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9.8 Serial Scale Interface
Serial port 1 can be configured for serial scale input. The serial scale function allows other scale indicators to
send gross, or net weight data to
Counterpart . Once the serial port has been configured to accept scale data, the
data format can be customized to match the data stream sent by that indicator. See Figure 3-10 on page 36 for
information setting up.
To set up and configure a serial scale, do the following:
1. Under the SERIAL menu, select Port 1 and scroll over to IND SC (industrial serial scale) or SCALE
(Legal-for-Trade), depending on what is required. This enables Scale 3. For operation with the counting
functions, the type must be set to IND SC.
2. Match up the baud rates (9600), data bits and parity, and stop bits, and this becomes SCALE 3.
3. Set the format under the SFMT parameter to match the format sent by the serial scale.
An example of the default serial scale format is:
<STX><P><W7><U><M><S><CR>
Where:
<STX> STX character
<P> Polarity
<W7> Seven characters of net data with decimal pt
<U> Units
<M> Mode
<S> Status
<CR> Carriage return
Note that industrial serial scales (IND SC) do not require the <M>, <U> and <S> identifiers. However, the units
and number of decimal places must be specified. Units can be selected from the FORMAT menu; decimal places
should be indicated with a w-spec identifier. For example, a seven-digit weight reading requiring two decimal
places should be specified as <W7.2> rather than <W7>.
To change or match formats, use the same path to change formats.