SATO CT410 - Manual (Page 148)

Head Status (SOH + HC)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an HC
(hexadecimal 4843) causes the printer to return a 1 byte Head Fault Status Word
bounded by an STX-ETX pair that reports the current operating status of the print
head. Before the printer will respond to this command, it must be in the Download
Mode (DSW1 = Off, DSW2 and DSW3 = On)
BYTE
NUMBER
HEX
VALUE
DESCRIPTION
1 00
01 Print Head OK
Electrical Fault in Print Head
System Version Information
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an SB
(hexadecimal 4D47) causes the printer to return a 50 byte Printer Status Word
bounded by an STX-ETX pair that reports the system version of the printer.
BYTE
NUMBER
VALUE DESCRIPTION
1-50 ASCII Firmware Version Information
Memory Status
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an EB
(hexadecimal 4542) causes the printer to return a 24 byte Memory Status Word
bounded by an STX-ETX pair that reports the current user memory allocation.
BYTE
NUMBER
VALUE DESCRIPTION
1-4 Binary Free Font Memory
5-8 Binary Total Font Memory
9-12 Binary Free Form Overlay Memory
13-16 Binary Total Form Overlay Memory
17-20 Binary Free Graphic Memory
21-24 Binary Total Graphic Memory
Section 5. Interface Specifications
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