Newland NLS-BS80, User Manual

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Formatter Command Type 6
When working with the Data Formatter, a virtual cursor is moved along your input data string. The
following commands are used to both move this cursor to different positions, and to select, replace, and
insert data into the final output. For the hex value of ASCII characters involved in the commands, refer to
the “ASCII Table” in Appendix.
Send Commands
F1 Send all characters
Syntax=F1xx (xx: T
he insert character’s hex value)
Include in the output message all of the characters from the input message, starting from current cursor
position, followed by an insert character.
F2 Send a number of characters
Syntax=F2nnxx (nn: The numeric value (00-99) for the number of characters; xx: The insert character
’s
hex value)
Include in the output message a number of characters followed by an insert character. Start from the
current cursor position and continue for
“nn” characters or through the last character in the input message,
followed by character
“xx.”
F2 Example: Send a number of characters
Send the first 10 characters from the barcode above, followed by a carriage return.
Command string: F2100D
F2 is the “Send a number of characters” command
10 is the number of characters to send
0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as: 1234567890
<CR>