Chapter 2: Installation
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Connecting an external printer or ASCII terminal
To print control panel events in real time, connect an external EPSON LX300
printer or ASCII terminal to COM0 or COM1.
Note: This option requires the 2010-2-232-KIT (not supplied). The kit contains a
3 m cable and the 2010-2-232-IB isolation board required for external RS-232
device connections.
Serial port connections for each output type are shown below.
Table 14: Serial port connections
ASCII terminal
See Figure 4 on page 17 for COM serial port and RS-232 interface board
connector locations.
See “Printer configuration” on page 68 for configuration options.