MPCLII Packet Reference Manual

Option 60 (Incrementing/Decrementing Fields)––––––––––––––––––

You may have an application, such as serial numbers, in which you need a numeric field to increment (increase in value) or decrement (decrease in value) on successive tickets within a single batch. Incrementing or decrementing can be applied to numeric data only. If you have a field that includes letters and digits, apply incrementing or decrementing to only the portion of the field that contains digits. Do not use with Option 42 (price field).

Syntax

R,60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p

 

 

R1.

R

Field Option Header.

 

 

R2.

60

Option 60.

 

 

 

R3.

I/D

I

incrementing field

 

 

 

 

D

decrementing field

 

 

R4. amount

Amount to increase or decrease. Range: 0- 99.

 

R5. l pos

Leftmost position in inc/dec portion of field.

If this value

 

 

 

is not entered, the default value 1 is used. Range: 0 -

 

 

 

2710.

 

 

 

R6. r pos

Rightmost position in inc/dec portion of field.

If this value

 

 

 

is not used, the entire field length is used as the default.

 

 

 

Range: 0 - 2710.

 

Example

R,60,I,5,1,6 p

 

 

Increments a field by 5 each time the field is printed. The field increments beginning with the first left position and ending with the sixth position.

Fixing the First Number in the Incrementing Sequence

There are two ways to enter the first number in the incrementing sequence. You can use batch data or use Option 1 to define the first number as a fixed character.The first number in the sequence must contain the same amount of digits as the highest number to be counted. For example, to count the numbers 1 to 999, the first number in the sequence must be entered as 001.

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Paxar TCMPCL2PR manual Option 60 Incrementing/Decrementing Fields, Fixing the First Number in the Incrementing Sequence