Operation Manual

POWERSCAN D8590 User’s Manual 4-13
Communications
Text Commands
When the Text Commands feature is enabled, the POWERSCAN D8590 can accept text
commands via RS-232 connections and USB Virtual COM modes.
Note: Text Commands are
not supported in USB HID Mode.
Enable Text
Commands
Disable Text
Commands
(Default)
Save
Settings
Text Commands by ESP
Entering Magic Sequence
The magic sequence is ;>PA followed by a numeric value of 1, 3, or 7.
1 = Enable Text Commands
3 = Enabled; Suppress Echo
7 = Enabled; Suppress Echo and Responses
In the example
below, the magic sequence entered will Enable Text Commands and
Suppress Ech
o and Responses.
Enter the magic sequence in
this text field and click Send.
Once the magic sequence has been sent, you can send text commands from the same text field.
When Text Commands are set to
Enabled; Suppress Echo, text
that a user enters in the terminal
will not be shown. When Text
Commands are set to Enabled;
Suppress Echo and Responses,
neither user-entered data or imager
responses will be shown, and only
decoded symbol data will appear in
the terminal.
See Terminal Right-Click Menu
for a way to change Echo settings
directly in the terminal view.
When Magic Sequence is enabled, it allows the user to enable
Text Commands by entering a predetermined series of keystrokes.