36 N3680 Decoded Engine User Guide
Character Deactivation Mode
If you have sent a character from the host to trigger the scanner to begin scanning,
you can also send a deactivation character to stop scanning. Scan the following On
bar code to use character deactivation, then use Deactivation Character (following)
to select the character you will send from the host to terminate scanning. Default =
Off.
Deactivation Character
This sets the character used to terminate scanning when using Character Deacti-
vation Mode. On the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), page 174, find the
hex value that represents the character you want to use to terminate scanning.
Scan the following bar code, then use the Programming Chart inside the back
cover of this manual to read the alphanumeric combination that represents that
ASCII character. Scan Save to finish. Default = 14 [DC4].
Serial Trigger Mode
You can activate the scan engine either by pressing the trigger, or using a serial
trigger command (see Trigger Commands on page 147). When in serial mode, the
scan engine scans until a bar code has been read or until the deactivate command
is sent. The scan engine can also be set to turn itself off after a specified time has
elapsed (see Read Time-Out, which follows).
Read Time-Out
Use this selection to set a time-out (in milliseconds) of the scan engine’s trigger
when using serial commands to trigger the scan engine. Once the scan engine has
timed out, you can activate the scan engine either by pressing the trigger or using a
serial trigger command. After scanning the Read Time-Out bar code, set the time-
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