Cooper Instruments & Systems LTL 730 Wireless Tension Link Load Cell - Manual (Page 22)

CF 150 LTL 730 19 12/08
Units Press this key to set the following:
Choice of power-up unit of measure
Enable or disable lbf, kgf, N, custom unit 1 and 2
Power Press this to set the following:
Enable Auto-shutdown (Y/N)
Shutdown Timer (set minutes before idleness causes unit to shut off)
Chpwd Press this to change the Config menu password.
Reset Press and you are given the choice of resetting the Communicator to its factory defaults.
9.4 Communicator Print Formats
Press the Ptfmt soft key to select the print format that will be sent from the Communicator on Com 1 to a
peripheral printer when you press the Print soft key. Choose from the formats below. Data sent is shown below.
The default is format #1.
Format #1 Current displayed value (peak or live force) plus unit of measure on the active LTL 730 only.
104.5 lbf (live force example)
302.5 lbf (peak force example)
Format #2 Live force value plus unit of measure on 1st line and Peak force and unit of measure on 2nd line
for active LTL 730 only.
104.5 lbf
302.5 lbf
Format #3 Live force value plus unit of measure on 1st line and Peak force and unit of measure on 2nd line
with descriptive prefixes on each line for active LTL 730 only.
Force 104.5 lbf
Peak 302.5 lbf
Format #4 Fixed position output for active LTL 730 only. Works well with RS- 232 utilities, such as
WedgeLink, for parsing into a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel.
Excel A B
1 104.5 lbf
2 302.5 lbf
Fixed characters.
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
Example 1
104.5,lbf,302.5,lbf
Example 2 (custom unit)
140000.,kg,165450., ,kg
This would yield (shown in courier):
111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567
104.5, lbf, 302.5, lbf
140000., kg, 165450., kg
Format #5 Live force, unit of measure, peak force, unit of measure for active LTL 730 only. All tab separated.
104.5lbf (if presently displaying live readings)
302.5lbf (if presently displaying peak readings)
Format #6 Cell #, description, live force, unit of measure for all active LTL 730s plus a total.