Datamax 123 Print v1.1x User Manual

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Chapter 3 : Creating a Project

Data to Receive

Start with

End With

Extract from
Received Data

From Position

To Position

Validation Mode

Repeat Sequence

Result Variable

Output Format

This function is automatically active and
cannot be unchecked. This allows your
printer to receive and interpret the data
from the weight scale. The following
options allow you to indicate to your label
program the format of the data coming
from the weight scale. Check your weight
scale manual for message formatting
details.

Set the “start of text character”
the label program will look for as
the start of a valid data stream
from the scale

Your label program can
determine that it has received
all the data from the scale in
one of two ways—by looking for
an “end of text” character(s) in
the data stream from the scale,
or by receiving a specified
number of characters after the
STX has been received. Select
the appropriate “end of text”
character(s), or select of char>. If you select this
option, enter in the
accompanying property box the
exact number of characters to
be received from the weight
scale.

Check the checkbox beside this option if
you wish to extract only a specific set of
characters from the received data

Set the starting position for the
extraction

Set the ending position of the
extraction

For example, if you set From
Position 4 and To Position 6, you
will extract “555” out of 0005550

Set the mode with which the data
received from the weight scale should be
validated. For example, you can select to
only validate an input after having
received two consecutive identical weight
measurements from the weight scale

If you have set the Validation Mode to
validate only after having received the
same data twice, you should specify the
delay (in seconds) you want to wait
between accepting consecutive inputs
from the scale. This will allow you to
eliminate any bounce from the scale and
be confident that the weight
measurement you receive is accurate.

Select the variable in which the input
from the weight scale should be stored

Set the format you want to use when
saving the weight data from the scale.
Several options are available such as fill
blank on left, fill zeros on left, replace
leading zeros with blanks, etc. Select the
appropriate format for your program
design.

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