RS-232 Host Commands, Overview of RS-232 Commands

Appendix B — Reference Information

RS-232 Host Commands

The following table describes the commands that the RS-232 interface accepts from the host.

	ASCII
Command	Character	Description

Disable	D	Places the scanner in an operational
Scanner		mode in which the scanner does not
		accept bar code data input from the
		scan optics.
		The scanner will complete any message
		transmission in progress to the host.
Enable	E	Places the scanner in an operational
Scanner		mode in which the scanner will accept
		label data input from the scan optics.
Reset	R	Performs a scanner reset operation.
Scanner		Any bar code data the scanner may be
		holding in buffers is discarded.
		After the reset is executed, additional
		host commands may be ignored for
		thirty seconds.
Beep Good	B	Causes the beeper to sound one good
Read Tone		read tone if the beeper is enabled.
		For help configuring the beeper, see
		“Configuring the Beeper Settings” on
		page 134.
Force Good	01	Causes the beeper to sound one good
Read Tone		read tone even if the beeper is disabled.
XOFF	11	Suspends current data transmission
		from the scanner to the host or
		prevents future data transmissions
		from occurring.
XON	13	Permits resumption of data
		transmission from the scanner to the
		host that was previously suspended via
		the XOFF command.

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