Rice Lake Ishida AstraLabel User Guide - Manual (Page 14)

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5. Sending and Receiving Labels from the Scales
This section describes how to load label formats from the scales and how to send new label
formats to the scales.
The operation depends on the type of scale you are using:
AC-3000
Differences Between Label Editor and Scales Data Formats
The Label Editor program stores label data differently to the scales. Consequently some data
is lost if you transmit a label to the scales and then read it back again.
See Some Background on Ishida Label Formats for details.
Scales Communications Link
Label Editor connects to the scales using a serial port on the PC. Use the Comms Setup
command in the Setup menu to select the serial port to use and to set the communication
parameters (baud rate, etc.).
Loading Existing Label Data from the Scales
You can load the existing labels stored on the scales. This not only has the advantage of
providing you with a set of example labels to work from, but also enables you to obtain the
address and other scale-specific parameters set in the Label Properties dialog.
The procedure for loading label data from the scales is as follows.
1. Select Receive File from the Tools menu to prepare Label Editor to receive data.
2. A Save As dialog box appears. Specify the file in which to receive the data.
3. A Comms Progress dialog box appears to display the status of the data transfer. Wait for
the dialog box to appear, then initiate data transfer from the scales.
4. A message appears to notify you when the data transfer has completed.
5. If the received data contained label formats, a dialog opens asking whether you wish to
open the received data in a label data file. Click Yes if you wish to open the file. This
opens a new Label List window containing the label formats received from the scales.
Note that, even if you do not open the file at this time, you can import the received data
file at a later time using the Import Labels command.
Transmitting Label Data to the Scales
The procedure for sending label format data to the scales is as follows.
1. Make the Label Edit window for the label you wish to transmit the active window, or select
the label in the Label List window.
2. Select Transmit Label from the Tools menu.
3. Wait for the Comms Progress dialog box to appear, then initiate data transfer from the
scales.
4. A message box appears to notify you when transmission of the label data has completed.
Transmitting a File to the Scales
Binary-format files received by the Receive File command can be transmitted back to the
scales is as follows.
1. Select Transmit File from the Tools menu.
2. A File Open dialog appears. Select the file to transmit and click OK.
3. Wait for the Comms Progress dialog box to appear, then initiate data transfer from the
scales.
4. A message box appears to notify you when transmission has completed.