Using The Edp Port; Using The Front Panel - Rice Lake Revolution SURVIVOR 420HE Installation Manual

1.2.1

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 or NFMT) and press
For example, to check the current configuration of the
GFMT format, type GFMT and press
indicator responds by sending the current configuration
for the gross format:
GFMT=<G> GROSS<NL>
To change the format, use the GFMT or NFMT 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:
Indicator must be placed in the setup mode,
Note
CONFIG is shown on the display.
GFMT=FINE TRANSFER CO<NL>32400 WEST
HIGHWAY ROAD<NL>SMALLTOWN<NL2><G>
GROSS<NL>
CONFIG XXXXXXX FORMAT
Decrement ASCII value of active character
Figure 1-1. PFORMT Menu, Showing Alphanumeric Character Entry Procedure
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ENTER
. The
ENTER
CALIBR SERIAL PROGRM
Press to insert a space
before the active character
Scroll left in formatting string
A ticket printed using this format might look like the
following:
FINE TRANSFER CO
32400 WEST HIGHWAY ROAD
SMALLTOWN
1345 lb GROSS
.
1.2.2

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 1-1) 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.
Lower-case
Note
characters cannot be displayed on the
Plus
front panel (see the ASCII character
charts in Section 1-4 on page 41 and page 42) and are
shown as blanks. The
ASCII character; the character printed depends on the
particular ASCII character set implemented for the
receiving device.
XXXXXXX PFORMT SETPNT XXXXXXX
GFMT
Same as GFMT
Display first 6
characters of format Scroll right in formatting string
Display and edit
active character and Increment ASCII value of active character
ASCII value
Delete active
character
letters and some
420 Plus
can send or receive any
VERS
DIGIN XXXXXXX ALGOUT
NFMT
special
420