Chapter 5 Introduction

Character Addresses

Both the ASCII and multinational character sets have hex values for each character and symbol. The primary character set (ASCII characters) resides at hex addresses ranging from 00 to 7F. The extended character set, which contains the multinational characters, resides at hex addresses ranging from 80 to FF. Table 22 shows each multinational character substitution hex value and the applicable ASCII hex values. To access the extended character set, the IGP must be configured with the data bit 8 option enabled.

Making Character Substitutions

Multinational character sets are created by substituting the multinational character values for the standard ASCII values. Each of the 12 multinational character sets allows up to 16 character substitutions (located at 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 40, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 60, 7B, 7C, 7D, and 7E hex). The most common character substitutions specific to a particular country are provided in each set and shown in Table 22.

For example, when the Danish character set is selected, calling character address cell 5B (Æ) substitutes the Danish character residing at C6 from the Multinational Character Set. When the Spanish character set is selected, calling character address cell 7C(ñ) substitutes the Spanish character residing at F1 from the Multinational Character Set. These substitutions are automatically performed when a particular Multinational Character Set is selected./

Table 22. Substitution Set Hex Values

Character Set

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitution Hex Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. ASCII

21

22

23

24

25

26

40

5B

5C

5D

5E

60

7B

7C

7D

7E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Danish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C6

D8

C5

 

B0

E6

F8

E5

 

Dutch

 

 

A3

 

 

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

81

 

 

English

 

 

A3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finnish

 

 

 

A4

 

 

 

C4

D6

C5

 

 

E4

F6

E5

FC

French

 

 

 

 

 

 

E0

FB

E7

A7

F4

EA

E9

F9

E8

EE

German

 

 

 

 

 

 

A7

C4

D6

DC

 

 

E4

F6

FC

DF

Italian

 

 

 

 

 

 

A7

B0

E9

83

 

F9

E0

F2

E8

EC

Norwegian

 

 

 

A4

 

 

C9

C6

D8

C5

DC

E9

E6

F8

E5

FC

Spanish

 

 

82

 

 

 

 

C3

D1

D5

A1

 

E3

F1

F5

BF

Swedish

 

 

 

A4

 

 

C9

C4

D6

C5

DC

E9

E4

F6

E5

FC

Turkish

84

C7

E7

85

 

 

 

86

D6

DC

87

88

89

F6

FC

8A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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