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Chapter 5 : Using Processes

5.7.

Serial Communications

General introduction

This section describes the possible serial communications operations

that you can perform in your label program.

Serial communication

processes

Click the plus sign (+) beside Serial Communication in the Add
Process dialogue box to see the list of available processes for serial
communications

Select the Serial Communication process you want to add to your
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Summary of Contents for 123 Print v1.1x

Page 1: ...Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved www mcl collection com Visualize Mobilize Realize MCL Collection 123 Print v1 1x User Manual Visualize printers with intelligence Realize 123 Print...

Page 2: ...emark of Datamax Bar Code Products Corporation Seagull and BarTender are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagull Scientific Inc Microsoft Windows Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows 98 are trad...

Page 3: ...Setup 110 4 Designing a Label 119 4 1 BarTender Integration 120 5 Using Processes 128 5 1 Introduction to 123 Print Variables 131 5 2 Branch 134 5 3 Date Operation 143 5 4 File Search 147 5 5 Mathemat...

Page 4: ...n com October 2007 Page 4 Appendix A Sample License Certificate 218 Appendix B Datamax Printer Setup 220 Appendix C Supported Datamax Printers 221 Appendix D System Requirements 222 Appendix E Mapping...

Page 5: ...er that explains the basic concepts of 123 Print and introduces you to its purpose and the philosophy behind it The goal of this Primer is to give you an understanding of the General capabilities of 1...

Page 6: ...ystems from your printer application consider using MCL Designer for Datamax printers As a component of MCL Collection MCL Designer allows you create printer applications with easy host integration Pu...

Page 7: ...123 Print provides the capability to associate and print variable data on labels Consider the sample labels shown below The labels on the left are templates that would be saved on your printer with yo...

Page 9: ...Label Name Label name Qty to Print 1 2 3 The first screen 1 is a Welcome screen The second screen 2 is the Select Label screen The third screen 3 is the Quantity to Print screen These screens are dis...

Page 10: ...Retry 4 This message will be displayed for example if the label roll is out of labels The User Interface function allows you to customize this error message Labels If you are only concerned with stat...

Page 11: ...ded to complete the item label selected at 2 User input is required on screens at A and B The item code entered in A is saved in a variable at C A process at X is used to browse through a lookup file...

Page 12: ...arted Overview Chapter 2 introduction This chapter describes the installation and setup of 123 Print Topics This chapter covers the following topics Topic Page 2 1 2 2 2 3 Installation Activation Gene...

Page 13: ...troduction This section describes how to install 123 Print Installation 1 Double click on the 123 Print installation executable which you have downloaded The default folder in which 123 Print is insta...

Page 14: ...shown below To accept the license terms and proceed 3 Click Yes As shown below a screen is displayed prompting you to enter the location where you want to install 123 Print 4 Click Next to use the def...

Page 15: ...ghts Reserved www mcl col lection com Chapter 2 Getting Started As shown below a screen is displayed to show you the progress of the installation The following is displayed when installation is comple...

Page 16: ...ol lection com Chapter 2 Getting Started Starting 123 Print Once 123 Print is installed start it by 1 Double click on the 123 Print shortcut icon on the Windows desktop The 123 Print splash screen is...

Page 17: ...make your choice carefully The activation method you choose cannot be changed at a later stage Activation The first time you run 123 Print you will be prompted to Activate the software To do this you...

Page 18: ...Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved www mcl col lection com Chapter 2 Getting Started 3 Enter the License Number found on your License Certificate 4 Click Next October 2007 Page 18...

Page 19: ...down to the bottom of the terms 6 Check the checkbox to accept the license terms 7 Click Next The 123 Print software registration form is displayed 8 Enter the details of the company to whom the Licen...

Page 20: ...icensing details over to a different PC if you want to install and run 123 Print on a different PC Hardware Activation This method of activation requires the purchase of a Hardware Serial Number Key U...

Page 21: ...te if you want to use on line or off line activation 13 Click the appropriate radio button 14 Click Next Your system needs internet access for on line activation to be possible This example uses on li...

Page 22: ...your registration information is accurate 17 Click Next to confirm the details you entered on the previous screens 123 Print now connects to MCL s Licensing Server and records your details on the serv...

Page 23: ...ion You are now prompted to save a backup of your License Key It includes your license number serial number and activation key 20 Edit the entry or browse to the location where you want your License K...

Page 24: ...ckup screen is displayed as shown here 22 Click Finish Starting 123 Print When the activation is completed 123 Print is started automatically To start 123 Print again in the future double click on the...

Page 25: ...X F Please refer to your Datamax manual for more information DPL Mode is a one way communication between 123 Print and the printer MCL Mode refers to the mode in which 123 Print communicates with the...

Page 26: ...Click on the DPL Connection tab If you want to use network communications for your DPL commands 2 Edit the Printer TCP port with the appropriate port number typically 9100 or 3000 If you want to use s...

Page 27: ...on your network segment your printers into 3 groups of 250 printers each Assign each of the 250 printers to the same group and assign a Group ID of 001 002 or 003 for example to those printers Then a...

Page 28: ...PC See Chapter 6 Simulating Your Project This Simulation setup lets you define the source emulation or peripheral connection to a port on your PC of these inputs for your simulation Assign Com 1 Prin...

Page 29: ...ign Internal Printer Port To This option allows you to simulate label printing when you are running your project in simulation You can emulate the label print or send the label as output to a port on...

Page 30: ...fault printer for label design for your project when you invoke BarTender from the 123 Print toolbar while creating your project 3 In the BTW Folder field navigate to the folder you plan to use as you...

Page 31: ...tarted October 2007 Page Timer is used to set the duration in seconds of the display of the Welcome screen The Welcome screen is typically displayed momentarily only 5 Edit the timer value or 6 Use th...

Page 32: ...You may associate several additional screens up to 50 with each label in your project As you create these additional screens you are creating what is called a label program Topics This chapter covers...

Page 33: ...here are 6 fields available to describe the project you are creating Project Name Version Author Printer Type Printer Name Notes The name you wish to assign to your project application The build versi...

Page 34: ...following buttons appear on the left hand side of the main window The functions associated with these buttons are discussed in the subsequent sections of this chapter These are the functions used to c...

Page 35: ...ject Description It also uses this information to present a User Interface as shown below that is appropriate for the display type text display or graphical display available on the printer model sele...

Page 36: ...ed www mcl col lection com Chapter 3 Creating a Project Text Display The User Interface for a text display printer is as shown here Graphical Display Large The User Interface for a large graphical dis...

Page 37: ...ay printer is as shown here Graphical Display Status Toolbar The status toolbar across the top of the graphical display screens gives the following printer status Printer is Ready Printer is Paused Pr...

Page 38: ...ttom of the window As with the Interface Screen the Welcome Screen varies according to the display type available on the printer model selected for the given project Text Display The Welcome Screen ed...

Page 39: ...ance the application to the next screen To accept the changes made to the Welcome screen 7 Click OK Graphical Display Large To edit the Welcome screen for a graphical display project on the User Inter...

Page 40: ...ay printers Although default content is provided each of the screens provides a number of options for screen content To edit the Welcome screen 4 Select a Header option 5 Select a Line 1 option 6 Sele...

Page 41: ...conds or 13 Increment or decrement the value of the delay using the up and down arrows beside the delay entry field 14 Click OK If the delay is set to zero 0 seconds a user will have to press a button...

Page 42: ...the window As with the Welcome Screen Section 3 2 1 Welcome Screen the Select Label Screen varies according to the display type available on the printer model selected for the given project Text Disp...

Page 43: ...the Select Label screen or 2 Click the Select button at the bottom of the window Alternatively on the User Interface window 3 Simply double click on the thumbnail view of the Select Label screen The S...

Page 44: ...s those described above for Select Label Text Displays 7 Select a Footer option 8 Click OK Alternatively instead of choosing one of the pre defined options 9 Type fixed text in any of the edit boxes 1...

Page 45: ...ng window for a text display printer is as shown here This screen is the default screen displayed for a user to select the quantity of a label to be printed Line 1 automatically displays the name of t...

Page 46: ...he graphical display Select Quantity Screen is equivalent to the text display Quantity to Print Screen To edit the Select Quantity screen on the User Interface window 1 Click on the Select Quantity sc...

Page 47: ...those described above for Quantity to Print Text Displays 7 Select a Footer option 8 Click OK Alternatively instead of choosing one of the pre defined options 9 Type fixed text in any of the edit boxe...

Page 48: ...displays the message Print Error By default Line 2 displays the actions available to the user when a print error occurs When a print error occurs two user actions are possible exit the project or retr...

Page 49: ...being printed when this print error occurs Alternatively instead of choosing one of the pre defined options 9 Type fixed text in any of the edit boxes 10 Click OK The Printer Error Message screen also...

Page 51: ...can be a static label you simply want to print It can also be a static label you want to use as a template for creating dynamic labels This section also describes the functions available for creating...

Page 52: ...your 123 Print project This number is displayed on the Select Label Screen when the user is choosing which label to print for a given operation Enter the path and name or browse to search for the labe...

Page 53: ...e Edit allows you to modify your label design from within 123 Print See Section 3 3 1 Edit Variables allows you to add screen prompts and logic to your label design See Section 3 3 2 Variables Mapping...

Page 54: ...bel open for editing If you do not have a BarTender label and are working directly with a txt or dpl file Edit will display the DPL code of the label for editing Edit 1 Click the Edit button to view a...

Page 55: ...operties dialogue box 1 Click the Variables button Variables The Variables function allows you to build a dialogue between your label program see Section 1 3 Project Flow and the user via a series of...

Page 56: ...nly one prompt screen is displayed at a time for large graphical displays Use the scroll bar provided to navigate through your prompt screens Graphical Display Small The 123Print Designer window for a...

Page 57: ...rehouse The labels would then be applied to the shelving racks in the warehouse to assist customers in finding the product they want to purchase Text displays are used in the following example However...

Page 58: ...lect Value From File Display Data The various Input Methods available for line 2 are discussed in Sections 3 3 2 1 to 3 3 2 7 Please see these sections for more detailed explanations about the Input M...

Page 59: ...t Variable is the variable where the user s input will be saved when they enter a location on the screen prompt The Force Uppercase will prevent the user from entering lowercase letters when they ente...

Page 60: ...ot applicable for use as a resultant variable and are grayed out whenever you are creating a resultant variable Please see Section 5 1 Introduction to 123 Print Variables for more detailed information...

Page 61: ...screen of your label program For this Warehouse Shelving example repeat the above steps to create a second prompt screen Enter Product Name Create a Resultant Variable A1 Product_Name as the storage l...

Page 62: ...ft hand side of the 123Print Designer window Then proceed as for Screen 1 and 2 by first entering the text to be displayed on Line 1 and then the action to be performed on Line 2 9 Type Product Name o...

Page 63: ...y for the period you set in seconds 15 Set the Display Time to 2 seconds When completed the properties for Screen 3 are as shown above Continuing with the Warehouse Shelving example create a fourth sc...

Page 64: ...Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved www mcl col lection com Chapter 3 Creating a Project When completed the properties for Screen 4 are as shown here October 2007 Page 64...

Page 65: ...s are actions performed in between screen prompts in your label programs Please reference Chapter 5 Using Processes for complete information on all the processes available in 123 Print Processes are a...

Page 66: ...to do is to choose the Variable on which the test is to be performed In this example the Yes or No input from screen 4 is stored in variable A2 Confirmation 22 Select A2 Confirmation in the If Value f...

Page 67: ...int Designer window is displayed again as shown below with an entry for the Test Branch process you just defined 28 Click the OK button to accept the screen prompts program flow and processes you have...

Page 68: ...s follows Increment Range Min Range Max Default Value Result Value Output Format Set the rate the number will increment with each up down click Set the minimum value for the range This is the lowest n...

Page 69: ...uld be accepted e g Alphanumeric Numeric Decimal Enter the minimum number of characters needed for the input to be accepted Set the maximum number of characters allowed for the input to be accepted En...

Page 70: ...put Users will not be able to enter lower case letters into a screen prompt if this option is selected Type a value or set a default value using the contents of a variable If you use a variable rememb...

Page 71: ...Set which types of Barcode Symbologies may be read Set the minimum number of characters needed for the input to be accepted Set the maximum number of characters needed for the input to be accepted Se...

Page 72: ...a variable If you use a variable remember to assign a value to the variable someplace in your label program Select the variable in which the user input should be stored Set the format you want to use...

Page 73: ...ng on the printer For Weight Scale the property settings are as follows Data to Send Start With Data End With Check the Data to Send checkbox if your weight scale requires a request from the printer b...

Page 74: ...roperty box the exact number of characters to be received from the weight scale Check the checkbox beside this option if you wish to extract only a specific set of characters from the received data Se...

Page 75: ...t character followed by the command SP64 and ending with a CRLF Carriage Return Line Feed then your Data To Send settings should look as shown below If in return you weight scale s return data stream...

Page 76: ...ct The remaining weight data may be further refined by selecting an output format such as stripping leading zeros The result may then be saved in a variable for additional processing or printing Below...

Page 77: ...alue from a predefined list of values or from existing variables For Select Value From List the property settings are as follows Variable Value selection Result Variable Create the list from which the...

Page 79: ...ue From File the property settings are as follows Local File Name Select Record Using Field Start Browse With Keyboard Input to Search Data F1 Copy Value to Variable Select the file to be used to look...

Page 80: ...nt to lookup The user input is then used to initiate a search in the file This approach can help find an item more quickly than browsing for the item by scrolling through the entire list If a match is...

Page 81: ...lue using the contents of a variable If you use a variable remember to assign a value to the variable someplace in your label program Set the starting position if extracting only certain characters fr...

Page 82: ...mapped must be of the format btw dpl or txt providing the txt file contains DPL code This section discusses 123 Print s Mapping function to create labels that print with variable content Mapping The...

Page 83: ...el The original static default data for the field Original Field Data The data which should replace the default data Replace By Replace By Replace By allows you to associate your different Variables w...

Page 84: ...n the Mapping table this element is the first of the two Barcodes on the example label The Variables list is displayed as shown here 3 Select the Location variable A0 Location 4 Click OK The variable...

Page 85: ...e the text location was printed beneath the barcode on the static label 6 Repeat the above steps for the remaining elements of the label Select an element and assign a variable to it If no Replace By...

Page 86: ...prompts will request Location and Product Name for a given product If you input a location of A78 25Z and a product name of OAK BOOKCASE then the variables you created will contain the following A0 L...

Page 87: ...list view click the view list icon on the left of the Labels List window Your labels will be displayed in the Labels List as shown here Notice that in the Type column icons are displayed with your lab...

Page 88: ...abel and choose duplicate If you wish to re arrange the sequence in which the labels appear in your labels list you can do so using the arrows in the bottom right hand corner of the window Deleting a...

Page 89: ...eft hand side of the main 123 Print window or on the menu bar 1 Click Project 2 Click Lookup Files The Lookup Files window is displayed as shown here Lookup files Initially the only Lookup File option...

Page 90: ...ct the file you want to delete 2 Click on the Delete button You are prompted to confirm the request to delete a Lookup File 3 Click Yes to proceed with the deletion The Lookup file is deleted from you...

Page 91: ...files are saved in C 123Print Projects your project prj lookup On the Lookup Files window 1 Click the Add button The Lookup File Properties screen is displayed as shown here A file code is automatica...

Page 92: ...is the Memory property The lookup file may be saved in flash RAM or optional flash memory on your Datamax printer when you download your 123 Print project and lookup files into your Datamax printer I...

Page 93: ...rted and saved according to this sort selection 4 Select the desired sort field s if any The next file property is the Separator property 123 Print provides a variety of separators that can be used as...

Page 94: ...ee Section 3 4 3 Add Lookup File from Scratch Add Lookup File from Import To create your lookup file from an existing data source 1 Complete the Lookup File Properties as described above 2 Click on th...

Page 95: ...ile from import file In 123 Print you can create a Lookup File from an existing data source Several file types are valid for import dat txt xls cvs First complete the Lookup File Properties as describ...

Page 96: ...t the appropriate file type of the file to be imported 5 Navigate to the file you want to use 6 Click Open The file you select appears in the Select a file Import structure data screen as shown here I...

Page 97: ...lue in the field 10 Click on the Preview button The first few lines of the imported file are displayed as shown below Number of Lines is useful if you are importing from a large file and do not need t...

Page 98: ...mes or field length may be edited at this time Edit the Product Description field length to 25 for example and the Manufacturer field length to 20 12 Double Click on the field to be edited 13 Enter th...

Page 99: ...789012345 DMX M 4208 Datamax 4567890123456 DMX A 4210 Datamax If you decide you would like a different separator select the desired separator in the Lookup Files Properties window and click OK This ex...

Page 100: ...omplete the Lookup File Properties as described in Section 3 4 Add Lookup File 123 Print assigns the next available file code LB to this new file Now create the structure for your lookup file 1 Enter...

Page 101: ...your data to the Lookup File In the Lookup Files window 4 Click the Data button 5 Double click on the first field in the first row to edit it with the desired data 6 Press TAB or ENTER to move to the...

Page 102: ...adding records until your Lookup File is completed Save Lookup File To save the Lookup File 7 Click OK You are prompted to confirm that you want to save the file 8 Click Yes The Lookup File is closed...

Page 104: ...may perform the following on your data records Add Insert Modify Delete Edit Data The Lookup File data may be edited at any time when the file is first being created or at a later time whenever change...

Page 105: ...of the columns is shown A check mark beside a column indicates it is being displayed No check mark indicates the column is hidden To hide a column 4 Select the column name of column s you want to hide...

Page 106: ...is added to the file 2 Enter the desired data for this record for example the product information for Seagull s BarTender software When all the data for the new record has been entered 3 Press ENTER...

Page 107: ...lected record 3 Enter the desired data for this record for example the product information for Seagull s BarTender License Server Insertion at a desired point is only useful if you are inserting recor...

Page 108: ...ecord is in the desired position Change record order is only useful if you are ordering the records in an unsorted file If the file is sorted the order change is not relevant since 123 Print automatic...

Page 110: ...e menu bar 1 Click Project 2 Click System Setup Text Display When you select System Setup for a text display printer the Aux Com Settings window is displayed as shown here These are the only project r...

Page 111: ...hts Reserved www mcl col lection com Chapter 3 Creating a Project 3 Select the desired Date Format for your project 4 Select the desired Time Format for your project 5 Select the desired Font Code Pag...

Page 112: ...he Datamax printer keys 123 Print allows you to define the function of these keys on a project by project basis thus making them Soft Keys This section describes how to Define the function of the Data...

Page 113: ...wn here The keys found on your Datamax printer are depicted with a Key Code box beneath each key 5 Select the desired function for each of the keys from the drop down list of options as shown here Nex...

Page 114: ...ect 6 Select the Text or Image radio button If you select Text simply edit the text box provided for each key to reflect the given function of the key as shown here Below shows what the Welcome screen...

Page 115: ...Screen The Soft Key footer image for a large screen graphical display should be a monochrome bmp image with the following specifications Black and white 1 bit Uncompressed Max 240x320 px Graphical Di...

Page 116: ...ions setup you must first have a project open Then Click the System Setup button on the left hand side of the main window or on the menu bar 1 Click Project 2 Click System Setup If using a graphical d...

Page 117: ...3 Creating a Project Com 2 Com 2 if installed on your Datamax printer is typically used to support non barcode scanning peripherals such as weight scales Any serial device may be connected here 5 Sele...

Page 118: ...s a Serial In process see Section 5 7 1 Serial In Any data received before the printer is in this Input mode will be ignored After Read the input buffer is cleared when the data is read from the input...

Page 119: ...our convenience the printer setting is saved as part of the label format Therefore the next time you need to print the same labels all you need to do is load the format and print However Seagull also...

Page 120: ...amax printer driver for the target printer be installed on your system as a Windows printer for the label you are creating The BarTender label you create must have a Datamax printer name saved in the...

Page 121: ...target Datamax printer model is defined in Bartender s printer settings Design your label as you normally would Save your BarTender label On BarTender s menu bar 5 Click File 6 Click Save As 7 Save th...

Page 122: ...BarTender Label To incorporate your new label into your project return to 123 Print 9 If not already done open your project 10 Click the Labels button on the left hand side of the main window Alternat...

Page 123: ...bel 14 Click on the browse icon 15 123 Print looks for labels either in the last folder from which a label has been added or in the btw folder you selected during setup 16 Select a label from this fol...

Page 124: ...ociating a label with your project 123 Print creates a working copy of your BTW label file in the label sub directory of the project folder 19 When the label conversion is completed the Labels Propert...

Page 125: ...reen The BTW icon under type indicates that the label you have added is a BTW label The Label File and Label Name are the names you assigned in the Label Properties screen for the given label The Date...

Page 126: ...as a warning icon in the labels list beside all the entries that use the given label If a label change is detected in an unselected label entry the entry is highlighted in red as shown below Note Lab...

Page 127: ...message This message reminds you to check to see if your mapping has been affected by the label edits you have made The restrictions referenced here are discussed in Appendix E Mapping Label Graphic E...

Page 128: ...covers the following topics and processes Topic Page 5 1 Introduction to 123 Print Variables 131 Processes Process 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 Branch 5 2 1 Case and Branch 5 2 2 Control and Branch 5...

Page 129: ...a label 1 Open or create a new project 2 Click the Labels button 3 Add a label 4 Double click on the label or click label properties 5 Click Variables 6 Click the arrow icon between the screens where...

Page 130: ...to be added or 9 Click in the tree view to view the processes available in a given group of processes 10 Click OK The processes described in this chapter start from step 8 in this procedure When a pro...

Page 131: ...s contain system information that can be used by your label programs System variables contain information like the current date time the current record number in a local file the program name and vers...

Page 132: ...Below is the list of all local variables available for a Price Label This list includes both those that have already been defined and those available for definition as user local variables This is whe...

Page 133: ...s is a label program on the Variables dialogue box 16 Click on the Global tab To define a new global variable for your label program s 17 Select an undefined variable L2 for example in the above list...

Page 134: ...ction This section describes the possible branching related operations that you can perform in your label program Branch Processes 1 Click the plus sign beside Branch in the Add Process dialogue box t...

Page 135: ...or variable selected in the Case Value box 4 In the corresponding Goto boxes select the action to be performed or the screen to go to if the test results are true 5 In the Otherwise Goto box select th...

Page 136: ...hod chosen is Select Value from List to set up a list of possible product types The user scrolls through this list and selects the appropriate product type NONE SOFTWARE or HARDWARE In the process scr...

Page 137: ...etter The numbers 0 to 9 to specify a specific number The dollar sign stands for any numeric character The double quotes stand for any alphabetic character The underscore _ stands for any alphanumeric...

Page 138: ...t can be set to identify a specific position in the program such as a certain line in a process Once a label reference is entered it always refers to the same position in your program When a label is...

Page 139: ...o Screen To set a goto screen function proceed as follows 1 Add the process Goto Screen to your label program The Goto Screen dialogue box is displayed 2 Select the screen you want to jump to from the...

Page 140: ...time out occurs 4 If you want to branch to an action or screen when the user presses the Clear Up Down PgUp PgDown or Enter key on the printer or connected keyboard assign the action or screen in the...

Page 141: ...erence In this context a label is a reference point in your program that can be set to identify a specific position in the program such as a certain line in a process Once a label reference is entered...

Page 142: ...ct the variable against which you want to test the variable selected in the first parameter You may also type any text here instead of selecting a variable 6 In the Then Goto box select a screen or ac...

Page 143: ...5 Using Processes 5 3 Date Operation General introduction This section describes the possible operations that you can perform on a date in your label program Add Subtract Date Difference Conversion D...

Page 144: ...stem variables 3 In the Input Format box select the format of the input date 4 In the Operation box select Add Subtract and the measure of time days weeks months etc 5 In the Value 2 box type the quan...

Page 145: ...the available User Local variables All Local variables Global variables or System variables 3 In the Input Format box select the format of the input date 4 In the Operation box select Conversion 5 In...

Page 146: ...variables or System variables 3 In the Input Format box select the format of the input date 4 In the Operation box select Date Difference 5 In the Value 2 box create or select a variable that contain...

Page 147: ...he first field in the file Field 2 represents a lookup key for the second field in the file If your lookup file is unsorted you may use both the first and second fields in your search If your lookup f...

Page 148: ...le The following example searches the first field of the lookup file Product Description for the value found in the variable A1 Product_Name When a matching record is found the contents of the record...

Page 149: ...x to indicate the number of integers you want in the resulting number A 5 here will allow a maximum number of 99999 6 Enter a value in the Decimal box to indicate how many decimal positions you want i...

Page 150: ...ntroduction This section describes the various miscellaneous processes that you can perform in your label program Other Processes 1 Click the plus sign beside Other in the Add Process dialogue box to...

Page 151: ...sert a pause in your application This is used frequently to display a screen for a couple of seconds to give a user enough time to read it Delay To add a delay to your project proceed as follows 1 Add...

Page 152: ...age command lines directly into your label program MCL Code To insert a process line in MCL Code proceed as follows 1 Add the process MCL Code to your label program 2 Type the MCL Code for the process...

Page 153: ...3 Notes General introduction The Notes process allows you to insert comment lines in your label program This will help in the understanding of some special routines Notes To insert a comment proceed a...

Page 154: ...follows 1 Add the process Print Label to your label program 2 In the Printer Port box identify the port you want to print on Select Internal if you want to print on the printer where your project is...

Page 155: ...ibes the possible serial communications operations that you can perform in your label program Serial communication processes 1 Click the plus sign beside Serial Communication in the Add Process dialog...

Page 156: ...eived Choose one of the other available options as appropriate 5 If you want to extract only part of the received data check the checkbox beside Extract from Received Data 6 To extract from the receiv...

Page 157: ...ex Line Feed 0A hex Horizontal Tab 09 hex NULL 00 hex Note Any hexadecimal value can be entered in the serial data stream In order to define an ASCII character by its hexadecimal format use the back s...

Page 158: ...as the first character in the data stream to be transmitted None if you do not want to wait for a special start character STX if you want to wait for a Start of Text character 4 In the End with box cl...

Page 159: ...troduction This section describes the possible operations that you can perform on variables in your label program Variable Processes 1 Click the plus sign beside Variable in the Add Process dialogue b...

Page 160: ...command allows you to assign a value to one or more variables Up to 10 variables can be assigned with one single variable assignment process Variable Assign To assign a value to a variable proceed as...

Page 161: ...he value you want to assign to the corresponding variable This value can be Any fixed value Another user defined variable or A system variable 7 Click OK If you change your mind about an assignment si...

Page 162: ...fixed value or select the variable you want to concatenate 3 To select a variable click beside one of the Data boxes to open the Variables dialogue box 4 Select the desired variable and click OK 5 Re...

Page 163: ...your label program 2 In the Value box select the input variable from which you want to extract fields 3 In the Separator box select the separator used between the fields in the input variable The left...

Page 164: ...col lection com Chapter 5 Using Processes Example In this example the variable C1 contains three fields separated by semi colons This process extracts the first and third fields and copies their conte...

Page 165: ...sult Variable box 6 Select or create the variable that will contain the reformatted contents and click OK 7 Click OK Examples In this example the contents of variable B4 are reformatted as follows The...

Page 166: ...CL Technologies All Rights Reserved www mcl col lection com Chapter 5 Using Processes If the above Variable Format processes are run with B4 001234 569 Then B5 1234 5690000000 And B6 000001234 57 Octo...

Page 167: ...variable Variable Length To determine the length of a variable proceed as follows 1 Add the process Variable Length to your label program 2 In the Value box select the variable whose length you want...

Page 168: ...riable after the From Position Last occurrence in the input variable before the To Position 5 Specific occurrence between the From Position and To Positions 6 Enter values for the From Position and To...

Page 169: ...er or string of characters to be used in the search This can also be a variable if the search criteria is contained in a variable 4 In the Replace Value box type the character or string of characters...

Page 170: ...to substring a certain number of characters 3 In the From Position box and the To Position box type respectively the starting and ending position of the characters to be substringed from the variable...

Page 171: ...in your development environment Simulator mode Simulator Mode displays an image of the printer and lets you run a project to see how it will operate when loaded onto a printer Simulator Mode may also...

Page 172: ...t panel buttons The buttons can be pushed under simulation with a mouse click Using the simulator The simulator is a valid option only if a project is already open in 123 Print To launch the simulator...

Page 173: ...lating your project When you switch from Simulator mode to Debugger mode the project continues to run in Debugger mode from the point at which it was stopped in Simulator mode This allows you to run t...

Page 174: ...x beside Interactive I O dialogue box With this option enabled whenever an I O instruction is executed in your project the simulator will stop An Aux comm Simulation dialogue box is displayed showing...

Page 175: ...yed if there is a problem printing a label Simulating barcode input Barcode input simulation allows you to test routines by simulating the barcode scanning inputs you want to allow in your project To...

Page 176: ...ode Viewer a view of the MCL code lines your project is executing Debugger mode also includes Break options not available in Simulator Mode You may switch at any time from Debugger Mode back to Simula...

Page 177: ...our printer project consider using MCL Designer for Datamax printers MCL Screen View In MCL Screen Viewer you control the execution of the project in Debugger mode To simulate the user actions Rev Fwd...

Page 178: ...window is displayed as shown here 2 Edit the value of the variable to the desired value 3 Click OK This may be useful to test some specific situations Local Files Viewer The Local Files viewer gives...

Page 179: ...nal conditions to Perform step by step execution Stop automatically when the contents of any variable are modified Stop automatically when the contents of a specific variable are modified These break...

Page 180: ...iting for user input Red a break condition has occurred execution is suspended When the execution is suspended red the Execute Next Line icon is enabled 5 Click this icon to execute the next MCL Code...

Page 181: ...er Graphical Display Large Screen The MCL Screen Viewer presents a view that is representative of a given printer s display type Below shows the Debugger windows for a large graphical display printer...

Page 182: ...nter at a time This chapter describes the printer management and control capabilities available in 123 Print Description The printer management and control capabilities available in 123 Print allow yo...

Page 183: ...nce 123 Print is installed and activated you can connect to your Datamax printer at anytime You must open a project with the valid printer type selected before initiating the connection Notice the con...

Page 184: ...rinter 3 Select the appropriate radio button for your choice of communications interface 4 Fill in MCL ID and IP Address as appropriate Please see Appendix B for more information 5 Click OK 123 Print...

Page 185: ...he printer When the printer is successfully connected the connection status on the bottom left hand corner of the main 123 Print window shows in green letters that the printer is Connected If the conn...

Page 186: ...nect To disconnect 123 Print from your printer 1 On the menu bar click Tools and then select Disconnect Alternatively 2 On the tool bar click the Disconnect icon The connection status on the bottom le...

Page 187: ...tatus icon found on 123 Print tool bar The printer status screen is displayed as shown here The printer information given means the following Model The Datamax printer model to which 123 Print is conn...

Page 188: ...of memory used In this example 0 RAM and 3 Flash memory are in use To refresh the printer status displayed on this screen 3 Click on the Refresh button Alternatively to automate the printer status re...

Page 190: ...te Time Reprint Last Label Print Label Load File Control Connect to a printer to enable these controls If no printer is connected these controls are not active and the control icons are grayed out Man...

Page 191: ...nter for more information Following is a more detailed description about each control and how to execute it Feed Label 1 Click to perform a form feed and advance the label roll to the top of the next...

Page 192: ...ect A Send Label dialogue box is displayed as show here 2 Enter the path and file name or click the browse icon to search for the label you want to print The label to be printed must be in dpl format...

Page 193: ...udes Load options special to the given Load type Note The Actions available at any given time depend upon the physical connection to the printer and the printer Class involved For more information see...

Page 194: ...nd MCL system menu options 2 Select the firmware you want to load into the printer or 3 Click the browse icon to browse for the firmware you want to load 4 Next select the MCL System Menu you want to...

Page 195: ...owing error message Change your connection to a parallel or network connection and try again For more information see Appendix F Connectivity Function Matrix Note Be aware that there are differences b...

Page 196: ...stem Menu into the printer when you are loading firmware Loads the selected firmware Reboots the printer Waits for the printer to boot up and restore its settings normally about 40 seconds Loads the s...

Page 197: ...rinter You must enter a target file name If no target name is entered 123 Print will not load the font 5 Select the target Location This is the drive where the font file will be saved on the printer d...

Page 198: ...to load 4 Enter the Target Name This is the name the graphic file will have when loaded on the printer You must enter a target file name If no target name is entered 123 Print will not load the graphi...

Page 199: ...ol lection com Chapter 7 Deploying a Printer Project 7 Select the appropriate Type ASCII characters only or all characters 8 Click Load Note Graphic images must be monochrome Valid graphic file types...

Page 200: ...to load 4 Enter the Target Name This is the name the label file will have when loaded on the printer You must enter a target file name If no target name is entered 123 Print will not load the label 5...

Page 201: ...ile name of the lookup you want to load into the printer or 3 Click the browse icon to browse for the lookup you want to load 4 Enter the Target Name This is the name the lookup file will have when lo...

Page 202: ...ea 2 Select the file name of the file you want to load into the printer or 3 Click the browse icon to browse for the file you want to load 4 Enter the Target Name This is the name the file will have w...

Page 203: ...ame printer settings into other printers to configure them identically 123 Print can load a profile created using DMXNet Manager Profiles are of the type dmp If you used the default paths when install...

Page 204: ...applications that run on Datamax printers To load a project into the printer 1 Select Load MCL Project A Load MCL Project dialogue box appears as shown here Load project options In the project option...

Page 205: ...trol action A dialogue box is displayed giving DPL Command load options as shown here DPL command options 123 Print offers a list of preset DPL Commands for you to choose from These are the most commo...

Page 206: ...07 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved www mcl col lection com Chapter 7 Deploying a Printer Project 5 In the DPL Command box provided enter the DPL command you want to execute 6 Click Load October 2...

Page 207: ...ly used MCL commands used in scripts However they are also available here for direct MCL control 1 Select the predefined MCL Agent command you want to send to the printer When would you use these comm...

Page 208: ...t loads the open project onto the connected printer You must have a project open for this function to work On the 123 Print main window menu bar 1 Click File 2 Click Open 3 Select the project that is...

Page 209: ...at a time into the connected printer By contrast scripting allows you to identify several files to be automatically loaded into the connected printer This section discusses how to create and use scri...

Page 210: ...xception of a new action to Pause the printer the choice of actions available for scripting are the same as those described in Section 7 4 Load File Control The possible script actions are also availa...

Page 211: ...ue adding all the actions you want to the script You save the script to be executed at a later time Pause The Pause action is a Scripting action that is not available as a Load File Control option in...

Page 212: ...Menu does not show in the script it is included in the Load Firmware action options Script edit action The script you create may be modified at any time 1 Select the Script action you want to edit 2 D...

Page 213: ...previously inserted in the script 1 Select the action you want to delete On the Script menu bar 2 Click Script 3 Click Delete Alternatively click the Delete button found at the bottom of the Script u...

Page 214: ...e Save the script you have created On the Script menu bar 1 Click File 2 Click Save or 3 Click Save as A dialogue box is displayed as shown here 4 Enter a File name for your script 5 Click Save Script...

Page 215: ...ing a Printer Project 7 6 4 Script Open Script open Once saved the Script you created may be opened and modified again at any time On the Script menu bar 1 Click File 2 Click Open A dialogue box is di...

Page 216: ...ctions are sent to the connected printer To execute a script on the 123 Print tool bar 1 Click the script icon The Script utility screen is displayed The script that was last open when you last quit t...

Page 217: ...d various dialogue boxes are displayed indicating the progress of the script execution Below are the progress dialogue boxes for a delay count down and a Lookup File transfer respectively for the exam...

Page 218: ...ase access the http mcl mcl collection com website go to Section Download B To automatically activate On Line Mode your purchased MCL Collection Software follow instructions displayed at install To ma...

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Page 220: ...ter to apply the value 10 Make a note of this Group ID You will need it to set up 123 Print as described in Section 2 3 2 MCL Connection Printer IP address Next setup your printer for Serial or Ethern...

Page 221: ...rinters List of Printers that 123 Print v1 1x supports A Class A 4212 A 4310 A 4408 A 4606 A 6212 A 6310 H Class H 4212X H 4310X H 4606X H 6212X H 6310X H 8308X H 4212 H 4310 H 4408 H 4606 H 6210 H 63...

Page 222: ...nications interface 123 Print supports three physical means of communication with the Datamax printers Serial Com Network Ethernet TCP IP and UDP protocol stacks Ports 3000 9100 5001 Parallel Datamax...

Page 223: ...be sure the label only includes one image Use native fonts For barcodes choose the Print Method option Bar codes and human readable text controlled by the printer These restrictions do not apply to l...

Page 224: ...ires MCL mode or DPL mode at a given moment should not be of concern to you However you do need to be aware of the impact this sharing has on the functions supported depending on the connectivity you...

Page 225: ...succeed If you attempt to perform an invalid communication action you will receive an Operation Failed dialogue box as shown here If this occurs verify that you have the appropriate physical connecti...

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