Hacking the SiPix A6 Serial printer
Archiver
Posts: 46,084
Has anyone hacked the SiPix A6 serial printer? I would like to use it as a
printer in some of my projects. As near as I can tell, there is no way to
manually set the port speed and no documentation of any printer control
codes. I have done a Google search for info with no luck except 1 Zillion
reviews and/or offers to sell.
Any enlightenment will be appreciated.
TIA
Vic
________________________________________________________
Victor Fraenckel - The Windman vfraenc1@n...
KC2GUI www.windsway.com
Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite
Read the WIND
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long
and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival."
- Winston [noparse][[/noparse]Leonard Spencer] Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?
-Count Oxenstierna (ca 1620)
printer in some of my projects. As near as I can tell, there is no way to
manually set the port speed and no documentation of any printer control
codes. I have done a Google search for info with no luck except 1 Zillion
reviews and/or offers to sell.
Any enlightenment will be appreciated.
TIA
Vic
________________________________________________________
Victor Fraenckel - The Windman vfraenc1@n...
KC2GUI www.windsway.com
Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite
Read the WIND
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long
and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival."
- Winston [noparse][[/noparse]Leonard Spencer] Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?
-Count Oxenstierna (ca 1620)
Comments
will tell you the speed. Then you can count the bits<G>.
Original Message
From: Vic Fraenckel [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=zcpgjH3d1lpMfQLL3QLD-6fICkEH6Goktprv6xxfdvTo3zZvl4_VnU84CI1Xrbz7uh3kFDzPz5l6e-tjpzw]vfraenc1@n...[/url
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:01 AM
To: BasicStamps
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Hacking the SiPix A6 Serial printer
Has anyone hacked the SiPix A6 serial printer? I would like to use it as
a printer in some of my projects. As near as I can tell, there is no way
to manually set the port speed and no documentation of any printer
control codes. I have done a Google search for info with no luck except
1 Zillion reviews and/or offers to sell.
Any enlightenment will be appreciated.
TIA
Vic
________________________________________________________
Victor Fraenckel - The Windman vfraenc1@n...
KC2GUI
www.windsway.com
Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite
Read the WIND
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however
long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no
survival."
- Winston [noparse][[/noparse]Leonard Spencer] Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is
governed? -Count Oxenstierna (ca 1620)
To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the Subject
and Body of the message will be ignored.
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
|If you have an oscilloscope, you can find out the pulse width. That
|will tell you the speed. Then you can count the bits<G>.
Grover,
The print speed is published in the user manual as 115KBaud so this is not a
question. The manual alludes to control codes however. It would be nice to
change the baud rate to something a bit lower tho.
Vic
________________________________________________________
Victor Fraenckel - The Windman vfraenc1@n...
KC2GUI www.windsway.com
Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite
Read the WIND
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long
and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival."
- Winston [noparse][[/noparse]Leonard Spencer] Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?
-Count Oxenstierna (ca 1620)
Original Message
From: Vic Fraenckel [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=u6kOwhTHaECePCawUyDP9n8mSL481rBa4iuStzJ1NrNhpLi9NOMBOdh_mAgXzwBHkWJ8NxRl2nIrutfA_x8HKQ]vfraenc1@n...[/url
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:04 PM
To: BasicStamps
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] RE: Hacking the SiPix A6 Serial printer
Grover Richardson wrote:
|If you have an oscilloscope, you can find out the pulse width. That
|will tell you the speed. Then you can count the bits<G>.
Grover,
The print speed is published in the user manual as 115KBaud so this is
not a question. The manual alludes to control codes however. It would be
nice to change the baud rate to something a bit lower tho.
Vic
Hi there Vic:
Arg!!
Well, if it was something that I wanted to use, I would program a
standard computer to send out each of the ascii codes slowly, and print
them to the screen. That way I could see what the beast does when the
codes come up on the screen.
As far as the baud rate, I haven't a clue<G>.
KB4FUW (mobile 75, 40, 20, 15, 10, 2, 440, and 3 cm<G>).
________________________________________________________
Victor Fraenckel - The Windman vfraenc1@n...
KC2GUI
www.windsway.com