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Re: Numerical output from a single LED

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On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 4:07:04 AM UTC-5, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> writes:
> > I like the Morse code idea best of any I've seen here so far. 
> 
> If this is for use by store clerks, every idea suggested so far is in
> forgeddabout it territory.  If it's for use by a technician who
> maintains the equipment then these manual methods are too much hassle
> even if they are doable, and the label guns should really upload their
> status into a computer somehow.  That can be done by whatever medium
> is used to program prices or skus or whatever else is in the guns.

Not really.  Back in the day my mom learned to use a slide rule when working in a factory.  If it's part of the job you do every day it's no big deal for someone to learn that three short and two long means the digit 3.  

Geeze!  Look at all the damn blinking lights in use today.  PCs used to beep codes for boot errors.  Even devices with hugely complex interfaces will have blinking lights with very specific meanings depending on just what they are doing.  Even my Tesla uses a tiny icon with a red light to indicate the media for storing video is ready.  Then there are several other states I don't remember because I don't see them on a regular basis. 

Something like this a person sees every day will be second nature after a bit.  

Actually the best idea is to print a label with the count, but I assume there is a reason why that isn't being done as it is a rather simple and obvious solution. 

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Numerical output from a single LED John Speth <johnspeth@yahoo.com> - 2019-12-26 11:51 -0800
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2019-12-26 12:21 -0800
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2019-12-26 16:44 -0500
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2019-12-26 22:59 +0000
    Re: Numerical output from a single LED upsidedown@downunder.com - 2019-12-27 06:53 +0200
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2019-12-26 15:33 -0800
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2019-12-26 23:29 -0800
    Re: Numerical output from a single LED Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2019-12-27 10:42 -0500
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Robert Roland <fake@ddress.no> - 2019-12-27 18:10 +0100
    Re: Numerical output from a single LED Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2019-12-27 11:13 -0800
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Mike Perkins <spam@spam.com> - 2019-12-27 20:20 +0000
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2019-12-27 13:55 -0800
    Re: Numerical output from a single LED Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2019-12-27 17:54 -0800
      Re: Numerical output from a single LED Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2019-12-28 01:07 -0800
        Re: Numerical output from a single LED Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2019-12-28 08:24 -0800
          Re: Numerical output from a single LED Phil Martel <pomartel@comcast.net> - 2019-12-30 10:16 -0500
  Re: Numerical output from a single LED Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2019-12-29 12:32 +1100

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