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MESSAGE FORMATTING
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6 MESSAGE FORMATTING
6.1 STANDARD MESSAGE FORMATTING
The system always provides scanner to host data communication using the following
message formatting:
Output Message from PowerScan
™
D8330 or standard PowerScan
™
M8300 Stand-alone
Towards Host
[Header] [Scanner_Addr] [Scanner_Addr_delimiter] ] [Cradle_Addr] [Cradle_Addr_delimiter
]
[Time stamp] [Ts_delimiter] [Code ID] [Code Length]
CODE
[Terminator]
[Items in square brackets are optional.]
Output Message from PowerScan
™
M8300 STAR-System™ Towards Host
[Time stamp] [Ts_delimiter] [Header] [Code ID] [Code Length]
CODE
[Terminator]
[Items in square brackets are optional.]
For PowerScan
™
M8300 models with display, if the RS-232 interface is selected for
communication between the Host and the BC-80X0 cradle, then the following
additional communications between Host and Scanner can occur:
 The Host can send messages to any scanner associated with that cradle to
control the Scanner’s display, LEDs and beeper.
 The Scanner can send up to 3 user-defined characters to the Host using the 3
command keys on the Scanner.