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Chapter 3 : Creating a Project

Data to Receive		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.
ƒ	Start with	ƒ	Set the “start of text character”
			the label program will look for as
			the start of a valid data stream
			from the scale
ƒ	End With	ƒ	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 <Number
			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.
Extract from		Check the checkbox beside this option if
Received Data		you wish to extract only a specific set of
		characters from the received data
ƒ	From Position	ƒ	Set the starting position for the
			extraction
ƒ	To Position	ƒ	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
Validation Mode		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
Repeat Sequence		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.
Result Variable		Select the variable in which the input
		from the weight scale should be stored
Output Format		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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