Rice Lake 920i Installation Manual V1.05 - Manual (Page 54)

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6.3.2 Using the Front Panel
If you have no access to equipment for communication through a serial port or are working at a site where such
equipment cannot be used, you can use the PFORMT menu (see Figure 6-2 on page 50) to customize the print
formats.
Figure 6-2. PFORMT Menu
Each print format can be edited from the front panel
using a character selection like that shown in
Figure 6-3. Use the navigation keys (
up , down , left ,
right ) to move around and between the format
command line and the character selection list.
Figure 6-3. Print Formatting Character Selection Display
¥ To add a character: position the cursor in the
format where you want to add the character. Use
the
up key to return to the character selection
list, use the navigation keys to highlight the
character to add, then press
enter . The new
character is added to the left of the current
cursor location in the format string.
¥ To add a blank space to a string, position the
cursor to the right of where the space is to be
inserted in the format string, highlight the
SP
character in the selection list, and press enter .
¥ To delete a character, position the cursor to the
right of the character to be deleted from the
format string, then press the
CLR key.
¥ To add a special character, insert the < and >
delimiter characters from the selection list. Use
the numeric keypad to insert the decimal ASCII
value (1Ð255) of the character between the
delimiters. For example, insert
<2> to add the
STX character to the print format.
To save the edited format string, position the cursor in
the format string and press enter. Softkeys shown on
the character selection display provide additional
functions:
Default Restores the string to its default value.
Home Positions cursor at the beginning of the
format string.
Cancel Exits without saving changes to the
format string.
End Positions cursor at the end of the format
string.
Restore Restores the string to its previously
saved value.
A P r i n t Te s t softkey is shown under the F M T
parameter after exiting the character selection display.
If a printer is attached, this key can be used to verify
the edited string format before exiting setup mode.
NOTE: The Print Test softkey is not available for the
HDRFMTx formats. These formats can be output only
when inserted into one of the printable ticket formats by
using the
SCALES SERIAL FEATURE PFORMT SETPTS DIG I/O ALGOUT VERS
GFMT NFMT ACCFMT SPFMT TRWIN TRWOUT TRFMT
Same as GFMT
PORT 4
PORT 1
PORT 3
PORT 2
PORT FMT
format
HDRFMT1 HDRFMT2 AUXFMT
format format format