Data GateWeigh
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Introduction.........................................................................................................................................4
Installation...........................................................................................................................................4
Installing on Windows 95, 98 and NT..............................................................................................................5
Installing on SCO OpenServer...........................................................................................................................5
Configuration......................................................................................................................................7
Understanding Application Configuration (dg.ini) ......................................................................................7
Directories .........................................................................................................................................................9
Logging............................................................................................................................................................10
Task Execution ................................................................................................................................................13
Import Files......................................................................................................................................................13
Miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................................15
Understanding User Configuration (user.ini) ..............................................................................................16
Store Configuration Parameters.....................................................................................................................18
Department Configuration Parameters..........................................................................................................19
Device Configuration Parameters ..................................................................................................................19
Running Data GateWeigh..............................................................................................................25
Manual Mode of Execution..............................................................................................................................25
Automatic Mode of Execution.........................................................................................................................26
Command Line Options ...................................................................................................................................26
User Files .............................................................................................................................................................26
Processing User Files.........................................................................................................................................27
Export Files..........................................................................................................................................................28
Log Files...............................................................................................................................................................28
Task Status Log File........................................................................................................................................30
Understanding Failed Tasks ............................................................................................................................32
Returned Error Codes .......................................................................................................................................32
Stopping Data GateWeigh................................................................................................................................33
Common Operations .......................................................................................................................33
Configuring the Store........................................................................................................................................33
Configuring a Department...............................................................................................................................34
Creating an AutoExport File............................................................................................................................35
Adding a New Device.......................................................................................................................................35
Using Example User Files.................................................................................................................................36
Standard Scale Data Format...........................................................................................................36
Standard Format Rules .....................................................................................................................................37
Using Comment Lines ....................................................................................................................................37
Field Types.......................................................................................................................................................38
Understanding Required and Optional Fields...............................................................................................39
Special Value Fields ........................................................................................................................................39
Tares.................................................................................................................................................................40
Labels ...............................................................................................................................................................40
Using HTML in Text Fields..............................................................................................................................40
Using Tasks in a Standard Format File..........................................................................................................42
Standard Format Tags ....................................................................................................................................44
Troubleshooting ...............................................................................................................................61
Appendix............................................................................................................................................62
How Data GateWeigh Processes .ini Files.....................................................................................................62
Device Types.......................................................................................................................................................63
Data GateWeigh Input Format Reference .....................................................................................................64
Data GateWeigh Output Format Reference................................................................................................148