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Step 6. Editor Commands
Refer to the Format Editor Commands Chart (page 5-2). Scan the
symbols that represent the command you want to enter. 94 alphanu-
meric characters may be entered for each symbology data format.
Step 7. Scan Save to save your entries.
Other Programming Selections
• Clear One Data Format
This deletes one data format for one symbology. If you are clearing the pri-
mary format, scan 0. If you are clearing an alternate format, scan 1, 2, or 3,
depending on the alternate format you are clearing. Scan the Terminal Type
(refer to the Supported Terminals Chart on page 2-3), Code I.D. and the
length of the format you want to delete. That length data format for that
symbology is deleted and all other formats are unaffected.
• Save
This exits, saving any Data Format changes.
• Discard
This exits without saving any Data Format changes.
Data Format Editor Commands
Send Commands
F1 Send all characters followed by “xx” key or function code, starting from cur-
rent cursor position.
Syntax = F1xx
(xx stands for the hex value for an
ASCII code, see Decimal to Hex to ASCII Conversion chart, page 4-6.)
F2 Send “nn” characters followed by “xx” key or function code, starting from
current cursor position.
Syntax = F2nnxx
(nn stands for the numeric value
(00-99) for the number of characters and xx stands for the hex value for an
ASCII code. See Decimal to Hex to ASCII Conversion chart, page 4-6.)
F3 Send up to but not including “ss” character (Search and Send) starting from
current cursor position, leaving cursor pointing to “ss” character followed by
“xx” key or function code.
Syntax = F3ssxx
(ss and xx both stand for the
hex values for ASCII codes, see Decimal to Hex to ASCII Conversion chart,
page 4-6.)
F4 Send “xx” character “nn” times (Insert) leaving cursor in current cursor posi-
tion.
Syntax = F4xxnn
(xx stands for the hex value for an ASCII code, see
Decimal to Hex to ASCII Conversion chart, page 4-6, and nn is the numeric
value (00-99) for the number of times it should be sent.)
E9 Send all but the last “nn” characters, starting from the current cursor posi-
tion.
Syntax = E9nn
(nn is the numeric value (00-99) for the number of
characters that will not be sent at the end of the message.)