76 ESim v5.12 for EasyCoder PD4—Programmer’s Reference Manual
Chapter 7—Commands
I – Character Set Selection
Description is command is used to select the proper character set.
Syntax Ip
1
,p
2
,p
3
Parameters p
1
Number of data bits (7 or 8). Default 8.
p
2
Printer Code Page (1 digit, see table 1 below). Default 0.
p
3
KDU Country Code (3 digits, see table 2 below). Default 001. (Only if p
1
= 8.)
Table 1. Printer Code Page (p
2
)
7 data bits (p
1
=7) 8 data bits (p
1
=8)
p
2
Country p
2
Code Page Country
0 U.S.A 0 437 United Kingdom
1 United Kingdom 1 850 Multilingual (Latin 1)
2 Germany 4 863 Canada (French)
3 France 5 865 Norway
4 Denmark
7 Sweden
8 Switzerland
In case code pages 437, 863, or 865 cannot produce the desired
characters, use code page 850 Multilingual.
Table 2. KDU Country Code (p
3
)
Code Country Code Country
001 U.S.A. 041 Switzerland
002 Canada 044 United Kingdom
003 Latin America 045 Denmark
027 South Africa 046 Sweden
031 Netherlands 047 Norway
032 Belgium 049 Germany
033 France 351 Portugal
034 Spain 358 Finland
039 Italy
For additional code page examples, refer to Chapter 9.
Example I8,1,046↵ :Selects 8 bit character set for use in
Sweden with a Keyboard Display Unit.