Rice Lake TicketPress - Installation and Operation Manual - Manual (Page 26)

22 TicketPress Operator’s Manual
5.0 Weight Extraction
This section describes the TicketPress data input requirements and the resulting printed output format when the
Print Mode is set to Weight Extraction . There are two modes available.
The information provided by the indictor is sent to the TicketPress as data “records” in one of two predefined
formats. The expected format is determined by the value of the Toledo Mode menu setting. Each format is
described below.
Required Printer settings:
• Ticket out fault - OFF
• Baud rate - 19.2k or below
• XON/XOFF - OFF
• Echo - OFF
• Auto CR/LF and AUTO LF are defaulted to ON
5.1 Weight Extraction - Demand
Print button will control indicator I/O. (Indicator must have Print digital I/O input) I/O goes into active low.
1. Set indicator for Demand.
13
14
1
25
Wire Pin 11
Ground
Rec
2. Set Printer for Weight Extraction Demand.
3. CR/LF as last character in serial string.
4. Wire pin 3 & 7 for RS-232(see Wiring for other
options).
5.2 Weight Extraction - Echo
Function is used for continuous output to printer and remote display. Print button from printer functional (not
indicator).
Indicator Shear
Prints weight extraction demand and interface ECHO on wiring:
2 - Remote Display
3 - Indicator
7 - Remote display and Indicator
5.3 Data Input Record – Toledo Mode = No
Record Format:
Where: = ASCII STX (0x02)
= Polarity. SPACE (0x20) = Positive, “-” (0x2d) = Negative
= Weight. 7 character string with digits right justified. No leading zeros except for

only one preceding decimal point.
= Unit of measure.
L = Pounds
K = Kilograms
T = Short tons
G = Grams
(0x20) = OZ, GN, T, LT, TROYOZ, TROYLB, NONE
= Gross/Net. G = Gross, N = Net.
= Status. (0x20) = Valid,
I = Invalid, M = Motion,
O = Over/under range
= Record terminator. CRLF (0x0d0a), or CR (0x0d), or LF (0x0a)
Note Software does not allow leading zeros to be spaces, spaces are not accepted in front of data.