Programming Manual for Citizen BASIC Interpreter - MaRCo

Citizen BASIC Interpreter
1. BASIC Interpreter Environment
1.1 Overview
The BASIC interpreter can operate the BASIC language program under CLP/CL-S
environment. Describing the BASIC language program independently, the user can
print labels solely by CLP/CL-S.
This enables communication with the host and peripheral equipment connected to
CLP/CL-S, allowing them to be applied to various system environments.
1.2 Start Basic Interpreter
The BASIC interpreter becomes valid by sending the CLP/CL-S command from one of
the communication ports, which becomes the console as the BASIC interpreter. In
Windows, this is used by communicating with CLP/CL-S by such a program as hyper
terminal.
To activate the BASIC interpreter, there are two types of the command.
(1)~JI(ZPL)/[STX][ESC]I(DMX): With this command, the BASIC interpreter operates
in the conversation mode. When this command is received, CLP/CL-S returns as the
response the header and input prompt (>) including the program version.
(2)^JI(ZPL)/[STX]L[ESC]I(DMX): This command directly starts operation of the BASIC
language application program. The format of the parameters is as follows:
^ JI command format: ^ JId:o.x,b,c,d
d: Drive of executive BASIC language application program
Effective
value
E:, R: (ZPL) / A:, B: (DMX)
o: File name of executive BASIC language application program
x: File name extension of executive BASIC language application program
’.BAS’ fixed
b: Console control
Y: with console control
N: without console control Cannot be designated
c: Console echo control
Y: with console echo control
N: without console echo control Cannot be designated
d: BASIC application memory size
Designate memory size allocated for BASIC application between 20K byte
and 1024K byte.
Default: 50K byte
Designating example: 32K
1.3 BASIC Interpreter Mode
For handling the BASIC interpreter, there are the following two modes:
(1) Conversation mode
The conversation mode is directly processed once a command is input. A command line
input without a line number is immediately executed when received by the printer.
【E.g.】
>NEW
(2) Program mode
The program mode executes the command line stored in the memory in sequence of line
numbers by inputting the RUN command.
【E.g.】
>10 A=10
>20 B=3
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