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4. To clear the Postamble and return to the default (no
Postambles defined), scan CLEAR at step #2, and then
continue with your setup.
 You can use the Postamble to trim characters from the data you are
entering into the RF Terminal. You can trim from 1-15 characters from
the data by creating a Postamble of:
~x
where ~ is ASCII 126 and x is a single hex digit 1-F (corresponding to
1-15). Data that is shorter than the trim amount is transmitted without
trimming. Postambles trim characters from the end of the data. Here
are some examples:
Data Postamble Data Transmitted
123 XYZ 123XYZ
12345678 ~3XYZ 12345XYZ
12345678 ~9 12345678
12345678901 ~A 1
123456 ~5 1
Postamble trims trailing characters
 Using the Bar Code ID feature and the Postamble, you can trim data
selectively, trimming characters only on the bar code type specified.
To use selective trimming, enter:
~bx
where b is the Bar Code ID character (see the Code 128 setup
parameter) and x is the number of characters to trim from the end of
the data. For example, ~b2~c1 says “trim 2 characters from Code 39
data and 1 character from UPC-A data”. Remember that the Postamble
trims trailing data.
 Lastly, the Postamble can be used to check a maximum character
length for data entered. To check for length in the Postamble, enter:
|nnmm
where | is ASCII 124, nn is the two-digit minimum and mm is the two-
digit maximum. |0210 would check for a minimum of 2 characters and
a maximum of 10 If you try to scan a bar code outside the minimum or
maximum lengths, no decode will result. Entering data by keypad is not
affected.
Characters
This setting
allows the RF Terminal to output chosen ASCII characters in place of the
actual characters entered. For example, if you scanned the number 1 (hex
31) and wanted the RF Terminal to output hex 92 instead, you would enter
3192 for the Characters parameter. This would re-assign the output