Ricoh B230 Service Manual
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Bit Switches SM 71 B786 B786 Fax Option destination Communication Switch 11 – Not used (do not change the settings.) Communication Switch 12 [SP No. 1-104-019] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-7 Memory transmission: Interval between dialing attempts to the same destination 01 – FF (Hex) minutes Communication Switch 13 – Not used (do not change the settings.) Communication Switch 14 [SP No. 1-104-021] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0 Inch-to-mm conversion during transmission 0: Disabled 1: Enabled 0: In immediate transmission, data scanned in inch format are transmitted without conversion. In memory transmission, data stored in the SAF memory in mm format are transmitted without conversion. Note: When storing the scanned data into SAF memory, the fax unit always converts the data into mm format. 1: The machine converts the scanned data or stored data in the SAF memory to the format which was specified in the set-up protocol (DIS/NSF) before transmission. 1-5 Not used Do not change the factory settings. 6-7 Available unit of resolution in which fax messages are received Bit 7: 0, Bit 6: 0 = mm Bit 7: 0, Bit 6: 1 = inch Bit 7: 1, Bit 6: 0 = mm and inch (default) Bit 7: 1, Bit 6: 1 = Not used For the best performance, do not change the factory settings. The setting determined by these bits is informed to the transmitting terminal in the pre-message protocol exchange (in the DIS/NSF frames). Communication Switch 15 – Not used (do not change the settings) Communication Switch 16 [SP No. 1-104-023]
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Bit Switches B786 72 SM No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0 Not used Do not change the factory settings. 1 Optional G3 unit (G3-2) 0: Off 1: On Change this bit to 1 when installing the first optional G3 unit (G3-2). 2 Not used Do not change the factory settings. 3 Optional G3 unit (G3-3) 0: Off 1: On Change this bit to 1 when installing the second optional G3 unit (G3-3). 4-7 Not used Do not change the factory settings. Communication Switch 17 [SP No. 1-104-024] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0 SEP reception 0: Disabled 1: Enabled 0: Polling transmission to another maker’s machine using the SEP (Selective Polling) signal is disabled. 1 SUB reception 0: Disabled 1: Enabled 0: Confidential reception to another maker’s machine using the SUB (Sub-address) signal is disabled. 2 PWD reception 0: Disabled 1: Enabled 0: Disables features that require PWD (Password) signal reception. 3-6 Not used Do not change the factory settings. 7 Action when there is no box with an F-code that matches the received SUB code 0: Disconnect the line 1: Receive the message (using normal reception mode) Change this setting when the customer requires. Communication Switch 18 [SP No. 1-104-025] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-4 Not used Do not change the factory settings. 5 IP-Fax dial-in routing selection 0: Off 1: On 1: Transfers receiving data to each IP-Fax dial-in number. IP-Fax dial-in number is 4 digit-number. 6-7 Not used Do not change the factory settings.
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Bit Switches SM 73 B786 B786 Fax Option Communication Switch 19 - Not used (do not change the settings) Communication Switch 1A - Not used (do not change the settings) Communication Switch 1B [SP No. 1-104-028] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-7 Extension access code (0 to 7) to turn V.8 protocol On/Off 0: On 1: Off If the PABX does not support V.8/V.34 protocol procedure, set this bit to “1” to disable V.8. Example: If “0” is the PSTN access code, set bit 0 to 1. When the machine detects “0” as the first dialed number, it automatically disables V.8 protocol. (Alternatively, if “3” is the PSTN access code, set bit 3 to 1.) Communication Switch 1C [SP No. 1-104-029] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-1 Extension access code (8 and 9) to turn V.8 protocol On/Off 0: On 1: Off Refer to communication switch 1B. Example: If “8” is the PSTN access code, set bit 0 to 1. When the machine detects “8” as the first dialed number, it automatically disables V.8 protocol. (If “9” is the PSTN access code, use bit 1.) 2-7 Not used Do not change the settings. Communication Switch 1D - Not used (do not change the settings) Communication Switch 1E - Not used (do not change the settings) Communication Switch 1F - Not used (do not change the settings) 4.3.5 G3 SWITCHES G3 Switch 00 [SP No. 1-105-001] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0 1 Monitor speaker during communication (tx and rx) Bit 1: 0, Bit 0: 0 = Disabled Bit 1: 0, Bit 0: 1 = Up to Phase B Bit 1: 1, Bit 0: 0 = All the time Bit 1: 1, Bit 0: 1 = Not used (0, 0): The monitor speaker is disabled all through the communication. (0, 1): The monitor speaker is on up to phase B in the T.30 protocol. (1, 0): Used for testing. The monitor speaker is on all through the communication. Make sure that you reset these bits after testing.
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Bit Switches B786 74 SM 2 Monitor speaker during memory transmission 0: Disabled 1: Enabled 1: The monitor speaker is enabled during memory transmission. 3-5 Not used Do not change the settings. 6 G3 mode selection for direct line 0: Off 1:On 1: G3 communication through the direct line is enabled. 7 Not used Do not change the settings. G3 Switch 01 [SP No. 1-105-002] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-1 Not used Do not change the settings. 2-3 Not used Do not change the settings. 4 DIS frame length 0: 10 bytes 1: 4 bytes 1: The bytes in the DIS frame after the 4th byte will not be transmitted (set to 1 if there are communication problems with PC-based faxes which cannot receive the extended DIS frames). 5 Not used Do not change the setting. 6 Forbid CED/AMsam output 0: Off 1: On (Forbid output) Do not change this setting (Default: 0: Off), unless communication problem is caused by a CED or ANSam transmission. 7 Not used Do not change the setting. G3 Switch 02 [SP No. 1-105-003] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0 G3 protocol mode used 0: Standard and non-standard 1: Standard only Change this bit to 1 only when the other end can only communicate with machines that send T.30- standard frames only. 1: Disables NSF/NSS signals (these are used in non-standard mode communication) 1-6 Not used Do not change the settings. 7 Short preamble 0: Disabled 1: Enabled Refer to Appendix B in the Group 3 Facsimile Manual for details about Short Preamble. G3 Switch 03 [SP No. 1-105-004] No FUNCTION COMMENTS
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Bit Switches SM 75 B786 B786 Fax Option 0 DIS detection number (Echo countermeasure) 0: 1 1: 2 0: The machine will hang up if it receives the same DIS frame twice. 1: Before sending DCS, the machine will wait for the second DIS which is caused by echo on the line. 1 Not Used Do not change the settings. 2 V.8 protocol 0: Disabled 1: Enabled 0: V.8/V.34 communications will not be possible. Note: Do not set to 0 unless the line condition is always bad enough to slow down the data rate to 14.4 kbps or lower. 3 ECM frame size 0: 256 bytes 1: 64 bytes Keep this bit at “0” in most cases. 4 CTC transmission conditions 0: After one PPR signal received 1: After four PPR signals received (ITU-T standard) 0: When using ECM in non-standard (NSF/NSS) mode, the machine sends a CTC to drop back the modem rate after receiving a PPR, if the following condition is met in communications at 14.4, 12.0, 9.6, and 7.2 kbps. NTransmit- Number of transmitted frames NResend- Number of frames to be retransmitted 1: When using ECM, the machine sends a CTC to drop back the modem rate after receiving four PPRs. PPR, CTC: These are ECM protocol signals. This bit is not effective in V.34 communications. 5 Modem rate used for the next page after receiving a negative code (RTN or PIN) 0: No change 1: Fallback 1: The machine’s tx modem rate will fall back before sending the next page if a negative code is received. This bit is ignored if ECM is being used. 6 Not Used Do not change the settings 7 Select detection of reverse polarity in ringing 0: Off 1: On This switch is used to prevent reverse polarity in ringing on the phone line (applied to PSTN-G3 ringing). Do not change this setting 0: No detection Outside Japan 1: Detection Inside Japan only G3 Switch 04 [SP No. 1-105-005] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-3 Training error detection threshold 0 - F (Hex); 0 - 15 bits If the number of error bits in the received TCF is below this threshold, the machine informs the
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Bit Switches B786 76 SM sender that training has succeeded. 4-7 Not used Do not change the settings. G3 Switch 05 [SP No. 1-105-006] No FUNCTION COMMENTS Initial Tx modem rate Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 bps 0 0 0 1 2.4k 0 0 1 0 4.8k 0 0 1 1 7.2k 0 1 0 0 9.6k 0 1 0 1 12.0k 0 1 1 0 14.4k 0 1 1 1 16.8k 1 0 0 0 19.2k 1 0 0 1 21.6k 1 0 1 0 24.0k 1 0 1 1 26.4k 1 1 0 0 28.8k 1 1 0 1 31.2k 1 1 1 0 33.6k 0-3 Other settings - Not used These bits set the initial starting modem rate for transmission. Use the dedicated transmission parameters if you need to change this for specific receivers. If a modem rate 14.4 kbps or slower is selected, V.8 protocol should be disabled manually. Cross reference V.8 protocol on/off - G3 switch 03, bit2 4-5 Initial modem type for 9.6 k or 7.2 kbps. Bit 5: 0, Bit 4: 0 = V.29 Bit 5: 0, Bit 4: 1 = V.17 Bit 5: 1, Bit 4: 0 = V.34 Bit 5: 1, Bit 4: 1 = Not used These bits set the initial modem type for 9.6 and 7.2 kbps, if the initial modem rate is set at these speeds. 6-7 Not used Do not change the settings.
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Bit Switches SM 77 B786 B786 Fax Option G3 Switch 06 [SP No. 1-105-007] No FUNCTION COMMENTS Initial Rx modem rate Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 bps 0 0 0 1 2.4k 0 0 1 0 4.8k 0 0 1 1 7.2k 0 1 0 0 9.6k 0 1 0 1 12.0k 0 1 1 0 14.4k 0 1 1 1 16.8k 1 0 0 0 19.2k 1 0 0 1 21.6k 1 0 1 0 24.0k 1 0 1 1 26.4k 1 1 0 0 28.8k 1 1 0 1 31.2k 1 1 1 0 33.6k 0-3 Other settings - Not used ƒ These bits set the initial starting modem rate for reception. ƒ Use a lower setting if high speeds pose problems during reception. ƒ If a modem rate 14.4 kbps or slower is selected, V.8 protocol should be disabled manually. Cross reference: V.8 protocol on/off - G3 switch 03, bit2 Modem types available for reception Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Setting 0 0 0 1 V.27ter 0 0 1 0 V.27ter,V.29 0 0 1 1 V.27ter, V.29, V.33 0 1 0 0 V.27ter, V.29, V.17/V.33 4-7 0 1 0 1 V.27ter, V.29, V.17/V33, V.34 ƒ The setting of these bits is used to inform the transmitting terminal of the available modem type for the machine in receive mode. ƒ If V.34 is not selected, V.8 protocol must be disabled manually. Cross reference: V.8 protocol on/off - G3 switch 03, bit2
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Bit Switches B786 78 SM Other settings - Not used G3 Switch 07 [SP No. 1-105-008] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-1 PSTN cable equalizer (tx mode: Internal) Bit 1: 0, Bit 0: 0 = None Bit 1: 0, Bit 0: 1 = Low Bit 1: 1, Bit 0: 0 = Medium Bit 1: 1, Bit 0: 1 = High Use a higher setting if there is signal loss at higher frequencies because of the length of wire between the modem and the telephone exchange. Use the dedicated transmission parameters for specific receivers. Also, try using the cable equalizer if one or more of the following symptoms occurs. Communication error Modem rate fallback occurs frequently. ƒ This setting is not effective in V.34 communications. 2-3 PSTN cable equalizer (rx mode: Internal) Bit 3: 0, Bit 2: 0 = None Bit 3: 0, Bit 2: 1 = Low Bit 3: 1, Bit 2: 0 = Medium Bit 3: 1, Bit 2: 1 = High Use a higher setting if there is signal loss at higher frequencies because of the length of wire between the modem and the telephone exchange. Also, try using the cable equalizer if one or more of the following symptoms occurs. Communication error with error codes such as 0-20, 0-23, etc. Modem rate fallback occurs frequently. ƒ This setting is not effective in V.34 communications. 4 PSTN cable equalizer (V.8/V.17 rx mode: External) 0: Disabled 1: Enabled Keep this bit at “1”. 5 Not used Do not change the settings. 6 Parameter selection for dial tone detection 0: Normal parameter 1: Specific parameter 0: This uses the fixed table in the ROM for dial tone detection. 1: This uses the specific parameter adjusted with SRAM (69ECBEH - 69ECDEH). Select this if the dial tone cannot be detected when the Normal parameter: 0 is selected. 7 Not used Do not change the settings. G3 Switch 08 - Not used (do not change the settings) G3 Switch 09 - Not used (do not change the settings)
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Bit Switches SM 79 B786 B786 Fax Option G3 Switch 0A [SP No. 1-105-011] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-1 Maximum allowable carrier drop during image data reception Bit 1: 0, Bit 0: 0 = 200 (ms) Bit 1: 0, Bit 0: 1 = 400 (ms) Bit 1: 1, Bit 0: 0 = 800 (ms) Bit 1: 1, Bit 0: 1 = Not used These bits set the acceptable modem carrier drop time. Try using a longer setting if error code 0-22 is frequent. 2 Select cancellation of high- speed RX if carrier signal lost while receiving 0: Off 1: On This switch setting determines if high-speed receiving ends if the carrier signal is lost when receiving during non-ECM mode 3 Not used Do not change the settings 4 Maximum allowable frame interval during image data reception. 0: 5 s 1: 13 s This bit set the maximum interval between EOL (end-of-line) signals and the maximum interval between ECM frames from the other end. Try using a longer setting if error code 0-21 is frequent. 5 Not used Do not change the settings. 6 Reconstruction time for the first line in receive mode 0: 6 s 1: 12 s When the sending terminal is controlled by a computer, there may be a delay in receiving page data after the local machine accepts set-up data and sends CFR. This is outside the T.30 recommendation. But, if this delay occurs, set this bit to 1 to give the sending machine more time to send data. Refer to error code 0-20. ITU-T T.30 recommendation: The first line should come within 5 s of CFR. 7 Not used Do not change the settings. G3 Switch 0B - Not used (do not change the settings). G3 Switch 0C - Not used (do not change the settings) G3 Switch 0D - Not used (do not change the settings). G3 Switch 0E [SP No 1-105-015] 0-7 Set CNG send time interval Some machines on the receiving side may not be able to automatically switch the
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Bit Switches B786 80 SM 3-second CNG interval. High order bit 3000-2250ms: 3000-50xNms 3000 – 50 x Nms 0F (3000 ms) ≤ N ≤ FF (2250 ms) Low order bit 00-0E(3000-3700ms: 3000+50xNms 3000 – 50 x Nms 0F (3000 ms) ≤ N ≤ 0F (3700 ms) G3 Switch 0F [SP No. 1-105-016] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0 Alarm when an error occurred in Phase C or later 0: Disabled 1: Enabled If the customer wants to hear an alarm after each error communication, change this bit to “1”. 1 Alarm when the handset is off- hook at the end of communication 0: Disabled 1: Enabled If the customer wants to hear an alarm if the handset is off-hook at the end of fax communication, change this bit to “1”. 2 Not used Do not change the settings. 4 Sidaa manual calibration setting 0: Off 1: On 1: manually calibrates for communication with a line, whose current change occurs such as an optical fiber line. 5-7 Not used Do not change the settings. 4.3.6 G3-2/3 SWITCHES These switches require an optional G3 interface unit. G3-3 switches are the same as for G3-2 switches. G3-2 Switch 00 [SP No. 1-106-001] No FUNCTION COMMENTS 0-1 Monitor speaker during communication (tx and rx) Bit 1: 0, Bit 0: 0 = Disabled Bit 1: 0, Bit 0: 1 = Up to Phase B Bit 1: 1, Bit 0: 0 = All the time Bit 1: 1, Bit 0: 1 = Not used (0, 0): The monitor speaker is disabled all through the communication. (0, 1): The monitor speaker is on up to phase B in the T.30 protocol. (1, 0): Used for testing. The monitor speaker is on all through the communication. Make sure that you reset these bits after testing. 2 Monitor speaker during 1: The monitor speaker is enabled during memory