Rice Lake 880 Performance Series Indicator/Controller Technical/Service Manual - Manual (Page 85)

Print Formatting 79
7.3 Customizing Print Formats
The following sections describe procedures for customizing print formats using the EDP commands, the front
panel (
PFORMT
menu), and the Revolution
®
configuration utility.
7.3.1 Using the EDP Commands
With a personal computer, terminal, or remote keyboard attached to the 880, the EDP command set can be used to
customize the print format strings.
To view the current setting of a format string, type the name of the print format, followed by .FMT, and press
ENTER
. For example, to check the current configuration of the
GFMT
format, type
GFMT.FMT
and press
ENTER
. The
indicator responds by sending the current configuration for the gross format:
GROSS<G><NL2><TD><NL>
To change the format, use the format EDP command followed by an equals sign (=) and the modified print format
string. For example, to add the name and address of a company to the gross format, send the following EDP
command:
GFMT.FMT=RICE LAKE WEIGHING SYSTEMS<NL>230 W COLEMAN ST<NL>RICE LAKE WI 54868<NL2><G>
GROSS<NL>
A ticket printed using this format might look like the following:
RICE LAKE WEIGHING SYSTEMS
230 W COLEMAN ST
RICE LAKE WI 54868
1345 LB GROSS
The ticket above could also be formatted by specifying the company address information in the
HDRFMT
ticket
format, then substituting the <H1> command for the address in the
GFMT
ticket format:
HDRFMT1=RICE LAKE WEIGHING SYSTEMS<NL>230 W COLEMAN ST<NL>RICE LAKE WI 54868<NL2>GFMT=<AE><G>
GROSS<NL>
Note
The HDRFMT1 command does not require the .FMT.
7.3.2 Using the Front Panel
If there is no access to equipment for communication through the communication ports or when working at a site
where such equipment cannot be used, the
PFORMT
menu (see Section 3.2.12 on page 48) can be used to customize
the print formats. Using the
PFORMT
menu, edit the print format strings by changing the decimal values of the
ASCII characters in the format string.
Note
Note
Edit the format using the Alphanumeric Entry Procedure, see Section 3.1.4.
Some special characters cannot be displayed on the
880
front panel (see the ASCII character chart on
page 105) and are shown as blanks. The
880
can send or receive any ASCII character; the character printed
depends on the particular ASCII character set implemented for the receiving device.