Datamax-O'Neil APEX Series Programmer’s Manual - Manual (Page 61)

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Software Driver Installation
You must install the USB driver before you can use USB communication on the printer. Turn on the printer and connect it to the
PC with a USB cable. If the driver has never been installed before, a dialog box will appear. Reply by selecting "Install from a list
or specific location" and indicating the location of the file usbprintercdc.inf supplied with the CD. The usbprintercdc.inf file points
to the actual driver called msports.dll, which is a part of the Windows operating system.
Next, open the Windows Device Manager. (Control Panel > System > Hardware Tab > Device Manager) Under the Ports (COM
& LPT), you should see an entry named "Datamax-O’Neil USB CDC Communications Port”
If you ever needed to uninstall the driver, you may do so by right-clicking on the "Datamax-O’Neil USB CDC Communications
Port” from the Device Manager.
TeraTerm Example
TeraTerm is a free terminal emulator program. Make sure TeraTerm is not running when you connect the USB cable. Then run
TeraTerm, select (Setup > Serial Port...) to configure it and save the configuration. There are only three items that you need to
configure: Port, Data, and Flow control. All other parameters can be set to any value.
PORT COM<n> where <n> is the port number where USB driver was installed
Data 8 bit
Baud rate Any value
Parity Any value
Stop Any value
Flow control None
Note: Select ENTER key on the keyboard to advance paper in the printer and to verify communication.
USB Technical Specifications
Pin Name Cable Color Description
1 VCC Red +5V
2 D- White Data -
3 D+ Green Data +
4 GND Black Ground
A to B type USB cable
Bluetooth™ Communications
The printer control card communicates with the Bluetooth™ base band interface at 115.2 K Baud/sec for serial interface printers
and 57.6 K Baud/sec for USB interface printers, using no parity. To select the Bluetooth™ interface, Dip Switch # 2 must be ON
and all other Dip Switches must be OFF. If required by the host application to enter 0 (digit zero) for PIN number while
connecting to the BT module. Bluetooth settings can be changed via the AT command set (Refer to Developer’s CD for available
AT commands).
The table below details the Bluetooth Datamax-O’Neil default settings: