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Appendix F
Host Commands
Host Commands Supported by RS-232 and USB COM Interfaces
The scanner responds to the following host commands:
COMMAND ASCII HEX COMMENT
Enable Scanner E 0x45 “Normal operating mode”
Disable
Scanner
D0x44
“Illumination disabled and
Green LED Flashing”
Reset Scanner R 0x52 “Scanner resets and emits a single beep.”
Not On FileIndication F 0x46
“Illumination disabled, scanner emits 3 beeps.
Must send the E command to re-enable scanner.”
Beep Good Read Tone B 0x42 Beeps if Good Read Beep is enabled
Force Good Read Tone {SOH} 0x01 Beeps regardless of beep setting
Identification request i 0x69
“Scanner transmits information data string
”a
Health request h 0x68
“Scanner transmits information data string”
a
Status request s 0x73
“Scanner transmits information data string
”a
Cell Phone Mode Enable Host P<count>C
Where: ASCII HEX
P is an ASCII “P” character ‘P’ 0x50
<count> is the binary value of 0x01
C is an ASCII “C” character ‘C’ 0x43
Image Capture <P><\x04><p><S><B><C>
Where: ASCII HEX
<P>: Host Command Preamble Character ‘P’ 0x50
0x04: Byte Count. (Fixed Value). 0x04
<p>: Image Capture Command Character ‘p’ 0x70
<S>: Size (640x480 only) ‘S’ 0x53
<B>: Brightness.
‘B’ or ‘0’ (min) -
‘9’ (max)
0x42 or 0x30 -
0x39
Where ‘B’ = Scanner Configuration Value.