Standalone/Downtime Applications - AMT Datasouth Fastmark M9 Plus User Manual

Standalone/Downtime Applications

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PAL Print and Program capable printers may be programmed to operate
independent of a PC/host connection. This standalone ability may be used in
cases where no PC/host connection is needed or as a fail-safe backup when
the PC/host or network is unavailable. The Standalone Application program is
stored in the printer memory and can accept input from a keyboard, bar code
scanner, or other serial device such as an electronic scale. These programs
may use the printer's LCD to prompt for user input and may also include
databases. Unlike other bar code printers that allow basic static forms to be
loaded in the printer, PAL™ Print and Program capable printers provide
advanced capabilities.
Examples of these advanced capabilities are:
❖ Ability to operate on line from host or off line in stand-alone mode
❖ Ability to range check user input
❖ Ability to combine data from multiple fields into a single bar code
❖ Ability to access database stored in printer
❖ Ability to perform math calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division, etc.)
❖ Ability to perform logical calculations (equal to, less than, greater than, etc.)
Shown below is an example where a stand-alone PAL
database is stored in the printer. Operator input combined with internal
database information is used to create a label. For example, this application
could request a part number and physical dimensions of a particular part by
prompting for this information on the printer LCD. After the operator inputs the
requested information on the keyboard, the printer could calculate the volume,
and then based on the part number, lookup the part description in a database
to produce a label.
Operator
Input
Keyboard
Loc al
Database
Key board Data
PAL
Interpreter
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F lash Memory