4.2 PRINT FORMATTING
When a Voltage channel (or the Math) channel is programmed, the OM-550 prompts the user for a decimal point position (or decimal point fix). This number between 0 and 5 is the location of the decimal point in the print field.
POSITION | INTERPRETATION | EXAMPLE |
5 | .##### | .00001 |
4 | #.#### | 0.0001 |
3 | ##.### | 00.001 |
2 | ###.## | 000.01 |
1 | ####.# | 0000.1 |
0 | #####. | 00001. |
Any five-digit data value between "±.00000" and "±99999" can be printed. Values outside this range are valid data, and will be accurately saved in memory, but printed as "*****" because they exceed the space available for printing on the paper tape.
Temperature channels are automatically formatted with one decimal place (to produce 0.1° resolution). The user can select the decimal-point position for Voltage and Math channels.
For example, a Voltage channel could receive +2.0000 VDC input. This would display properly with decimal-point positions of 0 through 4 but be printed as "*****" if the position 5 is chosen because "2.0000" cannot be displayed in a ".#####" field. The solution in this example is to reprogram the channel's decimal-point position to 4, as follows:
Press the channel #
Press OK to accept the present setting
Press OK
Press OK
Press OK
Press OK
Press 4
Figure 4-3
Notice that each selection is echoed whether it is changed or accepted by pressing OK.
