Programming Reference Guide

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Character Conversion
Character conversion is an eight byte configuration item. The eight bytes are 4 character
pairs represented in hexadecimal ASCII values. The first character in the pair is the
character that will be converted. The second character in the pair is the character to convert
to. If the character to convert in a pair is FF, then no conversion is done.
For example, if you have the charac
ter conversion configuration item set to the following:
41423132FFFFFFFF
The first pair is 4142 or AB (41 hex is an ASCII
capital A, 42 hex is an ASCII capital B) and
the second pair is 3132 or 12 (31 hex is an ASCII 1, 32 is an ASCII 2). The other two pairs
are FFFF and FFFF.
With the label, AB12BA21, it would look as follows
after the character conversion:
BB22BB22.
The A characters were converted to B characters and the
1 characters were converted to 2
characters. Nothing is done with the last two character pairs, since they are all FF.
To set Character Conversion:
1. Go to page 44 and scan the ENTER/EXIT barcode.
2. Scan the “Configure Characte
r Conversion” barcode.
3. Determine the desired string. Sixteen positions must be determined as in
the above
example. Next, turn to the ASCII Chart on the inside back cover of this manual and
find the equivalent hex digits needed to
fulfill the string.
4. Turn to Appendix D, Keypad and scan the barcodes representing the hex characters
determined in the previous step.
5. Scan the ENTER/EXIT barcode to
exit Programming Mode.
If less than the expected string of 16 characters are selected, scan the ENTER/
EXIT barcode twice to accept the selections and exit Programming Mode.