Rice Lake 480 Legend Series Digital Weight Indicator Installation Manual - Manual (Page 52)

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The default 480 print formats are shown in Table 7-2:
The <G2>, <N2>, and <T2> commands listed in Table 7-1 print the gross, net, and tare weights in
non-displayed units—that is, in the units not currently displayed on the indicator.
The 300 character limit of each print format string includes the output field length of the print formatting
commands, not the command length. For example, if the indicator is configured to show a decimal point, the <G>
command generates an output field of 13 characters: the 10 character weight value (including decimal point), one space,
and a two-digit units identifier.
PT (preset tare) is added to the tare weight if tare was keyed in.
7.2 Customizing Print Formats
The following sections describe procedures for customizing the GFMT, NFMT, ACCFMT and SPFMT formats
using the front panel (PFORMT menu). See Figure 3-7 for print format menu structure.
7.2.1 Using the Front Panel
You can use the PFORMT menu to customize the print formats.
Using the PFORMT menu (see Figure 3-7), you can edit the print format strings by changing the decimal values of
the ASCII characters in the format string.
Lower-case letters and some special characters cannot be displayed on the 480 front panel (see the ASCII
character charts on page 55 and page 56) and are shown as blanks. The 480 can send or receive any ASCII
character; the character printed depends on the particular ASCII character set implemented for the receiving
device.
Figure 7-1. Print Format Menu
Format Default Format String When Used
GFMT GROSS<G><NL2><TD><NL> Normal mode – no tare in system
NFMT GROSS<G><NL>TARE<SP><T><NL>NET<SP2><N>
<NL2><TD><NL> Normal mode – tare in system
ACCFMT ACCUM <A><NL><DA><SP><TI><NL> Accumulator demand print format string
SPFMT <SCV><SP><SPM><NL> Setpoint print operation with PSHPRNT=ON
Table 7-2. GFMT and NFMT Formats
Note
Note
MENU
TIMDAT ACCUM SERIAL SETPNT PFRMAT
... ...
Display first 6
characters of format
Display and edit
active character and
ASCII value
Delete active
character
Scroll right in format string Scroll left in format string
Increment ASCII value of active character Decrement ASCII value of active character
Press to insert a space
before the active character
GFMT NFMT ACCFMT SPFMT