HP 7220C plotter port settings

[Glen Slick]

7220C_7220T_OperatingAndProgrammingManual_07220-90003_229pages_Feb81.pdf

http://www.hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=1567

Page 195, Connecting the RS-232-C Interface


On Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 3:34 PM Jules Richardson via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I picked up an HP 7220C flatbed plotter the other day which (after freeing
> the stuck carriage) is responding to panel commands in 'local' mode. For
> the terminal RS-232 interface, does anyone happen to know:
>
> a) The character size (7 or 8 bits)?
>
> b) If the connection between terminal and plotter is supposed to be
> straight through (i.e. 1:1 pin mapping), null modem, or something else
> entirely?
>
> I'm not sure if the plotter considers itself DTE or DCE, given that it has
> a modem output port (i.e. it sits partway along in the chain of things).
>
> Oh, there's a "conf test" switch setting on the back - does anyone know
> the
> purpose of that? I'm wondering if it's supposed to echo back to the
> terminal any data that's sent to the plotter, but that's purely a guess.
> Sadly there don't seem to be any docs online (or much in the way of any
> info, to be honest).
>
> thanks,
>
> Jules
>
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