP 100 40 LP R IN T M 15 0 0 1 5 0 0 50 L P R IN T X N I 20 Draws a coordinate axis and scale 60 NEXT I 70 NEXT N 80 L P R INT H X0 50 20 1500 1500 X1 50 20 X1 50 20 X O 50 20 Fig X 2 2 28 ...

Page 39: ...e specified points are connected by an open or closed curve respectively in the absolute coordinate system following the sequence x1 y1 x2 y2 xn yn When the m parameter is set to 2 or 3 the specified points are connected by an open or closed curve respectively in the relative coordinate system following the sequence from the current pen position dx1 dy1 dx2 dy 2 dxn dyn Note The drawing of a close...

Page 40: ...parison with the coor dinates specified just before may result in a curve that is not smooth 5 Be careful when specifying coordinates that fail on or close to the boundary of the plotting area Any parts of the curve that extend beyond the plotting area will not be drawn 6 As shown below specifying the same coordinate values immediately before and after a parameter specification will result in an e...

Page 41: ...eters that can be expressed relatively must be in the range of 32768 0000 to 32767 4999 on the X to Y axes to be valid and decimal fractions ate rounded up or down to the nearest integer Please note the following when using this command 1 Failure to specify at least 3 pairs of coordinates will result in an error 2 Avoid specifying points with the same or extremely close coordinates 3 Avoid specify...

Page 42: ...rawing from the current pen position However the __ command begins drawing from the first specified coordinate To begin from the current pen position LPRINT _0 0 0 150 200 150 200 150 200 it is necessary to specify 0 0 as the first coordinate pair Please note the following example EXAMPLE 10 _ COMMAND m 0 20 LPRINT _0 500 500 0 500 500 500 0 500 30 LPRINT H Fig _ 2 10 _ COMMAND m l 20 LPRINT _1 50...

Page 43: ...rs depending upon the RD GL I command to be called ____ see the section on the RD GL I commands for details FUNCTION RD GL I commands are called in the DXY GL mode by entering followed by the RD GL I command Note DXY GL commands cannot be called from the RD GL I mode EXAMPLE Use of the RD GL I SL command the command for specifying character slant will draw slanted characters 10 20 LPRINT 30 LPRINT...

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Page 45: ...All character codes ASCII codes use decimal notation CHR character code designates a character code ESC CHR 27 or ESC designates a control character 3 1 Summary of RD GL I 3 1 1 RD GL I Commands by Type of Function There are 56 commands in RD GL I and they can be roughly divided into the follow seven classifications 1 Initialization commands The initial conditions and other settings 2 Coordinate c...

Page 46: ...te 5000 5000 uses parameters to designate the coordinate values There are three kinds of command 1 a command without a parameter 2 a command that requires a parameter and 3 a command with a parameter which can be omitted The parameter s meaning and range vary depending on the command The sign of a numerical value parameter such as a coordinate value may be omitted For commands whose parameter may ...

Page 47: ...ard format PA5000 5000 Terminator This marks the end of a command If another command follows in succession the ter minator may he omitted but not on any other occasion A semicolon is used Since the LB command also considers the semicolon to be a character ETX CHR 3 should be used as a label terminator ...

Page 48: ... and the like to the default value Setting the IN command has the same result as turning the power off and then back on again These commands are transmitted at the beginning of data 3 2 Initialization Commands Default Command DF Initialization Command IN Masking Input Command IM 3 4 ...

Page 49: ...conversion formula 1 inch 1016 plotter coordinate units User coordinate system In contradistinction to the plotter coordinate system the user coordinate system can freel y set any coordinate origin and coordinate unit Once the user coordinate is set however the command coordinate parameter follows the user coordinate system from then on It can freely set any coordinate units but the actual values ...

Page 50: ...ple if IP0 0 4000 2500 is sent PI will be set to 0 0 and P2 will be set to 4000 2500 At this time the parameter s coordinate value must be a plotter coordinate When rescaling the active coordinate system is the user coordinate system but the parameter values will be the plotter coordinates P2 4000 2500 P1 0 0 Fig 3 2 In both the IP command and control panel setting specifying only P1 will cause P2...

Page 51: ...mands are executed in combination like this the desired coordinate can be set to the desired position By setting values useful in plotting the programming load can be reduced P1 and P2 input command IP Scaling command SC Paper size setting command PS 3 3 2 W indow s The plotting area set by the IW command is called the window A command to draw out side the window will not cause an error but the se...

Page 52: ...ow nothing will be drawn Fig 3 6 Command for inputting window IW 3 3 3 Coordinate Axis Rotation The coordinate axes can be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise around a center at the origin 0 0 The RO command is used Command for rotating coordinates RO 3 8 ...

Page 53: ... T P U 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 LP R IN T P D 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 Explanation Line 10 Selects No 1 pen Line 20 Specifies absolute coordinates Line 30 Moves the No 1 pen to 1000 2000 in pen up position Line 40 Moves the pen to 4000 8000 in pen down position Straight drawing 3 4 Pen Contorl Commands Command for pen selection SP Command for drawing absolute coordinates PA Command for drawing relative coordinat...

Page 54: ...and That is to say the FT command which does not draw deter mines the filling pattern and then the RA command starts the actual drawing Command for drawing a rectangle at absolute coordinates EA Command for drawing a rectangle at relative coordinates ER Command for filling a rectangle at absoulte coordinates RA Command for filling a rectangle at relative coordinates RR Command for drawing a circle...

Page 55: ...rol characters that cannot be drawn from CHR 0 to CHR 32 the follow ing characters have special functions in labelling The other control characters will be ig nored ETX CHR 3 BS CHR 8 HT CHR 9 LF CHR 10 VT CHR 11 CR CHR 13 SO CHR 14 SI CHR 15 Terminates labelling mode Moves left one space Moves left half a space Feeds one line down Feeds one line up Moves to head of line carriage return Selects al...

Page 56: ... the DIP switches The selection of the character set to be used in the label is performed by the SS and SA commands If the SS command is executed the plotter will draw all subsequent characters in the standard character set if the SA command is executed the plotter will draw all subsequent characters in the alternate character set Here is a schematic illustration of the ideas in the above discussi...

Page 57: ...mple 3 2 100 OPEN COMl 9600 N 8 1 AS 1 110 PRINT 1 OP 120 INPUT 1 P1X P1Y P2X P2Y 130 PRINT P1X P1Y P2X P2Y Explanation Line 100 Opens the RS 232C port for communication Line 110 Transmits the output command OP for the coordinate values of scaling points P1 and P2 Line 120 Reads each coordinate value Line 130 Outputs data to the display 3 7 Output Commands Command tor outputting pen position plott...

Page 58: ...1 X Y P 150 PRINT X Y P 1 6 0 END AS 1 The method of using the OS command will be described next When the ENTER key is press ed in digitize mode bit 2 of the internal 8 bit status byte bit value 4 will be set Here is a sample program the reads the status byte contents with the OS command and if the bit 2 value is 1 branches to the OD command In the subroutine from line 210 to line 250 the status b...

Page 59: ... STATUS BYTE CHECK 220 P R I N T 1 O S 230 INPUT 1 S 240 I F S AND 4 0 THEN 210 250 RETURN Command for setting digitize mode Command for outputting digitzed coordinates Command for releasing digitize mode ...

Page 60: ...lution parameter specifies the smoothness of the arc The parameter is specified as an angle The smoothest circles are mechanically drawn when 06 is specified with 0 0d seffective range is from 0 to 180 If a value smaller than 0 is specified 0 will be set if a value large than 180 is specified 180 will be set 06 is changed to an integer in order to divide 0c equally As well as drawing circles and a...

Page 61: ... specified with 0c the drawing is done overlapping in the same location The angle of the arc is specified by 0c 0d specifies the smoothness of the arc The smoothest circles are mechanically drawn when 0d is specified with 0 0d s effective range is from 0 to 180 If less than 0 is designated 0 will be set and if more than 180 is designated 180 will be set 0d is changed to an integer in order to divi...

Page 62: ...l cause an error and the command will be ignored Note that a character set designated by the CA command can only be printed when it is selected as an alternate character set by the SA command or S0 CHR 14 For details refer to 3 6 2 Character Sets in Chapter 3 EXAMPLE 10 C A COMMAND 20 OPEN L P T 1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 I N SP1 P A 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 PRINT 1 C S 0 C A 7 50 PRINT 1 S S 60 PR IN T 1 L B y ...

Page 63: ...olygons For example 0d 60 forms a hexagon and 0d 45 forms an octagon If 06 is omitted the default value of 5 is used 06specifies the smoothness of the arc The parameter value is specified in units of degree The smoothest circles are mechannically drawn when 0d is specified with 0 0d s effective range is from 0 to 180 If less than 0 is designated 0 will be set and if more than 180 is designated 180...

Page 64: ...size is shown in Fig CP 1 1 spaoe Character cell Character height 0 5 line 1 l i ne Origin point of character Origin point of the next chracter Character width 0 67 space Fig CP 1 Parameters take values in the range 128 0000 to 127 9999 A positive value moves the pen right or up and a negative value moves it left or down The parameter varies according to the character size Note that the direction ...

Page 65: ...OT CHR 3 LPRINT CP LBCPINSTRUCTION CP CHR 3 LPRINT SP0 CP INSTRUCTION THE CHARACTER PLOT CPINSTRUCTION CP Fig CP 3 cs Designate Standard Character Set FORMAT CS character set number terminator CS terminatorl DEFAULT VALUE Designated by the DIP switch EXPLANATION DXY 1000 series has nineteen character sets These are used to plot character fonts other than English The valid character set numbers are...

Page 66: ... terminator EXPLANATION When the DC command is received the digitize mode is terminated Coordinates are not stored The DC command uses no parameter For details refer to 3 8 Digitize Commands in Chapter 3 EXAMPLE 10 DC COMMAND 20 OPEN COM1 9 6 0 0 N 8 1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 d p 4 0 PRI NT P r e s s ENTER k e y t h e n p r e s s 50 INPUT A 60 PRI NT 1 O D 70 INPUT 1 X Y P 80 PRINT X x Y Y U D P 90 PRINT ...

Page 67: ... diagonal line of P1 and P2 Input Window IW Maximum plotting area Character size SR Width 0 75 of P2x P1x Height 1 5 of P2y P1y Symbol mode SM Off Scale length TL X scale 0 5 of P2x P1 x Y scale 0 5 of P2y P1y Standard character set CS Value set by the DIP switch Alternate character set CA Value set by the DIP switch Character set SS Standard character set Character slant SL 0 Digitize mode DC Cle...

Page 68: ...ical direction If both are zero an error will result For a known print angle 0 Dl cos0 sin0 can be executed 1 8 0 9 0 run rise 0 1 0 45 1 1 90 0 1 135 1 1 180 1 0 225 1 1 270 0 1 315 1 1 Fig DI 2 The Dl command with no parameters will default to the values DI1 0 horizontal If a single or three or more parameters are used the command will be ignored A direction set by the Dl command remains effecti...

Page 69: ...dy to digitize By pressing the ENTER ________ key X and Y coordinate values of the current pen position and pen up down condition are stored in the plotter At the same time bit 2 of the status byte is set and data of the digitized point are ready to be output The DP command uses no parameter For details refer to 3 8 Digitize Commands in CHAPTER 3 EXAMPLE 10 DP COMMAND 20 OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 AS 1 ...

Page 70: ...alues of run and rise are within 128 0000 to 127 9999 rise 0 designates a horizontal direction and run 0 designates a vertical demotion If both are 0 an error will result The DR command without a parameter defaults to the value DR1 0 horizontal direction If there is only 1 parameter or 3 or more parameters an error will result and the command will be ignored The sign of the parameters determines t...

Page 71: ...racter For example when LF CHR 10 is defined as a label terminator it releases the print mode and at the same time mades line feed When Z is used as a label terminator the print mode is released and Z is drawn at the end of the print Normally it is recom mended to used a control code as a label terminator The DT command with no parameter does not reset the label terminator to ETX CHR 3 because the...

Page 72: ...values Drawing begins from the cur rent pen position X Y Current pan position Start position The pen returns to the start position after drawing is completed Fig EA 1 The drawing direction and the position of the rectangle will change depending on the parameter values for the pen position as shown in Fig EA 2 EA 1000 3000 EA 1000 1000 EA 3000 3000 2000 2000 Currant pen position FA 3000 1000 Fig EA...

Page 73: ...XPLANATION An ER command without parameters is ignored This command draws a rectangle whose diagonals are determined by the relative distance in X axis direction and the relative distance in the Y axis direction starting from the current pen posi tion as shown in Fig ER 1 X divided difference Y divided difference Current pan position Start position The pen returns to the start post on after drawin...

Page 74: ...Fig ER 2 EXAMPLE 100 ER COMMAND 110 LPRINT SP1 PA PU2000 2000 120 LPRINT ER1000 1000 Fig ER 3 EW Edge Wedge FORMAT EW r 0 1 0 c 0d terminator PARAMETER RANGE r Radius 32768 0000 to 32767 4999 01 Start angle 32768 0000 to 32767 4999 0C Center angle 32768 0000 to 32767 4999 0 6 Resolution 3 2 7 6 8 0000 to 32767 4999 default value 5 3 30 ...

Page 75: ...e resolution specifies the smoothness of the circular arc of the wedge The parameter is specified as an angle The total number of chords per arc is limited to 90 For example when 0c 360 resolution 0dcannot be set to a value less than 4 no matter what value is specified The drawing direction changes depending on the sign of the parameter as shown below in Fig EW 1 EXAMPLE 100 EW COMMAND 110 LPRINT ...

Page 76: ...eter is ignored and the value specified with the PT command is us ed When d is not specified the d value specified with the previous FT command is set If there is no previous FT command the default value 1 of the P1 P2 spacing is set d is ignored if specified as 0 and the PT command value specified at that time is used 0 Angie Specifies the angle of the lines used for shading and hatching in incre...

Page 77: ...e determined If aset bit error occurs the ERROR LED on the operation panel will flash For example the standard error mask value 223 128 64 16 8 4 2 1 will cause the ER ROR LED to flash when an error other than Error No 6 occurs Since Error No 4 No 7 and No 8 are not used an error mask value of 23 which excludes these three means the same as the standard set value 223 Error mask bit value Error No ...

Page 78: ...ng settings in addition to the delault settings of the DF command 1 Pen up PU 2 Sets the scaling points to the default values IP 3 Clears any errors and the sets the third bit of the status byte 4 Sets the rotate coordinate system to the default values RO EXAMPLE 10 IN COMMAND 20 OPEN L P T 1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 I N IP Input P1 and P2 FORMAT IP P1x P1y P2x P2y terminator PARAMETER RANGE AND DEFAULT VA...

Page 79: ...The IP command is used to set P1 and P2 to given values or reset them to the initial values P1 and P2 the scaling points serve to determine the positional relationship between the plotter coordinate system inherent in the plotter and the user coordinate system whose scale is provid ed by the user The user coordinate scale is specified by the SC command If the IP command is executed with P2x and P2...

Page 80: ...plotting area EXPLANATION Four parameters are determined as plotter coordinates and indicate the X and Y coordinates of the lower left corner and upper right corner of the window If the X I value of the lower left corner is greater than the X2 value of the upper right corner dr the Y 1value of the lower left comer is greater than the Y2 value of the upper right corner the parameter values arc auto...

Page 81: ... LB command the pen should be moved to the location where labelling is to begin by using one of the plot commands PA PR or CP or by the front panel con trols Portions projection out of the drawing area will not be drawn After that when a carriage return CR CHR 13 is received the pen returns to the lower left cor ner of the first character but no line feed is made To excuse a carriage return and li...

Page 82: ...itch length 5 0 Mark with a dot at designated coordinate Fig LT 1 A pattern number parameter in the range 7 to 127 is ignored and decimal fractions are trun cated A parameter between 128 and 1 defaults to a solid line A parameter greater than 128 or less than 1 2 8 will cause an error The pitch length parameter is effective when the pattern number is within 1 to 127 This parameter represents the p...

Page 83: ...en condition 0 for a pen up and 1 for a pen down condition TERM is an output terminator for the RS 232C interface For details refer to 5 4 Device Control Command ESC M in Chapter 5 This command can be used to manually move the pen to adesired position where a character or pattern is to be drawn and to determine its coordinates which will facilitate pen positioning and window setting Before using t...

Page 84: ...d in an actual program open a file by the OPEN statement from the computer EXAMPLE 10 OC COMMAND 2 0 OPEN COMl 9600 N 8 1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 OC 40 INPUT 1 X Y P 50 PRINT X Y P O D Output Digitized For serial connection only FORMAT OD terminator EXPLANATION When the OD command is received the plotter is ready to output the X and Y coordinates of the digitized point and the pen condition in the followi...

Page 85: ...condition OE Output Error For serial connection only OE terminator EXPLANATION When the OE command is received the plotter is ready to output an error code in the following ASCII code Error code TERM TERM is an output terminator for the RS 232C interface For details refer to 5 4 Devine Con trol Command ESC M in Chapter 5 When the output is completed bit 5 of the plotter status byte is cleared and ...

Page 86: ...er units per 1mm exist on both the X axis and the Y axis TERM is the output terminator for the RS 232C interface For details refer to 5 4 Device Con trol Command ESC M in Chapter 5 EXAMPLE 10 OF COMMAND 20 OPEN COM1 960 0 N 8 1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 OF 40 INPUT 1 U X U Y 50 PRINT X f a c t o r U X Y f a c t o r UY OH Output Hard Clip For serial connection only FORMAT OH terminator EXPLANATION When the O...

Page 87: ...Upper Right X U R YUR O I Output Identification For serial connection only FORMAT OI terminator EXPLANATION By using this command the model name of the plotter currently connected to the computer can be known by the computer Before this command is actually used in a program it is necessary to open an RS 232C file on the computer with the OPEN command The DXY 1000 series outputs in ASCII code as fo...

Page 88: ...n p a r a m e t e r O1 O2 O3 O4 O5 O6 O7 O8 OP Output P1 and P2 For serial connection only FORMAT OP terminator EXPLANATION When the plotter receives the OP command it outputs the following four coordinates in ASCII code P1x P1y P2x P2y TERM P1x P1y P2x and P2y indicate the integer values of plotter coordinates TERM is an output ter minator for the RS 232C interface For details refer to 5 4 Device...

Page 89: ... with the command When the OS command is received the plotter converts an 8 bit status byte value to a decimal value between 0 and 255 and is ready to output it in the following ASCII code value TERM is an output terminator for the RS 232C interface For details refer to 5 4 Device Control Command ESC M in Chapter 5 Decimal value of status byte TERM Individual bits of the status byte are defined as...

Page 90: ...CII code The order of the outputs is as follows X1 lower left Y1 lower left X2 upper right Y2 upper right TERM TERM is an output terminator for the RS 232C interface For details refer to 5 4 Device Con trol Command ESC M in Chapter 5 To learn the window size execute the OW command and read the values by computer EXAMPLE 10 OW COMMAND 20 OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 AS l 30 PRINT 1 OW 40 INPUT 1 XLL YLL XU...

Page 91: ... of parameters are used every two parameters from the start will be regarded as an X Y parameter set to plot and the last single parameter will cause an error The PA command is used in combination with the pen control commands PU and PD as shown in the example below EXAMPLE 100 SCALE OFF PLOTTER UNITS 110 LPRINT IN SP1 120 LPRINT PA3000 1500 PD1000 1500 1000 3500 3000 3500 3000 1500 PU3500 1500 13...

Page 92: ...mmand or the IN com mand the position will be set in absolute coordinates Therefore when using the PU and PD commands directly without inputting the PA command or PR command the parameter con siders the specified values to be absolute coordinates If a point is designated outside the window the pen will move to the boundary of the window and then enter pen up status A pair of X Y parameters makes o...

Page 93: ...ery two parameters from the start will be regarded as a parameter set and the last single parameter will cause an error Switching ON the power or executing either the IN or the DF command is the same as executing the PA command Therefore it is always necessary to execute the PR command to set the X and Y values to relative coordinates The example shown below uses the PR command to draw a square id...

Page 94: ... and those in the range of 4 to 127 select either A or A4 The PS command cannot change from ANSI to ISO Please refer to Appendix A DIP Switch Setting Table for details P1 P2 and the maximum plotting area will be reset accor ding to the paper size Refer to the section on the IP command If this command is executed the pen carriage will return lire pen to the upper right corner view position EXAMPLE ...

Page 95: ... thickness is set at the default value of 0 3mm until it is set by the next PT command EXAMPLE 100 110 120 130 SHADING SAMPLE LPRINT SP1 FT1 0 0 LPRINT PT0 3 LPRINT RA1000 1000 1000 1000 Fig PT 1 RA Rectangle Absolute FORMAT RA X Y terminator PARAMETER RANGE 32768 0000 to 32767 4999 EXPLANATION Hatches the inside of a rectangle whose diagonal has been specified with the X and Y coor dinates Hatchi...

Page 96: ...en B A3 paper size is selected DIP Switch 1 7 OFF the X and Y axes rotates 90 degrees in a counterclockwise direction as shown in Fig RO 1 When A A4 paper size is selected DIP Switch 1 7 ON the X and Y axes rotate 90 degrees in a clockwise direction as shown in Fig RO 2 Scaling points P1 and P2 change as the RO command and the IP IW commands are executed In Fig RO 1 RO 2 at 3 if the RO IP and IW c...

Page 97: ... and these values are shown in the following table Paper size P1x P1y P2x p2y A3 ISO 607 797 10607 15997 A4 IS0 0 610 7200 10610 B ANSI 283 934 10233 16 134 A ANSI 154 244 7354 10244 Table RO 1 Note Even if the coordinate axes are rotated by the RO command the XY coordinate display will indicate the same values before the coordinate axes were rotated In case of DXY 1300 1200 EXAMPLE 10 RO C O M M ...

Page 98: ...ned by the relative distance in the X axis direction and the relative distance in the Y axis direction Fig RR 1 Hatching is performed in accordance with the current FT and PT command settings hatching type shading space angle When hatching shading is completed the pen will return to the starting position EXAMPLE 100 HATCHING SAMPLE 2 110 LPRINT SP1 FT4 100 90 120 LPRINT PA PU2000 2000 130 LPRINT R...

Page 99: ... In print mode the alter nate character set can be selected by SO CHR 14 This command requires no parameter For its relation to the CS CA and SS commands refer to 3 6 2 Character Sets in Chapter 3 EXAMPLE 10 SA COMMAND 20 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 IN SP1 PA1000 1000 40 PRINT 1 CS0 CA7 50 PRINT 1 SS 60 PRINT 1 LBy CHR 3 70 PRINT 1 SA 80 PRINT 1 LB CHR 120 CHR 3 90 PRINT 1 S S 100 PRINT 1 LBx l CHR ...

Page 100: ... no parameters While the com mand is active all plot command parameters are regarded as user coordinates The SC comm and without parameters specifies all subsequent plotting commonds in plotter coordinates and returns the plotter to an unscaled condition For details refer to 3 3 1 Scaling in Chapter 3 EXAMPLE 10 SC COMMAND 20 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 IN SP1 PA0 0 40 PRINT 1 IP0 0 1000 1000 SC0 10...

Page 101: ... 4 50 PRINT 1 t LB0 3x0 4cm CHR 3 60 PRINT 1 SI0 5 1 70 PRINT 1 LB0 5 x 1 0cm CHR 3 80 PRINT 1 SP0 0 3 x 0 4cm 0 Fig SI 1 SL Slant FORMAT SL tan0 terminator SL terminator PARAMETER RANGE 1 28 0000 to 127 9999 DEFAULT VALUE SL 0 RELATED COMMANDS IN DF EXPLANATION The parameter tan0specifies on angle relative to a vertical line as shown in Fig SI 1 If two or more parameters are used all parameters o...

Page 102: ...acter or symbol is designated by the SM command it is printed centered on a point specified by the PA or PR com mand Once designated it is effective until another character is designated symbol mode is not released or symbol mode is released Symbol mode is released by the SM command with no parameter The IN or DF command also releases the symbol mode A designated character is affected by commands ...

Page 103: ...FOR I 1 TO 3 140 READ S 150 LPRINT SM 160 X 500 170 FOR L 1 TO 4 160 READ Y 190 LPRINT PA X Y P D PD 200 X X 500 210 NEXT L 220 LPRINT P U c 230 NEXT I 240 LPRINT SM PA0 0 250 END 260 DATA 500 1300 2000 2700 270 DATA R 1500 1 700 1300 1000 280 DATA G 2800 2000 1000 400 0 3000 3000 3000 0 0 3000 0 ...

Page 104: ...n is taken up the system returns to the position is occupied before executing the SP command If the same pen number as the one currently in pen carriage is designated the pen carriage will not move EXAMPLE 10 SP COMMAND 20 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 IN 40 F O R I 1 TO 8 50 PRINT 1 SP I 60 PRINT 1 PA PU1 000 I 300 65 PRINT 1 PD PR1 000 0 70 PRINT 1 LBPEN No I CHR 3 80 NEXT I 90 PRINT 1 SP0 ________P...

Page 105: ...etween P1 and P2 The command without parameters sets the default values A single parameter or 3 or more parameters will cause an error and the command will not be executed Character width P2x P1x x Character height P2y P1y x width parameter 100 height parameter 100 EXAMPLE 10 SR COMMAND 20 OPEN LPT 1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 IN SP1 PA10 0 0 1000 40 PRINT 1 SR0 75 1 5 50 PRINT 1 LB0 7x1 5 CHR 3 60 PRINT 1 S...

Page 106: ...ish and German to be printed using only a single LB command eliminating the need of dividing the LB command to execute the SS command This command requires no parameter For its relation to the CS CA and SA commands refer to 3 6 2 Character Sets in Chapter 3 EXAMPLE 10 SS COMMAND 20 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 IN SP1 PA1000 1000 40 PRINT 1 CS1 50 PRINT 1 SS 60 PRINT 1 LBtan 3 3 c h r 3 70 PRINT 1 SP0...

Page 107: ... P2 T herefore note that the length of X tick is different from that of Y tick when an area set by points P1 and P2 is not a square When the plotter is initialized or the TL command with no parameter is executed it is automatically set to 0 5 of the length between point P1 and P2 in the X and Y directions The tick length in the negative direction is set to 0 if it is not specified The TL command i...

Page 108: ...A character cell is divided horizontally into 6 sections and vertically into 16 sections for the pur pose of specifying pen movement See Fig UC 1 An ordinary character is printed within the area surrounded by broken lines horizontal 4 sections x vertical 8 sections A character defined within this area has a normal character size A character defined by the UC command need not be within acharacter c...

Page 109: ...AT VS pen speed terminator VS terminator PARAMETER RANGE 0 to 127 9099 DEFAULT VALUE VS 42 EXPLANATION The VS command with no parameter sets the pen speed to the initial value 42cm sec The parameter range is 0 to 127 9999 A parameter of loss than 1 sets the speed to 1 cm sec or more than 42 sets to 42cm sec Reducing the pen speed with the VS command will allow the plotter to draw thick lines or cl...

Page 110: ...and PT com mands Since the base point differs with the sigh of the radius parameter care is required with its specification The angle relative to the base point differs according to the sign of the start and center angle parameters The drawing direction changes in accordance with the sign of the parameter The resolution specifies the smoothness of the circular arc or the wedge The parameter is spe...

Page 111: ...RI NT SF1 PA PU2 0 00 5000 120 LPRI NT FT3 4 0 0 130 LPRI NT WG2000 90 45 140 LPRI NT FT3 40 45 150 LPRI NT WG2000 90 45 1G0 LPRI NT FT3 40 90 170 LPRI NT WG 2000 90 45 180 LPRI NT FT3 40 135 190 LPRI NT WG 2000 90 45 Fig WG 2 WG 2000 90 4 5 WG 2 0 0 0 9 0 4 5 Center position WG 2000 90 45 WG 2000 90 45 3 67 ...

Page 112: ...and that of Y axis tick is 0 5 of P2x P1x Examples of the XT command are shown below In example 1 the tick is drawn while draw ing the axis In example 2 the axis is drawn then the tick EXAMPLE Example 1 100 XT COMMAND NO l 110 LPRINT IN SP2 PA200 500 PD XT 120 FOR I 1 TO 10 130 LPRINT PR200 0 XT 140 NEXT I 150 LPRINT PU SP0 200 XT COMMAND NO 2 210 LPRINT IN SP2 PA200 500 PD 220 LPRINT PR2000 0 XT ...

Page 113: ... computer is a serial connection or when the device contorl command is improper You can remove errors and know the content of errors by executing the ESC command For more information see ESC E Command of Device Control Command in CHAPTER 5 3 Communication protocol error This error occurs when the setting of the communication protocol for a serial connection is incorrect If there is a mismatch in t...

Page 114: ...ter is unsuitable the parameter causing the er ror is initialized 13 When a parameter has overflowed 14 When too many parameters are input or parameters are not terminated by a 15 When a framing error parity error or overrun error has occurred during reception of data 16 When the input buffer has overflowed In this case normal drawing operation is impossi ble List mode When the list mode is used t...

Page 115: ... cable or computer For more informa tion about how to connect the DXY 1000 series to each computer see the cable list of 5 1 Parallel Connection Centronics 5 1 1 Parallel Interface Specifications Connectors NC 36 18 HIGH HIGH 35 17 GND NC 34 16 GND GND 33 15 NC HIGH 32 14 NC NC 31 13 HIGH GND 30 12 GND 29 11 BUSY 28 10 ACK HIGH 27 9 D7 GND 26 fi D6 25 7 D5 24 6 D4 23 5 D3 22 4 D2 21 3 D1 20 2 DO 1...

Page 116: ...ata is show n in Fig 5 2 INPUT 5 V 10k STROBE P in 2 D 0 Pin2 D0 Pin3 D1 Pin10 ACK Pin11 BUSY Fig 5 2 The I O signal timing chart is shown in Fig 5 3 STB input BUSY output ACK output DATA input min1us min 1 u s min 1us TYP 2us Input port latch CPU reads in Fig 5 3 5 2 ...

Page 117: ...onnection RS 232C If you use your computer and inter face under different conditions than those described in Chapter 5 refer to the explanation below Also for the handshake of an RS 232C interface see 5 3 Information About Handshake in Chapter 5 5 2 1 Serial Interface Specifications Connectors 5 2 Serial RS 232C Connection 5 3 ...

Page 118: ...tes with ON status input 6 DSR Data set ready Normally this line is connected with a signal line to in dicate the ready to operate status of a modem Input from the computer to the plotter Same as for CTS when unconnected with no problem tor the plotter in normal use lnput 7 SG Signal ground connected with the internal ground line in the plotter Com 14 S TXD Data output from the plotter to the comp...

Page 119: ...Y connection and performs the following functions it can transmit data from the host computer to the terminal it can transmit data to the plotter for drawing and it can permit the terminal to monitor the data while drawing is under way 5 2 2 Y Connection Y DROP Fig 5 4 Cables used for the Y connection are shown in Fig 5 5 Fig 5 5 5 5 ...

Page 120: ...ct it varies from the 2nd bit to 3rd bit of the second parameter of ESC com mand as shown in Table 5 3 In this condition data from the terminal can be sent to the computer But when the DXY 1000 series is responding to the computer this response has first priority and the data from the terminal are ignored Also when it receives the ESC Z or ESC command the DXY 1000 series returns to the same condit...

Page 121: ... send this break signal to the computer and then return to the same condition as if it had received an ESC Z or ESC command Remember Since data go through the internal circuit of the DXY 1000 series to a terminal you must have turned ON the power of the DXY 1000 series for data communication bet ween the computer and the DXY 1000 series even when you are not using the DXY 1000 series ...

Page 122: ...trol commands while check ing the remaining buffer capacity of the plotter buffer Note In the examples below a typical BASIC language is used in the concrete programs Also PRINT 1 and INPUT 1 indicate input and output of data when an RS 232C is used In this case you must have opened the RS 232C port All character codes ASCII codes use decimals Character codes are written in the form CHR character ...

Page 123: ...C H or ESC I command the DXY 1000 series sets the DTF pin to Low The remaining buffer capacity in creases gradually because of no data transmission from the computer 3 lf the remaining buffer capacity is larger than 512 bytes the DXY 1000 series sets the DTR pin to High The computer then transmits the data again Fig 5 7 The default after the power is turned ON means you are ready to use this hardw...

Page 124: ...en the computer asks the DXY 1000 series to output taking the delay time the DXY 1000 series takes to respond to the computer as 100m sec sets the terminator for data output from the DXY 1000 series to ESC CHR 13 Commands the DXY 1000 series to output the remaining buffer capacity to the computer Checks the remaining buffer capacity and commands the DXY 1000 series to wait for data transmission In...

Page 125: ...s 512 bytes A sample program for the Xon Xoff handshake and an explanation of how it works are shown in Fig 5 8 Sample program 100 DXY 1000 RS 232C DEVICE CONTROL COMMAND 110 SAMPLE PROGRAM FOR Xon Xoff HANDSHAKE 120 OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 AS 1 130 ON COM GOSUB 1000 140 PRINT 1 CHR 27 M0 0 0 13 0 0 150 PRINT 1 CHR 2 7 I150 0 17 160 PRINT 1 CHR 27 N 19 170 PRINT 1 CHR 27 0 180 COM ON 190 MAIN PROGRAM...

Page 126: ...ss the computer has the ability to accept interrupts If the in terrupt works properly the computer jumps from Line 1000 to Line 1080 and waits until the next Xon signal is input if the interrupt signal is Xoff 5 3 4 ENQ ACK Handshake In this handshake the computer first sends the character specified as an ENO character to the DXY 1000 series and asks whether it can transmit a certain amount of a d...

Page 127: ...terminator Echo hack Echo back Not received by data but Echo terminator f e r Received by data buffer Data block Mode 1 Computer ENQ character DXY 1000 ACK character series Data block Mode 2 Fig 5 9 A program example of ENQ ACK Handshake Mode 1 is shown below First of all without outputting drawing data to the DXY 1000 series this program writes those data to a data file called DATA1 Next it opens...

Page 128: ... 1 CHR 27 0 200 PRINT 1 CHR 27 Ml00 00 00 13 00 00 210 ENQ character CHR 5 220 ACK character CHR 6 230 PRINT 1 CHR 27 H256 5 6 240 MAI N PROGRAM 250 PRINT ENQ PRINT I CHR 5 Tasks other than DATA1 END 1000 BLOCK TRANSFER 1010 COM OFF 1020 PRINT ACK INPUT 1 ACK 1030 IF ACK CHR 6 THEN COM ON RETURN 1040 FOR I 1 TO 256 1050 IF EOF 2 THEN GOTO 1120 1060 A INPUT 1 2 1070 PRINT 1 A 1080 PRINT A 1090 NEXT...

Page 129: ...uffer capacity is more than 256 bytes In this program the computer checks the plotter s condition in the main program and out puts one block 256 byte plotter data using an interrupt if the buffer still has extra space If the buffer has no extra space or no output data in it the computer processes Tasks other than DATA1 5 3 5 Handshake Output Specifications The Xon Xoff and the ENQ ACK handshake ha...

Page 130: ... The default value is CR CHR 13 Output initiator The DXY 1000 series sends this character at the beginning of the data which it outputs to the computer Depending on the computer is may be necessary to send this character as a sign that the DXY 1000 series is ready to do data transmission before actually sending data For this STX CHR 2 is often used The default value is 0 for nothing set Interchara...

Page 131: ...ntence A colon is used for the terminator and this cannot be omitted 5 4 1 Handshake Mode Commands ESC B Remaining buffer capacity output FORMAT ESC B EXPLANATION This command tells the DXY 1000 series to output the current remaining buffer capacity to the computer Since the computer knows the remaining buffer capacity with this com mand it can output data below this capacity to the DXY 1000 serie...

Page 132: ...feed LF CHR 10 Thus the computer must output the li ne feed LF at the end of echoback data so that the DXY 1000 series will accept input P4 and P5 These parameters set an output terminator The output terminator is the last character sent following the data output by the DXY 1000 series and is made up of one or two characters This terminator is also applicable to the output of RD GL I output comman...

Page 133: ...nd When the ENQ ACK handshake has been set the parameters also set an im mediate response character For more information about the immediate response character see 5 3 5 Handshake Output Specifications in Chapter 5 You can set up to 10 characters Default value 0 for all parameters ESC H Set ENQ ACK handshake mode 1 FORMAT ESC H P1 P2 P3 P12 EXPLANATION This command does settings in the ENQ ACK han...

Page 134: ...block becomes 128 The ENQ character is ENQ CHR 5 and the ACK character is ACK CHR 6 E S C I Set Xon Xoff handshake and ENQ ACK handshake mode 2 FORMAT ESC I P1 P2 P3 P12 EXPLANATION This command is used when you want the Xon Xoff handshake and the ENQ ACK hand shake mode 2 If you omit all the parameters in case you send ESC I handshakes are not available If the computer sends an ENQ character to t...

Page 135: ... ENQ ACK handshake The ENQ character is set to ENQ CHR 5 the ACK character to ACK CHR 6 and the data block size to 80 bytes respectively EXAMPLE PRINT 1 C H R 27 I80 0 17 CHR 2 7 N 19 This command enables the Xon Xoff handshake The Xon character is set to DC1 CHR 17 the Xoff character to DC3 CHR 19 and the limit of the remain ing buffer capacity to 80 bytes respectively 5 4 2 Status Commands ESC O...

Page 136: ...he error is set to the default value 13 A parameter overflow has occurred 14 Too many parameters have been input or the parameters were not terminated by 15 A framing error parity error or overrun error has occurred during reception of data 16 The I O buffer has overflowed In this case normal drawing operation is impossible Table 5 6 ESC L Output I O buffer size FORMAT ESC L EXPLANATION When this ...

Page 137: ... control com mands below ESC J ESC M ESC N ESC H ESC I ESC 5 4 4 Monitor Mode Commands The DXY 1000 series is capable of outputting data sent from the computer to a terminal and so forth Cables used for this purpose should be wired as shown in 5 2 2 Y Connec tion in Chapter 5 Fig 5 4 with the DIP Switch 2 4 turned ON Y DROP ESC Y ESC Plotter ON FORMAT ESC Y or ESC EXPLANATION After the power is tu...

Page 138: ...nnector and the DIP Switch 2 4 are ON Y DROP this parameter sets the monitor mode For more information about the DTR signals and the monitor mode see 5 3 1 Hard ware Handshake and 5 2 2 Y DROP respectively The parameter range is from 0 to 255 The parameter value is the sum of bit values shown in Table 5 7 Default value 1 Bit No Bit value Contents 0 1 When this bit is 0 no hardware handshake is don...

Page 139: ... available EXAMPLE 2 PRINT 1 CHR 27 8 When DIP Switch 2 0 is ON Y DROP this command turns the monitor mode ON and sets mode 1 In this mode the DXY 1000 series outputs the data currently under execution to the terminal EXAMPLE 3 PRINT 1 CHR 27 12 When DIP Switch 2 4 is ON Y DROP this command turns the monitor mode ON and sets mode 2 In this mode the DXY 1000 series outputs the data received from th...

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Page 141: ...ctions SW1 1 4 Select character sets out of the 19 sets of the DXY 1000 series for the initial font setting SW1 5 SW1 6 Set the maximum plotting area which will ac comodate both ISO A3 and ANSI B sizes SW1 7 8 Set the paper size according to ISO A3 A4 or AN SI B A SW 2 1 8 Set the same as the computer side in term of baudrate parity check and other conditions when a serial RS 232C connection is ap...

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Page 143: ...down 11 VT Inverse Line Feed Feeds one line up 12 FF Nop 13 C R Carriage Return Moves to head of line 14 so Select Alternate Character Set 15 S I Select Standard Character Set 16 DLE Nop 17 D C 1 Nop 18 DC2 Nop 19 DC3 Nop 20 DC4 Nop 21 nak Nop 22 SYN Nop 23 ETB Nop 24 CAN Nop 25 E M Nop 26 SUB Nop 27 ESC Nop 28 FS Nop 29 GS Nop 30 RS Nop 31 US Nop 32 SP Space Formore information about the range of...

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Page 146: ...K 4C 76 L L L L L L a L L L L L L L L L L L 4D 77 M M M M M M ë M M M M M M M M M M M 4E 78 N N N N N N Ö f t N N N N N N N N N N N 4F 79 O O O O O O ü O O O O O O O O O O O 50 80 P P P P P P A P P P P P P P P P P P 51 81 Q Q Q Q Q Q î Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 52 82 R R R R R R 0 R R R R R R R R R R R 53 83 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 54 84 T T T T T T a T T T T T T T T T T T 55 85 U U U U U U ...

Page 147: ...k k k k k k k k k k k k 6C 108 l l l l l l 5 l l l l l l l l l l l 6D 109 m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m 6E 110 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n 6F 111 o o o o o ÿ o o o o o o o o 70 112 P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P p 71 113 q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q 72 114 r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r p 73 115 s s s 3 s 3 3 3 s 5 5 s s s s s s 74 116 t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t 75 117 u ...

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Page 149: ... 7 4 9 9 9 2 10 J Pen C hange J n n Pen n um ber 0 to 8 1 2 11 K A to K n l 1 l 2 n P e rce n tag e w ith resp ect to 0 of the u pp erm ost part l 1 D ista n ce of the end posi tion fro m the cen ter l 2 D ista n ce of the starting position from the ce n te r n 9 1 0 1 to 9 1 0 1 l 1 l 2 3 2 7 6 8 0 0 0 0 to 3 2 7 6 7 4 9 9 9 2 12 L Line Type Lp p 0 Solid line p 1 2 D otted line p 3 4 Sin g le dot...

Page 150: ...o 3 2 7 6 7 4 9 9 9 2 29 m 2 O pen cu rv e d line m 3 C lo s ed cu rv e d line x n y n X and Y relative co o rd in a te s R elative C u rve m d x 1 d y 1 d x 2 d y 2 d x n d yn m 0 O pen cu rv e d line m 1 C lo sed cu rv e d line d xn X rela tive co o rd in ate d y n Y relative co o rd in ate m 0 to 1 d x n d y n 3 2 7 6 8 0 0 0 0 to 3 2 7 6 7 4 9 9 9 2 31 A C all R D G L I C o m m and 2 33 R D G ...

Page 151: ...itize C lear D C 3 22 DF D efault D F 3 23 Dl A b so lu te D irection D lru n rise D l run 0 V ertica l printing r is e 0 H orizontal printing 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 to 1 2 7 9 9 9 9 ru n 1 rise 0 3 24 DP D igitize Point D P 3 25 DR R elative D irection D R ru n rise D l r u n 0 V ertica l printing rise 0 H orizontal printing 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 to 1 2 7 9 9 9 9 ru n 1 ris e 0 3 26 D T D efined Te rm in a to r D...

Page 152: ... 6 8 0 0 0 0 to 3 2 7 6 7 4 9 9 9 3 49 PS Paper Size P S s s Pap er size 0 to 1 27 D esig n a ted by the D IP sw itc h 3 50 PT Pen T h ick n e ss P Td P T d Pen th ick n e ss m m 0 1 to 5 0 0 3 3 50 RA Rectan gle A b solute P A x y x X ab so lu te co o rd in ates y Y ab so lu te co o rd in ate s 3 2 7 6 8 0 0 0 0 to 3 2 7 6 7 4 9 9 9 3 51 RO Rotate Coordinate RO n RO n R otate angle 0 or 9 0 0 3 5...

Page 153: ...P d x 1 d y 1 P d x n d yn U C d xn N um ber of X grids dy n N um ber of Y grids 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 to 1 2 7 9 9 9 9 3 64 VS V ele city S e le c t V S s V S s Pen speed c m s e c 0 to 1 2 7 9 9 9 9 4 2 3 65 W G S h a d e W ed g e W G r 0 1 0c 0 d r R adius 0 1 S tart angle 0c C en ter angle 0d Resolution r 3 2 7 6 8 0 0 0 0 to 3 2 7 6 7 4 9 9 9 9 0 1 3 2 7 6 8 0 0 0 0 to 3 2 7 6 7 4 9 9 9 9 0c 3 2 7 6 ...

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