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MESSAGEMONITOR
Showsthemessagesastheyare
printed. Adisplayedmessage
cannotbeedited,butisupdated
eachtimethemessageisprinted
(uptothemaximumdisplay
refreshrate)andshowsthetrue
valueofprintedserialnumbers
andclockfields.
Messagesareonlydisplayedafteraprintgosignalisreceivedandthe
messageisprinted.Similarly,ifamessageisedited,thenewmessage
willonlybedisplayedafteraPrintGosignalcausesittobeprinted.
MESSAGEEDITOR
AccesstoMessageEditorcanbecontrolledbypassword(seepg.2-13).
Used to create and modify
messages. Existingentriesare
markedwithahighlightbarand
thehighlightbarismovedaround
themessageusingthecursorkeys.
Acursoroftheselectedcharacter
sizeappearsattheendofline
position.
Entriescanbemadeintothemessageasshownbelow.Forvery
accurateprintpositioning,athin--spacecanbeinsertedusingShiftand
Spacekeys.
PrintMessage
Permitsthemessagebeingeditedtobeprintedonreceiptofthenext
productdetectsignal.Serialnumbersinthemessagewillstartatthe
lowerlimitorthelastprintedvalue.
FontSize
Theselectedcharactersizeisshownonthedisplaybytheheightofthe
cursor.Pressthefunctionkeytocyclethroughthecharactersizes
availableinthecurrentprintformatandavailableforinsertiononthe
currentline.