Datalogic Scanning 7000 manual Character Match Sequences, Adding Spaces, Dddddddd

OCR Templates

You need to read any combination of eight digits. The template would be:

dddddddd

To create this template, you would enable the OCR-A font. Scan the Enter OCR Template symbol (page 8-16), then scan the d from the OCR Programming Chart on page B-4 eight times. Scan Save OCR Template (page 8-17). This would let you read any string of eight digits, for exam- ple:

37680981

Character Match Sequences

On the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252) on page A-4, find the Hex value that represents the character(s) you want to match. Use the Programming Chart on page B-5 to scan the numbers that represent these characters.

Example: You need to read three digits, three specific characters (ABC), three digits. The template would be:

ddd414243ddd } hex codes for letters

A, B, and C

To create this template, you would enable the OCR-A font. Scan the Enter OCR Template symbol (page 8-16). Scan the d from the OCR Pro- gramming Chart on page B-4 three times. Then scan 414243 from the Pro- gramming Chart on page B-5 (the hex characters for “A,” “B,” and “C”), and scan the d three more times. Scan Save OCR Template, page 8-17. This would let you read any string of three digits, “ABC,” then any string of three digits, for example:

551ABC983

Adding Spaces

You may also need to put spaces in your template.

Example: You need to read three digits, space, three specific characters (ABC), space, three digits. The template would be:

ddd2041424320ddd

hex code for a space

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