User Manual

PAC Portico 2200/1200 Series Installation Guide 15263 Ver 2.1 DRAFT E

polling, the CNC display shows the address as 0-9 and A-W (10 to 32).

2. A multi-site network has sites numbered according to the type of site as follows:

Site 1 - via six wire bus, one master and up to 32 slaves.

Sites 2-33 - via RS-232, one master and up to seven slaves.

Sites 34-128 - via RS-232, one slave.

Site numbers allocated depend on the type of site and are not necessarily sequential, e.g. a network

could comprise sites 1, 2, 3, 34 and 35.

3.2 RS-232 Serial Port

The RS-232 serial port can be used to connect the door controller to a variety of devices.

3.2.1 Printer

A printer can only be fitted to a door controller when the system is being administered from the front

panel. When administered from a PC, the printer connected to the PC is used.

3.2.1.1 Report Printing

All the information stored in the door controller database can be printed. There are several printer

commands, P1 to P9 (see 15267 PAC Portico 2200/1200 Series Door Controllers User Guide), which will

allow particular reports to be generated.

3.2.1.2 Transaction Printing

The door controller can store about 2400 transactions in its memory. Each transaction is printed out if a

printer is connected. If the printer is not connected, the transactions will be stored. Once the maximum

number of transactions is reached, the oldest ones will be lost. When the printer is reconnected, printing

will continue with the oldest unprinted transaction and continue until all unprinted transactions have been

output.

3.2.1.3 Printer Specification

An 80-column dot matrix printer with a serial interface is required. The serial interface must be set, using

switches and/or jumpers with the following parameters:

• 4800 baud.

• 8 data bits, 2 stop bits.

• No parity.

• Hardware handshake using DTR/CTS. When the printer is busy, it should force DTR, usually pin 20,

low.

• The printer must be capable of receiving at least 82 characters after a busy signal is sent (DTR going

low).

PAC Portico have used the EPSON LX series and the OKI Microline 182 printers successfully in the past.

3.2.1.4 Baud Rate

The baud rate between the printer and door controller (address 1) must be set to 4800 (see Section

7.2.2).