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ACCUM Softkey
Data Menu
(Password is 359)
The data menu is part of the
BASIC application which ships
with the PC-820. If you are
using your own custom applica-
tion, this menu and these
softkeys may not be present on
your unit.
Following are instructions for accessing the data menu and descriptions of
the items you find there. See important note at left.
1.
From normal operation mode,
press and hold the ESCAPE key
until you hear a beep and the
softkey selections change. . .
These softkeys appear: About,
Audit, Test, Setup, Off.
2.
Press the Setup softkey. . .
The display prompts you to enter a
password.
3.
Key in 359 to enter the data
menu. . .
These softkeys appear if your unit
has all the functions enabled:
DBASE, ACCUM, PRINT, PASS,
and EXIT. See Figure 2.
The DBASE softkey is used to access the internal database. These softkeys
appear to help manage the database; CONFIG, LIST, UPLOAD, DOWNLD,
CLEAR. Their functions are described below.
CONFIG softkey
Press this and you are asked to answer YES/NO
questions. The first is if you want managerial lockout. If
you select NO you will see to other questions. The
second is if you want to be prompted before updating the
piece weight. The first is if you want to be prompted
before updating the tare weight.
If you say YES to managerial lockout, data can be
recalled from the database but your database is locked
and no one can change any entry until the lockout is
removed.
LIST softkey
Press the LIST softkey to see choices for printing out
the database records. Your choices are:
• choose to print an individual record by choosing a
single part number
• print a range of records by choosing the first and last
part number in the range
• print all the records
UPLOAD softkey
Press this key to transfer database information to a PC
or another PC-820 scale. The original database remains
in place and a copy is sent to the other device.
DOWNLD softkey
Press this key to transfer database information from a
PC or another PC-820 scale. If you download, the
current database will be erased.
CLEAR softkey
Press this key and you are given a YES/NO choice
about clearing all the database records.
The ACCUM softkey lets you reset or zero all the accumulators. Choose YES
to clear the accumulators. Choose NO to leave them as they are. You are
then given the YES/NO option of disabling the Accumulator Count Subtract-
ing function. Enable this to allow subtracting from the Accumulator. Disable it
to disallow subtracting from the Accumulator.
DBASE Softkey
