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138 Xenon XP User Guide

B9 and BA Example: Look for the string “AB” and insert 2 asterisks (**)

Using the bar code above, send all characters up to but not including “AB.” Insert 2

asterisks at that point, and send the rest of the data with a carriage return after.

Command string: B900024142BA00022A2AF10D

B9 is the “Send all characters up to a string” command

0002 is the length of the string (2 characters)

41 is the hex value for A

42 is the hex value for B

BA is the “Insert a string” command

0002 is the length of the string to be added (2 characters)

2A is the hex value for an asterisk (*)

F1 is the “Send all characters” command

0D is the hex value for a CR

The data is output as:

1234567890**ABCDEFGHIJ

<CR>

Insert symbology name

B3 Insert the name of the bar code’s symbology in the output message, without moving

the cursor. Only symbologies with a Honeywell ID are included (see Symbology

Charts on page 295). Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252),

beginning on page 298 for decimal, hex and character codes.

Insert bar code length

B4 Insert the bar code’s length in the output message, without moving the cursor. The

length is expressed as a numeric string and does not include leading zeros.

B3 and B4 Example: Insert the symbology name and length

Send the symbology name and length before the bar code data from the bar code

above. Break up these insertions with spaces. End with a carriage return.

Command string: B3F42001B4F42001F10D