Defining Data Formatting - Datalogic PowerScan M8500 Product Reference Manual

Defining Data Formatting

The string of a decoded code to be sent to the host may be formatted as follows:
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When both simple and advanced data formatting are selected the info is processed in the
following order:
1. the string of the decoded code is processed according to the advanced formatting rules;
2. the resulting string is processed according to the selection type rules of the simple data
3. character substitution is performed on the resulting string;
4. character deletion is performed on the resulting string;
5. code concatenation is performed;
6. code ID is attached to the resulting string;
7. global headers and terminators are attached to the resulting string;
The codes to be sent to the host may also be selected or ordered depending on the following
two conditions:
One Code Per Scan
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All Codes Per Scan
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Product Reference Guide
defining simple data formatting (see
defining advanced data formatting giving complete flexibility in changing the format
of data (see Advanced Data Formatting on page
formatting;
PowerScan® M8500 sends the code being closest to the image center. If the "Central
Code Transmission" command is enabled, only the code containing the image center
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will be transmitted (see
The codes to be sent to the host may be ordered either by length or by symbology
starting from the code being closest to the image center (see
both these criteria, codes belonging to the same symbology are sent to the host
depending on their length.
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Defining Data Formatting
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