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AcroComm Programming Manual
L ICENSE A GREEMENT ...................................................................................................................................3
1. ACROCOMM.EXE WINDOWS -.....................................................................................................9
1.1. I NSTALLING A CRO C OMM .................................................................................................................9
1.2. A CRO C OMM M AIN M ENU ..............................................................................................................10
1.3. P ARAMETERS M ENU .......................................................................................................................10
1.4. T RANSACTION F ILE ........................................................................................................................10
1.5. S OURCE FOR I NSTRUCTIONS ...........................................................................................................11
1.6. C OMMUNICATIONS S ETUP ..............................................................................................................11
1.7. A CTIONS M ENU ..............................................................................................................................12
1.8. S ELECT ...........................................................................................................................................12
1.9. P OLL ...............................................................................................................................................13
1.10. P ROGRAM ...................................................................................................................................13
1.11. I NFORMATION .............................................................................................................................14
1.12. U PDATE T IME .............................................................................................................................14
1.13. R ESET .........................................................................................................................................15
1.14. M ODEM D IAL .............................................................................................................................15
1.15. M ODEM H ANG UP .......................................................................................................................16
1.16. C LEAR W INDOW .........................................................................................................................17
1.17. H ELP M ENU ................................................................................................................................17
1.18. E DIT PROGRAM.CLK ..............................................................................................................18
1.19. H ELP - A BOUT ............................................................................................................................19
2. USING ACROCOMM ........................................................................................................................20
2.1. C ONFIGURATION .............................................................................................................................20
2.2. C ONFIGFILE . INI ...............................................................................................................................21
2.3. ACROCOMM: C OMMAND L INE ...................................................................................................22
2.3.1. Considerations.......................................................................................................................23
2.3.2. Error Codes ...........................................................................................................................24
3. USING THE EXCEL/VISUAL BASIC MACRO POLLING..........................................................25
4. ACROPRINT TERMINAL CONFIGURATION.............................................................................26
4.1. C ONFIGURATION T HROUGH B ADGE ................................................................................................26
4.1.1. Configuring Procedure for entering the Date and Time .......................................................26
4.1.2. Configuring Procedure for Selecting Ports ...........................................................................26
4.1.3. Configuring Procedure for Selecting the READERS: ...........................................................28
4.1.4. Enabling Serial/Parallel Printing..........................................................................................28
5. ABOUT THE CLOCKS......................................................................................................................29
5.1. B ADGE V ALIDATION C RITERIA .......................................................................................................29
5.1.1. Messages................................................................................................................................29
5.1.2. Diagnostic Mode....................................................................................................................30
5.1.3. Functions ...............................................................................................................................30
5.1.4. Lockout ..................................................................................................................................31
5.1.5. Supervisor Procedures...........................................................................................................31
6. APPENDIX A: CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS FORMAT ...............................................33
6.1. C OMMAND L IST ..............................................................................................................................33
6.2. C OMMAND L IST F ORMATS ..............................................................................................................34
6.2.1. AC..........................................................................................................................................34
6.2.2. AD..........................................................................................................................................34
6.2.3. AO..........................................................................................................................................34
6.2.4. AT ..........................................................................................................................................34
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