Rice Lake 140-10-7 Series, Technical And Operating Instructions

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20 Dietary/Fitness Technical and Operating Instructions
8.3 ESC Protocol (configuration option #9 set to 0)
The ESC Protocol differs from the standard protocol and enables weight and unit of measure data to be
transmitted for full integration into electronic medical records or for diagnostic testing of the battery life, load
cells, etc. The scale will only transmit data upon receiving the proper command set.
You can test the command set and review the scales’ response using either PROCOMM Plus or the Dietary/
Fitness files found on our web site, www.ricelake.com/health . If using PROCOMM Plus, we recommend you
set up "hot" keys for the commands. Refer to Table 10-1 for a listing of those commands.
An Escape Protocol is where the escape <ESC> is used to indicate that there is a command following and not just
data.
Table 10-1 lists a complete list of ESC commands that are used with the scale.
Table 8-1. RS-232 Communication Parameters
Command/
Response ESC Character
ESC value with
Parameters Description
Reading R R This value tells the PC that the scale is sending a reading. Immediately
following this will be the value that is sent
Example: <ESC>R<ESC>E
<ESC>R<ESC>W0200.5<ESC>Nm<ESC>E
Weight W Wnnn.n This is the patient’s weight (ie: W0200.5 means 200.5 lb). If the scale is
overloaded, the scale will return the value of 999.9.
Units N Nc This indicates in which unit the values have been taken (m=metric,
c=constitutional
End of Packet
(EOP) E E This indicates that the end of the command/data packet has been
reached
Diagnostics
(request) A Accc This is the request for a diagnostic test on certain parts of the scale
such as the battery life, loadcells, etc.
• AD value (ADC) = E06=AD is too high, E07=AD is too low
• Overload (OVL) = E10
• Battery (BAT) = E4U= (Bat ok) or E4L (Bat Low, but still usable - 1
bar left on the indicator
• Calibration information OK (CAL) = E11=Calibration was not okay
and the user needs to recalibrate.
Diagnostics
(response) Z Zccc This will be the response to the diagnostics done on the scale. Values
will include any error codes to indicate what is wrong with the scale, or
all zeros (Z000) to indicate that all is well.
Control (set a
value) C Cccc=c This is to set the value of the scale’s global settings
<ESC>CUOM=m<ESC>E will set the unit of measurment to KG
• Unit of measurement (metric or constitutional) (UOM) = c (m or c)
If you’re using the Rice Lake files, please follow the instructions below.
1. Go to www.ricelake.com/health and download the Rswin.exe and Inbar.ini files located in the downloads
section of the web site and download them to your computer.
2. Ensure that the scale is connected to the computer via RS-232 cable.