[BC] serial printer assistance

[Tim Wright]

Not true.  When inspected last year the FCC inspector was thrilled that 
I had EAScriber running, and was able to pull the logs in a matter on 
seconds rather than hours of looking through little paper slips.

Charles Ring wrote:
> Find an old Epson EX-800 or EX-1000 (wide carraige and thus bulky) on 
> eBay which has both parallel and serial inputs. It needs a special 
> plug for the serial input but I found one for each of the 2 I used for 
> EAS. i think I have the manual which covers the serial input. It does 
> a great job for this.
>
> I was told (less than sure this is right) that the FCC does not accept 
> EASWATCH and the like in place of a printer.
>
> Randy Moore wrote:
>> Yes, you can verify that the serial ports work using a terminal program.
>>
>> Rather than pay the very high price for a replacement serial printer 
>> you can download the EASWATCH program from broadcast.net and use that 
>> on a computer with a serial cable to record all EAS messages received 
>> and activations sent.
>>>
>>> I have an eas serial printer that doesn't work after a lightning 
>>> strike.  I don't have a second serial printer.  How would I test the 
>>> serial output of the EAS unit to make sure it's just the printer 
>>> (which I've confirmed dead, no lights, etc) Could I check it through 
>>> a terminal program?
>>>
>>> Henry G. Royse, II
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