Rice Lake Condec UMC600IS - Manual

April 2002
UMC600IS and IQ 700IS Indicators
Setting up Custom Transmits (Smart I/O)
This document addresses questions regarding custom
transmits for the UMC600IS and IQ 700IS weight
indicators. It serves as a supplement to the manuals
for both indicators to give you a better understanding
of this particular feature.
If you have experience with configuring the IS
indicators’ options or custom transmits, you may want
to skip over the first few sections and go to
Planning
Custom Transmits and Macros . The summary is useful
as a quick reference if you are in the field trying to set
up the custom transmit for the very first time.
Enabling Option 7
Put the indicator into option configuration mode by
closing front panel DIP switches 2 and 3. If all of the
options are turned off, the display shows dashes
(
------ ). Press and hold the ENTER key on the keypad
until the word OPtlon appears on the display.
Release the ENTER key and the display changes to
O P . I o F , indicating that you are at option 1 and that
it is currently turned off ( o F indicates the option is
off, o n indicates that the option is on).
At this point, the ZERO key steps forward through the
options and the TARE RECALL key steps backward
through the options. For instance, if you press the
ZERO key once, the display shows O P .2 o F ,
indicating that option 2 is currently turned off. Press
the
ZERO key again and the display shows O P .3 o F .
Now press the TARE RECALL key to step back to
option 2. Press the ZERO key until the display reads
O P .7 o F . Press the NET/GROSS key to turn on
option 7.
Custom Transmit Files
The UMC600IS/IQ700IS indicator has two custom
transmit files for Port 1 (there is a third file - file 7.4 -
for Port 1, but it is reserved for future use). Each of the
custom transmit files may contain up to 30 character
codes. If you need a custom transmit to print more
than 30 character codes, you need to use the custom
transmit macros which are explained in a later section.
The codes may be any of the ASCII codes or
p a r a m e t e r c o n t r o l c o d e s f r o m t h e
UMC600IS/IQ700IS manual.
The following sub-sections call out what each file is
used for:
File 7.1: Gross Weight Data on Port 1
File 7.1 is used to customize the format of the gross
weight. This changes the way the printout appears
when the indicator is in the normal mode and the
gross weight is on the display.
File 7.2: Net Weight Data on Port 1
File 7.2 is used to customize the net data (for example,
gross, tare and net weights).
NOTE: You must have a tare weight (press the TARE
key) in order for File 7.2 to be printed. Without a tare
weight, the indicator defaults to printing File 7.1 or
the standard printout if File 7.1 does not contain a
custom transmit or an invalid custom transmit.
File 7.4: Special on Port 1
File 7.4 is currently reserved for future use by Condec.
Macro Files
There may be times when you need to print more than
the 30 character codes that are allowed in the custom
transmit files (7.1 - 7.4). To do custom transmits larger
than 30 character codes, the indicator provides eight
macro files (7.9 - 7.16) that may be called in from the
custom transmit files. This is done by putting a
parameter code of 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606
or 607 in your custom transmit files. Each macro file
can contain up to 30 character codes. You can,
however, call more than one macro in your custom
transmit or even call the same macro more than once.
Any codes that you can enter into the custom
transmits can also be entered into the macro files. A
string of up to 250 characters may be printed by using
a custom transmit and any combination of macro files.
Planning Custom Transmits and Macros
Let’s start with a very simple example. Suppose that
you want to print the time and date on the weight
tickets using the indicator’s custom transmit feature
(you must enable and configure the time and date
option: option 3). The example uses normal weigh
mode.
Although it is not absolutely necessary to write out the
codes first, you may find this advisable the first few
times until you get the hang of doing custom
transmits. These pages could also be put into the job
files for later reference (in case the indicator has to be
replaced for example).