Custom Print Formatting Procedure; Edp Interface Information - Rice Lake IQ plus 800 Installation & Operation Manual

NOTE:
Accumulator print tickets
generated from the front panel
or the setpoint push print
(PSHPRNT) are not
formattable.
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CUSTOM PRINT FORMATTING PROCEDURE

The IQ plus 800/810 has a formattable print function available as a standard
feature. This feature allows the user to customize the Demand Print serial
output to meet the needs of the user.
With this feature, the IQ plus 800/810 can be setup to print special informa-
tion such as company name and address, scale identification information,
etc. This feature also allows the user to customize the format of the printed
weight ticket and to have trailing information as well.
Additionally, the user can customize the format of the following print
tickets: gross/net demand, truck-in, truck out, and setpoint push print.
For each of these print tickets, the user will define a custom format string
which will define the format of the ticket. The following is a list of user-
definable print tickets and the name of the corresponding format string:
1. Gross Format Demand ticket
2. Net Format Demand Ticket
3. Truck Weigh-In Format Ticket
4. Truck Weigh-Out Format Ticket
5. Setpoint Push Print Ticket
The format strings GFMT, NFMT, TRWIN, TRWOUT, and SPFMT can
include text and special commands. Commands are used to place the weight
information on the ticket. Each of the format strings can be up to 300
characters long. In order to make the format strings more readable the
commands must be enclosed between '<' and '>' brackets. Any characters
outside of the brackets will be printed as text on the ticket.
In short, you may enter any character on the ASCII code chart (see Table 9-
6). Also, the Gross and Net printouts have separate 300 character buffers
which allows the installer to setup different printouts for the Gross weight
and the Net weight printouts.
This subsection discusses in detail each user-definable print format. It begins
by explaining how print format can be set using a terminal with a keyboard
connected to the bidirectional EDP port. Then it discusses how you can
manipulate format strings from the front panel of the IQ plus 800/810.

EDP interface information

The formattable print option can modified through the EDP serial port.
This requires the installer to use a terminal or PC to enter the new print
format into the IQ plus 800/810. The print format that can be entered
may include numbers, upper and lower case letters, punctuation marks,
and special control characters.
The current printout configuration may be checked or changed after
establishing bidirectional communications with the IQ plus 800/810.
This may be accomplished with the use of a terminal or PC running a
terminal software program. When setting up to communicate with the
IQ plus 800/810, you must match the baud rate, data bits and parity of
both devices so that they can understand each other.
(GFMT)
(NFMT)
(TRWIN)
(TRWOUT)
(SPFMT)