Intermec nx Reference Guide

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MB/NX/RM/00/E/970131

The MicroBar NX can send preambles and postambles—control codes before and after
each message—to emulate command keys on the keyboard and allow automatic data
entry:

<preamble>   <barcode data>   <postamble>

A customizable symbology identifier can be inserted after the preamble (

Ð

 

Code mark

).

You can include an input identification string before or after the barcode data (

Ð

 

Input

identification

).

No Preamble (*)

No Postamble

Each preamble and postamble can contain a maximum of 10 characters

Compose Preamble

Compose Postamble

Example

To enter the STX character (ASCII character 02) as a preamble:

1.  Scan Compose Preamble.

2.  Scan one or more character codes you want to include in the

preamble—in our example we would scan the ASCII STX  (02h)
character code (

Ð

 

ASCII character codes

 and 

Keyboard wedge—

Additional preamble / postamble characters

).

3.  Scan End Selection to finish (not necessary if you enter 10 characters).