Atlas Copco TPS Control User Manual page 48

User guide
If the first part of the barcode string (6159326580) is the part type, this could be used for selecting a spe-
cific job. To specify jobs to different barcodes you will have to setup a barcode definition in the TPS sys-
tem.
Barcode definition parameters
The system must be told which labels initiate a particular job. The entry of these numbers is carried out in
the parameter menu under the menu item Barcode input. Upon selecting this menu, the following window
appears:
The menu item Label data format is used to open a submenu that allows you to specify the control length
and the STX or ETX sequence.
If you select New code definition, a submenu is opened where you can enter the label parameters for a
new label. This is followed by list of all existing barcode definitions and their corresponding job selections.
The display of the already-existing codes takes place with the following characters:
# is a wildcard for any individual character.
* is a wildcard for one or more individual characters, and can only be used at the beginning or end.
Characters permitted in the comparison string are as follows: A - Z, a - z, and 0 - 9.This menu also in-
cludes a code deletion function and allows you to choose how codes are sorted(by the codes themselves
or by their assigned jobs).
The system can process labels containing up to 54 characters. From the 54 possible characters of a label,
the user can define a range of relevant characters with a maximum length of 10; these characters will then
be saved as the comparison value for this label.
The start position of this comparison string can be defined by the user, either in relation to the start or the
end of the label data.
Start position:
Counting from:
Code (10 characters)
Job number
Parameter examples (control length = variable)
Start position 1, counting from head Code: 123 Job number: 10
With these parameters, all labels starting with the characters 123 would select Job 10. Display in overview
menu: Cx: 123*
Start position 4, counting from head, Code: 78, Job number: 3
With these parameters, all labels with a 7 as the 4th character and an 8 as the 5th character would select
Job 3.
Display in overview menu: Cx: ###78*
Depending on whether the system is equipped with or uses Start/end sequence processing, the label must
either be read in before the start (without Start sequence use), or at the end of the start sequence so that
the system can select the assigned job.
By setting the parameter Label in the menu Sequence it can be determined whether a new label must be
read in for every start, or if the previous job selection will continue when starting without a new label.
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