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Save New: Creates a new template containing all information. Original template remains
unchanged. Display will return to the template name field. Modify the name of the
template and press Locate/OK [5] to save.
Cancel: Clears all modifications made to any unsaved template.
6. Writing 3M™ iD Markers
The Write Mode enables the user to write information into 3M™ iD markers. It is also
possible to edit the information to be written into an iD Marker.
Menu [6] + Write Mode [SK:1]
Step 1. Select a template from the list on the display
to be written into the marker by pressing
the up/down arrows [SK] to highlight the
preferred template. ‘Last Written /Read’ is
the most recent data that was written to/read
from a marker by the locator.
Step 2. Press View/Edit [SK].
−Four Write Mode options will be
displayed at the bottom of the screen.
−[SK1] Overwrite: Will overwrite any
data existing on an unlocked marker if
`Yes' is selected and `No' will prevent
overwrite.
−[SK2] X-Type: Choose `Yes' if writing to
a Gen 2 marker and `No' if writing to a
Gen 1 marker. Gen 2 markers will have
an "X" following the serial number that
is printed on the attached tag.
−SK3] Marker: Select type of marker to
be written by repeatedly pressing Marker
[SK Toggle].
−[[SK4] Lock/Unlocked: Press [SK4] to
toggle between locking and unlocking
the marker. The default setting is
unlocked and note that a locked unit
cannot be modified once locked. If the
marker will be locked then a verification
screen will appear to ensure that the
marker is locked intentionally.