PROGRAMMING STRINGS
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PRE-REQUISISTES:
The device configuration runs in
Phase Mode, Packtrack
or
OneShot
An FTP Server is available and configured to allow uploads on the same TCP/IP
network
After entering the host programming sequence, wait at least 50 ms for the device to
correctly setup internal data structures before issuing SEND_IMAGES commands
The device configuration (Data Formatting) must include an FTP client channel which
must be configured to access the FTP Server (user/password
, folder, …)
The device configuration (Data Formatting) must include an Image Saving Condition
which must be configured with:
o
Image Destination > On Remote
o
Send Image On > Demand
o
Saving Condition
> Good Reads only, No Reads only, Both
o
Image Format
> available formats are RAW, BMP, PNG, JPG, Tiff
o
Remote Folder
> subfolder name on the FTP Server under which images will
be saved
o
Send Image From > Matrix FTP Client
See the Image Saving chapter in the DL.CODE User’s Manual for more details.
SAVED IMAGE FILENAMES:
On the FTP Server, the saved images filenames will have the following syntax:
IMG_nnnnnnnnnn_ss_ff_ccc.ext
where:
nnnnnnnnnn
:
pack#/phase# 10 digits
ss
:
slave id (00 for Master, 01-31 for slaves)
ff
:
frame sequence # for current image within the related pack/phase
ccc
:
# of valid barcodes detected by the reader who produced this image
(000 for noread)
ext
:
extension to indicate image format (RAW, JPG, PNG, PNG, TIFF)
If the transmission is completed correctly, the device confirms with the following message:
ACK <LF>
If programming contents are wrong (i.e. a typing error) or due to a transmission error, the
device replies with the following message:
NACK <LF>