C - Counter - Intermec EasyCoder PD4 Programmer's Reference Manual

Chapter —Commands
C – Counter
This command is used to define one of max. 10 automatic coun-
Description
ters used in consecutive numbering applications, for example
serial numbers. Counters can only be used in the Form Edit
Mode, not in the Direct Mode.
Syntax
Cp
1
Parameters
p
1
p
2
p
3
p
4
-
p
5
[-]
[- -]
"PROMPT" An A SCII t ext fi eld t hat w ill b e t ransmitted t o t he K eyboard D isplay U nit o r h ost
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,p ,p ,p ,[p ,]"PROMPT"
2 3 4 5
Counter number (0-9).
Maximum number of digits for the counter (1-29).
Field justification:
L Left justification.
R Right justification.
C Center justification.
N No justification.
Step value. Plus or minus sign followed by a single digit (1-9):
+ Incrementation.
Decrementation.
Alphanumerical support (optional):
N Numerical support. Anything else than digit and leading spaces in DATA
will give error 03.
A Alpha support: Base 10 on digits, base 26 on letters.
Anything else than digit, leading spaces, and uppercase alpha characters
in DATA will give error 03.
Wrap around:
B Alphanumerical support: Base 36
Anything else than digit, leading spaces, and uppercase alpha characters
in DATA will give error 03.
Wrap around:
A single leading minus sign in the prompt field will cause the prompt to
be sent one time only after the form is retrieved (Keyboard Display Unit
only, see below).
A double leading minus sign in the prompt field will cause the prompt to
be suppressed (Keyboard Display Unit only, see below).
via the serial interface each time a form containing this command is retrieved.
It usually requests the operator to enter the starting value for the counter.
0 → 9
A → Z
0 → 9 A → Z
Default
goes back to 0
goes back to A
9 goes to A
Z goes to 0