Installation manual
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6. For this example, modify the string as follows:
GFMT=<NL>N<NL>FR"GLABL"<NL>?<NL><G><NL>P1<NL>
Where:
< > designates a command
" " designates a file name
N Eltron command telling the printer to clear its buffer for a new print
GLABL Name of the label file
FR Eltron command telling the printer to search its memory for a file to import
? Eltron command telling the printer to import the GLABL file
P1 Eltron command telling the printer to print the label one time
G Gross weight data
NL Indicator command for an end-of-line line terminator (CR/LF)
7. Save the new gross format string and download it to the indicator.
8. Close out of Hotline and disconnect the PC from the indicator.
IQ 700 — ELTRON SETUP
RS-232: scale data
RS-232 Serial or
Centronics Parallel
PC with Create-A-Label Tools program Eltron Printer IQ 700 Indicator
The IQ 700 interfaces directly with Eltron printers; the KDU keyboard is incompatible.
Indicator Configuration
The indicator should be set for 9600 baud, 7 data bits, odd parity and 1 stop bit. RS-232 serial communication to
the printer will be simplex, in gross/tare/net output, demand mode, with no end-of-line delay. In this example, use
serial port 1 to send data.
The following parameter choices in the IQ 700 configuration menu will achieve those settings:
14 SI 14.3 dE
14.1 Gtn 14.4 96
14.2 Off 14.5 Off
Printer Configuration
The Eltron printer must also be configured for 9600 baud, 7 data bits, odd parity, 1 stop bit. This configuration
change can be done using the CAL Tools program.
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.
When labels created on the PC with CAL Tools are downloaded to the printer, parallel transfer is several times
faster than serial transfer.
If the printer only has a DB-9 or DB-25 serial connector, use an RS-232 serial cable and one of the COM serial
connectors 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 IQ700’s serial
communication terminal strip (TB2 ) RS-232 pins. If using Port 1 as we are doing here, 2=TXD and 5=GND; if using
Port 2, 1=TXD and 6=GND.