Illinois Tool Works 5750-440, Operation Manual

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OPERATIONS MANUAL – 5750440 – REVISION D
Placing the Expiration Date in a Message
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You must be in the edit mode to place an expiration date in a message or change the format of the
expiration date. See Instruction A2, “Creating a Simple Message” to enter the edit mode.
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While editing, position the cursor where
you want the expiration date to appear.
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Press ALT+DATE. The LCD will show
the expiration date enclosed by braces.
The braces appear only on-screen, not
in the printed message.
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3
Position the cursor under the initial
brace of the expiration date. The first
line of the LCD will show the format of
the expiration date in an abbreviated
form.
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Scroll to change the
format.
The chart below shows all the available expiration date formats on the system with examples for
August 4, 2001.
Date in Message Format Prompt Explanation
{04/08/01} XDD/MM/YY Two digits each for the day / the month / the year.
{08/04/01} XMM/DD/YY Two digits each for the month / the day / the year.
{04/AUG/01} XDD/MON/YY Two digits for the day, three letters for the month and two digits for the year.
{AUG} XMON-ENGLISH Month in three letters abbreviated from English
{H} XM Month in a single letter: Jan is A, Feb is B, and so on.
{216} XDDD Day of the year in three digits.
{31} XWW Week as two digits.
{2001} XYYYY Year in four digits.
{01} XYY The last two digits of the year.
{08} XMM Month in two digits.
{AUG} XMON Month in three letters abbreviated from selected language.
{04} XDD Day of the month in two digits.
{AUG 01] XMON YY Month in three letters and the year in two digits
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Press ENTER when done.
INDIVIDUAL EXPIRATION DATES - The expiration date set in this procedure will be the default
expiration date for all future messages. To override this default for a single message, select the
message while in the edit mode. Press ALT+DATE, type a new number and then press ENTER.
This feature is a part of sample message G3.
XDD/MM/YY
{
04 / 08 / 01} SHIPMENT