Printer Setup; Control Modes; Standard Print Strings - Rice Lake MSI-8000 Technical Manual

Transmission strength should be set to the lowest setting possible to achieve the transmission required. Both
the scale/Dyna-Link and the 8000 should be set at the same transmission strength setting.
Setting
0
1
2
3
4
6.2

Printer Setup

The RS-232 communications port is capable of outputting load data. All of the RF linked weight device weight
modes are available in user formatted form. The control mode program is what controls the MSI-8000HD to print
and is described in Section 6.2.1.
The communications port settings are independent of any print settings in connected scales. They reside only in the
MSI-8000HD.
Choices
 Print setup – select the channel the port will be used with. Options: ,,
 Port selection. Select the port to use for communication with the printer; Options 

String Setup – print string format number entry screen. See Table 6-3
 Print Control Options: , , , See Table 6-6.

Output Rate – print string output rate number entry screen. (0-65536 seconds)

6.2.1 Control Modes

The user can select four control modes. They are described in Table 6-6.
Mode
User
Printing is controlled by pressing
Load One print occurs when a stable load is read, the scale must then return to near zero before another print will occur.
Note: Other configurations of load are available using the ScaleCore Connect. It can be downloaded from
the Rice Lake Website
Continuous The unit will continously output the data at a rate specified in the rate parameter (up to 65,535 seconds). Setting the
interval to 0 will set an interval as fast as the system can go.
Off Printing is disabled. Power consumption is lower with the print off.

6.2.2 Standard Print Strings

Commands that can be used to format gross, net and print strings are shown below.
22 MSI-8000 RF Remote Display
RF Power Level Transmit Current
10dBm 137mA
12dBm 155mA
14dBm 170mA
16dBm 188mA
18dBm 215mA
Table 6-4. Transmission Strength Settings
Table 6-5. Print Setup Parameters
F3
PRINT
Table 6-6. Control Modes
Command
<T> Load data
<U> Units
<M> Load mode (lb/kg)
<CRLF> Carriage return line feed
<SP> Space
Table 6-7. Standard Print Strings
Note
Lowest Transmission Power
(default on 7300s and 8000s)
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