C2R Colibri 5 30-001, User Manual

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Colibri serie 5 : User’s guide
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eight times. Scan Save OCR Template (page 108). This would let you read any string of eight
digits, for example:
37680981
Character Match Sequences
On the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), page 157, find the Hex value that represents
the character(s) you want to match. Use the Programming Chart (inside the back cover) to scan
the numbers that represent these characters.
Example: You need to read three digits, three specific characters (ABC), three digits. The
template would be:
ddd414243ddd
hex codes for letters A, B, and C
To create this template, you would enable the OCR-A font. Scan the
Enter OCR Template
symbol (page 108). Scan the d from the OCR Programming Chart in the back of this manual three
times. Then scan 414243 from the inside back cover (the hex characters for “A,” “B,” and “C”),
and scan the d three more times. Scan Save OCR Template, page 108. This would let you read
any string of three digits, “ABC,” then any string of three digits, for example:
551ABC983
Adding Spaces
You may also need to put spaces in your template.
Example : You need to read three digits, space, three specific characters (ABC), space, three
digits. The template would be:
ddd2041424320ddd
hex code for a space
To create this template, you would enable the OCR-A font. Scan the
Enter OCR Template
symbol (page 108). Scan the d from the OCR Programming Chart in the back of this manual
three times, then scan 2041424320 from the Programming Chart on the inside back cover (the
hex characters for “space,” “A,” “B,” “C,” “space”). Scan the d three more times, then scan Save
OCR Template (page 108). This would let you read any string of three digits, space, “ABC,”
space, then any string of three digits. For example:
551 ABC 983
Note:
If using Quick*View to program, use the space bar to designate a space and not the hex
value of 20.
4. Exit OCR Template Editor Scan
Save OCR Template to save your entries. Discard OCR
Template exits without saving any OCR Template changes.
Stringing Together Multiple Formats (Creating “Or” Statements)
You may want to program the imager to accept many OCR formats. To do this, you would string