Omega RD260A instruction manual Setting Messages MSG, Means ‘SPACE’

6.9 Setting Messages (MSG)

6.9 Setting Messages (MSG)

The following setting enables you to set the messages. Up to five messages can be set, each of up to 16 characters. Printing out messages can only be done with the use of the remote control option (-R), with which your recorder must be equipped. Messages can not be printed out without this option.

Note that the printing of the messages will not be done when the chart speed is faster than 1500 mm/h (Pen model) or 100 mm/h (Dot-printing model) or when recording is OFF. To set a message, proceed as follows:

Key operation

ESC

DISP

3 sec

PRINT

CH UP

PRINT

CH UP

PRINT FEED

Indication

Discription

Press the [DISP] key for three seconds to enter the SET mode.

Select the [ ] display using the [ ] key, and press the [ENT] key.

The display which appears will prompt you to specify which message you want to set. Up to five messages can be set. Use the [ ] key to specify message number and press the [ENT] key.

The maximum sixteen characters of the message can be set by the described code (Example is given in parentheses).

CH UP

	ESC
CH UP	DISP	3 sec

Table of characters codes.

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
0		S P 0			P		p
1			1	A	Q	a	q
2			2	B	R	b	r
3		#	3	C	S	c	s
4			4	D	T	d	t
5		%	5	E	U	e	u
6			6	F	V	f	v

77 G W g w

8	(	8	H	X	h	x
9	)	9	I	Y	i	y
A	*		J	Z	j	z
B	+		K		k
C			L	∝	l
D	–		M		m
E	.		N	Ω	n
F	/	˚	O		o	Ω

S/P means ‘SPACE’.

corresponding code of the character (B)

sequential number of the character

you are setting (2nd)

The code number can be selected using the [ ] key. After setting both numbers of a code, press the [ ] key and the sequential number of the to be set character will fo go up one. After setting, press the [ENT] key.

[ ] is diplayed and the setting is completed. Press the [ENT] key to set another message; or press the [DISP] key for three seconds to return to the OPERATION mode.

NOTE • If your recorder is equipped with the -R option, and you want them to be triggered by remote control, the messages must be assigned to the -R terminals.

•If you press the [ESC] key in the middle of setting, the

indication returns to the [] and already set data will be aborted.

6. SET MODE

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