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TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual
September, 99
5.4
Magnetic encoding- and decoding-related commands
Track number and type of encoding (ISO standard or hexadecimal bit-by-bit) is deter-
mined by the encoding command used as specified below:
5.4.1 Encoding
Syntax
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↵
↵↵
↵
Example:
/#######
↵
Encode command
!I
!J
!K
!M
!N
Track 1 (only on track 1&2 printers)
X
X
Track 2 (or center track)
X
X
Track 3 (only on track 2&3 printers)
X
X
BPI
210
210
210
75
75
Coding
ISO 7811
X
X
X
HEX
X
X
Message length
ASCII digits (30H to 3FH)
123
37
ASCII alphanumeric (20H to 5FH)
79
HEX (0 to F)
123
50
No. of sync. zeros before code start
Auto
Auto
≥
15
Auto
≥
6
Automatic start, stop and check digits
X
X
X
Read command
!D3
!D1
Not
available
!D
!O
Figure 22. This figure shows which characters can be coded with the different coding formats
Note!
— With HiCo encoding, only one track at a time can be used for encoding or read-
ing.