Section 7: Bi-Directional Communications
SATO Programming Reference Page 7-5
SENSOR STATUS (SOH + SG)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII SG
causes the printer to return a 4 byte Sensor Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the values of the printer counters.
HEAD STATUS (SOH + HC)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII HC
causes the printer to return a 1 byte Head Fault Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the current operating status of the print head. Before the printer will
respond to this command, it must be in the Head Check Mode (DSW2-3 = On).
SYSTEM VERSION INFORMATION (SOH + SB)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by a ASCII SB
causes the printer to return a 50 byte Printer Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the system version of the printer.
25 - 28 Hex Not Supported
BYTE
NUMBER
VALUE DESCRIPTION
1 Hex Reflective Sensor Level
2 Hex Transmissive Sensor Level
3 00
H
01H
Out of Paper
Paper Present
4 00
H
01H
Head Open
Head Closed
BYTE
NUMBER
HEX VALUE DESCRIPTION
1 00
01
Print Head OK
Electrical Fault in Print Head
BYTE
NUMBER
VALUE DESCRIPTION
1-50 ASCII Firmware Version Information
BYTE
NUMBER
HEX VALUE DESCRIPTION
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