Character conversion – Datalogic Scanning MAGELLAN 1400I User Manual

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Character Conversion

Character conversion is an eight byte configuration item. The eight bytes are 4 character pairs
represented in hexadecimal ASCII values. The first character in the pair is the character that
will be converted. The second character in the pair is the character to convert to. If the charac-
ter to convert in a pair is

FF, then no conversion is done.

For example, if you have the character conversion configuration item set to the following:

41423132FFFFFFFF

The first pair is

4142 or AB (41 hex is an ASCII capital A, 42 hex is an ASCII capital B) and

the second pair is

3132 or 12 (31 hex is an ASCII 1, 32 is an ASCII 2). The other two pairs

are

FFFF and FFFF.

With the label, AG15TA81, it would look as follows after the character conversion:
BG25TB82.

The A characters were converted to the B character and the 1 characters were converted to the
numeral 2 character. Nothing is done with the last two character pairs, since they are all

FF.

To set Character Conversion:

1. Scan the START/END bar code.

2. Scan the Character Conversion bar code.

3. Determine the desired string. Up to sixteen positions can be determined as in the above

example. Next, turn to the

ASCII Chart

on the inside back cover of this manual and find

the equivalent hex digits needed to fulfill the string.

4. Turn to

Appendix C, Alpha-Numeric Pad

and scan the bar codes representing the hex charac-

ters determined in the previous step.

5. Scan the START/END bar code to exit Programming Mode.

NOTE

If less than the expected string of 16 characters are
selected, scan the START/END bar code twice to accept
the selections and exit Programming Mode.

START / END

PROGRAMMING BARCODES

DEFAULT SETTING FOR THIS FEATURE:

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF hex (no conversion)

Character Conversion

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