User's Guide

HH1800 User Guide 53

CHAPTER 4 - DATA EDIT

Prefix/Suffix Overview

When a barcode is scanned, additional information is sent to the host computer along with

the barcode data. This group of barcode data and additional, user-defined data is called a

“message string.” The selections in this section are used to build the user-defined data into

the message string.

Prefix and Suffix characters are data characters that can be sent before and after scanned

data. You can specify if they should be sent with all symbologies, or only with specific

symbologies. The following illustration shows the breakdown of a message string:

Points to Keep In Mind

• It is not necessary to build a message string. The selections in this chapter are only used

if you wish to alter the default settings. Default prefix = None. Default suffix = None.

• A prefix or suffix may be added or cleared from one symbology or all symbologies.

• You can add any prefix or suffix from the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252),

beginning on page 203, plus Code I.D. and AIM I.D.

• You can string together several entries for several symbologies at one time.

• Enter prefixes and suffixes in the order in which you want them to appear on the output.

• When setting up for specific symbologies (as opposed to all symbologies), the specific

symbology ID value counts as an added prefix or suffix character.

variable

length

1-11 alpha

numeric &

control

characters

1-11 alpha

numeric &

control

characters

Prefix

Scanned Data

Suffix

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