Microscan QX-830 User Manual page 118

Read Cycle
Start Character (Non-Delimited)
Useful in applications where different characters are required to start a read cycle.
A single ASCII host serial trigger character that starts the read cycle and is not enclosed
by delimiters such as
Non-delimited Start characters can be defined and will function according to the trigger event.
When defining Start trigger characters, the following rules apply:
• In External Edge
Stop trigger character that may be defined.
• In External Level
character ends it. Note that even after a symbol has been decoded and the symbol data
transmitted, the scanner remains in External Level trigger read cycle until a Stop
character is received.
• In Serial Data and Edge
trigger can start an edge trigger read cycle.
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the scanner looks only for the Start trigger character and ignores any
the Start trigger character begins the read cycle and the Stop trigger
trigger mode, either a Start trigger character or a hardware
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