Example 2: Extract the date code, item number, and quantity information
from barcodes. Data is encoded in the barcode like this: From the first character to the 6th character is the date code. From the 7th character is the item number, its length is not fixed but is delimited by a
Data should be transmitted like this: Item number goes first, then a TAB character, and then the date code, and then another TAB character and finally the quantity.
Total Number of Fields: 3
Field 1: Divide field by field length, set the field length to 6.
Field 2: Divide field by field terminating string. Set terminating string to
Additional Field 1: Set to one TAB character. Field Transmission Sequence:
F2 AF1 F1 AF1 F3
7.Configuring your Pulsar C
Configuring the Pulsar C is done by reading the setup labels contained in the Configuration Manual (the second part of this manual). This section describes the procedure of configuring the scanner. Some configuration examples are also given in this section for illustration.
7.1Enter Configuration Mode
To start the configuration, the “Enter Setup” label must be read. This will put the scanner in the configuration mode. The scanner will respond with 6 beeps and the indicator will turn green after the label is read. This “Enter Setup” label is located at the bottom of almost every even page of the Configuration Manual.
7.2Default
All the parameters of the scanner will return to their default values by reading the “Default” label. The scanner will beep twice when the “Default” label is read.
7.3List Setting
The current setting of all scanner parameters can be sent to the host computer for user inspection. The listing is separated into ten pages. User can select the page of interest by reading the “Page x” label. The scanner cannot list setting, if Wand Emulation interface is configured.
Page 1: Interface, Buzzer, and Scanner Parameters
Page 2: Prefix, Postfix, and Length Code Setting
Page 3: Code ID
Page 4: Readable Symbologies
Page 5: Symbology Parameters (1/3)
Page 6: Symbology Parameters (2/3)
Page 7: Symbology Parameters (3/3)
Page 8: Editing Format 1
Page 9: Editing Format 2
Page 10: Editing Format 3
7.4Setting Parameter Values
For most of the parameters, only one read is required to set them to new values. The scanner will respond with two beeps when these parameters are configured. But for some special parameters, multiple reads are required to complete the setting. The scanner will respond with a short beep if the configuration of the parameter is still not complete. These parameters usually refer to a numeric value or a string of characters, such as keyboard type,
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