Honeywell PX-940 Installation Manual

Applicator Interface Board

For PX940

Installation Instructions

50158270-001 Rev B

03/20

Introduction

This guide describes the Applicator Interface kit for PX940 Industrial Series
printers.

Description

The installation instructions describe how to physically install and configure
the applicator board in the printer.

Printer Firmware

The printer must be fitted with Honeywell Fingerprint v8.60 (or later).

Installation Kit

The Applicator Interface Board installation kit includes:

• One Applicator Interface Board

• One power cable

• One USB cable

• One spacer screw

• One 3X8mm Torx screw

• Two 4X8mm Torx screws

The only tools required for installation are the #T10 and #T20 Torx
screwdrivers.

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Installing the Applicator Interface Board

Warning: The installation described in this section must only be

performed by an authorized service technician.
Honeywell assumes no responsibility for personal injury
or damage to the equipment if the installation is
performed by an unauthorized person.

Caution: Follow standard ESD guidelines to avoid damaging the

equipment.

Follow ESD
Procedures

Caution: Before you begin, turn off the printer and disconnect the

power cord and communication cables.

Follow the procedure to physically install Applicator Interface Board in the
PX940 printer.

1. Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord.

2. Open the media cover.

3. Use the T20 screwdriver to remove the two screws securing the electronics
cover to the inside of the printer base.

4. Close the media cover.

5. Remove the two screws located on the outside of the electronics cover.

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6. Remove the electronics cover.

7. Remove the two screws on the back of the printer securing the cover plate
and remove the cover plate.

8. Use the T10 screwdriver to remove the screw located on the top of the
printer main board and replace with spacer screw.

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9. Insert the Applicator Interface Board into the printer and secure the board
assembly to the printer with two torx screws.

10. Secure the interface board assembly to the spacer screw with a Torx screw.

11. Insert the USB cable and power cable into the J37 and J33 connectors on
the printer main board. Then insert the other ends into the J1 and J2
connectors on the Applicator Interface Board.

12. Put the electronics cover back on and secure it with the 4 screws.

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Interfacing

This option board contains 4 connectors for a Z-Style Port, a S-Style Port, an
External Power Port, and an External Error Port.

Port Description

Z-Style A D-Sub 15Pin receptacle connector.

S-Style A D Shaped SCSI 14Pin connector.

External Power A Mini-DIN 6Pin receptacle connector.

External Error A Mini-DIN 8Pin receptacle connector.

Z-Style Port

Z-Style Port Pinouts

Pin Signal Type Description

1Signal

groud

2 +5VDC Power Voltage supply for external sensors.

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Ground configurable for internal or external source

Configurable for internal or external source.

Pin Signal Type Description

3 Start print Input Pulse Mode - prints one and only one label

whenever this pin is pulled to ground. Signal
must be de-asserted and reasserted to print
another label.

• Printing starts on HIGH to LOW transition if
format is ready.

• De-assert this signal to HIGH to inhibit
printing.

Level Mode - prints labels continuously when
this pin is pulled to ground. Printing is
disabled when signal is de-asserted. If a label
is printing when de-asserted, printing stops
after the label is complete.

• Assert LOW to start printing if format is
ready.

• De-assert HIGH when current label has
finished printing. Remains de-asserted
while waiting for the next label to be ready to
print.

4 Feed Input Assert LOW to feed label stock. De-assert

HIGH to stop feeding labels.

5 Pause Input Assert LOW for 200ms and then de-assert

HIGH to toggle between pause and un-pause
states.

6 Reprint Input Enables Reprint mode via software. When

this mode in enabled, assert LOW to reprint
last label. This input is ignored when reprint
mode is disabled.

7 +24VDC Output Power for external devices: +24VDC (±10%)

@ 2A.

8Power

Ground +24VDC return.

ground

9 Ribbon/

Media low

Output

Goes LOW when the ribbon/media roll
diameter drops below a predefined level,
otherwise Goes HIGH.
Media low is supported only by I-Style.

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Pin Signal Type Description

10 Service

required

Output Goes LOW during every status that keeps the

printer from printing:

• Printhead lifted

•Ribbon out

•Media out

• General print engine fault

• Front arm lifted

• Verifier calibration required

• Verifier calibration expired

• Exceed maximum barcodes

• Verifier hardware error

• Verifier failure action prompt

11 End print Output Drives an applicator or other external device

requiring synchronization with the print
cycle. Choose between five types of output
signals:

• Mode 0: Applicator port is OFF.

• Mode 1: Asserted LOW only when media is
moving, otherwise de-asserted HIGH.

• Mode 2: Asserted HIGH only when media is
moving, otherwise de-asserted LOW.

• Mode3 (Default): Asserted LOW for 20ms
when label has finished printing and
positioned. Not asserted during continuous
printing.

• Mode 4: Asserted HIGH for 20 ms when label
has finished printing and positioned. Not
asserted during continuous printing.

12 Media out Output Goes LOW when the printer is out of media.

13 Ribbon out Output Goes LOW when the printer is out of ribbon.

14 Data ready Output Goes LOW when ready to print. De-asserted

HIGH when printing stops after the current
label.

15 Verification

failed

Output

Goes LOW when the printer encounters
Verification failed error.
Goes HIGH when the error is cleared.

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S-Style Port

S-Style Port Pinouts

Pin Signal Type Description

1 Media out Output Goes LOW when the printer is out of media.

2Signal

ground

3 Ribbon out Output

4 Error Output Goes LOW during every status that keeps the

Ground Configurable for internal or external source.

Goes LOW when the printer is out of ribbon.

printer from printing:

• Printhead lifted

• Ribbon out

•Media out

• General print engine fault

•Front arm lifted

• Verifier calibration required

• Verifier calibration expired

• Exceed maximum barcodes

• Verifier hardware error

• Verifier failure action prompt

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