The ZebraQLn220 has many settings that can be programmatically updated via commands sent it, such as:
! U1 setvar "media.sense_mode" "bar"
However, sometimes it takes several attempts before that change is "seen"/accepted/applied by the printer. For instance, I have sent the
! U1 setvar "power.dtr_power_off" "on"
command several times before this one:
! U1 getvar "power.dtr_power_off"
...will finally respond back with "on" (giving me "off" instead the first several times).
So: Is there a command that can be sent to the QLn220 that tells it to "flush" or "write all changes" or "save changes" or "I really mean it this time" or some such?
UPDATE
I don't know what firmware is new enough, but this is what the printer tells me about itself as far as "appl" settings go:
appl.date : 2/19/2014
appl.name : V68.19.7Z
appl.version : 6819
appl.bootblock : 2.5.9
appl.link_os_version : 2.0
If you are using later firmware you can use JSON to format the commands. In this method the commands will respond immediately with the configured values.
{}{"media.sense_mode":"bar"}
would respond with:
{"media.sense_mode":"bar"}
You can also put multiple requests in one:
{}{"media.sense_mode":"bar",
"power.dtr_power_off":"on"
}
The following knowlege base article has more info - https://km.zebra.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SO8638&actp=RSS
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we bought a Printronix RFID printer T4304 with these dates:
FirmwareP301189 V1.21A
Serial NumberT4K431948007
Our wish is
to produce RFID-Labels with an QR-Code which includes the EPC-number
of the label. The QR-Code shall look like this:
http://qr.mycompany.com/epc/E280689123456789012345
We were hoping to use it with the Software Nicelabel. But Nicelabel
is only able to produce a QR-Code with only the EPC-Number but not
with our http://qr.my..../epc/ in front.
I had the idea to save the printjob as file. So I was able to
manipulate the file and send that file as printjob to the Printronix
printer like this:
lpr -S 192.168.1.2 -P raw myprintjob.prn
I found the document PTX_PRM_PGL_P7_253642C.pdf
which describes how the printer language is working. But I cannot
fulfill my destination.
My myprintjob.prn looks like this:
!PTX_SETUP
ENGINE-IMAGE_SHFT_H;0
ENGINE-IMAGE_SHFT_V;0
ENGINE-WIDTH;04146.
PTX_END
~NORMAL
~PIOFF
~DELETE LOGO;*ALL
~PAPER;INTENSITY 8;MEDIA 1;FEED SHIFT 0;CUT 0;PAUSE 0;TYPE 0;LABELS 2;SPEED IPS 6;SLEW IPS 6
~CREATE;FRM;99
SCALE;DOT;300;300
RFRTAG;96;EPC
96;DF511;H
STOP
ISET;0
FONT;FACE 92250
ALPHA
AF511;24;INV;POINT;329;1033;10;10;
STOP
BARCODE
QRCODE;INV;XD9;T2;E0;I1;95;843;
"http://qr.mycompany.com/epc/","EPCCODE"
STOP
END
~EXECUTE;FRM
~REPEAT;1
~AF511;<DF511>
~NORMAL
The result is a QRcode which only includes the first part of the string:
"http://qr.mycompany.com/epc/"
but not the "EPCCODE". I am looking for a hint how to do this.
Maybe I could find out the EPC-code via REST or telnet or so and create a special printjob for every single label?
Thanks for your help,
Richard
Printronix T4000, talk with port 9100 to get info from the printer
Author
Richard Lippmann, Stadt Zirndorf, EDV
Documentinformation
name: talk-with-port9100-to-get-infos-from-printronix-rfid-printer.md
revision: 2021-12-02 - init
What I want to achieve
I want to know the RFID-code from the label which is under the print-head.
With this information I am able to build a printjob with Qrcode which includes
the RFID-EPC.
I was not able to find out how to create a print-job with a qr-code.
I do not want this information in qrcode: ABC1234...567
But I want this information in qrcode: http://qr.mydomain.com/rfid/epc/ABC1234...567
With that I am able to take a picture of the label and go to a web-application
which helps me further with the device the label is on.
Documenation, where to find information
The printer language is described in the document which is easy to google: PTX_PRM_PGL_P7_253642C.pdf
My environment
Printronix T4000 printer with RFID-unit to read the RFID from the current label.
How to get info back from my printer
Usually Port 9100 is used to send a printjob to the Printronix-printer. Send job,
don't receive data. But you can switch the printer to be verbose, to send you
back information over the 9100-connection.
Glossary
EPC = this is the unique number which is in every RFID-label, just like
a MAC-address in a network card
PGL = the printer language. We can send printjobs with it, but also get information
from the printer about Configuration etc.
Human connect to the printer via Linux commandline
ssh me#shell.mydomain.com
export MYPRINTER=192.168.100.3
nc -v $MYPRINTER 9100
Put verbose mode on
The printer usually only receives information, but does not talk back.
You have to switch on the back-communication.
~CONFIG
SNOOP;STATUS
END
Put verbose mode off
I you are programming this interface with a programming
language like python, perl, ... it's a good idea to switch
verbose mode off after you did your job.
~CONFIG
SNOOP;OFF
END
IDENTITY
To see information:
put verbose mode on
send ~IDENTITY command
put verbose mode off
~CONFIG
SNOOP;STATUS
END
~IDENTITY
The result is:
T43040,V1.21A,12,131072KB
STATUS
To see information:
put verbose mode on
send ~IDENTITY command
put verbose mode off
~CONFIG
SNOOP;STATUS
END
~STATUS
The result is:
BUSY;0
PAPER;0
RIBBON;0
PRINT HEAD;0
COUNT;000
GAP;0
HEAD HOT;0
CUT COUNT;000000000
PRINT DIST;000001529
PRCT COMPLETE;000
TOF SYNCED;1
SENSED DIST;00450
END
Read one RFID-EPC-code from current label
These are things mentioned in this command:
~CREATE - start creating a new "form" (or subroutine to execute later)
VERIFY - the name of the subroutine we are creating. Keep it simple,
less than 15 characters, no special signs (see docu PTX_PRM_PGL_P7_253642C
page 60 under "CREATE" and page 29 under "Form Name" for exact informations)
NOMOTION - don't move the label to the next one after executing this job
DF511 = This is a variable-name, there seem to be a lot of variables in the printer
which are called by their numbers: DF1, DF2, ... I don't know which one I am
allowed to use, DF511 seems to work
96 = the RFID-EPC on my labels are 96 Bits long
H = Hexnumbers, the code is 96 Bit long, but I would like to see it like this:
ABC1234...567
VERIFY - a command to send information to the commandline.
~EXECUTE;VERIFY;1 - execute the form 1 time
~CONFIG
SNOOP;STATUS
END
~CREATE;VERIFY;432;NOMOTION
RFRTAG;96;EPC
96;DF511;H
STOP
VERIFY;DF511;H;*STARTEPC=*;*=ENDEPC\n*
END
~EXECUTE;VERIFY;1
~NORMAL
The result is:
STARTEPC=E28068940000501EC931EC87=ENDEPC
Read two RFID-EPC-codes
Reads 2 Barcodes and gives back the EPC-codes. With this command the label get
sent (moved) through the printer.
These are things mentioned in this command:
~CREATE - start creating a new "form" (or subroutine to execute later)
VERIFY - the name of the subroutine we are creating. Keep it simple,
less than 15 characters, no special signs (see docu PTX_PRM_PGL_P7_253642C
page 60 under "CREATE" and page 29 under "Form Name" for exact informations)
NOMOTION - don't move the label to the next one after executing this job
DF511 = This is a variable-name, there seem to be a lot of variables in the printer
which are called by their numbers: DF1, DF2, ... I don't know which one I am
allowed to use, DF511 seems to work
96 = the RFID-EPC on my labels are 96 Bits long
H = Hexnumbers, the code is 96 Bit long, but I would like to see it like this:
ABC1234...567
VERIFY - a command to send information to the commandline.
~EXECUTE;VERIFY;1 - execute the form 1 time
~CONFIG
SNOOP;STATUS
END
~CREATE;VERIFY;432
RFRTAG;96;EPC
96;DF511;H
STOP
VERIFY;DF511;H;*STARTEPC=*;*=ENDEPC\n*
END
~EXECUTE;VERIFY;2
~NORMAL
The result is:
STARTEPC=E28068940000501EC931EC87=ENDEPC
STARTEPC=E28068940000401EC931EC86=ENDEPC
I need some sort of schedule thing to schedule a task to happen at x:y (12:00 for example) in Tcl.
The scenario is a router using Openwrt with Tcl 8.6.10 with limited RAM and storage where I have some sort of IRC client "bot" (using socket to connect). The "bot" was just a barebone that I modify to suit my needs. Most of the things work fine, except that I don't have way to schedule easily things. I wanted something like how eggdrop has "bind time" where the bind thing is "bind time flag "cron-style string" caller".
The "bot" scheme is like:
Main Tcl script:
<info+code to connect to IRC>
<while loop>
<some code in case of IRC disconnection>
<list of files with tcl code aka sub-scripts>
<usage of source based from a list of the filenames>
<code for error handling>
<end of while loop>
The list of files is source filelist.tcl, where filelist.tcl is a set var {filename1.tcl filename2.tcl...}. The filenamex.tcl has some basic code to respond to IRC server or IRC input from channels and reply to channels.
I can make some sort of schedule if I base a execution like if {[clock format [clock seconds] -format "%H:%M"]=="12:00"} {code to execute} and hopefully wait for a server ping/pong but that can lead to repeated code inside of the if body.
I been looking around and found a package called cron but I don't know how to use it correctly because there are not many examples and I don't know to use vwait properly and I don't want vwait to hang the bot waiting for a value to change. I also read about tcl threads for maybe parallel execution.
So I need some code inside of a sub-script that looks like (a package cron style):
#beginning of file
#add a task specifying hour and minute
task-at "12:00" proccaller
proc procname {optional} {
<some code to be executed at specific hour+time>
}
#end of file
I also don't know how to use after command to use it.
How can I accomplish I want?
Thanks for the replies and yes, it would help if I study event loops and coroutine, which probably comes next.
Some time has passed since I posted the question and kinda sorted the thing by creating a sub-script in a folder named scripts with the following structure:
#beginning of the script
if {![file exists executed]} {set executed "no"}
#the following clock instruction returns for example: Tuesday 22:14
switch -glob -- [clock format [clock seconds] -format "%A %H:%M"] {
"*12:00" - "*12:01" {
#Basic example of sending a message to the irc channel when it's midday
if {$executed=="no"} {
puts $fd "PRIVMSG #CODE :It's midday right now."
flush $fd
set executed "yes"
}
}
#...more time comparisions and code
default {set executed "no"}
}
#end of script
And the script is almost the top of the list of scripts to be loaded so if I wish to send some command down stream at giving time, the command can be executed.
There is double timings because the "bot" reacts, at least at minimum, to the irc server's ping which happens each 90 seconds and it may skip some minutes.
This is not an answer but an unproper workaround.
I have a simcom7600 modem which I am trying out via AT commands.
I was able to use AT commands to setup the modem, and connect to an MQTT broker and exchange messages. Now I am trying to figure out how I can do something similar, but then with my own TCP/IP stack. Before diving into the deep there, I would like to confirm that I can get into data mode (PPP) which I am not able to, it seems.
I attached my modem (AT+CGATT=1), and activated it (AT+ACACT=1,1). I verified that I have a carrier/provider (AT+COPS?).
So I thought I was all set to send the ATO (online) commands. But it returns NO_CARRIER every time I try. I have no idea what I am doing wrong.
The logging that confirms above statements:
AT+COPS?
Sending command: AT+COPS?
AT+COPS?[CR][CR][LF]+COPS: 0,0,"NL KPN simyo",7[CR][LF][CR][LF]OK[CR][LF]
AT+cgatt?
Sending command: AT+cgatt?
AT+cgatt?[CR][CR][LF]+CGATT: 1[CR][LF][CR][LF]OK[CR][LF]
AT+cgact?
Sending command: AT+cgact?
AT+cgact?[CR][CR][LF]+CGACT: 1,1[CR][LF]+CGACT: 2,0[CR][LF]+CGACT: 3,0[CR][LF][CR][LF]OK[CR][LF]
ATO
Sending command: ATO
ATO[CR][CR][LF]NO CARRIER[CR][LF]
PS: the [CR][LF] stand for resp. \r and \n, I replace them before I log for ease of reading.
I obviously have to supply more info to the modem, but from this manual I can't seem to figure out which commands I miss, and how I could validate step by step that I am on the right track.
I found this nice document. I'll share it here in case somebody else struggles with this as well.
When I send the following commands:
ATZ (reset)
ATE0 (disable echo)
AT+CGREG? (check registration to PDP network)
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet" (set APN for my provider, they expect the string "internet")
ATD*99# (start data mode, aka PPP)
then I can break out and move back into PPP with the following commands:
+++ (send + character, wait for 700ms, send + character, wait for 700ms, send + character) => back to AT command mode
ATO (back to data mode)
NOTE: the APN your provider expects, is I think in all cases an easy Google. Your provider will most likely explain how to manually set your APN in case your phone won't do it automatically.
I have a custom package I want to install automatically in my docker using expect.
The first thing the package asks me to do is press Enter to continue, then it prints another 2 empty lines then it waits for an input.
My expect script :
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set timeout -1
spawn ./install
expect "\n"
send -- "\n"
But as you can see in the image, it just runs the installer and exits.
I tried removing the expect "\n" so only send -- "\n" will execute but now even the install message doesn't appear (tried with set timeout 1000 before send and it also didn't work)
Any ideas?
P.S : This is a link to the package if anyone wants to have a go at it:
https://www.bayometric.com/downloads/digital-persona/DP_UareU_Linux223_20140429.2.zip
(the installer is inside DP-UareU-RTE-2.2.3-1.20140429_1533.tar.gz)
expect "\n" match a linefeed exactly, I think this is not what your program is sending.
To wait for a Shell prompt you can use expect "%" or expect "*" to match anything.
If you need to make sure you're dealing with the right prompt you may be able to use something like expect "*Linux Installation*".
Also don't send \n but \r for the enter key :
#!/usr/bin/expect
spawn ./install
expect "*Linux Installation*"
send "\r"
expect eof
Note that the default flag is -gl for glob pattern matching but you can also use the -re flag for regular expression matching.
My customer has reported a problem that standard ''print'' button in Z-report which a developer wrote before is not working.
How can I enable the button?
MODULE user_command_0100 INPUT.
DATA: GS_STATUS TYPE SLIS_STATUS,
XS_STATUS LIKE GS_STATUS.
CASE sy-ucomm.
WHEN 'BACK' OR '%EX' OR 'RW'.
LEAVE TO SCREEN 0.
WHEN '&RNT'.
ENDCASE.
ENDMODULE.
Then button needs a usercommand assigned, which is then processed in pai. usually with a general form called get_ucomm (many developers call it similar). You also can issue /h in transaction field and then press the print-button. /h will trigger the debugger and You can inspect the report step by step.
That's all I can say without seeing the code. Hope this will help.
Which user command do you define in your GUI status?
If you have a standard list (what I expect when you write about a z-report), then you should define the command PRI to print the list:
If you define a screen (using the screen painter) or an ALV-Grid... then this solution will not help you.
If you don't know, what a GUI status is: Scan your source code for the command
SET PF-STATUS 'XXXX'.
Then double click on 'XXXX' and you should be directed to the status definition. There may by multiple status (and status with generic names).
I've seen your code and for the &RNT option there's no code to execute, so if the user wants to print the button will do nothing.
MODULE user_command_0100 INPUT.
DATA: GS_STATUS TYPE SLIS_STATUS,
XS_STATUS LIKE GS_STATUS.
CASE sy-ucomm.
WHEN 'BACK' OR '%EX' OR 'RW'.
LEAVE TO SCREEN 0.
WHEN '&RNT'.
" There's no code
ENDCASE.
ENDMODULE.
I've used the 'STANDARD' GUI Status from the function group 'KKBL' and '&RNT' is the code of the print button and that's why I think that is the print button you are refering in your program.
Can you post the GUI Status you are using please?