Specifications

Chapter 14. Statement Reference
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Auto-off mode (
F)
OPEN "BAR:F" AS #7 CODE "A"
If you press the trigger switch
*1
, the illumination LED
*2
comes on. When you
release the switch or when the BHT completes bar code reading, then the illu-
mination LED will go off. Holding down the trigger switch
*1
lights the illumina-
tion LED for a maximum of 5 seconds.
While the illumination LED is on, the BHT can read a bar code until a bar code
is read successfully or the bar code devices file becomes closed.
If the illumination LED goes off after 5 seconds from when you press the trig-
ger switch
*1
, it is necessary to press the trigger switch
*1
again for reading a
bar code.
Once a bar code is read successfully, pressing the trigger switch
*1
cannot turn
on the illumination LED
*2
and the BHT cannot read the next bar code as long
as the entered bar code data is not read out from the barcode buffer.
Alternate switching mode (
A)
OPEN "BAR:A" AS #7 CODE "A"
If you press the trigger switch
*1
, the illumination LED
*2
comes on. Even if you
release the switch, the illumination LED
*2
remains on until the bar code device
file becomes closed or you press that switch again. While the illumination
LED
*2
is on, the BHT can read a bar code.
Pressing the trigger switch
*1
toggles the illumination LED
*2
on and off.
Once a bar code is read successfully, pressing the trigger switch
*1
turns on
the illumination LED
*2
but the BHT cannot read the next bar code as long as
the entered bar code data is not read out from the barcode buffer.
Continuous reading mode (C)
OPEN "BAR:C" AS #7 CODE "A"
Upon execution of the above statement, the BHT turns on the illumination
LED
*2
and keeps it on until the bar code device file becomes closed, irrespec-
tive of the trigger switch
*1
.
While the illumination LED
*2
is on, the BHT can read a bar code.
Once a bar code is read successfully, the BHT cannot read the next bar code
as long as the entered bar code data is not read out from the barcode buffer.
*1
The trigger switch function is assigned to the magic keys.
*2
The illumination LED may not come on where the environment is bright enough for the BHT
to scan.