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1. Page 40 m2000 user manual Printer Codes for IBM Proprinter compatible line printers 400 Emphasized mode ON 401 Emphasized mode OFF 402 Double Strike Mode ON 403 Double Strike OFF 404 Underline ON 405 Underline OFF 406 Expanded mode ON 407 Expanded mode OFF 410 1 8 line spacing 411 7 72 line spacing 412 1 6 line spacing 413 n 72 line spacing nis entered as a parameter following the control code 414 n 216 line spacing nis entered as a parameter following the control code 415 Set Form Length in Lines Lines is entered as a parameter following the control code 416 Set Form Length in Inches Length is entered as a parameter following the control code 418 Set Left Margin Margin is entered as a parameter following the control code 419 Turn Letter Quality Mode ON 420 Turn Letter Quality Mode OFF Page 41 m2000 user manual Preliminary Printer Codes for ELTRON graphic thermal printers 500 Initialize special printer driver to support ELTRON printers This code must be the first code in any ticket that will print to Eltron printers This code tell the M2000 to use the ELTRON printer driver Without P500 tickets will not print correctly 501 Set the Horizontal start position X in dots default X 50 Thermal Printers use an X Y coordinate system Text and barcodes are printed at the position that X and Y are pointing to The X position foll2. Text Object J ene Cees Se Ca i Rotated 270 Page 68 m2000 user manual Example 7 Axle Scale with Truck in Truck out A customer has an axle scale and wants to weight the individual axles on the truck and store the total weight using an ID number This procedure is done both when the truck enters and leaves the facility At the end of the transaction the driver will have a ticket showing the gross tare and net weights This application requires some careful thought on the optimal procedure for weighing the axles To start axle weighing press 200 followed by the print select key This prints the time and date and clears the axle weight accumulator From here on the operator simply pressed the print select key to record an axle weight An axle weight is printed along with the axle number When the user has finished weighing all the axles on the truck he can then press the IN key for an inbound transaction or the OUT key for an outbound transaction The user is then prompted for a truck ID number to either store or recall the total truck axle weights The OUT key will also print the gross tare and net weights IN key is assigned to ticket 202 and is used to start the axle weighing process PRINT SELECT key is assigned to ticket 201 and is used to weigh an axle OUT key is assigned to ticket 203 and is used to end the axle weighing sequence We are using an EPSON tape printer for this ticket Ticket source definition Four tickets
3. This command prints a graphic image stored in the printer The graphic format is PCX and must be uploaded to the printer s memory from a PC computer Once the graphic is loaded into the printer it is permanently stored and can be printed using P507 Consult the printer s manual for more information Page 42 m2000 user manual 508 Box Draw Draws a box of any size The following 4 values follow the parameter StartX StartY EndX EndY Use the line thickness parameter to set the line thickness Example to draw box from the top left corner of 30 30 to the bottom right corner of 800 520 enter P508 30 30 800 520 509 Draw Vertical Line Draw a vertical line The following 3 values follow the parameter StartX StartY LineLength in dots 510 Draw Horizontal Line Draw a horizontal line The following 3 values follow the parameter StartX StartY LineLength in dots Example to draw a line starting at 30 84 and is 770 dots long enter P510 30 84 770 511 Set Line Thickness is dots default is Set the line thickness for line drawing and box drawing 512 Add to Vertical start position This parameters adds a value to the vertical start position The value that follows this parameter is added to the Y value of the X Y coordinate system 514 Select Barcode Type default Code 39 If you plan to print barcodes you must select the type of barcode you will use Consult the ELTRON printe
4. s name time and date This ticket is called from other tickets and saves us for having to retype the customer name several times Also if a name change is required then it only has to be changed once in this ticket 13 CR 10 LF P100 emphasized mode on P101 double height ON P104 underline ON 3 99 111 116 116 32 Scott 67 97 116 116 108 101 32 Cattle 67 111 109 112 97 110 121 32 76 84 68 46 Company LTD P108 reset printer fonts 13 CR 10 LF C20 print time 32 space C21 print date Page 60 m2000 user manual 13 CR 10 LF Ticket 204 Truck Inbound Sequence This ticket prompts for a truck ID number and records the weight of the truck under that ID number A ticket id is then printed for the inbound weight C70 call the truck inbound loop function to get user ID Note that if a bad ID is entered the ticket aborts if the ID is OK then the ticket continues below C103 make a call function to another ticket 203 ticket 203 is called to print the ticket header time and date P906 send string Truck ID to printer C79 send truck ID number 13 CR 10 LF P101 double height ON P907 send string Inbound Weight to printer C30 print gross weight P108 reset printer font 13 CR 10 LF P114 form feed 9 lines 9 number of lines Page 61 m2000 user manual Preliminary Ticket 205 Truck Outbound Sequence This ticket prompts for a truck ID number and searches for the inbound weight of
5. to the printer print the total axle weight LF CR reset printer fonts send the string Inbound ID print the truck ID number that the weight was stored under LF CR P114 form feed 9 lines 9 number of lines Page 71 m2000 user manual Preliminary Ticket 203 Recall stored axle weights and print gross tare and net C86 Call the truck out loop function and retrieve the stored IN weight Note if an invalid or unused ID number is entered the ticket aborts here 13 CR 10 LF P104 underline ON P100 emphasized mode on P914 send the string Total Axle Weight to the printer C24 print the total axle weight 10 LF 13 CR P108 reset printer fonts P916 send the string Outbound ID C79 print the truck ID number that the weight was stored under 10 LF 13 CR 10 LF P101 double height ON WESTERN SCALE CO LTD P901 send the string gross weight 08 36 33 12 01 2000 C74 print the truck loop GROSS weight 10 LF 13 CR Axle 2579 kg P902 send the string tare weight MS SS Ke C75 print the truck loop TARE weight Axle 3218 kg 10 LF 13 CR Axle 3555 kg P903 send the string net weight Total Axle Weight 12258 ka C76 print the truck loop NET weight Ree Seek LOE AR 997 P108 reset printer fonts Gross 12238 kg a Tare 9017 kg ff P114 form feed 9 lines Net 3221 kg 9 number of lines Page 72
6. Axle Weight and adds the weight to the accumulator 13 10 P913 C256 32 32 C30 C25 C259 13 10 CR LF send the string axle to the printer print the acc4 as integer number axle count add some spaces print gross weight channel 1 add gross weight to ACC1 increment the axle count in ACC4 CR LF Ticket 202 finish axle weighing print total axle weights Print the total axels and finish off the ticket 10 10 P104 P100 P914 C24 P108 13 LF LF underline ON emphasized mode on send the string Total Axle Weight to the printer print the total axle weight reset printer fonts CR P114 form feed 9 lines 9 number of lines Fringe George South Weigh Scale 07537257 12 01 2000 Axle 1 Axle 2 i 4 Axle 4 3728 k Axle 5 3810 k Total Axle Weight 17075 kg Page 57 m2000 user manual Preliminary Example 5 A multifunction ticket application This ticket program is an advanced example of what can be done with the M2000 ticket system This example incorporates reassigning functions within the ticket sending messages to the display and prompting the user for data input A cattle farmer has a truck scale that serves two purposes and he wants separate tickets for two completely different weighing applications Farmer Scott uses the scale in a truck in out fashion to weigh trucks delivering cattle feed to his farm He weighs the truck entering the farm and then weighs it empty leaving
7. The operator calls this ticket by typing 201 print select when he wants to switch to cattle weighing mode This ticket assigns ticket 206 to the IN key and ticket 207 to the OUT key Nothing is printed A quick message CATTLE is flashed to the display to indicate that we are in Cattle weighing mode Page 58 m2000 user manual Ticket 202 change the shrinkage value in percent The operator calls this ticket by typing 202 print select when he wants to enter a new shrinkage value in percent to the indicator The indicator displays the message SHRINC to prompt the operator to enter the shrinkage value Ticket 203 print the customers name and time and date This ticket is created as a sub routine to be called from other tickets This saves us from having to retype the customers name every time we need to print to the printer This ticket is called from the 3 tickets below All it does is print the customers name time and date Ticket 204 Truck In loop assigned to IN key Capture the inbound truck weight and store it with a truck ID number A ticket is printed Ticket 205 Truck Out loop assigned to OUT key Capture the outbound truck weight Get the tare weight using the an ID number and print gross tare and net Ticket 206 cattle In function assigned to IN key This ticket captures the weight on the scale and prints the header and scale weight Ticket 207 Cattle Out function assigned to OUT key This ticket asks the
8. print in underline mode A print control code is displayed as a P character followed by a control code value A table of control code values follows shortly Entering a printer control is done by pressing the decimal key twice followed by a print code number Pressing print select enters the code into the ticket string Several different print control codes are available for different printers If a specific control does not exist for your printer you can always create the ASCII escape codes for the function your want to perform Escape codes for a printer are usually found in the back of the printer s manual The following tables below list the controls codes for different printers There is also a table for dedicated common scale strings Printer codes for EPSON TM U200D U200PD Tape printer 100 Emphasized mode ON 101 Double Height ON 102 Double Width ON 103 QUAD ON 104 Underline ON 105 Underline OFF 106 Set to 9x9 font 107 Set to 7x9 font 108 Reset to NORMAL character mode 109 Set Line Spacing to 1 6inch default 110 Set Line Spacing to n 144 of an inch nis entered as a parameter following the control code 111 Double Strike mode ON 112 Double Strike mode OFF 113 Set justification n n is entered as a parameter following the control code 114 Print and feed n lines n is entered as a parameter following the control code 115 Turn upside down printing ON 116 Turn upside down print
9. print the time 32 C21 print the date 13 CR 10 LF 10 LF C71 call truck out function and ask operator for truck ID note if an invalid ID or if CLEAR is pressed the tickets aborts here C916 print string Truck ID to printer C79 print truck ID number 13 CR 10 LF sea P101 double height ON dohns s Gravel Co 02 19 17 10 01 2000 P901 send the string Gross to the printer C74 print trucks gross weight Dutbound Truck ID 12354 13 CR Grass 2000 kg aye Tare 1028 kg P902 send the string Tare to the printer Net 3972 kg C75 print trucks tare weight 13 CR 10 LF Page 51 m2000 user manual Preliminary P903 send the string Net to the printer C76 print trucks net weight 13 CR 10 LF P108 reset printer font 13 CR 10 LF P114 form feed 5 lines 5 number of lines Now that we have finished the truck in ticket and truck out ticket we will exit calibration and try them Type 200 followed by the print select key and enter an ID number The inbound ticket will be printed Add some weight to the scale and type 201 followed by the print select key The indicator will prompt you for the outbound ID number Enter the same number as you entered for inbound The indicator will now print the gross tare and net for the weighing transaction To avoid having to type 200 and 201 every time assign 200 to the IN key using parameter 92 and ticket 201 to the OUT key using parameter 93 In this example the truck inbound
10. printer The table of P codes supporting the ELTRON printer is located earlier in this section P500 enable print driver for ELTRON printer first thing that must be done P508 draw a rectangle 30 30 800 520 top left corner of rectangle is 30 30 lower right corner is 800 520 P501 move to coordinate 50 43 50 43 P504 select font 3 font type is 12x20 P505 font size is 2 2 67 79 78 84 65 73 78 69 82 32 73 68 58 32 CONTAINER ID P501 move to coordinate 413 50 413 50 P504 select font 4 font type is 14x24 P505 font size is 1 1 C305 send string captured by scanner to printer P510 draw horizontal line at 30 84 and is 770 dots long 30 84 770 P501 move to coordinate 50 110 50 110 P505 font size is 1 1 83 67 65 76 69 58 32 Receiver 1 P501 move to coordinate 50 155 50 155 Page 66 m2000 user manual P505 font size is 1 1 68 65 84 69 58 32 DATE C21 print the date P510 draw horizontal line at 30 187 and is 770 dots long 30 187 770 P501 move to coordinate 180 270 180 270 71 82 79 83 83 58 32 GROSS C30 print gross weight P501 move to coordinate 180 310 180 310 4 65 82 69 58 32 32 TARE C33 print tare weight P505 font size is 2 2 P501 move to coordinate 180 350 180 350 78 69 84 58 NET C36 print net weight P501 move to coordinate 180 350 50 453 P504 select font 4 font type is 14x24 67 111 97 116 105 110 103 32 Chemical 80 97 11
11. user to enter the number of cattle head on the scale and prints the average weight and shrinkage weight Now that we have given a quick overview of the tickets lets look at the tickets source entry below Ticket 200 Select Truck In Out Weighing This ticket reassigns keys for truck in out functions C403 sound a beep C300 send text to display 32 84 82 85 67 32 TRUC C101 assign IN key 204 ticket 204 now ticket 204 has been reassigned to IN key C102 assign OUT key 205 ticket 205 now ticket 205 has been reassigned to OUT key C405 pause 1 sec C301 reset display Page 59 m2000 user manual Preliminary Ticket 201 Select Cattle In Out Weighing This ticket reassigns keys for cattle in out functions C403 sound a beep C300 send text to display 67 65 84 8476 69 CATTLE C101 assign IN key 206 ticket 206 now ticket 206 has been reassigned to IN key C102 assign OUT key 207 ticket 207 now ticket 207 has been reassigned to OUT key C405 pause 1 sec C301 reset display Ticket 202 Set Shrinkage Value This ticket is used to enter the shrinkage value in percent C300 send text message to display 83 72 82 73 78 67 SHRINC C403 sound a beep C401 wait for keypad entry of shrinkage and store head count to ACC3 C262 copy ACC3 to ACC4 C274 copy ACC4 to ACC6 to set up the shrinkage C301 reset display to weight Ticket 203 Print Header and Time Date This ticket is used every time we have to print the customer
12. 0 32 B34 89 105 101 108 100 32 Product A P520 send command to printer to print the label required at end of ticket Page 67 m2000 user manual Preliminary Some advice when working with thermal printers is to carefully plan out the ticket Trial and error is time consuming Because you are using an X Y system you must position the text with precise coordinates Take a ruler and measure starting points of text The upper left hand corner of the ticket is 0 0 If you know the dots per inch dpi then you can calculate the X Y positions For example if the dpi is 300 then 1 inch is 300 If you want to place text starting at half an inch to the right and 1 inch from the top then X 150 and Y 300 The printer s manual will state the resolution which is usually 203dpi or 300dpi Remember carriage return and line feeds are not recognized by the thermal printer and should not be used You must change the Y coordinate for every new line you want to print on How much you increase Y by is a function of the font type and the font size Example If you are using a font type of 14x20 and a font size of 2 then the final font size is 28x40dots This means that the Y axis should be incremented at least by 45 which is the equivalent of sending a LF character Point of Point of Origin for Origin for Text Object Text Object Rotated 90 Point of Origin for BarCode Object Point of E ft Origin for Direction Of Feed
13. 0 print time 32 space WESTERN SCALE CO LTD C21 print date 08 35 42 12 01 2000 C22 Clear the ACC1 register total axle weights C257 Clear the ACC4 register axle count C259 increment axle counter to 1 Axle 1 2136 kg 13 CR 10 LF Axle 2 2184 kg C100 Assign Print Select key to ticket 201 Axle 3 2312 kg 201 ticket 201 Axle 4 2385 kg 13 CR 10 LF Total Axle Weight 9017 kg Truck ID 123 Page 70 m2000 user manual Ticket 201 Prints the Axel and Axle Weight 13 10 P913 C256 32 32 C30 C25 C259 13 10 CR LF send the string axle to the printer print the acc4 as integer number axle count add some spaces print gross weight channel 1 add gross weight to ACC1 increment the axle count in ACC4 CR LF Ticket 202 Store total inbound axle weights After the axles weighing is complete for the inbound truck the weight can be stored with an ID number This ticket is assigned to the IN key and stores the total axle weight to an ID number and prints the total axle truck weight along with the ID number If you enter a used ID number or an invalid one then the ticket aborts with nothing printed C85 13 10 P104 P100 P914 C24 10 13 P108 P906 C79 10 13 Call the truck in loop function and store the total axle weight in ACC1 Note if an invalid or used ID number is entered the ticket aborts here CR LF underline ON emphasized mode on send the string Total Axle Weight
14. H values are 48 to 49 0 9 The first non numeric ASCII character that is encountered terminates the number entry Example you want to enter the value 1000 into ACC4 So the data entry into the ticket editor would be C275 49 48 48 48 Page 35 m2000 user manual Preliminary 279 Take a percentage of ACC1 and copy the result to ACC3 The percentage value is determined by ACC6 Example ACC1 is 1000 and ACC6 is 80 ACC3 will then hold the value of 800 which is 80 of 1000 The value is rounded to the nearest division 1 2 5 If ACC6 is above 99 gt 99 then this function is not performed 280 Store ACC4 to the Loop Database with reference to the ID register and the KEY register Take the weight in ACC4 and store it in the loop database The ID number in the ID register is used as the reference If the ID number already exists then an error will be reported 281 Store ACC4 to the Loop Database with reference to the ID register and the KEY register over write mode Same as parameter 280 but does not check if the ID number already exists If the number exists then overwrite with the new value in the ACC4 register 282 Recall Loop Database value to ACC4 Searches the database using the record number in the ID register and the KEY register If the ID number does not exist then an error message is generated and the ticket aborts 284 Print all Weights in Loop Database Thi
15. II characters These values are used for entering characters into the ticket editor For example the letter A would be entered into the ticket editor as the numeric value 65 ASCII Decimal ASCII Decimal ASCII Decimal Value Value Value Space 32 64 g 96 33 A 65 a 97 6 34 B 66 b 98 35 C 67 c 99 36 D 68 d 100 37 E 69 e 101 amp 38 F 70 f 102 39 G 71 g 103 40 H 72 h 104 41 I 73 i 105 42 J 74 j 106 43 K 75 k 107 i 44 L 76 l 108 45 M 77 m 109 46 N 78 n 110 47 O 79 o 111 0 48 P 80 p 112 1 49 Q 81 q 113 2 50 R 82 r 114 3 51 S 83 s 115 4 52 T 84 t 116 5 53 U 85 u 117 6 54 y 86 Vv 118 7 55 W 87 Ww 119 8 56 X 88 x 120 9 57 Y 89 y 121 58 Z 90 Z 122 59 91 123 lt 60 92 l 124 61 93 125 gt 62 A 94 x 126 63 E 95 Special ASCII characters Carriage Return 13 T ine Feed 10 Page 46 m2000 user manual Example 1 gross tare and net Lets take a look of a simple application of creating a ticket to print the company name gross tare and net This is a simple ticket that will be assigned to the print select key To start the ticket editor use paramete
16. ator specific control code A P code is a printer specific control code More on Control Codes will be discussed later Page 27 m2000 user manual Preliminary The last 3 digits is the data display field Whatever value is displayed here represent your ASCII character If there is a C or P character displayed in front of the data field then the value shown here is a control code and not a printable ASCII character Keys used by the ticket editor Entering into ticket editor mode is done using Parameter 84 or 85 The following keys are used to edit a ticket gt 0 lt E Cau Move to the left in the ticket string Pressing the ON OFF key scrolls the display one character to the left If the address display shows 00 then you are at the beginning of the ticket Move to the right in the ticket string Pressing the ZERO key scrolls the display once to the right If you are at the end of the ticket then END will be displayed This key is used in conjunction with the above two keys Pressing the key once followed by one of the above keys will jump to the next LF character Pressing the key twice will jump to the beginning or end of the ticket Functions as an ENTER key for entering data All data entry must terminate by the print select key This important key is used to toggle between normal ASCII entry mode and Control Code mode Pressing the decimal once will display the C control code Pressing
17. e printer to change fonts and modes of operation of the printer There are tables of P codes for different printers in the previous section There is also a table of commonly used strings that will save you in typing the entire string Remember P codes are entered by pressing the decimal key twice before entering the number Page 49 m2000 user manual Preliminary Example 3 A simple Truck IN Truck Out ticket This example will make extensive use of C codes to implement a truck in and truck out program A company called John s Gravel Co sells gravel by the truckload Trucks come in empty and are weighted John s Wife uses the numbers on the license plate as the truck I D to identify the trucks coming and going The truck drives on to the scale and the IN key is pressed followed by PRINT SELECT key The indicator prompts for an ID number and the tare weight is recorded along with the ID number The truck is then loaded and is weighted to get the final gross weight A ticket is printed showing gross tare and net In this example we will take advantage of the IN key and the OUT key These keys can be assigned to tickets For this example we will the IN key for the truck in sequence and the OUT key for when the truck weighs out with a full load In this example we are creating ticket 200 for inbound and ticket 201 for outbound We are using an Epson tape printer Ticket 200 truck in loop 13 CR send a carriage return and l
18. e sent to the display using code 300 above PRINT SELECT acts as the enter key Pressing CLEAR will abort the entry and return to weighing mode 401 Keyboard Entry to ACC3 Same as 400 but is used for entering integer values not related to Page 37 m2000 user manual Preliminary weight 402 Keyboard Entry to ID register Same as 401 above but copies the keypad entry to the ID register 403 Sound a beep Sound a beep to the speaker 404 Sound a double beep Sound two quick beeps to the speaker 405 Pause for 1 sec Pause and do nothing for 1 second 500 Store Set points to Loop Database This function stores Set Points 1 6 to the database It uses the ID register as a reference to store the set points as a set of 6 records The KEY register is used to separate the 6 set points This is done automatically for you Different set point setups can be stored for different products 501 Recall Set points from Loop Database Load Set points using the ID register All 6 set points are loaded from the Database Page 38 m2000 user manual Control Codes for printer formatting Control codes for printers work exactly the same way as control codes for indicator specific functions The difference is that the code represents a control function for a specific printer An example of this would be changing the font size of the characters or sending a command to
19. er to enter an ID number It then searches the memory for a matching ID When an ID match is found the weight is retrieved If the ID number cannot be found in memory then an error is given and the ticket aborts After the weight is retrieved the ID number is deleted and its weight is deleted from memory After the weight has been retrieved from memory the function compares the retrieved inbound weight with the outbound weight currently on the scale If the inbound weight is less than the outbound weight it becomes the tare weight and the outbound weight becomes the gross weight If the inbound weight is greater than the outbound weight it becomes the gross weight and the outbound becomes the tare weight Page 32 m2000 user manual After this function is called you can use functions 74 75 76 to print the gross tare and net weights 72 Add a truck ID number and weight to database This function is similar to function 70 but stores the weight permanently in FLASH memory Up to 150 trucks can be stored 73 Recall truck ID from database This function searches the FLASH memory for a matching ID number The weight is then retrieved and stored in the inbound weight register The ID number is not deleted from the database The outbound weight register gets updated with the current weight on the display 74 Print Truck loop GROSS weight Prints the gross weight from the truck loop database Note that thi
20. ey will display the number of tickets in the buffer 87 Display Memory This function displays how much of the ticket memory has been used for tickets The M2000 has 2Kbytes for tickets 88 Clear Ticket Memory This parameter totally wipes the ticket memory All ticket data will be lost 89 Delete Ticket To delete a ticket press 89 followed by the print select key The display will prompt you with TIC Enter the ticket that you want to delete followed by the print select key 91 Assign PRINT SELECT key This parameter allows you to select which ticket will be the default ticket when the indicator powers up So when Print is pressed for the first time the ticket number that is set in this parameter will be used to print the ticket 92 Assign IN key The IN key on the keypad can be assigned a ticket number Normally this intended for a ticket for a truck in sequence 93 Assign OUT key The OUT key is the same as the IN key and can be assigned a ticket number This key is normally used for truck out sequence 95 Assign Barcode Scanner key If you are using a barcode scanner with the M2000 you have the option of printing a ticket when a scanner scans a barcode Assign the ticket number you want to print or enter 0 to disable printing Page 26 m2000 user manual The Ticket Editor The ticket editor is used to modify your ticket data Ticket data is composed of standard ASCII characters used to define the characters printed on the pr
21. idth default 7 Set the wide bar width in dots Valid values are 2 30 See printer s user manual for more information This is a function of the type of bar code you are printing The value following this parameter sets the width 518 Set Bar Height default 200 The value following this parameter sets the height of the bar code in pixels 519 Print Bar Code Any text that is in the string register is sent to the printer as a barcode This is where the barcode is generated Use C codes to build the string in the string register If a barcode scanner is connected to the M2000 then what ever is scanned last is in the string register 520 Execute Print This should be the last command in the ticket This tells the printer that the print image is complete and to print it to paper Page 44 m2000 user manual Printer Codes for Predefined Strings 901 Gross 902 Tare 903 Net 904 Total 905 Customer Number 906 Truck ID 907 Inbound Weight 908 Outbound Weight 909 Scale Weight 910 Head Count 911 Average Weight lt 912 Weigh Draft 913 Axle 914 Total Axle Weight 915 Inbound ID 916 Outbound ID Page 45 m2000 user manual Preliminary Table of ASCII characters The table below shows the decimal values for ASC
22. ime and date This ticket will be called from the other two tickets This example uses C code C103 to jump to another ticket from within a ticket Lets have a look at all three tickets again 200 201 203 Ticket 200 truck in loop C103 jump to another ticket 203 and print it 203 ticket 203 is called to print the ticket header time and date C70 call truck in function and ask operator for truck ID note if an invalid ID or if CLEAR is pressed the tickets P115 print string Inbound Truck ID to printer C79 print truck ID number 13 CR 10 LF P101 turn on the double height for larger fonts P909 send the string Truck Weight C30 print the gross weight of the truck on the scale P108 reset the printer fonts 13 CR P114 form feed multiple lines 9 number of lines for form feed is 9 The above ticket is identical to the ticket in example 3 but we stripped away the company name and the time and date Page 53 m2000 user manual Preliminary Ticket 201 truck out loop C103 jump to another ticket 203 and print it 203 ticket 203 is called to print the ticket header time and date C71 call truck out function and ask operator for truck ID note if an invalid ID or if CLEAR is pressed the tickets aborts here C916 print string Truck ID to printer C79 print truck ID number 13 CR 10 LF P101 double height ON P901 send the string Gross to the printer C74 print trucks gross weight 13 CR 10 LF P902 se
23. ine feed to start with to the printer just a habit 10 LF P100 set the printer to emphasized mode darker letters P101 turn on the double height for larger fonts P104 turn on underline mode 74 111 104 110 115 96 115 32 71 114 97 118 101 108 32 67 111 John s Gravel Co P108 reset the printer fonts 13 CR 10 LF 10 LF C20 print the time 32 d m m Cri print the d dohns s Gravel Co 13 CR Sis3ie41 10 01 2000 10 LF C70 call truck in function and ask operator for truck ID Inbound Truck ID 1234 note if an invalid ID or if CLEAR is pressed the tickets Scale Weight 1074 kg P115 print string Inbound Truck ID to printer C79 print truck ID number 13 CR 10 LF Page 50 m2000 user manual P101 turn on the double height for larger fonts P909 send the string Truck Weight C30 print the gross weight of the truck on the scale P108 reset the printer fonts 13 CR P114 form feed multiple lines 9 number of lines for form feed is 9 The above ticket handles the truck in part Now we will create the truck out part Ticket 201 truck out loop 13 CR send a carriage return and line feed to start with to the printer just a habit 10 LF P100 _ set the printer to emphasized mode darker letters P101 turn on the double height for larger fonts P104 turn on underline mode 74 111 104 110 115 96 115 32 71 114 97 118 101 108 32 67 111 John s Gravel Co P108 reset the printer fonts 13 CR 10 LF C20
24. ing ACC1 register for outbound weight Recall weight by ID from memory when a truck leaves the facility This function searches the memory for a truck by it s ID number Page 30 m2000 user manual entered using parameter 85 above This function prompts the user to enter an ID number It then searches the memory for a matching ID When an ID match is found the weight is retrieved If the ID number cannot be found in memory then an error is given and the ticket aborts After the weight is retrieved the ID number is deleted and its weight is deleted from memory After the weight has been retrieved from memory the function compares the retrieved inbound weight with the outbound weight currently stored in ACC 1 If the inbound weight is less than the outbound weight it becomes the tare weight and the outbound weight becomes the gross weight If the inbound weight is greater than the outbound weight it becomes the gross weight and the outbound becomes the tare weight After this function is called you can use functions 74 75 76 to print gross tare and net weights 26 Clear ticket counter register to 0 There is an internal counter that can be incremented This can be serializing tickets and counting axels This function clears the counter to zero 27 Increment Ticket Counter by 1 Increments the internal counter by 1 28 Print ticket counter count value Prints the 3 digi
25. ing OFF Page 39 m2000 user manual Preliminary Printer Codes for EPSON TM U295 U295P Slip Printer 201 Double Height ON 202 Double Width ON 203 QUAD ON 204 Underline ON 205 Underline OFF 206 Set to 5x7 Font size 207 Set to 7x7 Font size 208 Return to Normal character mode 214 Print and Feed n lines nis entered as a parameter following the control code 215 Turn upside down mode printing ON 216 Turn upside down mode printing OFF 217 Paper Release Printer Codes for Epson compatible line printers 300 Emphasized mode ON 301 Emphasized mode OFF 302 Double Strike ON 303 Double Strike OFF 304 Underline ON 305 Underline OFF 306 Expanded mode ON 307 Expanded mode OFF 308 Italics ON 309 Italics OFF 310 1 8 line spacing 311 7 72 line spacing 312 1 16 line spacing default 313 n 72 line spacing nis entered as a parameter following the control code 314 n 216 line spacing nis entered as a parameter following the control code 315 Set the form length in n lines nis entered as a parameter following the control code 316 Set the form length in n inches nis entered as a parameter following the control code 317 Set the right margin n nis entered as a parameter following the control code 318 Set the left margin n nis entered as a parameter following the control code 319 Set letter quality mode ON 320 Turn letter quality mode OFF
26. inter Control function codes are embedded in the ticket strings to send control codes to the printer Because all character entry is ASCII any escape control function for your printer can be generated Special printer control codes for example for a paper cutter on a printer or switching to a different color ribbon can be implemented Your printer user manual should have a table of escape codes in the back of the manual The M2000 also has a library of commonly used escape codes for your printer to choose from Editing Tickets To create a new ticket enter parameter 84 while in calibration mode The indicator will search for the next available ticket number and flash briefly the ticket number that you will be using The display will then go into ticket editor mode When you are in the ticket editor the display will change to the format below 00 CQ00 Address Control Data The first 2 digits represent the address or character position in your ticket string It is a 2 digit address that rolls over to zero again if your ticket exceeds 99 characters It is only used as a reference for when you are scrolling through your ticket string Your ticket can be longer than 99 characters The C character in the middle of the display is the control code indicator and may or may not be displayed If a C or P character is displayed then this indicates that the data value shown is a Control Code A C code represents an indic
27. it again will display P and pressing the decimal key for the third time will return you back to ASCII entry mode You may press the CLEAR key at any time to abort command mode and return the display back to its previous state After you have pressed the decimal key you then enter the numeric value followed by the PRINT SELECT key You have now entered a control code Page 28 m2000 user manual More on Control codes As mentioned the above control codes are entered using the decimal key prior to entering a code number Control codes represent functions such as printing time and date or weight on a ticket When the indicator sees a control code in the ticket string while printing a specific indicator control function is performed A table listing of control codes follows shortly When editing a ticket any value with a preceding C character means it is a control code or C code How to exit the ticket editor To exit the ticket editor use control code C99 decimal followed by 99 print select to return back to calibration mode If you want to exit abandoning changes use C98 Tickets are not permanently saved until you exit calibration mode and return back to weighing mode How to delete a character in the editor To delete a character entry in the ticket editor use control C1 decimal 1 print select to delete a character How to overwrite a character To overwrite a character entry use C2 decimal 2 print select The edit
28. l some perform internal operations inside the indicator To enter an indicator specific control code press the decimal key you will see the C character appear followed by the numeric code from the table below Press the PRINT SELECT key to accept the code You may also press CLEAR to cancel the code entry Ticket Specific Control Codes 20 Print time HH MM SS Print the time from the internal real time clock 21 Print Date YY MM DD Print the date from the real time clock 22 Clear ACC1 register Internal accumulator register for accumulating weight This will be cleared to 0 23 Add Displayed Weight to total of ACC1 Add whatever weight is on the display to the accumulator register This can be GROSS or NET weight depending what mode the indicator is in 24 Print ACC1 register Print the value in the accumulator register 25 Add Gross Weight to total ACC1 weight Same as parameter 23 but the GROSS weight is added to the accumulator regardless if the indicator is in NET mode or not 85 Store ACC1 register to Truck IN loop This function is used for truck in truck out weighting Store weight in ACC1by ID number to memory This function prompts the user to enter an ID number from the keypad The ID is checked and an error is given if there are duplicate ID numbers When a duplicate ID number is found the ticket aborts Use parameter 86 below to retrieve the stored weight 86 Truck OUT loop us
29. loop printed a ticket for the truck driver In some cases a ticket would not be required to be printed for the inbound truck You could just edit ticket 200 and remove the ticket printing text and codes Another importing thing to mention is that the ticket header time and date is entered twice for this application You could create a separate ticket 202 that just prints the company name along with time and date Use C code C103 to call that ticket from tickets 200 and 201 This cuts down on the amount of retyping you have to do In the truck out sequence we used C codes C74 C75 C76 to print the gross tare and net weights calculated from the weight captured in the truck in function When the truck out function C71 is called it looks up the tare weight stored previously using the C code C70 When the truck ID number is found it is then deleted from memory Noticed that we used 39 66 P codes to print gross tare and net strings rather than spelling them out manually See the next example for an improved ticket design Page 52 m2000 user manual Example 4 An improved truck in truck out This example is identical to example 3 If you look at example 3 you will notice that you had to repeat the company s name and time and date for both the inbound and outbound tickets This example shows how to eliminate this This example uses 3 tickets Ticket 203 will be used for the sole purpose of printing the companies name and t
30. m2000 user manual Preliminary Parameter 83 TIME FORMAT MODE This parameter controls if your using 12 hour or 24 hour military time clock settings If you are using 12 hour mode then you must also indicate whether you are currently in AM or PM To change or view the time format enter 83 followed by the Print Select Key Enter 0 1 or 2 followed by the TARE key to change the mode The values are shown below e Enter 0 for 24 hour mode e Enter 1 for 12 hour mode AM e Enter 2 for 12 hour mode PM You may press CLEAR at any time to cancel Battery Replacement on the M2000 The M2000 uses a 3V Lithium Battery to run the real time clock and backup the indicators memory Power is drawn from the battery only when the indicator is disconnected from the 12V supply So if the indicator is in regular use then the battery should have a long lifespan Testing Battery calibration mode Parameter 244 in calibration can be used to take a measurement of the 3V lithium battery Voltage levels are in mV and can be interpreted below 3000 3V and above considered good 2700 2 7V and above considered acceptable 2600 2 6V and below considered as low replace battery Replacing Battery The back cover of the indicator has to be removed to replace the battery Once removed you will see in the left corner a coin size battery in a battery holder Using your fingers grab each edge of the battery and gently pull on an angle removing the battery from
31. n the cows ear tag with a KEY set to 1 Three months later he wants to weigh the herd again to see how much they have increased in weight The farmer still wants to keep his old weights to compare against The KEY number is changed to 2 This allows all the ID tags to be reentered into the database as a separate table not interfering with the cattle weight using KEY 1 291 Change the database KEY to 1 292 Change the database KEY to 2 293 Change the database KEY to 3 294 Change the database KEY to 4 295 Change the database KEY to 5 296 Change the database KEY to 6 297 Change the database KEY to 7 298 Change the database KEY to 8 299 Change the database KEY to 9 300 Send Text to Display This is a powerful feature that allows text to be sent to the 6 digit LED display This is used to send prompts to the user and is usually used in conjunction with keypad entry Six characters must follow after this command including spaces ASCII codes allowed are 65 90 A Z and 49 59 0 9 and 32 space Avoid using characters M W and X as they cannot be displayed clearly 301 Reset Display This may be required when using 300 This function clears the display returns back to weight display mode 400 Keyboard Entry to ACC3 Wait for a keyboard entry and copy the weight value entered to ACC3 It is recommended that a user prompt b
32. nd the string Tare to the printer C75 print trucks tare weight 13 CR 10 LF P903 send the string Net to the printer C76 print trucks net weight 13 CR 10 LF P108 reset printer font 13 CR 10 LF P114 form feed 5 lines 5 number of lines is 5 Once again the above ticket is the same as in example 3 We print the company name from ticket 203 Page 54 m2000 user manual Ticket 203 Company name time and date The ticket below prints the company name and time and date 13 CR send a carriage return and line feed to start with to the printer just a habit 10 LF P100 set the printer to emphasized mode darker letters P101 turn on the double height for larger fonts P104 turn on underline mode 74 111 104 110 115 96 115 32 71 114 97 118 101 108 32 67 111 John s Gravel Co P108 reset the printer fonts 13 CR 10 LF C20 print the time 32 C21 print the date 13 CR 10 LF 10 LF Using the C code C103 is very useful for these types of situations Whenever you have multiple tickets that print the same thing twice company name time and date it is recommended that you create a dedicated ticket for this Page 55 m2000 user manual Preliminary Example 5 Axle Weighing This ticket was designed for safety inspectors that check axle weights on trucks using an axle scale Once again we use an Epson tape printer This ticket program is split over three different tickets that perform different functi
33. ons The inspector starts the weighing process by using the IN key This prints the ticket header and clears the accumulator registers When the trucks axle is positioned over the scale the PRINT SELECT key is pressed to capture and print the axle weight This is repeated for each axle on the scale When the truck is finished being weighed then the OUT key is used to complete the ticket and print the total axle weights The tickets are defined and their keys are assigned IN key is assigned to ticket 200 and is used to start the axle weighing process PRINT SELECT key is assigned to ticket 201 and is used to weigh an axle OUT key is assigned to ticket 202 and is used to end the axle weighing sequence Ticket 200 start of axle weighing This ticket prints the site location time date and clears the accumulators used to total axle weights and axle counts 13 CR 10 LF P100 emphasized mode on P101 double height ON P104 underline ON 80 114 105 110 103 101 32 Prince 71 101 111 114 103 101 32 83 111 117 116 104 32 George South 87 101 105 103 104 32 83 99 97 108 101 Weight Scale P108 reset printer fonts 13 CR 10 LF C20 print time 32 space C21 print date C22 Clear the ACC1 register total axle weights C257 Clear the ACC4 register axle count C259 increment axle counter to 1 13 CR 10 LF Page 56 m2000 user manual Ticket 201 print an axle number and axle weight This Ticket Prints the Axel and
34. ons The factory default is COMI setup for printing at 9600 baud Note If you try and print and there is motion or the scale is overweight then a message will scroll across the display Cannot Print It is important to understand that if you are in Channel 1 and Channel 3 is overweight or not connected to a load cell then you still will get the cannot print message even if you are not on Channel 3 Make sure that unused channels are disabled in Calibration using parameter 98 To edit or create a new ticket you must be in calibration mode Calibration parameters used for ticket editing The following calibration parameters are used for working with tickets 84 Add a new ticket If you are creating a new ticket from scratch then press parameter 84 followed by the print select key The indicator will search for the next available empty ticket number This number will be displayed on the display as TICXXX where XXX is the new ticket number Make note of this number as you will need this number to recall the ticket later The indicators display will switch to the ticket editor Page 25 m2000 user manual Preliminary 85 Edit exiting ticket If you want to make changes to an existing ticket press 85 followed by the print select key You will be prompt with the message TIC Enter the ticket you want to edit If the ticket exits the display will go into ticket edit mode 86 Number of tickets Press 86 followed by the print select k
35. or will replace the entry with zeroes signaling for you to enter in the new value Note that when you press print select to enter the new value the editor will not increment to the next location automatically How to insert a character in the editor You can insert a character any time The editor is always in insert mode To insert a new entry in between other characters simply position the editor where you want to insert a character in the ticket and type in a new character The character that was displayed on the display prior to you inserting a new character is pushed forward one in the ticket to make room for the new character entry Example You have a ticket with the letters ABDEF You want to insert the letter C Move the editor to point to D and type in the letter C The ticket will now be ABCDEF Note the above example shows letters you would actually be seeing ASCII numeric values in the editor How to Jump to the beginning or end of the ticket Double press the TARE key followed by the direction you want to jump Use the ON OFF key to jump the beginning and the ZERO key to jump to the end of the ticket Page 29 m2000 user manual Preliminary If you only press the TARE key once you will jump forward or backwards to the next LINE FEED character character 10 Indicator Specific Function Codes The following codes in the table below are used in tickets to execute indicator specific print functions Not all codes print at al
36. ows as the next entry after this command 502 Set the Vertical start position Y in dots default Y 50 Thermal Printers use an X Y coordinate system Text and barcodes are printed at the position that X and Y are pointing to The Y position follows as the next entry after this command 503 Set the rotation of printing default no rotation This command sets how the printer is going to print text or barcodes The next value after command 503 sets the rotation value 0 no rotation default 1 90 degrees 2 180 degrees 3 270 degrees 504 Set the font selection default 4 This function sets the fonts to be printed The next value sets the font selection and is between 1 5 The type of fonts depends on the printer model you are using Consult manual 1 8x12 dots 203dpi or 12x20 dots 300dpi 2 10x16 dots 203dpi or 16x28 dots 300dpi 3 12x20 dots 203dpi or 20x36 dots 300dpi 4 14x24 dots 203dpi or 24x44 dots 300dpi 5 32x48 dots 203dpi or 48x80 dots 300dpi 505 Control the font size default 3 This parameter controls how big the fonts are to be The value that follows this parameter scales the font size larger 506 Set the print density darkness of printing This values controls how dark you want to print Values are 0 15 You only need to use this command if the printer s default is too dark to light The next entry sets the value 507 Print graphic LOGO
37. ple 2 gross tare and net improved Lets improve on the ticket we did in example 1 and take advantage of the special printer code fonts for the Epson tape printer You will also notice below that we did not type in Gross Tare and Net but used predefined strings called through P codes The improved ticket looks like this 13 CR send a carriage return and line feed to start with to the printer just a habit 10 LF P100 set the printer to emphasized mode darker letters P101 turn on the double height for larger fonts P104 turn on underline mode 7 101 115 116 101 114 110 32 83 99 97 108 101 32 67 111 46 Western Scale Co P108 reset the printer fonts 13 CR 10 LF C20 print the time 32 C21 print the date 13 CR 10 LF Western Scale Co 10 LF 11 37 12 09 01 2000 Gross 1045 kg P101 turn on the double height for larger fonts P901 send the string Gross to the printer C30 print gross weight i e Tare 416 kg 10 LF Net 429 kg P902 send the string Tare to the printer C33 print tare weight 13 CR 10 LF P903 send the string Net to the printer C36 print net weight P108 reset the printer fonts CR carriage return P114 form feed multiple lines 9 number of lines for form feed is 9 Page 48 m2000 user manual This ticket looks dramatically better and was a bit easier to enter Notice the extensive use of P codes These codes call routines that send control codes to th
38. r s manual for the table of bar code formats supported Barcode types are selected from a table The values following the parameter are ASCII characters that are either one or more characters long Here is a short list of Bar Codes types to select from Code 39 std or extended 3 default Code 39 with check digit 30 Code 93 9 Code 128 auto ABC modes 1 Codabar K EANS8 E80 EAN13 E35 Interleaved 2 of 5 2 Postnet 5 6 8 digit P UCC EAN 128 1E UPC UA0 The above letters in quotes are to follow the parameter to select the proper bar code Code 39 is the factory default See the example below Page 43 m2000 user manual Preliminary Example to select bar code printing of type UPC enter P541 85 80 48 where 85 is the ASCII code for U and 80 is A and 48 is 0 To change the barcode to Code 39 enter P541 51 where 51 is the ASCII character for 3 Consult the printer s manual for full table of different bar codes that you can choose from and their limitations 515 Disable Human Readable Code This parameter disables the text that is normally printed under the barcode 516 Set Narrow Width default 3 Set the narrow bar width in dots Valid values are 2 10 See printer s user manual for more information This is a function of the type of bar code you are printing The value following this parameter sets the width 517 Set Wide W
39. r 84 in calibration mode to create a new ticket Let assume that this will be ticket number 200 Remember tickets can be assigned between 200 and 300 The company name on the ticket will be Western Scale Lets lay out the ticket below on a line by line basis We will use an Epson tape printer 13 CR send a carriage return and line feed to start with to the printer ust a habit 10 LF 7 101 115 116 101 114 110 32 83 99 97 108 101 32 67 111 46 Western Scale Co 13 CR 10 LF C20 print the time 32 C21 print the date 13 CR 10 LF 10 LF 71 114 111 115 115 32 Gross Western Scale Co C30 print gross weight 11 17 42 09 01 2000 13 CR TNT 10 LF ross 1030 kg 9 Tare 341 kg Net 689 k 84 97 114 101 32 32 Tare Q C33 print tare weight 13 CR 10 LF 78 101 116 32 32 32 Net C36 print net weight 13 CR 10 LF The bold numbers above are entered in the ticket editor one number at a time Remember when there is a C in front of the number it is a control code and is entered by pressing Page 47 m2000 user manual Preliminary the decimal key prior to entering the number For example C20 will print the time on the printer When you have exited calibration mode you can call your ticket by entering 200 followed by the print select key To avoid having to key the ticket number every time you want to print you can assign ticket 200 to the print select key using parameter 91 in calibration Exam
40. r for the head count of how many head of cattle that are on the scale The ticket then prints the head count the average head weight and shrinkage weight of the cattle on the scale 13 CR 10 LF C300 send text message to display 32 72 69 65 68 32 HEAD C403 sound a beep C401 wait for keypad entry of head count and store head count to ACC3 P910 send the string Head Count to the printer C262 copy ACC3 to ACC4 C256 print ACC4 that holds a copy of the head count 13 CR 10 LF P911 send the string Average Weight to the printer C253 ACC4 ACC1 ACC3_ divide ACC1 with head count stored in ACC3 C255 print weight in ACC4 13 CR 10 LF 3 104 114 105 110 107 97 103 101 40 Shrinkage C267 copy ACC6 to ACC4 ACC6 holds the percent value C256 print ACC4 as integer 37 41 58 32 C279 calculate the ACC6 percent of ACC1 and store result in ACC3 C254 ACC4 ACC1 ACC3 calculate final shrinkage weight C255 print the shrinkage weight stored in ACC4 13 CR 10 LF P114 form feed 5 lines 9 number of lines Page 64 m2000 user manual Example 6 Thermal Printer and Bar Code Scanner Graphic Thermal printers are completely different from traditional dot matrix printers A thermal printer generates a bit image in memory and then prints it Thermal printers use X and Y coordinates to position text line drawing and barcodes There are no such things as carriage return or line feeds This might take a little ge
41. s weight is updated after parameter 71 is called 75 Print Truck loop TARE weight Prints the tare weight from the truck loop database Note that this weight is updated after parameter 71 is called 76 Print Truck loop NET weight truck loop Gross truck loop NET Note that this weight is updated after parameter 71 is called 77 Print Tare weight time stamp When a truck weight is stored to the database using parameter 70 the time and date is stored with it You can use this function to print the time stamp when the truck weighed in 78 Print Gross weight time stamp Same as parameter 77 but prints the current time and date for the final outbound transaction 79 Print the current ticket ID Prints the number in the ID register that was entered for truck in or out Page 33 m2000 user manual Preliminary 100 Reassign Ticket number to Print Select key This is a powerful feature that allows you to reassign another ticket to the Print Select key An example of this is in axle weighing The first key press prints the header and time date and the first axle After that a new ticket is assigned to the Print Select key so that every subsequent key press prints only axles The next ASCII value following this command code is the ticket number to reassign to Invalid ticket numbers are ignored 101 Reassign Ticket number to IN key Same function as parameter 100 but reassigns a ticket number to the IN key 102 Reas
42. s function prints all the weights in the Loop selected by the KEY If KEY 0 they all used records in the database are printed Changing the KEY allows you print selected records The format printed is lt ID number gt lt TIME DATE gt lt WEIGHT gt TIME DATE is the time stamp of when the weight was recorded A tape printer is recommended for this function Pressing the CLEAR key will abort this function and return back to weighing mode 285 Print all Weights in Loop Database no TIME DATE Same as 285 without TIME and DATE 287 Calculate Average Weight This function scans through the Loop Database and calculates the average weight of all the weights it finds under the KEY The average weight is placed in ACC4 288 Search for Largest Weight Same as 287 but searches for the largest weight and stores it in ACC4 289 Search for Smallest Weight Same as 287 but searches for the smallest weight and stores it in ACC4 Page 36 m2000 user manual 290 Change the database KEY to 0 The database KEY is used to created multiple tables referenced by a KEY number When the KEY is zero then the key is disabled and the database is treated as one large database table Changing the KEY allows you to change tables KEYS can have a value of 1 9 to select a different table For example lets say you are weighing cattle on a farm The cows weights are stored in the database reference to an ID number o
43. sign Ticket number to OUT key Same function as parameter 100 but reassigns a ticket number to the OUT key 103 Call and Return to another Ticket number Jumps to another ticket number This is handy for example if you have one ticket assigned to print the company header time and date You can call this ticket from another ticket every time you need to repeat the function When the end of the called ticket has been reached it returns to the ticket it was called from and that ticket continues where it left off The next ASCII value following this command code C103 is the ticket number to jump to Invalid tickets numbers are ignored Not available on this version of software To be added soon 200 Copy Displayed Weight to ACC1 What ever weight is on the display is copied to ACC1 201 Copy Gross Weight to ACC1 Same as 201 but only the gross weight is copied regardless if the display is in net 220 Clear ACC2 register Internal accumulator2 register for accumulating weight This will be cleared to 0 230 Add Displayed Weight to total of ACC2 Add whatever weight is on the display to the accumulator register This can be GROSS or NET weight depending what mode the indicator is in 240 Print ACC2 register Print the value in the accumulator register 250 Add Gross Weight to total ACC2 weight Same as parameter 230 but the GROSS weight is added to the accumulator2 regardle
44. ss if the indicator is in NET mode or not Page 34 m2000 user manual 251 ACC4 ACC1 ACC2 252 253 ACC4 ACC1 ACC3 If ACC3 is zero then the division is aborted and ACC2 remains unchanged 254 ACC4 ACC1 ACC3 255 Print ACC4 register Print the weight value in the accumulator register 256 Print ACC4 as an integer number not formatted as weight Same as 255 but prints the register as it with no weight formatting Use this code when you are printing none weight specific numbers 257 Clear ACC4 to 0 258 Decrement ACC4 by 1 259 Increment ACC4 by 1 260 Copy ACC1 to ACC4 261 Copy ACC2 to ACC4 262 Copy ACC3 to ACC4 263 Copy ID register to ACC4 264 Copy Ticket Counter to ACC4 265 Copy Inbound Weight register to ACC4 266 Copy Outbound Weight register to ACC4 267 Copy ACC6 to ACC4 268 Copy KEY to ACC4 269 Copy ACC4 to KEY 270 Copy ACC4 to ACC1 271 Copy ACC4 to ACC2 272 Copy ACC4 to ACC3 273 Copy ACC4 to ID register 274 Copy ACC4 to ACC6 275 Initialize ACC4 with values 0 999 Use this code to load a value into the accumulator The next data entry after C275 is the value loaded If you need to enter a value larger than 999 then use code 276 276 Initialize value in ACC4 This function allows you to embed values within the ticket After command C275 the indicator looks for ASCII characters that represents numbers The only legal ASC
45. t internal counter value 30 Print gross weight Ch 1 31 Print gross weight Ch 2 32 Print gross weight Ch 3 33 Print tare weight Ch 1 34 Print tare weight Ch 2 35 Print tare weight Ch 3 36 Print net weight Ch 1 37 Print net weight Ch 2 38 Print net weight Ch 3 39 Print total of all active channels Whatever channels are active will be summed and printed Page 31 m2000 user manual Preliminary 50 Turn Unit printing OFF Whenever a weight is printed the units kg or lbs will follow the weight depending on the units of weight being printed This functions turns unit printing off 51 Turn Unit printing ON Only required to be used if unit printing was turned off earlier Unit printing is on by default 70 Truck IN loop This function is used for truck in truck out weighting Store weight by ID number to memory when a truck enters the facility This function prompts the user to enter an ID number from the keypad The ID is checked and an error is given if there are duplicate ID numbers When a duplicate ID number is found the ticket aborts The weight in stored together with the entered ID number and time and date Use parameter 71 below to retrieve the stored weight 71 Truck OUT loop Recall weight by ID from memory when a truck leaves the facility This function searches the memory for a truck by it ID number entered using parameter 70 above This function prompts the us
46. the holder Replace the battery with a type RENATA CR2450N 3V 540mAh lithium battery or equivalent This battery should be available at an electronics store like Radio Shack Note Never use metal objects such as screwdrivers to remove the battery This can result short circuiting the battery and damaging the indicator and is dangerous Page 24 m2000 user manual Printing with the M2000 Tickets can be created and edited in the M2000 The M2000 can hold several different ticket formats for different applications Tickets are stored and called by ticket numbers Ticket numbers can be anywhere between 200 and 299 and is assigned by the indicator when you create a new ticket You can have several tickets in the ticket buffer To recall a ticket you must enter the ticket number followed by the Print Select key For example to print ticket 201 enter 201 followed by the print select Ticket 201 will be printed The indicator always remembers the last ticket number printed So if you press Print Select again the last ticket number used is printed If you want to change the ticket to 205 enter 205 followed by the print select key and the indicator will now print ticket 205 until it is changed Default ticket numbers can be assigned automatically when the indicator powers up Note It is important to note that in order to print tickets that COM ports on the M2000 must be set up to do so See parameters 34 and 35 is the section on serial communicati
47. the truck under that ID number The trucks gross tare and net weights are printed C71 call the truck outbound loop function to get user ID Note that if a bad ID is entered the ticket aborts if the ID is OK then the ticket continues below C103 make a call function to another ticket 203 ticket 203 is called to print the ticket header time and date C906 send string Truck ID to printer C79 send truck ID number 13 CR 10 LF P101 double height ON P901 send the string Gross to the printer C74 print trucks gross weight 13 CR 10 LF P902 send the string Tare to the printer C75 print trucks tare weight 13 CR 10 LF P903 send the string Net to the printer C76 print trucks net weight 13 CR 10 LF P108 reset printer font 13 CR 10 LF P114 form feed 5 lines 5 number of lines Page 62 m2000 user manual Ticket 206 Cattle IN sequence This ticket prints the customer s name time and date It also prints the weight of the cattle that are on the scale The cattle weight is stored for later use C103 make a call function to another ticket 203 ticket 203 is called to print the ticket header time and date 13 CR 10 LF P101 double height ON P909 send Scale Weight string to printer C30 print gross weight P108 reset printer font C200 copy gross weight to ACC1 13 CR 10 LF Page 63 m2000 user manual Preliminary Ticket 207 Cattle OUT sequence This ticket prompts the use
48. the farm He uses the net weight of the truck to make sure he is getting the amount of feed he ordered The truck scale is fenced in He can close gates on each end of the scale This is used to weight lots of cattle before shipping them onto trucks Cattle are herded onto the scale and the gates are closed A scale weight is captured The indicator then asks for a head count of the number of cattle on the scale From that information the indicator prints a ticket showing the scale weight the number of head of cattle and the cattle average weight It also prints the cattle s shrinkage weight Shrinkage is the weight taking into account the there will water loss from the cattle from natural causes and they will weigh less when they reach their final destination This is an advance program requiring 8 tickets Not all the tickets actually print to the printer Tickets 200 to 203 perform internal operations on the indicator Think of these tickets as small modules that perform different tasks We will summarize the tickets created below Ticket 200 switch the indicator to truck weighing mode The operator calls this ticket by typing 200 print select when he wants to switch to truck weighing mode This ticket assigns ticket 204 to the IN key and ticket 205 to the OUT key Nothing is printed A quick message TRUC is flashed to the display to indicate that we are in Truck weighing mode Ticket 201 switch the indicator to cattle weighing mode
49. tting used to The M2000 hides a lot of the complexities of using thermal printers through predefined P code functions The application below will show an example of a thermal printer used together with a bar code scanner A chemical company receives large totes of chemical X for a special process The chemicals are weighed on a pallet jack The chemical bin codes are in bar code form on the side of the tote The operator scans the barcode on the tote with a scanner and a thermal printer prints a sticker that is applied to the side of the tote The sticker contains the weight and the bin code numbers that were obtained from the barcode The ticket below will be created as ticket 200 The ticket is printed either by pressing the print key or when the scanner scans a barcode Parameter 95 is used to assign ticket 200 to the scanner Anytime the operator scans a bar code the indicator will automatically print a ticket An example of the ticket is shown below Notice the line drawing in the ticket Line drawing is done by sending box and line drawing commands to the printer These commands are shown in the ticket source on the following 2 pages which shows you exactly how this ticket was created CONTAINER ID 1 123456789101121 SCALE Receiver 1 DATE 12 01 2000 a GROSS 188 4 kg TARE 76 6 kg NET 111 8 kg Chemical B34 Product A Page 65 m2000 user manual Preliminary Ticket source below for the ELTRON thermal
50. will be used for this application and they are discussed below Ticket 200 This ticket will be used for the axle weighing procedure It prints the time and date and the company name Clears the accumulators to zero and prepares the axle weighing procedure This ticket starts the axle weighing process You must enter 200 print select to start axle weighing Ticket 201 This ticket is assigned to the print select key Every time you press the Print Select key an axle weight will be recorded and printed Ticket 202 This ticket is assigned to the IN key and is used to record the truck IN weight Pressing the IN key will total all the axle weights and store them under an ID number So after you are done with axle weighing started by ticket 200 you would then finish the axle weighing for the inbound truck by pressing the IN key followed by print select Page 69 m2000 user manual Preliminary Ticket 203 This ticket is assigned to the OUT key and completes the weighing transaction It totalizes the outbound axles weights and then prompts the user to enter an ID number to retrieve the stored TARE weight It finishes the ticket off by printing the gross tare and net weights Ticket 200 Start the axle weighing 13 CR 10 LF P100 emphasized mode on P101 double height ON P104 underline ON 87 69 83 84 69 82 78 32 WESTERN 83 67 65 76 69 32 67 79 46 32 76 84 68 46 SCALE CO LTD P108 reset printer fonts 13 CR 10 LF C2
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