Format Conventions for Input From a Keyboard or Keypad
This table describes the formatting conventions for input from PC or host
computer keyboards and reader keypads:
Convention
Description
Shows the command as you should enter it into the reader. See
Special text
"Format Conventions for Commands" later in this chapter.
Italic text
Indicates that you must replace the parameter with a value. See
"Format Conventions for Commands" later in this chapter.
Bold text
Indicates the keys you must press on a PC or host computer
keyboard. For example, "press Enter" means you press the key
labeled "Enter" on the PC or host computer keyboard.
Shows the key you must press on the reader. For example, "press
" directs you to press the key labeled "Enter" on the reader
keypad.
Shows a series of reader keys you must press and release in the
order shown. For example, "Press
reader."
-
Shows a series of reader keys you must press simultaneously.
Also, you must press and hold the keys in the order shown. For
example, "Press
Format Conventions for Bar Codes
You can scan the bar codes listed in this manual to enter data or perform a
command. Each bar code includes the name and human-readable
interpretation. For example:
Change Configuration
*$+*
*$+*
2010U.073
Before You Begin
-
to enter Control mode."
Name
Bar code (Code 39)
Human-readable
interpretation
to boot the
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