ID Innovations Bar code Mini Decoder - Manual (Page 22)

Features
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Note: When inserting characters in the bar code data, the Insert Position is always relative to the position of the unmodified
data. If you insert a character at END - 1 and you wish to insert a character before the original 5th character from the end,
simply define another insert character operation at END - 5.
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Edit #1: Insert Trailing Character: DEC 0 HEX 00 ASCII ALT
Enter the character to be inserted in the bar code, to insert a space enter DEC 32 HEX 20 for this option. You may press the
spacebar to enter the space or use the cursor keys to position to the space character.
Edit #1: Scan Direction: ANY
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Select the direction from which the bar code must be scanned in order for the insertion to take place. To insert a character on
bar codes that are read from the forward direction only, set this option to FORWARD.
Note: It does not make sense to use this option when the input device used for scanning is a Laser or CCD. This option is
only useful for SLOT or WAND readers.
Edit #1: Operation: CONVERT TO UPPERCASE OPERATION
This operation is used to convert the bar code data to all uppercase characters. There are no operation specific parameters
other than the Active For and the Bar Code Length options.
Edit #1: Operation: CONVERT TO LOWERCASE OPERATION
This operation is used to convert the bar code data to all uppercase characters. There are no operation specific parameters
other than the Active For and the Bar Code Length options.
Macros/Special Keys F4
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Select Macro Number: 1 GROUP
The Macros/Special Keys category is divided up into 10 different Macros and 1 Special Keys group. When a bar code is
decoded, the decoder will pass through each of the Macros that have been defined and determine if it needs to be executed.
Each of the Macros are additive, the results of the previous Macro can be modified by the next Macro executed. For example if
Macro #1 is defined to replace "ABC" with "0123" and Macro #2 is defined to replace "0" with "12345" then the "0" in the
replacement string for Macro #1 will be replaced with "12345" from Macro #2. For each Macro you need to define the bar code
types for which the macro is active, the find string or text you are attempting to find, and the replacement text. The last group in
the Macros/Special Keys category is the KEYS group, this group is used to define the characters in the bar code and the keys
on the keyboard that they represent.
Note: You can use a Macro and the INSERT LEADING CHARACTER or INSERT TRAILING CHARACTER edits to insert a
string anywhere in a bar code. Simply insert a character such as DEC 254 HEX FE in the bar code using the Edit and then
use a Macro to replace DEC 254 HEX FE with a string.
Macro #1: Active For: NONE
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Use this option to specify the bar code types for which the Macro is active. You may choose a specific symbology or you may
choose to have the macro active for all bar code symbologies or all bar code symbologies always. For example, if you define a
macro as Active For CODE 39 and you read a CODE 128 bar code, the macro will not be executed. The following is a more
detailed description of each of the settings for this option:
ALL BAR CODE TYPES Will activate the macro for all bar code types except when another macro is defined for the specific bar
code type that was read. For example, if you have defined Macro #1 as Active For ALL BAR CODE
TYPES and Macro #2 as Active For CODE 39 and you read a CODE 39 bar code, then Macro #2 will
be executed and Macro #1 will be ignored.
ALL BAR CODE TYPES - ALWAYS Will activate the macro for all bar code types, whether another macro was defined for
the specific bar code type that was read or not. For example, if you defined Macro #1 as Active For
ALL BAR CODE TYPES - ALWAYS and Macro #2 as Active For CODE 39 and you read a CODE 39
bar code, both Macro #1 and Macro #2 will be executed.
CODE 39, UPC-A, UPC-E, etc Setting the Active For to a specific bar code symbology will activate the macro for bar codes
that are read that match the symbology. If you define more than a single macro to be Active For the
same bar code type, each macro is executed in turn. For example, if you define macros #1 and #2 as