International Currency Technologies Inc.

ICT-Ticket Printer Protocol

Communication Specification

Version: SWD-05
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Change History
Title Ticket Printer Protocol Communication Specification
Published ICT, Department of Software Development
Item Version Date History Modify Comments
1 01 2010.10.19 First Edition Niki
2 02 2010.11.16 Change Cmd 44, 45 Niki
3 03 2011.03.25 Add Load Logo Cmd Niki
4 04 2011.05.18 2 Bytes of Data Length Niki
5 05 2011.05.31 Add Cmd 47,48 Niki

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Table of Contents
1. General Information .................................................................................................................... 4
2. Communication Format............................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Transmission Format......................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Command Format (Sending Command: Controller
Peripheral).................................. 4
2.3 Response Format (Response Status: Peripheral
Controller)........................................ 4
2.4 Timing Diagram ................................................................................................................ 5
3. Command .................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Command Table ................................................................................................................ 6
3.2 Command Detail ............................................................................................................... 7

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1. General Information
This specification describes the operation of Ticket Printer Interface Protocol.
It is regarding to the data for the interface between Controller and ICT product.

2. Communication Format
2.1 Transmission Format

Method Full Duplex

Baud Rate 9600 bps
Data Bit Format Start Bit 1 Data Bit 8
Parity Even Stop Bit 1
Total Bits 11

2.2 Command Format (Sending Command: Controller
Peripheral)

DA SA FID CMD LNG DATA FCC

DA 1Byte : Destination Address
SA 1Byte : Source Address
FID 1Byte : Function ID (Interface)
CMD 1Byte : Command
LNG 2Byte : Number of Data bytes
Data 0-65535Byte : Required for command
FCC 1Byte : Frame Check Code
FCC=DA ^ SA ^ FID ^ CMD ^ LNG1 ^ LNG2^ DATA

2.3 Response Format (Response Status: Peripheral
Controller)

DA SA FID ST LNG DATA FCC

DA 1Byte : Destination Address
SA 1Byte : Source Address
FID 1Byte : Function ID (Interface)
ST 1Byte : Status Code
(10H: Response Data, 11H: ACK, 55H: NAK,
FFH: Checksum Error)
LNG 2Byte : Number of Data bytes
Data 0-65535Byte : Required for command
FCC 1Byte : Frame Check Code
FCC=DA ^ SA ^ FID ^ ST ^ LNG1 ^ LNG2 ^ DATA

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2.4 Timing Diagram

Power On

Start Communication

Tc

Tc : Min 1s

Controller
CMD CMD

Response
Peripheral

Tr Ts

Tr : Max 10ms
Ts : Min 30ms

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3. Command
3.1 Command Table
Command List
Function Baud rate Command Sub-Command
Self Test 40H(64) ------
Setup 41H (65) ------
Save Logo 42H (66) ------
Delete Logo 43H (67) ------
Define Font 44H (68) ------
Print 45H (69) ------
Poll Status 46H (70) ------
9600bps
Request Print Validation Number 47H (71) ------
Clear Print Validation Number 48H (72) ------

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3.2 Command Detail

(1) Command : [40H] Self Test

Data : 0 Bytes
Ex. [52][01][44][40][00][00][57]
Response : ACK [11H]
Ex. [01][52][44][11][00][00][FCC]
Controller uses this command to self Test.

(2) Command : [41H] Setup

Data : 0 Bytes
Ex. [52] [01][44][41] [00] [00][56]

Response : Response Setup Data [10H]

Data : D1~D23

Ex. [01][52][44][10][00][1F][D1][D…][D23][FCC]
D1-D3 = Manufacturer Code 3 bytes ASCII
D4-D23 = Software Version 20 bytes ASCII
Controller uses this command to get information.

(3) Command : [42H] SAVE LOGO

Data : 72 Bytes [48H]/EACH LINE
TOTAL LINES: 1024

Ex. [52][01][44][42][00][Logo Number]

[48] [D1][D…][D72] //Line#1
[48][D1][D…][D72] //Line#2
[48][D1][D…][D72] //Line#3
[48][D1][D…][D72]
……………………
……………………
[48][D1][D…][D72] [FCC] //Line#1024

Response : ACK [11H]

Ex. [01][52][44][11][00][00][FCC]
Controller uses this command to save logo picture to TP.
One logo picture needs space 0x9000 = 36864 Words = 73728 Bytes
TP can save 5 logos.

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(4) Command : [43H] Delete Logo

Data : 0 Bytes
Ex. [52][01][44][43][00][01][Logo Number][FCC]
Response : ACK [11H]
Ex. [01][52][44][11][00][00][FCC]

Controller uses this command to Delete Logo.

Line#

(5) Command : [44H] Define Font

Data : 53 Bytes [35H]
[Line0][ High and Width][Font Size][Position][ Location]
[Line1][ High and Width][Font Size][Position][ Location]
…………………………………………………………………………….
[Line9][ High and Width][Font Size][Position][ Location]
[Line11][Print with/without background logo][logo#][ FCC]
High and Width:
00: Normal
01: High * 2
02: Width * 2
Font Size:
00: 8 * 8
01: 16 * 16
02: 24 * 24
03: Print Barcode
Position:
00: Align in Centers
01: Align in Right Side
02: Align in Left Side
Location:
0-31
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Print with/without logo picture:

0: without logo picture
1: with logo picture.
Logo#: 1-5
Ex. [52][01][44][44][00][35]
[0][1][2][0][1]
[1][0][1][0][4]
[2][1][2] [0][7]
[3][0][1][0] [0A]
[4][0][3][0][0C]
[5][0][1][0] [17]
[6][0][1][0] [19]
[7][0][2][0] [1B]
[8][1][2][0] [1D]
[9][0][1][0][1F]
[0B][1][1-5] [FCC]

Response : ACK [11H]

Ex. [01][52][44][11][00][00][FCC]

(6) Command : [45H] Print

Data : Define Data Length [AA]
[Line0][DataLength] [Data0] /.../[Data131]
……………………………….…..
……………………………………
[Line9] [DataLength] [Data0] /.../[Data131]
[Line11][Data1][Data2] [FCC]

Ex. [52][01][44][45][00][AA]
[0][16][0][0][-][2][8][5][4][-][3][2][1][3][-][7][1][4][2][-][6][0][6][3]
[1][0C][I][G][T][ ][T][r][a][i][n][i][n][g]
[2][25][S][l][o][t][ ][I][d][:][2][0][3][3][8][2][ ][ ][F][l][o][o][r][ ]
[L][o][c][a][t][i][o][n][:][0][5][5][2][0][8]
[3][0E][C][A][S][H][O][U][T][R][E][C][E][I][P][T]
[4][03][$][3][0]
[5][1A][T][H][I][R][T][Y][ ][D][O][L][L][A][R][S][ ][A][N][D][ ][N][O]
[C][E][N][T][S]
[6][20][1][0][:][0][4][ ][2][0][0][1][ ][ ][1][3][:][2][3][:][1][3][ ]
[T][I][C][K][E][T][#][0][2][9][1]
[7][16][0][0][-][2][8][5][4][-][3][2][1][3][-][7][1][4][2][-][6][0][6][3]
[8][16][0][0][-][2][8][5][4][-][3][2][1][3][-][7][1][4][2][-][6][0][6][3]
[9][25][V][o][u][c][h][e][r][ ][V][o][i][d][ ][a][f][t][e][r][ ][3][0][ ][d][a][y][s][ ]

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[M][A][C][H][I][N][E][#][1][0] [FCC]

Response : ACK [11H]

Ex. [01][52][44][11][00][00][FCC]

Limit of words

8*8 16*16 24*24 Chinese

Normal 96 96 96 127

High*2 96 96 96 127

Width*2 96 96 96 127

(7) Command : [46H] Poll Status

Data : 0 Bytes
Ex. [52][01][44][46][00][00] [51]

Response : Report Status [10H]

Status:
IDLE/ENABLE [10H]
PRINTING [12H]
PRINT OK [20H]
PRINT ERROR [30H]
CHASSIS OPEN [41H]
COVER OPEN [42H]
TICKET OUT [43H]
TICKET BRUST [44H]
TICKET LOW [45H]
PAPER JAM [46H]
THERMAL HEAD OUT [47H]

Ex. COVER OPEN

[01][52][44][10][00][01][42][FCC]

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(8) Command : [47H] Request Print Validation Number

Data : 0 Bytes
Ex. [52][01][44][47][00][00][50]
Response : ACK [11H]
Ex. [01][52][44][11][00][01][0/1][FCC]
Controller uses this command to request Print Validation Number.
If response data is 1 which mean last printing job is success.
If response data is 0 which mean last printing job is not success.

(9) Command : [48H] Clear Print Validation Number

Data : 0 Bytes
Ex. [52][01][44][48][00][00][5F]
Response : ACK [11H]
Ex. [01][52][44][11][00][00][FCC]
Controller uses this command to clear print validation number to 0.

No.24,Alley 38,Lane 91,Sec. 1,Nei Hu Road,Taipei,Taiwan,R.O.C.

TEL : +886-2-2797-1236
FAX: +886-2-2797-1634
Web: www.ictgroup.com.tw

ICT-HQ, Department of Software Development

Author: Niki Lee Version: 05

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