IBM 243X Entering ASCII Control Characters, To enter ASCII characters for a preamble or postamble

Trakker Antares 243X Hand-Held Terminal User’s Manual

Entering ASCII Control Characters

You can include ASCII control characters in a postamble or preamble by using the TRAKKER Antares 2400 Menu System. For a definition of the postamble or preamble, see Chapter 6, “Configuration Command Reference,” in the 2400 Family system manual.

You can configure the postamble or preamble to be characters from the full or extended ASCII character sets. For example, the Field Exit code (Ü) for 5250 terminal emulation is an extended ASCII character that is often configured as the postamble.

Note: For help using the 5250 Field Exit code, see the appropriate TE manual.

To enter ASCII characters for a preamble or postamble

1.Decide which ASCII control character you want to set for the preamble or postamble. Look up the control character in the “Full ASCII Table” in Appendix B of the 2400 Family system manual and find the two-digit hexadecimal number. For example, ETX in the Full ASCII Table is the hexadecimal value 03.

To enter an extended ASCII character, look up the two-digit hexadecimal number for the character in the “Trakker Antares Terminal Font Set” in Appendix C of the 2400 Family system manual. For example,

Ü (the 5250 Field Exit code) has the hexadecimal value 9A.

2.Use the TRAKKER Antares 2400 Menu System to configure a preamble or postamble. From the Main Menu, choose Configuration Menu.

PREAMBLE / POSTAMBLE

Preamble:

abc

Postamble:

\x0D\x0A

OK CANCEL

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3.From the Configuration Menu, choose Terminal Menu.

4.From the Terminal Menu, choose Preamble/Postamble.

5.Move the cursor to the field for the preamble or postamble.

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