Ohaus Corporation www.ohaus.com 79 Ranger 7000® Series Service ManualGeneral Notes:• Commands sent to the indicator must be terminated by a carriage return (CR) or a carriagereturn-line feed (CRLF).• Alternate command characters may be defined by the user.• Data output is always terminated with a carriage return-line feed (CRLF).• There is 40-second timeout control for print under stable requirement. If the unstablecondition continues over 40 seconds, scale will respond “ES”.A.2 RS232 (DB9) Pin ConnectionsUse the built-in RS-232 Port to connect either to a computer or a printer.A.3 USB HostThe USB Host can be used to connect a barcode scanner and USB flash drive to the Ranger 7000.A.3.1 Printout FormatA.3.2 Printout string for g, kg, lb, oz units:• The printout string has a fixed length of 23 characters.• Each Space field is a delimiting space used to separate the other fields.• The Weight field is 9 right justified characters. If the value is negative, the '‐' character isprinted at the immediate left of the most significant digit.• The Unit/Mode field is 3 left justified characters.• The Stability field is 1 character.• The G/N field is 1 character. 'G' is printed for a gross weight. 'N' is printed for a net weight.• The Message field is 5 left justified characters.Note: The Termination Characters Carriage Return and Line Feed are appended to the printout.