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5 CONFIGURING TAGS IN THE LINK-IT SYSTEM
5.1 PROGRAMMING OF THE TAGS
Custom Tag Programming software is supplied to each user and vendor of the Link-It Tagging System.
The Tag Programming Software runs on any IBM compatible PC using a Windows 95 operating system. The
program is installed by running “setup.exe” on Disk 1 of the installation disks. A snapshot of the programming
software is illustrated in Figure 7.
Figure 7: Tag Programming Software
Please insure that a Tag Programmer is connected to communications port 2 of the PC before attempting to
program tags.
The program functions are explained in the paragraph below:
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Vendor Name (ASCII)
: 3 Byte Vendor ID displayed in ASCII format. Note that the ID must al-
ways be 3 bytes in length. The Vendor Name will be pre-programmed by