Users’ Manual
EDI-53 Series Digital Indicator
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R004: NO DATA!
When you are finished looking at the data for a particular channel just press ‘ENTER’ the display will
prompt you for the next channel number whose data you want to fetch.
Ch # ? 0_
You can either enter another channel number to recall or you may press ‘ESC’ to exit the recall mode.
Display will flash
* EXIT ! *
* RECALL ENDS *
and exit the recall mode. You can exit the recall mode any time by pressing the ‘ESC’ key. The display
will flash
* RECALL ENDS *
and come out of the recall mode.
4.13
Printing the logged or setup data
You can send the logged data or the setup data directly to a alphanumeric printer (for example a dot
matrix printer) provided with a RS-232C serial interface port for a hard copy printout.
See the section on ‘RS-232C serial interface’ for details on how to connect the indicator to the printer.
You will also have to go through your printer manual to find out how to configure the printer’s serial port
parameters and generally how to operate the printer.
The indicator can provide formatted printout of either the logged data or the setup data.
Connect the printer to the indicator and turn on power. The print format is optimized for printing on 80
column wide continuous stationery. So load continuous stationery (paper) in your printer preferably using
the tractor (see your printer manual for help). Align the paper in the printer so that the top edge of the
paper is at ‘top of form’ position, i.e. the top edge of paper should just project beyond the print head. In
most currently available dot matrix printers, whenever you load a fresh sheet of paper (or the first sheet
of the continuous stationery) the paper is automatically positioned at the ‘top of form’ position.
Turn on the indicator. From the measurement mode press the ‘PRINT’ key. Display will first flash
PRINT DATA
ENTER CHOICE >
Then the display will show
1: LOG DATA
If you now press the ‘1’ and ‘2’ key and you will find the display toggles between
1: LOG DATA
2: SETUP DATA
When the display shows your choice press ‘ENTER’. For example if you want to print the logged data,
press ‘1’. When the display shows ‘log data’ prompt press ‘ENTER’ to accept.
Display will prompt
Press <ENTER>
Make sure that the paper is properly loaded, the printer is turned on and the ‘online’ lamp is glowing. On-
line means that the printer is ready to receive information for printing. Your printer may have a different
