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5 Detailed description
774 Oven Sample Processor, Instructions for use
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Contact arrangement at plug (female) for RS232C socket (male)
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View of soldered side of plug
Order numbers:
K.210.9004 and K.210.0001
No liability whatsoever will be accepted for damage or injury caused by improper interconnection
of instruments.
5.12.4 What to do if Data Transfer fails?
Problem
Helpful Questions for Troubleshooting
No characters can be received
on a connected printer.
− Are the instruments switched on and the connection
cables plugged in properly?
− Is the printer set to "on-line"?
− Are baud rate, data bit and parity set identically on both
instruments?
− Is the handshake set properly?
No data transfer occurs and an
error message appears in the
display.
− E40–42: Transmission error. Is the cable used correctly
wired and plugged in? Is the printer switched on and set
to "on-line"?
− E43: Data output disabled for more than 3 s by XOFF.
− E36–39: Receive error. Are the RS232 parameters set
identically on both instruments?
The characters received are
garbled.
− Are data bit and parity set identically for both instruments?
− Is the baud rate set the same on both devices?
− Is the correct printer selected?
− The data transmission was interrupted (by the hardware)
during printing. Re-establish connections again, turn
printer off and on.