Specifications

88 DC-200/300 Operation Manual
Exporting a Label Design as a Text File
Label designs you store in the DC-300 Label Editor database can be saved and exported as a text (.txt) file which
can be edited in any text editor.
1. Either design a new label using the label editor or call up an existing Free Format label design by
choosing an existing Free Format number under “Label Properties” in the main screen.
2. Choose the Tools menu on the menu bar and then select the “Export DC datafile” option.
3. The program will bring up a “Save As” dialog box and automatically assigns the label design a file name
with a.txt extension. The default directory for storing the label designs is
“C:\ProgramFiles\LabelFormat”. You may choose to change the directory and the file name or accept
the defaults. Press the
Save button to save the file.
Uploading to the DC-300 Scale
In order to upload your label design from the DC-300 label editor program to the DC-300 scale, you must first set
the communications parameters between the PC and the scale.
1. On the DC-300 label editor menu bar click on the “Tools” menu, then on the “Setup” option.
2. In the Setup dialog box, under the Scale Setup tab, you can define the scale, protocol, and IP address of
the scale you want to communicate with.
Figure 7-35. Scale Setup Settings
If your DC-300 scale already appears in the Online Scales list on the left, click on it to see the settings
previously stored for the scale. You can then edit the scale settings if needed and press the Update
Changes button.
If the DC-300 scale has not been previously set up, press the
New Scale button.
3. To add your DC-300 to the list of Online Scales;
• Enter a scale name by which this scale will be identified in the list of online scales.
• In the scale model list box, choose
DC-300.
• Set the drop-down list box for protocol to FTP. (The program does not currently work with the RS-232
interface).
• If you have more than one DC-300 connected to your network, set the scale number you want to
communicate with by this profile.
Note: The Scale Number is set in SPEC 42 – SET SCALE NUMBER. See Section 3.0 Dealer Configuration Settings on how to
change this specification if needed.
• Set the IP address for the scale as 192.168.0.100
• If this scale will be on-line in your network, check the
On-line checkbox.
• Click the
Add Scale button to add the scale to your On-line scales list on the left. Then click the OK