Character Conversion - Datalogic MAGELLAN 1400I Product Reference Manual

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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 charac-
ter to convert in a pair is FF, then no conversion is done.
For example, if you have the character 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, AG15TA81, it would look as follows after the character conversion:
BG25TB82.
The A characters were converted to the B character and the 1 characters were converted to the
numeral 2 character. Nothing is done with the last two character pairs, since they are all FF.
To set Character Conversion:
1. Scan the START/END bar code.
2. Scan the Character Conversion bar code.
3. Determine the desired string. Up to sixteen positions can be determined as in the above
4. Turn to
5. Scan the START/END bar code to exit Programming Mode.
NOTE
START / END
DEFAULT SETTING FOR THIS FEATURE:
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF hex (no conversion)
4-12
example. Next, turn to the
the equivalent hex digits needed to fulfill the string.
Appendix C, Alpha-Numeric Pad
ters determined in the previous step.
If less than the expected string of 16 characters are
selected, scan the START/END bar code twice to accept
the selections and exit Programming Mode.
PROGRAMMING BARCODES
on the inside back cover of this manual and find
ASCII Chart
and scan the bar codes representing the hex charac-
Character Conversion
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