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The
Time Stamp
statement type records only the time information to memory in the HHMM format. Just as with the
Date and Time
Stamp
statement, using DIS in the DATA ID field will display the time information on the TriCoder screen when the statement is
executed. Use
t
instead of
T
to record seconds in addition to the hours and minutes:
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t
The
Time Stamp
statement uses the same program fields as the
Date
and
Time Stamp
statement.
Date Stamp
The
Date Stamp
statement stores only the date information in a
MMDDYY
format. As in the other Date/Time stamp statements,
using DIS in the DATA ID field will display the Date information on the TriCoder when the statement is executed. The date format
can be changed using the Alternative Date Format settings in the TriCoder setup.
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Y
The
Date Stamp
statement uses the same program fields as the other
Date
and
Time Stamp
statements.
Xtra
The
Xtra Statement
works with the "
ENTER QUANTITY
" prompt by automatically entering a quantity of “
1
” if the user enters
another
Item number
instead of a quantity. The user has the option of entering an actual quantity if it is more than “1”. Using this
feature in Program #1 is a good way to demonstrate its value. The
XTRA Statement
must be set
before
you begin your data
collection. To use the
XTRA Statement
, three things must happen:
The
statement type
for the “
ENTER QUANTITY
” prompt must be “
X”
(Xtra)
The
maximum data length
of the “
ENTER QUANTITY
” statement must be
less
than the
minimum data length
for the
next
statement to be executed - in program #1, the next statement to be executed is the “
ENTER ITEM NO
.
” statement.
The length of the data entered at the “
ENTER QUANTITY
” prompt must be
between
the
minimum data length
and the
maximum
data length
of the next statement to be executed (
ITEM
in program #1).
Using Program #1 as an example:
If the number of characters entered at the “
ENTER QUANTITY
”
prompt is less than the
minimum data length
of the “
ENTER
ITEM NO
.
” prompt, then the data entered is stored as the quantity.
If the number of characters entered at the “
ENTER QUANTITY
” prompt is between the
maximum data length
and the
minimum
data length
for the “
ENTER ITEM NO
.
” prompt, then a “
1
” is stored as the data for the “
ENTER QUANTITY
” and the data entered
at the “
ENTER QUANTITY
” prompt is stored as the data for the “
ENTER ITEM NO
.
” prompt. If it seems confusing, use the
following
TriCoder Coding Form
as an example:
Stmt #
Entry Type
Prompt
Min Data Len
Max Data Len
Next Stmt
01
D
ENTER ITEM NO.
06
13
02
02
X
ENTER QUANTITY
01
04
01
While collecting data using the program shown above, if data between 6 and 12 digits in length is scanned or entered at the “
ENTER
QUANTITY
” prompt, data of "
1
" is automatically entered. In other words,
if you continually scan your item numbers
(as long as
they are all between 6 and 12 digits in length)
you will automatically enter a quantity of 1 for each item.
To enter a quantity other
than 1, simply enter the quantity by using the keypad, making sure the length of the quantity data does not exceed the
maximum data
length
for the quantity field (4 digits). The very last quantity entered at the end of data collection must be keyed in from the TriCoder
keypad, even if it is 1. Also, in order to either scan an item or enter a quantity at this statement, you must change the “Input Type”
statement to be blank instead of K or W. This is especially important if you are editing the default Program #1.
If you are using the “
selective bar code trimming
” feature with the XTRA Statement, the trimming must be specified in both the
“DATA Statement” and the “XTRA Statement”. For example, if you wanted to eliminate the leading character on all UPC codes, you
would have to specify:
{c1
in both the upload prefix for the DATA Statement (Statement 1 on the example above) and the upload prefix for the XTRA Statement
(Statement 2 on the example above). If you do not specify the trimming in both upload prefixes, the trimming will not happen
correctly.
