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Data Format Editor Commands
When working with the Data Format Editor, a virtual cursor is moved along your 
input data string.  The following commands are used to both move this cursor to 
different positions, and to select, replace, and insert data into the final output.  
For examples that use the Data Format Editor commands, refer to Data 
Formatter on page 6-16.
Send Commands
Send all characters
F1 Include in the output message all of the characters from the input 
message, starting from current cursor position, followed by an insert 
character.  
Syntax = F1xx 
where xx stands for the insert character’s hex 
value for its ASCII code.  Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code 
Page 1252), beginning on page A-4 for decimal, hex and character 
codes. 
Send a number of characters
F2 Include in the output message a number of characters followed by an 
insert character.  Start from the current cursor position and continue for 
“nn” characters or through the last character in the input message, 
followed by character “xx.”  
Syntax = F2nnxx 
where nn stands for the 
numeric value (00-99) for the number of characters, and xx stands for 
the insert character’s hex value for its ASCII code.  Refer to the ASCII 
Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), beginning on page A-4 for 
decimal, hex and character codes.
Terminal ID Table
Terminal Model(s) Terminal ID
USB PC keyboard (HID)
124
Mac Keyboard
125
PC Keyboard (Japanese)
134
Serial (COM driver required)
130
HID POS
131
USB SurePOS Handheld 
128
USB SurePOS Tabletop 
129
Serial RS232 TTL
000
RS232 True
000
RS485 (IBM-HHBCR 1+2, 46xx)
051
Keyboard  PS2 compatibles
003
AT compat i bles
002