Tera Term Commands - HP Designjet 3D Service Manual

Tera Term Commands

Tera Term is an easy way to check and troubleshoot the hardware of a
machine. Here are a couple of helpful commands which can be used to
operate the machine through Tera Term. All values, which are displayed in
Tera Term, are in inches. For some commands, the machine must find Home
position before you can enter commands.
NOTE: For a list of commands type help and press Enter.
Type help (space) command and press Enter for command
information.
Example = help fh
1. trace c commandDetails on
This command enables the printer information to be displayed in the Tera
Term window.
2. fh = Find Home.
This command determines the XY axis home position. It locates the X and Y
axis limit switches, sets the origin, and places the head over the purge
bucket.
Used for testing X/Y limit sensors. During boot-up process; a bad sensor
could leave the machine stuck in initializing, fh will help find the right
sensor.
Example= fh The values which are displayed are explained below, see
Figure 439
Setting Gantry Type: During the home sequence, the machine is also looking
at which table is installed in the machine (cable drive or
Belt drive). GR5K means, the Gear Ratio is 5000
microsteps/inch.
Figure 439: Find Home
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