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How To Create a Remote Field
Linx 5900 & 7900
2 About remote fields
A remote field in a message reserves an area that you can use for data that is downloaded
from a remote computer. A single message can have more than one remote field, and you
can use the remote field data in more than one message.
NOTE: You can use a maximum of 32 buffered remote fields.
2.1 Data transmission
The printer cannot receive remote data unless an enabled remote protocol is in use. This
protocol can be either of the following:
• Remote Communications Interface (RCI), which is a standard feature on the 5900 and
7900 printers (you do not need a configuration code). Use this protocol for buffered
remote fields. Refer to the Linx Remote Communications Interface Reference Manual
(MP65969) for more information about the RCI protocol.
• QuickSwitch. To use QuickSwitch, you must configure the printer correctly.
QuickSwitch is a standard feature on the 7900 printer and an option on the 5900 printer
(that is, you need a configuration code).
NOTE: If you use both the Linx 6200 printer and the Linx 5900 or 7900 printer, remember
that the remote fields in these printers are different. The buffered remote fields in the
5900 and 7900 printers are like the remote fields in the 6200 printer. For
compatibility, use the RCI protocol with a buffered remote field. If you use only the
5900 or 7900 printer, use QuickSwitch with a remote field. QuickSwitch gives you a
simple method for the connection of an external data source like a bar code reader.
2.2 Create a remote field
The following example shows how you create a remote field. You use the same method to
create a buffered remote field, but some page titles are different.
1 At the Print Monitor page, select Message Store > New to display the Message
Editor page with a new, blank message.
Figure 1. Message Editor page
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