Miscellaneous Commands - Honeywell ORBIT 7120PLUS User Manual

This example shows a bar code that has been zero filled. You may want to ignore
the zeros and send all the data that follows. E6 searches forward for the first char-
acter that is not zero, then sends all the data after, followed by a carriage return.
Using the bar code above:
Command string: E630F10D
E6 is the "Search forward for a non-matching character" command
30 is the hex value for 0
F1 is the "Send all characters" command
0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as:
37692
<CR>
Search backward for a non-matching character
E7 Search the input message backward for the first non-"xx" character from the
current cursor position, leaving the cursor pointing to the non-"xx" character.
Syntax = E7xx where xx stands for the search character's hex value for its ASCII code.
Refer to the
decimal, hex and character codes.

Miscellaneous Commands

Suppress characters
FB Suppress all occurrences of up to 15 different characters, starting at the current
cursor position, as the cursor is advanced by other commands. When the FC
command is encountered, the suppress function is terminated. The cursor is not
moved by the FB command.
Syntax = FBnnxxyy . .zz where nn is a count of the number of suppressed characters
in the list, and xxyy .. zz is the list of characters to be suppressed.
FB Example: Remove spaces in bar code data
This example shows a bar code that has spaces in the data. You may want to
remove the spaces before sending the data. Using the bar code above:
Command string: FB0120F10D
FB is the "Suppress characters" command
01 is the number of character types to be suppressed
20 is the hex value for a space
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