User's Guide

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CHAPTER 5 - DATA FORMAT
Data Format Editor Introduction
You may use the Data Format Editor to change the scanner’s output. For example, you can
use the Data Format Editor to insert characters at certain points in barcode data as it is
scanned. The selections in the following pages are used only if you wish to alter the output.
Default Data Format setting = None.
Normally, when you scan a barcode, it is output automatically. However, when you create a
format, you must use a “send” command (see Send Commands on page 63) within the format
program to output data.
Multiple formats may be programmed into the scanner. They are stacked in the order in
which they are entered. However, the following list presents the order in which formats are
applied:
1. Specific Terminal ID, Actual Code ID, Actual Length
2. Specific Terminal ID, Actual Code ID, Universal Length
3. Specific Terminal ID, Universal Code ID, Actual Length
4. Specific Terminal ID, Universal Code ID, Universal Length
5. Universal Terminal ID, Actual Code ID, Actual Length
6. Universal Terminal ID, Actual Code ID, Universal Length
7. Universal Terminal ID, Universal Code ID, Actual Length
8. Universal Terminal ID, Universal Code ID, Universal Length
The maximum size of a data format configuration is 2000 bytes, which includes header
information.
If a barcode is read that fails the first data format, the next data format, if there is one, will be
used on the barcode data. If there is no other data format, the raw data is output.
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