Printronix SL5000E series User Manual page 111

Average BWD
This is a display item only. It indicates the average of all bar width deviations
reported since the last reset. If no data has been received since the last clear
operation, this field will be zero.
Last BWD
This is a display item only. It indicates the bar width deviation included in the
most recent report received from the validator. If no data has been received
since the last clear operation, this field will be zero.
Validator Funct.
This menu appears only if a validator is installed.
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Enable. The printer will command the validator to begin scanning and
errors will be reported. The counters will be incremented while the
validator is enabled.
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Disable.The printer will not command the validator to begin scanning and
no errors will be reported. The counters will not be incremented while the
validator is disabled.
NOTE: If you save a configuration with the validator enabled, then power
down and power up, and the validator is not connected or not
functioning, the error message "Validator not communicating" will
display briefly. The Validator menu will not display.
If the validator is installed, the default is Enable.
Telemetry Path
This menu allows you to select whether or not the printer will out put the bar
code analysis and underlying data from the validator. To enable this data, you
must select the port through which the data will be transmitted.
The options are Disabled (the factory default), Serial Port, and Network Port.
Telemetry Data
This menu selects the type and amount of data the validator will report to the
printer and subsequently the data the printer will make available through the
telemetry report.
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Short Report. Provides the encoded failure cause or pass indication and
the percent bar width deviation.
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Full Report. Provides a completed report of all the data captured by the
validator. This report can be fed directly to the analysis software for
capture and review.
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Validation Mode. Provides the same data as the Short Report, but adds
the actual bar code data read.
The factory default is Short Report.
VALIDATOR Submenus
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