Contents
1 iVu Plus Communications
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1.1 iVu Plus Communications
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1.1.1 Communication Channels
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1.1.2 Command Channel
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1.1.3 Data Export
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1.1.4 Image Export
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1.2 Enabling Communications
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1.2.1 Setting Up Ethernet Communications
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1.2.2 Setting Up Serial Communications
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2 Testing and Troubleshooting iVu Plus Communications
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2.1 Understanding the Communication Log
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2.2 Ethernet I/O
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2.2.1 Ethernet I/O Status
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2.3 Serial I/O
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2.3.1 Using the Port Status Screen for Testing RS-232 Communications
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2.3.2 Using the iVu Command Channel Sample Application or a Terminal Program for Testing
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2.3.3 Verifying Basic Receive Functionality
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3 Command Channel Primer
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3.1 Command Channel Commands
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3.1.1 Command Flow
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3.1.2 String Delimiters and Escaping
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3.1.3 Command Channel Command Synopsis
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3.2 Conventions Used for Examples
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3.3 Examples
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3.3.1 Example 1: How to Trigger the Sensor and Retrieve Barcode Data using the Command Channel
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3.3.2 Example 2: How to Modify Barcode Compare Data Using the Command Channel
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3.4 iVu Plus Command Channel Reference
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3.5 Command Channel Error Codes
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