Honeywell 1900ghd-2 User Manual

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Data Editing
Prefix/Suffix Overview
When a bar code is scanned, additional information is sent to the host computer along with the bar code data.  This group of bar 
code data and additional, user-defined data is called a “message string.”  The selections in this section are used to build the 
user-defined data into the message string.
Prefix and Suffix characters are data characters that can be sent before and after scanned data.  You can specify if they should 
be sent with all symbologies, or...

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Example: Add a Tab Suffix to All Symbologies
Step 1.Scan Add Suffix.
Step 2.Scan 9, 9 from the Programming Chart inside the back cover of this manual to apply this suffix to all symbologies.
Step 3.Scan 0, 9 from the Programming Chart inside the back cover of this manual. This corresponds with the hex value 
for a horizontal tab, shown in the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), beginning on page A-3.
Scan Save, or scan Discard to exit without saving.
To Clear One or All Prefixes or Suffixes...

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Function Code Transmit
When this selection is enabled and function codes are contained within the scanned data, the scanner transmits the function 
code to the terminal.  Charts of these function codes are provided in Supported Interface Keys starting on page 10-3.  When the 
scanner is in keyboard wedge mode, the scan code is converted to a key code before it is transmitted. Default = Enable.
Intercharacter, Interfunction, and Intermessage Delays
Some terminals drop information (characters) if...

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Next, scan the Character to Trigger Delay bar code, then the 2-digit hex value for a printable character to trigger the delay 
(see Lower ASCII Reference Table, page A-4.
)
To remove this delay, scan the Delay Length bar code, and set the number of delays to 0.  Scan the Save bar code using 
the Programming Chart inside the back cover of this manual.
Interfunction Delay
An interfunction delay of up to 5000 milliseconds (in 5ms increments) may be placed between the transmission of each 
control...

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Data Formatting
Data Format Editor Introduction
You may use the Data Format Editor to change the scanner’s output.  For example, you can use the Data Format Editor to insert 
characters at certain points in bar code data as it is scanned.  The selections in the following pages are used only if you wish to 
alter the output.  Default Data Format setting = None.
Normally, when you scan a bar code, it is output automatically.  However, when you create a format, you must use a “send” com-
mand (see...

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Step 5. Length
Specify what length (up to 9999 characters) of data will be acceptable for this symbology.  Scan the four digit data length 
from the Programming Chart inside the back cover of this manual.  For example, 50 characters is entered as 0050.  
Note: 9999 indicates all lengths.
Step 6. Editor Commands
Refer to Data Format Editor Commands (page 7-3).  Scan the symbols that represent the command you want to enter. 
Step 7.Scan Save to save your data format, or Discard to exit without saving...

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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.  
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...

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F1 is the “Send all characters” command
0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as:  
1234567890
ABCDEFGHIJ

Send all characters up to a particular character
F3 Include in the output message all characters from the input message, starting with the character at the current cursor 
position and continuing to, but not including, the search character “ss,” followed by an insert character.  The cursor is 
moved forward to the “ss” character.  Syntax = F3ssxx where ss stands for the search...

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Insert a character multiple times
F4 Send “xx” character “nn” times in the output message, leaving the cursor in the current position.  Syntax = F4xxnn where 
xx stands for the insert character’s hex value for its ASCII code, and nn is the numeric value (00-99) for the number of 
times it should be sent.  Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), beginning on page A-3 for decimal, 
hex and character codes.
E9 and F4 Example:  Send all but the last characters, followed by 2 tabs
Send all...

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Insert bar code length
B4 Insert the bar code’s length in the output message, without moving the cursor.  The length is expressed as a numeric 
string and does not include leading zeroes.
B3 and B4 Example:  Insert the symbology name and length
Send the symbology name and length before the bar code data from the bar code above.  Break up these insertions 
with spaces.  End with a carriage return.  
Command string:  B3F42001B4F42001F10D
B3 is the “Insert symbology name” command
F4 is the “Insert a...