User's Guide

7 - 4
The data is output as:
1234567890
ABCDEFGHIJ
<CR>
Send all characters up to a particular character
F3 Include in the output message all characters from the input message, starting with the character at the current cursor
position and continuing to, but not including, the search character “ss,” followed by an insert character. The cursor is
moved forward to the “ss” character. Syntax = F3ssxx where ss stands for the search character’s hex value for its ASCII
code, and xx stands for the insert character’s hex value for its ASCII code.
Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), page A-2 for decimal, hex and character codes.
F3 Example: Send all characters up to a particular character
Using the bar code above, send all characters up to but not including “D,” followed by a carriage return.
Command string: F3440D
F3 is the “Send all characters up to a particular character” command
44 is the hex value for a 'D”
0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as:
1234567890ABC
<CR>
Send all but the last characters
E9 Include in the output message all but the last “nn” characters, starting from the current cursor position. The cursor is
moved forward to one position past the last input message character included. Syntax = E9nn where nn stands for the
numeric value (00-99) for the number of characters that will not be sent at the end of the message.
Insert a character multiple times
F4 Send “xx” character “nn” times in the output message, leaving the cursor in the current position. Syntax = F4xxnn where
xx stands for the insert character’s hex value for its ASCII code, and nn is the numeric value (00-99) for the number of
times it should be sent. Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), page A-2 for decimal, hex and
character codes.
E9 and F4 Example: Send all but the last characters, followed by 2 tabs
Send all characters except for the last 8 from the bar code above, followed by 2 tabs.
Command string: E908F40902
E9 is the “Send all but the last characters” command
08 is the number of characters at the end to ignore
F4 is the “Insert a character multiple times” command
09 is the hex value for a horizontal tab
02 is the number of times the tab character is sent
The data is output as: 1234567890AB <tab><tab>
Insert symbology name
B3 Insert the name of the bar code’s symbology in the output message, without moving the cursor. Only symbologies with
a Honeywell ID are included (see Symbology Charts on page A-1).
Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), page A-2 for decimal, hex and character codes.