Paxar Monarch 6015 - Manual (Page 14)

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C h e c k i n g t h e B a t t e r y V o l t a g e
The following commands/control characters involve the printer's battery.
Command Description
ESC-'P'-'^' Prints the battery voltage.
ESC-'P'-'!' Requests the battery voltage from the printer.
16 hex (Ctrl-V) NiCD and NiMH batteries only. Requests the
print buffer and battery statuses. The printer
responds with:
ESC-'B'-(pbchars)-CR-LF-ESC-'V'-#volts#-CR-
LF
(pbchars)
The number of characters
currently in the print buffer.
#volts#
Four ASCII characters. The first
three are the battery voltage
(form x.x).
The fourth character categorizes
the voltage listed to give it a
reference. Values are 1-4, where
1 is high and 4 is low.
We recommend designing your
applications so the user can check
the printer's battery voltage.