Setra Systems, Inc. introduces a new software product that is designed to facilitate the use of Setra’s popular Super II counting and weighing scale. Available on CD ROM, the SuperTalk program provides several very useful functions. SuperTalk enables a nearly effortless transfer of data files and transaction records resident in the Super II scale to a PC where they are stored in a format that is easily imported into popular spreadsheets and database applications. It also enables a nearly effortless transfer to a PC of macros that may have been written and stored in a Super II scale. Once stored in the PC, they can be easily transferred to other Super II scales so that the macro can be duplicated in any number of scales, providing identical scale operation at every workstation. The program also allows the transfer and storage of Super II scale setups such as the print formats that may have been entered for a particular model printer, sample size and accuracy setups for sampling parts when counting, set points for activating alarms, special weighing units such as ounces, grains, kilograms etc. Any and all scale setups can, when using SuperTalk, be permanently stored in your PC, providing a backup if the setups in your scale are lost or inadvertently changed, and simplifying scale programming if new scales that must operate in exactly the same manner are later added to your packaging line. SuperTalk can also be used for editing setup information. For example, a macro developed for one workstation and one operator can be modified in SuperTalk to suit the needs of a similar application elsewhere that uses a different Super II scale. SuperTalk files can be imported into other database applications and spreadsheets. In Microsoft™ Excel, for example, simply open the Transaction Log files using the File, Open, ‘All Files’ commands and the Excel Text Wizard will walk you through a fast and easy sequence that will place your file in the spreadsheet, just the way you want it. Additionally, existing Excel files that were not generated in a scale can also be exported and saved as SuperTalk files and downloaded into any number of Super II scales. SuperTalk and its operating instructions are available on CD ROM. The kit includes a cable and connector that makes it easy to hook up your scale to your PC, and can be purchased from your local Setra Systems scale dealer. |
