Rockwell Automation 2755 Enhanced Decoder Series B - Manual (Page 155)

Chapter
11
Publication 2755-833
Configuration:
Host Message Format
Function 6 on the Select Operation menu accesses the Host
Message Format configuration screen. Use this function to
configure the message format of bar code data sent to the host. The
screen displays with the first field highlighted.
The default settings are displayed the first time you access this
screen. Make changes appropriate for your application. If the factory
defaults are satisfactory, you can exit the configuration software by
pressing [Esc] twice, or move on to the Host Communications
configuration screen by pressing [Esc][Return]
The parameters are grouped by function on the screen. The following
pages describe each group of parameters.
Bar code data is sent to the host at the end of a trigger or after a valid
package (see Send Message to Host). The data is sent to the host as
an ASCII string. The figure below shows the structure of the string.
For each field in the string, the figure shows:
•
the type of data in each field
•
length of the field (in parentheses)
Host Message Format
Introduction to
Host Message Format