Welch Allyn IMAGETEAM 3800 - Manual (Page 37)

Section 4 Data Editing
4–1 IMAGETEAM 3800 User’s Guide
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 only with specific symbologies. The following illustration
shows the breakdown of a message string:
Prefix Scanned Data Suffix
1-10
alpha
numeric
characters
variable
length
1-10
alpha
numeric
characters
Points to Keep In Mind
D It is not necessary to build a message string. The selections in this chapter
are only used if you wish to alter the default settings. Default prefix = None.
Default suffix = None.
D A prefix or suffix may be added or cleared from one symbology or all
symbologies.
D You can add any prefix or suffix from the ASCII chart (pg. 4–5 ), plus Code
I.D. and Aim I.D.
D
You can string together several entries for several symbologies at one time.
D Enter prefixes and suffixes in the order in which you want them to appear on
the output.