Operating Manual

Chapter 8 Serial Ports, Contact Inputs & Special Fcts Accu-Wave
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Setup Header, Form Feed, and Message
This menu subgroup is only displayed when “Do not transmit data in packet format” is
selected in the “Set up port … data transmission menu.” These menu items allow you to
set up formatting information such as headers and form feeds. These items are most often
used for formatting data to be sent to a printer.
These menu items are identical for the RS-232 and RS-485 ports, except for references to
the specific port. The table below shows the menu items as they are displayed for the RS-
232 port.
“Set up Header, Form Feed, Message, etc.” Menu
Display Comments
Set up header- Form
feed, message etc
{RS232}→→
NEXT↓↓
This menu subgroup is available if “Do not transmit
… packet format” was selected in the “Set up port …
data transmission” menus. The menu items are
identical for the RS-232 and RS-485 ports
Send header every
0 data sets
(0 disables header)
(RS232) NEXT↓↓
Enter integer value “N” to send a header every “N”
data set transmissions from a gauge. Enter 0 to
disable the header.
Do not form-feed
before header, RS232
Change to “Do”→→
Continue as is.↓↓
Change to “Do” to send a form-feed (ASCII char 12)
before each header. Useful for grouping datasets on
separate pages.
Do not add message
to header, RS232
Change to “Do”→→
Continue as is.↓↓
Change to “Do” to add a custom message to header.
Set up serial
header message
(RS232)
NEXT↓↓
Displayed if “Do send add message to header” was
selected above. Menu for setting up header message is
similar to “Setting up Custom Units Messages” on
page 8-20 and uses the same message data base.