Rice Lake 420 Plus HMI Digital Weight Indicator Installation Manual - Manual (Page 44)

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6.2 Customizing Print Formats
The following sections describe procedures for
customizing the GFMT, NFMT and CFMT formats
using the EDP port, the front panel (PFORMT menu),
and the
Revolution
configuration utility.
6.2.1 Using the EDP Port
With a personal computer, terminal, or remote
keyboard attached to the
420 Plus
EDP port, you can
use the EDP command set to customize the print
format strings.
To view the current setting of a format string, type the
name of the string (GFMT, NFMT or CFMT) and press
ENTER
. For example, to check the current configuration
of the GFMT format, type GFMT and press
ENTER
.
The indicator responds by sending the current
configuration for the gross format:
GFMT=<G> GROSS<NL>
To change the format, use the GFMT, NFMT or CFMT
EDP command followed by an equals sign (=) and the
modified print format string. For example, to add the
name and address of a company to the gross format,
you could send the following EDP command:
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
GFMT
Display first 6
characters of format
Same as GFMT
NFMT
ALGOUT DIGIN SETPNT PROGRM PFORMT SERIAL CALIBR CONFIG FORMAT
Display and edit
active character and
ASCII value
Delete active
character
Scroll right in format string Scroll left in format string
Increment ASCII value of active character Decrement ASCII value of active character
Press to insert a space
before the active character
VERS
Same as GFMT
CFMT
Note
Indicator must be placed in the setup mode,
CONFIG is shown on the display.
GFMT=FINE TRANSFER CO<NL>32400 WEST
HIGHWAY ROAD<NL>SMALLTOWN<NL2><G>
GROSS<NL>
A ticket printed using this format might look like the
following:
FINE TRANSFER CO
32400 WEST HIGHWAY ROAD
SMALLTOWN
1345 lb GROSS
6.2.2 Using the Front Panel
If you have no access to equipment for communication
through the EDP port or are working at a site where
such equipment cannot be used, you can use the
PFORMT menu (see Figure 6-1) to customize the print
formats.
Using the PFORMT menu, you can edit the print
format strings by changing the decimal values of the
ASCII characters in the format string.
Note
Lowercase letters and some special characters
cannot be displayed on the
420 Plus front
panel (see the ASCII character charts on
page 45 and page 46) and are shown as blanks. The 420
Plus can send or receive any ASCII character; the
character printed depends on the particular ASCII
character set implemented for the receiving device.
Figure 6-1. PFORMT Menu, Showing Alphanumeric Character Entry Procedure