Installation manual

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IQ PLUS 800/810 — ELTRON SETUP (WITHOUT HOTLINE)
The IQ plus 800/810 interfaces directly with Eltron printers; the KDU keyboard is incompatible.
Indicator Configuration
1. Configure the indicator to send RS-232 serial data out either the EDP or Printer Port. Configure the PRINTER or
EDP submenu as follows: Baud=9600, Bits=8 none, Termin=CR/LF, EOL DLY=0ms.
Because you do not want continuous data streaming out the active serial port, be certain that the STREAM
parameter is not set to the port you are using, and that the PRNDEST is set to the port you are using.
2. The IQ plus 800/810 has a choice of five print formats: Gross, Net, Truck In, Truck Out, and Setpoint Push Print.
Each of these formats can be modified and customized with data strings up to 300 characters in length. The
example at the bottom of the page shows the Net format.
Hardware Cabling
1. Connect the PC to the printer with the appropriate serial or parallel cable.
If the printer has a parallel connector, use a parallel cable and one of the LPT parallel connectors on the
computer. Parallel transfer is several times faster than serial transfer for downloading label files to the printer.
If the printer only has a DB-9 or DB-25 serial connector, use a serial cable and one of the COM serial connec-
tors on the computer.
2. Wire the RS-232 cable from the RS-232 pins of the printer’s DB-9 connector (2-RXD, 5-GND) to the indicator’s
serial communication terminal strip (J7-5=TXD and J7-6=GND for the Printer Port, or J7-11 TXD and J7-12 GND
for the EDP port).
Label Creation Example: Net Print Format
The command string necessary to format and print a Net Format label is a combination of IQ plus commands and
Eltron programming commands. You will first create the label in the CAL Tools program and save it in the printer's
memory under a typical name such as GTN.
You will then modify the indicator’s Net print format data string (NFMT) to include GTN within the data string. To
modify indicator data strings, use a terminal communication program on your PC like Terminal (which comes with
Windows 3.1), or HyperTerminal (which comes with Windows 95). Special Eltron programming commands will be
put into the indicator’s NFMT string to tell the indicator to search out and import GTN, then add weight data from
the scale in the appropriate place on the label. Pull up the current net format (NFMT) data string by typing NFMT,
then pressing RETURN. Modify the string as follows:
NFMT=<NL>N<NL>FR"GTN"<NL>?<NL><G><NL><T><NL><N><NL>P1<NL>
Where: < > designates an IQ plus command
" " designates a file name
N Eltron command telling the printer to clear its buffer for a new print
GTN Name of the label file
FR Eltron command telling the printer to search its memory for the file to import
? Eltron command telling the printer to import the GTN file
P1 Eltron command telling the printer to print the label one time
NL Indicator command for an end-of-line line terminator (CR/LF)
N Net weight data from scale
G Gross weight data from scale
T Tare weight data from scale
RS-232: scale data
RS-232 Serial or
Centronics Parallel
PC with Create-A-Label Tools program Eltron Printer IQ plus 800/810 Indicator