Instructions

146 Xenon XP User Guide
Miscellaneous Commands
Suppress characters
FB Suppress all occurrences of up to 15 different characters, starting at the current
cursor position, as the cursor is advanced by other commands. When the FC
command is encountered, the suppress function is terminated. The cursor is not
moved by the FB command.
Syntax = FBnnxxyy . .zz where nn is a count of the number of suppressed characters
in the list, and xxyy .. zz is the list of characters to be suppressed.
FB Example: Remove spaces in barcode data
This example shows a barcode that has spaces in the data. You may want to remove
the spaces before sending the data. Using the barcode above:
Command string: FB0120F10D
FB is the “Suppress characters” command
01 is the number of character types to be suppressed
20 is the hex value for a space
F1 is the “Send all characters” command
0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as:
34567890
<CR>
Stop suppressing characters
FC Disables suppress filter and clear all suppressed characters. Syntax = FC.
Replace characters
E4 Replaces up to 15 characters in the output message, without moving the cursor.
Replacement continues until the E5 command is encountered. Syntax =
E4nnxx
1
xx
2
yy
1
yy
2
...zz
1
zz
2
where nn is the total count of the number of characters
in the list (characters to be replaced plus replacement characters); xx
1
defines
characters to be replaced and xx
2
defines replacement characters, continuing
through zz
1
and zz
2
.
E4 Example: Replace zeros with CRs in barcode data