Specifications

Scale Programming 53
6.2.1 Item Database File Format
This utility will also allow you to compile an item database in Microsoft Excel which can then be downloaded to
the scale. In some situations this may be easier than entering the data directly from the DC-300’s keyboard. The
Item database is imported or exported in CSV format which can be opened in Microsoft Excel. The column order
and structure of the file is fixed as shown in Table 6-4 below. If the CSV file is not formatted and structured
according to the structure shown below, data may be lost or the communication aborted during the download.
When you install the DC-300 Utility, the installer provides a conversion format file in the...Digisoft\DC-300
Scale Sytem\Formats\PLUFormat.cfg folder. This conversion configuration file aids in converting the CSV file
into something that the DC-300 database can read. For the conversion to work properly, the fields have to be in
the same order in the CSV file and the format file. Since the data is rendered as a CSV comma-delimited file, you
cannot include any commas in the data nor use the comma for European-style decimal points.
Note 1: Available characters are alphanumeric, space,!, “, $,%, &, (,), *, @,:,:, +, -, /
Note 2: 0=>S1, 1=>S2, 2=>S3, 3=>S4, 4=>S5, 10=>M1, 11=>M2, 12=>M3, 13=>M4, 14=>M5
Note 3: Refer to the following table to specify the format number.
CA_PLUFile Field Description Max Length Data Type
IDCodeCharSize ID Code Character Size 2 See Note 2 below
IDCodeName ID Code Name 32 See Note 1 below
PartNameCharSize Part Name Character Size 2 See Note 2 below
PartName Part Name 32 See Note 1 below
PartNoCharSize Part Number Character Size 2 See Note 2 below
PartNo Part Number 32 See Note 1 below
LotNoCharSize Lot Number Character Size 2 See Note 2 below
LotNo Lot Number 32 See Note 1 below
LocCharSize Location Character Size 2 See Note 2 below
Location Location 32 See Note 1 below
PLUTare Tare Weight 6 5 numeric + decimal
Label1Format Label 1 Format 2 See Note 3 below
UnitWeight Unit Weight 6 5 numeric + decimal
Inventory Inventory 8 Integer
Threshold Threshold 8 Integer
SetPtType Set Point Type 1 0 (QTY%), 1 (WT%),
2 (QTY), 3 (WT)
SetPt1 Set Point 1 8 depends on setpoint type
SetPt2 Set Point 2 8 depends on setpoint type
ItemAddr Item Address Number 2 1-16
Table 6-4. Item Database Format