Unitech MS860 manual Programming Via Scanner Input, Data Editing, continued, Modifiers

PROGRAMMING VIA SCANNER INPUT

Data Editing, continued

Note: Once a Qualifier is specified, other bar codes that do not meet the requirements of the Qualifier will be disregarded.

If you would like bar codes not specified by the Qualifier to output normally, simply add another qualifier that specifies all bar codes (19), starting at position 1, and outputting all remaining (#). (See example at the bottom of this page.)

Modifiers:

Original Data - Part or all of the original data string can be selected. The programming bar codes must be entered in the following sequence: O-STR,P,N,- where “O-STR” announces that the next bar code inputs refer to where the output should begin and how many characters should be output. For example, if 7 characters are to be output beginning with the 4th character, the bar code scanning sequence should be “O-STR, 4,7,”. If we want all the characters after the 4th character to be output, the sequence should be “O-STR,4,#,”, with the “#” character signifying that the entire string (after the 4th character) should be output. Should you decide that the last two characters should not be output, the sequence would be “”O-STR,4,#-2,”, with the “#-2” specifying all remaining minus 2.

Special Characters

,Comma - Used as a separator between formula parameters, beginning with the IN_ID parameter and ending with the Enter parameter.

“Quotation Mark - Used to begin and end a character string. A character string bounded by quotation marks is treated as a single unit, and would be written as “abcd”.

* Asterisk - Wild-card character used to specify any digit or position.

# Hash sign - Wild-card character used to specify any letter or last position.

Finally, end the programming sequence with the “Enter” bar code. Do not follow it with a comma. If you need to add another formula, do so now by scanning the “IN_ID” bar code directly, followed by the rest of the second formula’s parameters, and then “Enter” again. Lastly, scan the “Exit” bar code.

Thus, if we want to output just the first five characters only from UPC-A input and then follow it with three “0”s, the scanning sequence should be as follows:

Enter Group 9 IN_ID , 3 , O-STR , 1 , 5 , “ 0 0 0 “ , Enter Exit

If we only want to treat UPC-A this way, but still want other symbologies to output normally, the scanning sequence would be as follows:

Enter Group 9 IN_ID , 3 , O-STR , 1 , 5 , “ 0 0 0 “ , Enter

IN_ID , 19 , O-STR , 1 , # , Enter Exit

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