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Operating the Terminal in a Network
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configuration command is the reader or configuration command or commands
you want to set on the terminal, or the current value you
want to retrieve from the terminal. To save
configuration changes in flash memory, send the reader
command
.+1
as the last command.
For a list of commands, see Chapter 7, “Reader
Command Reference” or Chapter 8, “Configuration
Command Reference.”
To see examples of the host application transactions, see “Example 1” and “Example 2”
later in this section.
Configuring the 2461 in a TCP/IP Direct Connect Network
To send and receive configuration data, you need to write an application for the host
that can communicate with a 2461 directly through the Ethernet network. You use the
Terminal Message Format (TMF) protocol to send and receive transactions between the
host application and the terminal. For more information on sending and receiving files
in an application, see “Transferring Files in a TCP/IP Direct Connect Network” later in
this chapter.
Note: You can continue running an application on the 2461 while configuring the
terminal from the host.
To set up the host computer
•
Verify that you can communicate with the 2461 terminal.
To set up the application
•
Prepare and write a host application that can communicate with the 2461.
Configuration commands must be sent to network port 6000 on the terminal.
Message transactions to and receive transactions from the 2461 on network port
6000 must conform to the following format:
TMF field configuration command