Star Micronics TCP2000 Series - Manual (Page 9)

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CONNECTION TO EXTERNAL UNITS AND SETTING
(Housed unit TCP100/2000 series)
<Connecting the interface cable>
1 Turn OFF the power of the host computer and the reader/writer.
2 Plug in an end of the interface cable to the reader/writer connector and
the other end to the serial port of the host computer.
3 Fasten two screws located at both the shoulders of the interface cable
connectors.
4 Modular connector: Connects to Star original stand-alone terminal
MCD2000 by specified cable.
Please set the interface convert switch to the left side.
Note) Do not connect to any external devices other than MCD2000.
[TCP100] [TCP2000]
<Serial Interface (RS-232C)>
1 Applicable connector : D-sub 9 pin (female)
2 Mating connector : D-sub 9 pin (male)
3 Connector terminals : See the table below
4 I/O circuit : See the table below
5 Level : RS232C
6 Cable : Cross (reverse) cable
Pin No. Signal name Direction Function
2 RXD IN Received data
3 TXD OUT Transmitted data
4 DTR OUT Data-terminal-ready (always ON after reset)
5 S-GND - Signal ground
6 * CTS/DSR IN Clear-to-send / Data-set-ready (no detection)
7 RTS OUT Request-to-send (always ON after reset)
* CTS is assigned to pin #8 at TCP2000.(no detection)
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