User's Guide

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Formatter Command Type 6
WhenworkingwiththeDataFormatter,avirtualcursorismovedalongyourinputdatastring.Thefollowingcommandsare used to
both move this cursor to different positions, and to select, replace, and insert data into the final output. For the hex value
of ASCII characters involved in the commands, refer to the “ASCII Table” inAppendix.
Send Commands
F1 Send all characters
Syntax=F1xx (xx: The insert character’s hex value)
Include in the output message all of the characters from the input message, starting from current cursor position, followed
by an insert character.
F2 Send a number of characters
Syntax=F2nnxx (nn: The numeric value (00-99) for the number of characters; xx: The insert character’s hex value)
Includeintheoutputmessageanumberofcharactersfollowedbyaninsertcharacter.Startfromthecurrentcursorposition and
continue for “nn” characters or through the last character in the input message, followed by character“xx.”
F2 Example: Send a number of characters
Send the first 10 characters from the barcode above, followed by a carriage return.
Command string: F2100D
F2 is the “Send a number of characters” command
10 is the number of characters to send
0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as: 1234567890
<CR>