Rice Lake Ishida AstraLabel User Guide - Manual (Page 7)

3
FDP-5010
If this is the first time you have run the Label Editor, select Comms Setup from the Setup
menu and check that the communication parameters are set correctly. Also check that the
cable to the scales is plugged into the specified serial port.
1. Select Communicate with Scales from the Tools menu. A dialog opens asking whether
you wish to save the currently open label file in IF21 format. You must save the file if you
wish to send it to the scales. If you click "Yes", a File Open dialog appears for you to
specify the file name.
For this tutorial, click "No".
2. A dialog opens for you to specify the directory containing the scales data. The Data Save
(IF21) communications function on the scales was initially intended for use with a
dedicated floppy disk backup unit (called an IF21FD). When communicating with a PC,
this directory fills the role of the floppy disk on the IF21FD.
For this tutorial, simply click OK to use the default directory.
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.
The progress dialog displays the number of bytes sent and received.
4. When you have finished the data transfer, click the Close button in the progress dialog to
end the communications session.
5. If a label data file was received during the communications session, a message box
appears asking whether you wish to import the received data into a label data file. Select
"Yes". A new Label List window opens containing the label formats received from the
scales.
See Sending and Receiving Labels from the Scales for a full description of how to transmit
and receive label data from the scales.
Astra
If this is the first time you have run the Label Editor, select Comms Setup from the Setup
menu and check that the communication parameters are set correctly. Also check that the
cable to the scales is plugged into the specified serial port.
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 progress.
4. When data transfer is complete, a new dialog opens asking you what to do with the
received data. Select "Load into new database" to create a new database with the
received scale data.
See Sending and Receiving Labels from the Scales for a full description of how to transmit
and receive label data from the scales.
Opening a Label Edit Window
To edit an existing label, double click on the label in the Label List window (or select the label
and press Enter). This opens a Label Edit window for the label.
Similarly, double-clicking on an empty slot in the Label List window creates a new label format
and opens the format in a Label Edit window.