25.11.7.1 Print/Data Settings - Data Type

Click [Data Type] to display the following dialog box.

Column

If you selected [Enable multiple data types] in the [Address] tab, this field displays the number of the selected column.

Address

If you selected [Enable multiple data types] in the [Address] tab, this field displays the address of the selected column.

Scaling Settings

Select if you want to set specify a source range and display range. The dialog box will show the following.

Data Type

Choose the data type from [Dec], [BCD], [Hex], or [Float].

[Float] can only be selected when the set [Bit Length] is [32 Bit] on the [Address] tab.

Sign +/-

Designate whether or not to attach a minus sign to data. This can only be set when the [Data Type] is [Dec].

Source Range

Sign +/-

If [Scaling Settings] is enabled and [Data Type] is [Dec] or [Hex], select whether or not to handle negative numbers.

Only positive numeric data.

Negative numbers are handled with 2's complement.

Negative numbers are handled with MSB sign (highest bit).

Bit Length

If [Scaling Settings] is enabled and [Data Length] is [8 Bit] or [16 Bit] on the [Address] tab, set the bit length you want to use.

8 bit: 1 to 8

16 bit: 1 to 16

Min. Value/Max. Value

If [Scaling Settings] is enabled, set the data source range. Each [Data Type] and [Sign +/-] has a different size range.

Bit Length

Data Type

Sign +/-

Source Range

8 bit

Dec

None

0 to 255

2's Complement

-128 to 127

MSB Sign

-127 to 127

Hex

None

0 to 255

2's Complement

-128 to 127

MSB Sign

-127 to 127

BCD

-

0 to 99

16 bit

Dec

None

0 to 65535

2's Complement

-32768 to 32767

MSB Sign

-32767 to 32767

Hex

None

0 to 65535

2's Complement

-32768 to 32767

MSB Sign

-32767 to 32767

BCD

-

0 to 9999

32 bit

Dec

None

0 to 4294967295

2's Complement

-2147483648 to 2147483647

MSB Sign

-2147483647 to 2147483647

Hex

None

0 to 4294967295

2's Complement

-2147483648 to 2147483647

MSB Sign

-2147483647 to 2147483647

BCD

-

0 to 99999999

Float

-

-9.9e16 to 9.9e16

If [Scaling Settings] is enabled, Min. Value/Max. Value for the [Display Range] is displayed.

Display Range

Display Sign +/-

If [Scaling Settings] is enabled and [Data Type] is [Dec], select whether or not to attach a sign to display data. This is fixed when the [Data Type] is [Float].

Round Off

Designate whether or not to round off fractional values when converting input values to the display range. Fractional values are truncated if rounding off is not selected.

Min. Value/Max. Value

Only when you selected [Scaling Settings], specify the Min/Max for the display range. The settings range is different, depending on the [Data Type] and whether [Display Sign +/-] is set.

Bit Length

Data Type

Display Sign +/-

Display Range

8 bit

Dec

Disable

0 to 255

Enable

-128 to 127

Hex

-

0 to FF

BCD

-

0 to 99

16 bit

Dec

Disable

0 to 65535

Enable

-32768 to 32767

Hex

-

0 to FFFF

BCD

-

0 to 9999

32 bit

Dec

Disable

0 to 4294967295

Enable

-2147483648 to 2147483647

Hex

-

0 to FFFFFFFF

BCD

-

0 to 99999999

Float

Selected (Fixed)

-9.9e16 to 9.9e16