Intermec EasyCoder PF2i User manual

Installation
Instructions
Double Serial
Interface Kit
(for EasyCoder PF2i,
PF4i, PF4ci, PM4i,
PX4i and PX6i)

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Double Serial Interface Kit Installation Instructions iii
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction
Description.................................................................................... 2
Printer Firmware ............................................................................2
Installation Kit...............................................................................2
2 Physical Installation
EasyCoder PF2/4i printers .............................................................4
EasyCoder PM4i printers...............................................................9
EasyCoder PX4/6i printers...........................................................15
3 Serial Interface "uart2:" and "uart4:"
RS-232 Non-isolated ...................................................................20
RS-422 Isolated, Full duplex ........................................................22
RS-485 Isolated, Half duplex .......................................................24
4 Serial Interface "uart3:" and "uart5:"
RS-232 Non-isolated ...................................................................28
RS-422 Non-isolated, Full duplex................................................30
20 mA Current Loop ...................................................................32

iv Double Serial Interface Kit Installation Instructions
Contents

Double Serial Interface Kit Installation Instructions 1
1 Introduction
is chapter describes the Double Serial Interface Kit
for EasyCoder PF2/4i-, PM4i-, and PX4/6i-series
printers.

2 Double Serial Interface Kit Installation Instructions
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Description
is Installation Instructions booklet describes how to install a Double
Serial interface board in an EasyCoder PF2i, PF4i, PF4i Compact Indus-
trial, PM4i, PX4i, or PX6i printer.
e installation instructions describes how to physically install the
interface board in a printer and how to configure the two serial commu-
nication ports.
is interface kit must only be physically installed by an
authorized service technician. Intermec assumes no respon-
sibility for personal injury or damage to the equipment if
the installation in performed by an unauthorized person.
Printer Firmware
e printer must be fitted with Intermec Fingerprint v8.00 (or later).
For some combinations of two interface boards in EasyCoder PM4i and
PX4/6i printers, Fingerprint v8.30 (or later) is required. is kit does not
work with IPL. In Intermec Fingerprint, the serial ports are addressed as
"uart2:", "uart3:", "uart4:", and "uart5:" (communication channel #2,
#3, #7, and #8 respectively).
Installation Kit
e Double Serial Interface Kit contains:
• One Double Serial interface board fitted with circuits and straps for
RS-232 non-isolated.
• One hexagonal spacer (only used for two interface boards fitted in a
PM4i or PX4/6i printer)
• Two flat cables
• is Installation Instruction booklet
e only tools required for the installation are #T10 and #T20 Torx
screwdrivers plus a small wrench.

Double Serial Interface Kit Installation Instructions 3
2 Physical Installation
is chapter describes how to physically install the
Double Serial Interface Kit in an EasyCoder PF2/4i-,
PM4i-, or PX4/6i-series printer.
Take precautions against electrostatic discharges,
for example by wearing grounded bracelets.

4 Double Serial Interface Kit Installation Instructions
Chapter 2 — Physical Installation
EasyCoder PF2/4i Printers
• Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cord.
• Disconnect all communication cables.
• Remove the front/left-hand cover as follows.
e electronic compartment contains wires and compo-
nents with dangerous voltage (up to 380V). Make sure that
the printer is switched off and the power cord is discon-
nected before the left-hand cover is removed.
• Open the right-hand door.
• Using a #T20 Torx screwdriver, remove the three screws and lift the
cover up so it disengages the bottom plate.
• Swing out the rear part of the cover so you can disconnect the console
cable from the CPU board.
• Put the cover aside on a soft cloth or similar to avoid scratches.

Double Serial Interface Kit Installation Instructions 5
Chapter 2 — Physical Installation
• Remove the two #T10 Torx screws that hold the interface cover plate.
Remove the cover plate.
• Save the cover plate for possible later use. Keep the screws.
• Remove the #T20 Torx screw fitted on the hexagonal spacer at the
CPU board. Keep the screw.
• If reconfiguration of the interface board is required, fit or remove
circuits and straps according to the descriptions in Chapters 3 and 4.
• Attach the flat cable included in the kit to connector J62 (marked
“EXP BOARD”) on the CPU board (see page 7).
#T10 Torx screw
Cover plate
#T10 Torx screw

6 Double Serial Interface Kit Installation Instructions
Chapter 2 — Physical Installation
• Insert the interface board with the component side facing right, as
seen from behind.
• Attach the interface board to the printer’s rear plate using the two
screws left over when you removed the original cover plate.
• Using the #T20 Torx screw you previously removed, attach the inter-
face board to the hexagonal spacer on the CPU board.
• e kit contains two flat cables. Connect the flat cable with two con-
nectors to P1 on the interface board, see the next page.
Interface board
Component side
#T10 Torx screw
#T10 Torx screw