POWERSCAN® D8330/M8300

The general format for other asynchronous messages is:

[Scanner_Addr] [Scanner_Addr_delimiter] [DC2] MESSAGE [CR]

where DC2 is ASCII 0x12 (^R) character.

•If you have not enabled the Scanner Address Stamping or the Scanner Address Delimiter, you must not specify them. In this case all messages will be implicitly addressed to the 'binded' Scanner of the cradle directly connected to the serial line.

•The Scanner can only receive messages if two-way mode is enabled. (See par. 5.9.4, “Transmission Mode”, command is on page 159).

•Messages cannot start with '$+' because they would be interpreted as a configuration command.

•You can send a message to the Scanner only while it is on. This happens when it has sent a message to the host and the radio timeout has not yet expired. (See par. 5.9.1, "Radio Protocol Timeout"; command is on page 130).

•If you want to control the Scanner's beeper from the host, you will also probably want to disable the good transmission beep that is emitted when the code is received from the cradle. (See command on page 86).

The message field can store plain text and escape sequences.

•Escape sequences are interpreted as commands.

•Plain text is directly printed on the display. If writing beyond the end of line, the display does not wrap automatically. Extra characters are ignored. Control characters are not interpreted (i.e. LF, FF, etc.).

6.1.1Cursor Control
ESC [ n A

Up n rows, no scroll

ESC [ n B

Down n rows, no scroll

ESC [ n C

Right n columns

ESC [ n D

Left n columns

ESC [ G

CR

ESC [ r ; c H

Move to row r, column c

ESC D

(ESC[1;1H is the upper left character position of the display)

Down 1 row, with scroll

ESC E

CR and cursor down 1 row with scroll

ESC M

Up 1 row and scroll

NOTES:

•Since CR is used as the message terminator, you must use ESC [ G or ESC E to print a CR.

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