Dynapro Technologies Dynapro ET TCS, Application Developer'S Manual

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Convert the binary values of each column to ASCII characters. Column codes are restricted to the
range of 63 through 126 decimal (? to ~), so add an offset of decimal 63 (binary 111111) to each
column value. Thus, the lowest binary value (000000) becomes decimal 63 (0 + 63); the highest
binary value (111111) converts to decimal 126 (63 + 63).
Convert the value resulting from adding the decimal 63 offset to the code representing its
equivalent character in the table in Appendix C. For example, the first column is binary 110000.
Adding the offset yields:
110000
+11111
1101111 = 6F hexadecimal
or row 6, column 15 of the table. The character at that location is the ASCII character "o".
Figure 5-8 shows the complete conversion of the example character "A".
After the desired characters have been designed and converted as described, they can then be sent
from the host to the TCS using the Down-Line Load Character Font command.