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Print Formatting

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7.2.2

Using the Front Panel

If you have no access to equipment for communication through the EDP port or are working at a site where such
equipment cannot be used, you can use the PFORMT menu (see Figure 7-1) to customize the print formats.

Using the PFORMT menu, you can edit the print format strings by changing the decimal values of the ASCII
characters in the format string.

GFMT

GFMT Display first 6
characters of format

Same as GFMT

GPFMT

Display and edit

active character and

ASCII value

Enter numeric ASCII

character value

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

LDFMT

Press CLEAR to delete
the active character

Press

to save value

4

9

0

8

5

2

7

6

3

CLEAR

VERS

PROGRM

PFORMT

SERIAL

CALIBR

CONFIG

FORMAT

Note

Lower-case letters and some special characters cannot be displayed on the 590 AG Indicator front panel (see
the ASCII character chart in Section 8.3
) and are shown as blanks. The 590 AG Indicator 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. PFORMT Menu, Showing Alphanumeric Character Entry Procedure

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