POS Buzzer Installation
Print Buzzer / Drawer Alarm Setup and Configuration

• Product Description
• Troubleshooting
• Technical Specifications

Installation Overview

• Select alarm mode:  cash drawer or printer
• Select time duration for the alarm
• Plug buzzer into printer cash drawer port (see right)
• Connect cash drawer to Buzzer (only applies to cash drawer alarm option)
• Turn on printer. Test alarm function using your application software.
• Mount the POS Buzzer where desired using double sided adhesive Velcro

Instructions for Installing the buzzer with the paper sensor

Options for Print Alarm and Cash Drawer Alarm as determined by DIP Switch Settings

Epson. IBM Printers
IBM and Epson printers operate similar when it comes to the Cash Drawer trigger electronic design, and our current manual & Factory default is set for Star, and Citizen compatible printers.

Epson printers require a Jumper change in order to have the proper ground plane. J1 should be set to jumper Pins 2 & 3. This will provide the proper ground level for the POS108 connected to any Epson or IBM Printers.

Star, Citizen Printers
 J1 is Pins 1 & 2  for Star & Citizen printers.

Arrow shows jumper J1 set on pins 1-2; pin 3 is open below

Notes on using the buzzer as a printer alarm:

• To use buzzer in the printer alarm mode, no cash drawer should be connected .
• If you are setting up  the buzzer as a printer alarm, we recommend plugging a cash drawer to verify that a drawer pulse is being sent by the POS application. The drawer will open if a open drawer signal is sent. The buzzer will only sound an alarm if the cash drawer is disconnected from the buzzer and the printer drawer command is sent again.
• The cash drawer should otherwise not be connected to the buzzer when using the buzzer in printer alarm mode.

Two selectable options are available for the printer alarm.

Print Alarm Option 1:

• Alarm will sound for a selected amount of time (1 to 10 seconds) when a receipt is printed (see table 2 for setting the length of alarm)
•  The alarm can be silenced early by pressing the push button located on the top of the POS Buzzer.
   

Print Alarm Option 2:

• Alarm is sounded when a receipt  is printed.
• This alarm will stay on until the push button on the top of the unit is pressed.
  Note that an external push button can be installed onto the POS Buzzer if desired.

Table 2 - Printer Alarm ON Timer for Printer Alarm option 1

Printer and buzzer

Print buzzer configuration

Thru selectable options, the POS buzzer can notify employees with an electronic buzzer if a cash drawer is left open for more then a selectable amount of time (15 - 40 seconds). The electronic buzzer can be selected to stay on for 60 second or stay on until all the drawers are closed.

 Table 3 -Drawer Alarm ON Timer for Drawer Alarm option

Note that Push Button on the POS buzzer has no effect on any Cash Drawer Alarm options. The POS buzzer also splits the cash drawer port of the POS printer to support 2 cash drawer port connections (only if the POS printer supports 2 cash drawers.). The POS buzzer has  a built-in push button and status LED.

Printer, drawer and buzzer

Cash drawer buzzer configuration

Normal operation - buzzer will beep when you first turn on the printer and the green LED light on the buzzer will light and stay lit.
Print Alarm - buzzer will buzz after printer prints and buzzer is sent the open drawer command.
Drawer Alarm - printer opens cash drawer. Drawer stays open over a specified amount of time then buzzer buzzes.

Troubleshooting:

Alarm Won't Beep and light wont light when you first turn printer on

• Alarm not plugged into cash drawer port on printer
• Drawer port defective
• Buzzer defective
   

Alarm wont sound

• DIP switches are wrong (see Table 1)
• Printer Alarm mode - Cash drawer command is not being sent.
         See How to configure Windows to open a cash drawer
• Printer Alarm mode - Pulse of cash drawer open command is too short
          See How to configure Windows to open a cash drawer
• Drawer Alarm mode only - Cable incorrect - If it is an APG cash drawer then try a different cable. The cable is responsible for interpreting the drawer status. If using the CD-005A cable try the CD-001A cable (and visa versa)
• Drawer Alarm mode only - Drawer incompatible

Power Power from RJ12 cash drawer port on receipt printer

• The electronic Buzzer in the POSbuzzer is powered POS printer RJ12 port.
  A flashing LED indicates that an event is active ( drawer is open or in a timing loop).

Drawer Connectors 2 x RJ12 , Drawer 1 & Drawer 2

• The drawer solenoid is connected to +24 VDC and to the Drawer Sink Signal. Typically pins 2 &
  4 is used for drawer # 1. The Drawer Status switch is connected to an Open Drawer Switch source
  pull up voltage and the switch is closed only when the cash drawer is OPEN, typically pins 3 & 6.
  Special Note: The drawer trigger # 2 for most POS Printers connects to the solenoid using Pin 4 &
  5. Since most cash drawers are wired to only use Pin 2 & 4, The POSbuzzer is designed to support
  the same type of cash drawer in both cash drawer port # 1 & # 2

Dimensions 80 x 45d x 28.5 mm (W x D x H), weight: 150 gm
3.2 in  x 1.8 in  x 1.1 in  (W x D x H), weight: 5.3 oz

Compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limit for a class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rule. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

$39.95

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