Honeywell 1450g User Manual

When a bar code is scanned, additional information is sent to the host computer along with the bar code data.  This group of bar 
code data and additional, user-defined data is called a “message string.”  The selections in this section are used to build the 
user-defined data into the message string.

Prefix and Suffix characters are data characters that can be sent before and after scanned data.  You can specify if they should 
be sent with all symbologies, or only with specific symbologies.  The following illustration shows the breakdown of a message 
string:

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It is not necessary to build a message string.  The selections in this chapter are only used if you wish to alter the default 
settings.  Default prefix = None.  Default suffix = None.

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A prefix or suffix may be added or cleared from one symbology or all symbologies.

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You can add any prefix or suffix from the 

 beginning on page A-3, plus Code 

I.D. and AIM I.D.

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You can string together several entries for several symbologies at one time.

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Enter prefixes and suffixes in the order in which you want them to appear on the output.

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When setting up for specific symbologies (as opposed to all symbologies), the specific symbology ID value counts as an 
added prefix or suffix character.

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The maximum size of a prefix or suffix configuration is 200 characters, which includes header information.

Step 1. Scan the Add Prefix or Add Suffix symbol (

Step 2. Determine the 2 digit Hex value from the Symbology Chart (included in the 

A-1) for the symbology to which you want to apply the prefix or suffix.  For example, for Code 128, Code ID is “j” and 
Hex ID is “6A”.

Step 3. Scan the 2 hex digits from the 

 inside the back cover of this manual or scan 9, 9 for all 

symbologies.

Step 4. Determine the hex value from the 

 beginning on page A-3, for the prefix 

or suffix you wish to enter. 

Step 5. Scan the 2 digit hex value from the 

 inside the back cover of this manual.

Step 6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for every prefix or suffix character.

Step 7. To add the Code I.D., scan 5, C, 8, 0.

 To add AIM I.D., scan 5, C, 8, 1.
 To add a backslash (\), scan 5, C, 5, C.

Step 8. Scan Save to exit and save, or scan Discard to exit without saving.

Repeat Steps 1-6 to add a prefix or suffix for another symbology.

Prefix

Scanned Data

Suffix

1-11
alpha numeric &
control characters

variable length

1-11
alpha numeric &
control characters