Dillon EDXtreme (Old) - Manual (Page 19)

EDxtreme User Instructions 19
Format #1 Current displayed value (peak or live force) plus unit of measure
104.5 lbf (live force example)
302.5 lbf (peak force example)
104.5 lbf (dual mode example)
302.5 lbf
Format #2 Live force value plus unit of measure on 1st line
Peak force and unit of measure on 2nd line
104.5 lbf
302.5 lbf
Format #3 Live force value plus unit of measure on 1st line
Peak force and unit of measure on 2nd line
Descriptive prefixes on each line
Force 104.5 lbf
Peak 302.5 lbf
Format #4 Fixed position output. Works well with RS-232 utilities, such as
WedgeLink, for parsing into a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel.
(comma separated)
Fixed characters.
Example 1
<sp><sp><sp>104.5,<sp><sp><sp><sp>lbf, <sp><sp><sp>302.5,<sp><sp><sp><sp>lbf<CR>
Example 2 (custom unit)
<sp>140000.,<sp><sp><sp><sp><sp>kg,<sp>165450., ,<sp><sp><sp><sp><sp>kg<CR>
This would yield (shown in courier):
111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567
104.5, lbf, 302.5, lbf,<CR>
140000., kg, 165450., kg,<CR>
Excel A B
1 104.5 lbf
2 302.5 lbf
Position Description
1-8 Live force number
10-16 Displayed unit of measure (up to 7 characters)
18-25 Peak force number
27-33 Displayed unit of measure (up to 7 characters)
9,17,26 Commas
34 Carriage return