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Task s and Ki ts 3-24 ProMa ster 25 00 U ser Ma nual Figure 3-16 The Serialization Process TASKLINK PC HARD DRIVE "PROCESS DEVICES" Task runs EXTERNAL SERIALIZATION PROGRAM (ESP) Written by user. Generates a se…
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Serialization Method —
select
File
when operating with an ESP. (The
Memory Buffer selection is offered to maintain compatibility with a
previous product and should not be used to create a new ESP.)
RAM Serialization
— select
On
when you want the serial number to be
programmed in the device. Selecting
Off
will print the serial number on
the label when you have included two or more percent (
%
) signs in a row
in the label text field (in the
ProMaster 2500
dialog box).
Edit Starting Number
— set to
Yes
when the starting serial number will
be entered or edited by the operator at the start of the Task. Enter the new
serial number in the Next Serial Number field.
TaskLink will record the last serial number programmed into a device,
increment it, and use it as the starting number the next time the Task is
run. Select
No
if you want to operate in this manner.
Keep Next Number
— select
Yes
if you want TaskLink to record the next
valid serial number so it can be used the next time the Task is run. If the
last successfully programmed and serialized device had a serial number
of 7123, selecting
Yes
would program serial number 7124 into the first
device on the next run of the Task.
When this dialog box is complete, move the cursor to
<OK>
and press
↵
.
TaskLink calls the ESP program (see Figure 3-16) when the Task is run,
before the first device is processed. The ESP generates a valid serial
number, creates an ASCII file called
Serial.dat
and writes it on the PC’s
disk. The ESP passes control back to TaskLink. The serial number file is
downloaded to the 2500’s RAM, and the device is programmed.
Figure 3-15
Serialization Parameters Dialog
Box
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Figure 3-16
The Serialization Process
TASKLINK PC HARD DRIVE
"PROCESS DEVICES"
Task runs
EXTERNAL SERIALIZATION
PROGRAM (ESP)
Written by user.
Generates a serial number.
Creates an ASCII file called
"serial.dat."
"serializ.exe" is a sample of
a basic external serialization
program.
Calls "ESP" and
passes parameters
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"SERIAL.DAT" (ASCII FILE)
Eight-line file containing
serial number
ESP creates
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SERIALIZATION
PARAMETERS
DIALOG BOX
Operator provides
TaskLink with "ESP"
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Serialization Parameters
TaskLink supplies a sample ESP called “
serializ.exe
” to use as a template
for developing your program. The source code (named “
serializ.c
”) for
this program is included with TaskLink. Figure 3-15 shows the
Serialization Parameters dialog box. To use
serializ.exe
to place a serial
number in programmer RAM, set the parameters as follows:
Note: For compatibility with external serialization programs you may have
written for HandlerLink, select Memory Buffer for the Serialization
Method.
External Serialization
Program (ESP) Serializ.exe
is used to illustrate passing parameters to the ESP. This is a
simple program that can be used to generate a serial number for each
device that programs successfully. It directs the labeler to print a label
with that serial number.
Some of the parameter options that you can pass to the external software
program on the Program command line include:
• Serial number’s address in the device
• Serial number’s format (decimal, hex, binary)
• Length (number of bytes)
• Byte order of high and low bytes
• Value used to increment each serial number
• Format of the serial number printed on the label (binary,
ASCII decimal, or ASCII hexadecimal)
Parameter Setting
Serialization Method File
RAM Serialization On
Program
serializ.exe
*
* Include any command line parameters you want, as described in the next section.
Edit Starting Number No
Keep Next Number Yes
Next Serial Number starting_serial_number