Rice Lake Ishida AstraLabel User Guide - Manual (Page 16)

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Astra
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.).
Receiving Label Data from the Scales
You can load the existing labels stored on the scales. This has the advantage of providing
you with a set of example labels to work from.
The procedure for loading label data from the scales is as follows.
1. Select Receive from Scales from the Tools menu.
2. A dialog opens with instructions on how to initiate data transfer from the scale.
Follow the instructions to start the transfer.
3. Once data transfer starts, the dialog displays a running total of the number of records
received.
4. When data transfer is complete, a new dialog opens asking you what to do with the
received data. The right side of the dialog lists the number of records received for each
type of Astra data.
If you selected "All Data" when you initiated data transfer from the Astra, the Label Editor
will have received a full set of Astra data. This can be saved to provide a backup of the
Astra settings. The resulting database file can also be edited using the AstraLink
program.
5. Select the desired option. If you select "load into current database", you must also
specify whether you wish to overwrite any existing data with the same label number.
6. Click OK to load the data into the Label Editor.
Sending Label Data to the Scales
You can select whether to send a single label only, all labels in the database, or all data in
the database. The latter option is useful if you wish to use the Label Editor to restore the
scale settings that have previously been backed up from the scale using the procedure
described above in Receiving Label Data from the Scales.
1. To send a single label to the scale, make the Label Edit window for the label you wish to
transmit the active window, or select the label in the Label List window - then select Send
to Scales -> Current Label Only from the Tools menu.
2. To send all labels or the entire database, make the Label List window for the database
you wish to send the active window, then select Send to Scales -> All Labels in
Database or Send to Scales -> All Data in Database from the Tools menu.
3. A dialog opens with instructions on how to initiate data transfer from the scale.
Follow the instructions to start the transfer.
4. A message box appears to notify you when transmission of the label data has completed.