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6 Slave mode
You can control or configure your MaxiScan 3100 directly from the terminal host system
using slave mode. In this mode all the setup commands can be sent directly to the
MaxiScan 3100 through the RS-232 input port. The default slave mode is security
slave mode.
• Security slave mode is based on Code 128. It includes start/stop characters and a
checksum described in the document AFNOR Z63.300/EN 799 /USS.
• Debug slave mode is easy to monitor but less secure than the security mode (no
start/stop characters or checksum).
Security slave mode
1. Find the data string and checksum of the setup commands you want to send to the
MaxiScan 3100. Activate the "display data string mode" to display the data string
and checksum on a terminal screen (or calculate the checksum yourself, see the
Calculating the checksum section below)
display data string
This mode remains active until you switch off the MaxiScan 3100.
Example: command "Code 39 – active" = \41\4C\60\5E (5E = checksum)
2. Remove the backslash separator characters from the data strings and adapt each
string to the security slave mode format:
start command checksum stop
0x68 x...x xx 0x6A
Example: command "Code 39 – active" = 68 41 4C 60 5E 6A
3. Activate the security slave mode (if not already active) and set the RS-232 output
parameters to suit your system (if required)
security slave mode (9600, 7, E, 2) - interface n° 105