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9.8 Serial Scale Interface

Serial port 1 can be configured for serial scale input. The serial scale function allows other scale indicators to

send gross, or net weight data to

Counterpart. Once the serial port has been configured to accept scale data, the

data format can be customized to match the data stream sent by that indicator. See Figure 3-10 on page 36 for

information setting up.

To set up and configure a serial scale, do the following:

1. Under the SERIAL menu, select Port 1 and scroll over to IND

SC (industrial serial scale) or SCALE

(Legal-for-Trade), depending on what is required. This enables Scale 3. For operation with the counting

functions, the type must be set to IND SC.

2. Match up the baud rates (9600), data bits and parity

, and stop bits, and this becomes SCALE 3.

3. Set the format under the SFMT parameter to match the

format sent by the serial scale.

An example of the default serial scale format is:

Where:

<STX> STX character

Polarity

<W7> Seven characters of net data with decimal pt

Units

<M> Mode

<S> Status

<CR> Carriage return

Note that industrial serial scales (IND SC) do not require the <M>, and <S> identifiers. However, the units

and number of decimal places must be specified. Units can be selected from the FORMAT menu; decimal places

should be indicated with a w-spec identifier. For example, a seven-digit weight reading requiring two decimal

places should be specified as <W7.2> rather than <W7>.

To change or match formats, use the

same path to change formats.