Rockwell Automation 1492 WinABMS Marking System Software - Manual (Page 34)

Using WinABMS Software 4-7
To enter a series of numbers/letters:
1. Click on the marker onto which you want the range to start.
2. Click on Range under the Tool heading.
3. When the Create Range Menu appears, enter the leading text and
trailing text.
Leading Text is the text that will appear at the beginning of each
marker in the range, and is constant for each marker in the range.
Trailing Text is the text that will appear at the end of each marker in
the range, and is constant for each marker in the range.
Octal System will allow octal counting. For example:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20,....
4. Enter a Start Value. The Start Value is the letter or number that will
begin the series such as 0 or a.
5. Enter an End Value. The End Value is the letter or number that will
end the series such as 10 or J.
6. Enter a Step. The Step is the increment between one value and the
next.
For example, if the step is 5 and the initial value is 0 and the final value is
20, the following characters appear in the series: 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20. A
step of 1 includes all values between the initial and final values in the
series.
Clicking on Preview will show you the range before you enter it on the
markers.
7. Click OK.
The series is automatically entered: