User's Manual

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13. COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
General information
A. A character based communication protocol balance-terminal is designed for establishing
communication between a RADWAG balance and a peripheral device via RS-232C serial
interface.
B. It consists of commands sent from a peripheral device to the balance and responses from
the balance.
C. Responses are sent from the balance on each receipt of a command as a reaction to a
specific command.
D. Commands, forming the communication protocol, enable both, obtaining data on balance
status and influencing balance operation, e.g.: acquiring measurement results from the
balance, zeroing, etc.
13.1. MANUAL PRINTOUT / AUTOMATIC PRINTOUT
X2 series balance enables generating manual or automatic printouts.
• Manual printout: on stabilization of indication (measurement result) press key.
• Automatic printout is generated automatically in accordance with the settings for automatic
printout.
The content of a printout depends on setting in menu <Standard printout> - <Weighing printout
template>.
Mass printout format:
1
2
3
4 -12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Stability
marker
space character mass space unit CR LF
Stability marker
[space] if stable
[?] if unstable
[^] if high limit is out of range
[v] if low limit is out of range
Character
[space] for positive values
[-] for negative values
Mass
9 characters with decimal point and right justification
Unit
3 characters with left justification
An example:
_ _ _ _ _ _ 1 8 3 2 . 0 _ g _ _ CR LF - printout generated using balance upon pressing
key, the
printout is generated with reference to settings for <GLP printout>:
Date
NO
Universal variable 3
NO
Time
NO
Net
NO
User
NO
Tare
NO
Product
NO
Gross
NO
Customer
NO
Current result
YES
Packaging
NO
Adjustment report
NO
Universal variable 1
NO
Non-standard printout
NONE
Universal variable 2
NO