Advanced Data Formatting 11 - 5

Note that using the standard data editing functions also creates ADF rules. Scan options are entered as ADF rules,
and the previous hierarchy also applies to them. For the digital imager scanner, this applies to prefix/suffix
programming in the parameter Scan Data Transmission Format on page 4-17.
These rules reside in the same “rule list” as ADF rules, so the order of their creation is also important.

Default Rules

Every unit has a default rule to send all scan data. Units with custom software can have one or more default rules
burned in. The rules hierarchy checks user programmable rules first, then the default rules. Disable default rules by
entering the following general rule in the user programmable buffer:
When receiving scan data, send all data.
Since this rule always applies, ADF never enters the default rules.
ADF Bar Codes
Tabl e 11- 1 lists the bar codes available through ADF.
Table 11-1
ADF Bar Codes
Parameter Page
Number
Special Commands 11-8
Pause Duration 11-8
Begin New Rule 11-8
Save Rule 11-8
Erase 11-9
Quit Entering Rules 11-9
Disable Rule Set 11-10
Criteria 11-11
Code Types 11-11
Code Lengths 11-18
1 Character
-
6 Characters 11-18
7 Characters
-
13 Characters 11-19
14 Characters
-
20 Characters 11-20
21 Characters
-
27 Characters 11-21
28 Characters
-
30 Characters 11-22
Specific String at Start 11-22
Specific String, Any Location 11-23
Specific String Search 11-23