Online commands
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Online commands
You can use online commands to directly send control and configuration commands to the device. To do
this, connect the bar code reader to a computer (host) (see chapter 5.7 "PC or terminal connection").
NOTICE
You can send online commands with a terminal program or with the
Sensor Studio
configuration
software (see chapter 6 "Configuration and diagnostics software - Sensor Studio").
Information about the transmission protocol: see chapter 6.5.4 "Host interface tab".
Using the online commands you can:
• Control/decode the reading gate.
• read/write/copy parameters.
• carry out an automatic configuration.
• Teach-in/set a reference code.
• call up error messages.
• call up statistical device information.
• carry out a software reset in order to reinitialize the device.
NOTICE
For diagnostics, you can send online commands to the device via the
Sensor Studio
configura-
tion software (
DIAGNOSIS > Terminal
).
8.1
Overview of commands and parameters
NOTICE
The following chapters describe the input of online commands via a terminal program. To input
online commands via the
Sensor Studio
configuration software see chapter 6 "Configuration and
diagnostics software - Sensor Studio"
Syntax
Online commands consist of one or two ASCII characters followed by command parameters.
No separation characters may be entered between the command and the command parameter(s). Both
small and capitalized letters can be used.
Tab. 8.1:
Syntax example
Command ’CA’:
autoConfig function
Parameter ’+’:
Activation
Transmitted is:
’CA+’
Notation
Commands, parameters and returned data are enclosed between single quotation marks ’ ’ in the text of
this manual.
NOTICE
Most online commands are acknowledged by the device and any requested data returned. For
commands that are not acknowledged, command execution can be observed or monitored di-
rectly on the device.