Main Tab; Port; Output; Send Key Messages (Wedge) - Honeywell HX3 User Manual

4. Parse for, and strip if found, Barcode Data strings.
5. Replace any control characters with string, as configured.
6. Add prefix string to output buffer.
7. If Code ID is not stripped, add saved code ID from above to output buffer.
8. Add processed bar code string from above to output buffer.
9. Add suffix string to output buffer.
10. Add a terminating NUL to the output buffer, in case the data is processed as a string.
11. If key output is enabled, start the process to output keys. If control characters are encountered:
If Translate All is set, key is translated to CTRL + char, and output.
If Translate All is not set, and key has a valid VK code, key is output.
Otherwise, key is ignored (not output).
The bar code data is ready to be read by applications.

Main Tab

Port

The ports are disabled until the HX3 auto-detects a device tethered to the port. Port 1 defaults to Bluetooth and Port 2
defaults to Ring when a Bluetooth enabled HX3 with ring scanner/imager is powered On.

Output

Default: Disabled. When Output is enabled, data is received from the scanner and processed via the wedge but an applica-
tion can also open the WDG0: device and write data to it. An example is when a printer is connected to the same COM port
as the scanner via a switch. Data can be written to the WDG device and is redirected to the associated COM port. The
application must open the WDG0: port, not the COMx: port as the Wedge has exclusive rights to the COM port. If Output is
not enabled, the WDG0: port can still be opened, but any attempts to write to that port will fail.

Send Key Messages (WEDGE)

Default: Enabled. When Send Key Messages (WEDGE) is checked any data scan is converted to keystrokes and sent to
the active window. When this check box is not checked, the application will need to use the set of Scanner APIs to retrieve
the data from the scanner driver. Note that this latter method is significantly faster than using Wedge.
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