Datalogic Scanning 3200VSI manual Character Conversion, 41423132FFFFFFFF

Character Conversion

Character Conversion

Character conversion is an eight byte configuration item. The eight bytes are 4 character pairs represented in hexadecimal ASCII values. The first character in the pair is the character that will be converted. The second character in the pair is the character to convert to. If the charac- ter to convert in a pair is FF, then no conversion is done.

For example, if you have the character conversion configuration item set to the following:

41423132FFFFFFFF

The first pair is 4142 or AB (41 hex is an ASCII capital A, 42 hex is an ASCII capital B) and the second pair is 3132 or 12 (31 hex is an ASCII 1, 32 is an ASCII 2). The other two pairs are FFFF and FFFF.

With the label, AG15TA81, it would look as follows after the character conversion:

BG25TB82.

The A characters were converted to the B character and the 1 characters were converted to the numeral 2 character. Nothing is done with the last two character pairs, since they are all FF.

To set Character Conversion:

1.Scan the START/END bar code.

2.Scan the Character Conversion bar code.

3.Determine the desired string. Up to sixteen positions can be determined as in the above example. Next, turn to the ASCII Chart on the inside back cover of this manual and find the equivalent hex digits needed to fulfill the string.

The positions not used must be filled with the character ‘F’.

NOTE

4.Turn to Appendix C, Alpha-Numeric Pad and scan the bar codes representing the hex charac- ters determined in the previous step. When the last character is scanned, the scanner will sound a triple beep.

5.Scan the START/END bar code to exit Programming Mode.

START / END

PROGRAMMING bar codes

Character Conversion

DEFAULT SETTING FOR THIS FEATURE:

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF hex (no conversion)

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