Ithaca ITHERM 280 Quick guide

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Ithaca 610 and iTherm 280 Configuration
ITHACA 610 AND ITHERM 280 CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................1
Checking/Changing the Printer Configuration....................................................................................1
Downloading the Necessary Drivers..................................................................................................2
Installing the Printer...........................................................................................................................2
RecTrac Ithaca 610 and Itherm 280 Configuration ............................................................................3
Install LOGO to Printer.......................................................................................................................4
Drawer Cable Information..................................................................................................................5
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................5
INSTALLING AN ITHERM 280 ON WINDOWS 764-BIT WORKSTATIONS .......................................................................6

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Ithaca 610 and iTherm 280 Configuration
Checking/Changing the Printer Configuration
Before you attach the printer to the PC, you must print out and check the printer’s current
emulation mode. In order to work correctly with RecTrac/GolfTrac, the printer must emulate an
Axiohm A7XX printer. To print out the current configuration, perform the following steps:
1Make sure the printer is off.
2Hold the Feed button down and turn on the printer. When the light with the ! symbol below it begins to
blink red, release the Feed button. The Identification Serial #, Firmware Version and USB version
should print.
3Press and hold the Feed button for the Test – Head Test option. When the printer begins to print,
release the Feed button.
Press and hold the Feed button again for the Test – Electronic Journal option. When the printer
begins to print, release the Feed button.
Press and hold the Feed button one more time for the Test – Configuration option. When the printer
begins to print, release the Feed button.
4Press but do NOT hold the Feed button once to print out the current configuration. Look at the
configuration print out. Check the Emulation Mode setting (listed near the top) and the Cash Drawer
Sense setting (listed under General Options). The Emulation Mode must be set to AXIOHM A7XX
and the Cash Drawer Sense must be set to Normal.
If the Emulation Mode is AXIOHM A7XX and the Cash Drawer Sense is Normal, press the ON-OFF
button on the printer to exit configuration mode and proceed to Step 5.
•If the Emulation Mode is not AXIOHM A7XX, press and hold the Feed button to change to
the next emulation option. Repeat this process until the emulation reads AXIOHM A7XX. If
you do not see AXIOHM A7XX as an emulation option, read the NOTE section below.
•If the Cash Drawer Sense is not Normal, press and release the Feed button 16 times (until
you scroll down to Cash Drawer Sense) and then press and hold the Feed button to change
the setting to Normal. Then press the On/Off button and proceed to Step 5.
NOTE: If you do not have AXIOHM A7XX emulation, perform the following steps:
1 Make sure the printer is off.
2 Hold the Feed button down and turn on the printer. Continue to hold down the Feed button.
3 Press the power button again and continue to hold the power button.
4 Release the Feed button.
5 Release the Power button.
If a hex dump is performed, the process of pressing the buttons took too long. Repeat steps 1–5.
Once in configuration mode look to the print out for information on changing the emulation mode.
Once set to AXIOHM A7XX, Press the ON-OFF button on the printer to exit configuration mode.
5You will be prompted on the print out to “Press Button to Confirm Save.” Press the Feed button to
save the emulation change. Configuration Saved will print out.

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Downloading the Necessary Drivers
The drivers required are not included with the printer. If the printer is a USB printer, you will
need to download a USB driver installation. Download the latest drivers from the VSI FTP Site
and save them to a local or shared network drive.
USB Driver Install – Download the Release 5.0.1.1.zip file. Please contact Vermont Systems,
Inc. to obtain the current FTP login credentials and download it from
ftp:vermontsystems.com\File Updates And Drivers\Ithaca_610_280_USB
Printer Driver – You must use a generic text printer driver.
Color Image Converter (4.5) – (PJColor utility to load logo to printer memory) Download the
100-02379v4_5_0.exe file (or latest) from:
http://www.transact-tech.com/tsg/280utilities.html
Note: You need the color image converter only if you plan to print a logo on receipts.
Installing the Printer
The two sections below describe installing the Ithaca 610 and iTherm 280 on a 32-bit workstation,
including Windows 7. Use the section that describes your Ithaca 610/iTherm 280—Parallel/Serial or USB.
For installation on a Windows 7 64-bit workstation, click here.
To Install a Parallel or Serial Ithaca 610 or iTherm 280
1 Install a Generic/Text Printer driver.
2 Assign the printer to the appropriate port.
3 Perform a test print to make sure the printer functions.
4 If you want a logo to print on the receipts, proceed to the Install LOGO to Printer section on page 4..
To Install a USB Ithaca 610 or iTherm 280
Note: The USB Ithaca 610 and iTherm 280 printers will not work in a Windows 98 environment.
Note: Do NOT plug printer into USB port at this time.
1 Unzip the file Release 5.0.1.1.zip to a temp location on the PC where the printer will be attached.
Double click the file TransactTVSInstaller.exe.
Note: Make your Install/Uninstall selection appropriately. If this is the first installation of an Ithaca 610
or iTherm 280 on this workstation, choose Install New Driver. If an Ithaca/iTherm has been installed
on this workstation previously, VSI recommends Uninstall old driver and then Install New Driver (as
opposed to the Uninstall/Install single radio set option).
For assistance with the driver installation, refer to the TransactVTSInstaller.doc and/or the Readme.txt
files that are included in theRelease5.0.1.1.zip directory.
2 When the driver installation completes, turn the printer on and plug it into a USB port on the host
computer.
3 Windows will detect the printer and will walk you through a driver install.
4 Verify that the TransAct Virtual Serial Port was installed – go to the Windows Device Manager and
expand the Ports section. You should see an entry for TransAct.

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Make note of the com port being used by this virtual driver. You will need it when updating the Printer
Device in RecTrac .
Note: If you do not see the TransAct entry or if you see a yellow warning for a USB device - do the
following:
Right click on the item that is creating the warning and select Update Driver.
Select No, not this time.
Select Next. Select to Install from a list or specific location and click Next.
Select the option Include this location…Click Browse.
Browse to the temp location where you unzipped the file from step 1 of this section. Click OK. Click
Next. The TransAct Virtual driver will install.
5 Install a generic text printer driver. During the driver installation be sure to associate the printer port
being used by this printer to the highest numbered USB printer port. After the install is complete, go
into the properties of the printer, click the Ports tab and make sure the printer is assigned to a USB
port (e.g., USB001) and not a COM port.
RecTrac Ithaca 610 and Itherm 280 Configuration
1 In Printer/Device Maintenance, highlight the 610 or ITHERM device. If you do not have this device,
you will need to import the latest sadevice.dat file from the \vsi\rectrac\misc directory.
2 Update the 610/ITHERM device and assign the appropriate COM port for Printer Dev (on the
second screen). This is the com port you made note of in step 4 of the previous section.
Note: It is recommended that you first clone this device if you will be installing multiple units.
3 If you need to manually create the printer device, use the following printer codes:
Factory=27,64
Print Init=27,31,114,118,38
Note: The Print Init field is mandatory if you are printing logos.
Note: 114 is the logo; 118 is the decimal equivalent of the ASCII character “v”, which is your stored
macro logo and is case sensitive.
10 pitch=27,33,8
12 pitch=27,33,8
17 pitch=27,33,8
Beg bold=27,64,29,33,18
End Bold=27,64
Drwr 1=27,112,48,64,64 (Optionally, you may use 27,120,1)
Drwr 2=28,112,48,64,64 (Optionally you may use 27,120,2)
Note: In order for the cash drawer to operate with the open codes used by VSI, the label on the
bottom of the printer must say “Ithaca Compatible.” If your drawer doesn’t pop using the above codes,
try changing the “48’ to a ’49.’ Apply the same change to your Peripherals device as well. Contact
Vermont Systems Support with questions or if you experience further problems.
Cutter=27,109 (Optionally you may use 27,118)

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4 Modify your linked Receipt Printer and/or POS Printer device so that the Drwr 1 Open field (on the
More CTL Codes screen) contains the following:
27,112,48,64,64.
Note: If you plan to print credit card authorization receipts to the iTherm and you want your main POS
receipts to have a logo on them but do not want the logo on the credit card authorization receipt, clone
the above device and simply delete the Print Init line (27,31,144,86,38,20,2). Assign this new device
as your Auth Printer on your MSR/Credit Card device.
Install LOGO to Printer
Note: VSI strongly recommends that any old versions of this software be uninstalled before this
version if installed. The POSjet Color Image Converter III utility will run on Windows 9x, ME, and 2000;
it will NOT run on NT 4.0.
1 Run the Color Converter executable—100-02379v4_5_0.exe—that was previously downloaded. This
will create a new program group called POSjet. The application PJColor is in this group.
2 Run the PJColor application.
3 In the Settings menu, go to Select Printer and set the printer to correspond to your printer iTherm 280
or Ithaca 610.
4 In the Settings menu, go to Select Emulation and set the emulation to ESC/POS Emulation.
5 In the Settings menu, go to Set Communication Port. Change the port to the appropriate port.
6 In the Settings menu, go to Printer Method and select Direct to Port.
7 Load the image to PJColor by clicking Load Image.
8 If you have colored (red, green, blue) 40 column paper, change the colors of the logo (if desired).
9 Click Print to test if the image prints correctly.
10 Click Store in Printer. This will open up a POSjet Macro window and query the printer. The status of
the printer will display.
11 Change macro name from Demo to v (must be a lower case v) and click Record. This will save the
image to the printer’s internal memory.
Mandatory Printer Device Configuration for Logos
To print logos, ensure the following populates the Print Init field of the Ithaca Printer device you are using:
27,31,114,118,38

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Drawer Cable Information
Printer/Drawer Drwr 1 Cable Drwr 2 Cable Splitter/Cable RT Drwr 1 Codes RT Drwr 2 Codes
Ithaca 610 or
iTherm
280/Indiana Cash
Drawer
2-10075 2-10232 OR
2-10076 splitter/ 2-10155 27,112,48,64,64 27,112,49,64,64
Ithaca 610 or
iTherm 280/MMF
Dumb Drawer
226-199ITHA10-
00 226199ITHA20-00 225-SBIT2-00 27,112,48,64,64 27,112,49,64,64
Ithaca 610 or
iTherm 280/MMF
Serial Smart
Drawer (2 drawer
setup)
226199ND9F0609 27,112,48,64,64 27,112,49,64,64
Troubleshooting
If you should encounter "Document failed to print" error messages upon printing from the
Ithaca610 USB printer, you may need to install the latest 5.0.1.1 driver (rather than the 5.0.01).
The following instructions will guide you through this installation.
Go to the following web address: ftp://ftp.transact-tech.com/ <BLOCKED::ftp://ftp.transact-tech.com/>.
Please use the following Username and Password to access:
Username: firmware
Password: Pr1nt3rs69
1 Click FTP link above
2 Right Click on the blank page in Internet Explorer

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3 Click Login As… from the menu
4 Enter the User name from above
5 Enter the Password from above
6 Look in CSI folder for USB Installer.
7 Download the TVS installer
Once the installer is downloaded, extract it to a folder then run the executable. Out of the list of options
choose "Uninstall NEW driver" let it finish - it runs silent - then reboot when prompted. Launch the installer
again, choose "Install New Driver" and reboot again when prompted.
Installing an Itherm 280 on Windows 7 64-Bit Workstations
1 Plug in the printer. Windows will NOT recognize it, and you will most-likely receive a message stating
the printer was not installed successfully.
2 Go to Devices and Printers. You will see an Unspecified device named Ithaca USB Printer.
3 Right-click on the Ithaca USB Printer and go to Properties. Click on the Hardware tab and then click
Properties.
4 Go to the Driver tab and click Uninstall. Click OK.
5 Go to the VSI FTP Site and copy the ITherm280_W7-64bit_Drivers folder to the local workstation.
•Contact VSI Customer Support for the current login credentials.
•From the FTP site, browse to:
File Updates and Drivers\Ithaca_610_280_usb\Itherm280_W7-64bit_Drivers
•Copy the entire directory to your local workstation.
6 Go to Devices and Printers. Right-click and Add a Printer
7 Select the option to Add a Local Printer.
8 Use an existing port (i.e. USB001).
9 On the Install the Printer Driver screen, click Have Disk.
10 Browse to your local copy of the ITherm280_W7-64bit_Drivers directory. Drill down to the ITherm280-
576 sub-directory and double-click to open it.
11 Click OK.
12 Select the ITherm280 printer from the list and click Next.
13 At the Printer Sharing prompt, give the printer a Share name.
14 Print a test page (test page will NOT cut).
15 On the Receipt/POS device in RecTrac set the Print Option to S (spooled) and use the share path in
the Printer Dev field (ie. \\supt-bryancg\ITherm280).
16 Test Page from RecTrac should print and cut.
17 Go to RecTrac Ithaca 610 and Itherm 280 Configuration above, and complete the set up instructions.