
MS-2 CCD Reader User’s Manual A-7
Appendices
Serial Command Format
Serial commands are of two types: utility and configuration.
Rules that apply to both Utility and Configuration commands
• A less than < and greater than > character enclose the commands.
• Commands and data are “case-sensitive.” That is, characters must be entered as upper
or lower case, as specified.
Serial Utility Commands
These are sent during operations and are not followed by <A> or <Z>.
Serial Configuration “K” Commands
These begin with a single “K” character followed by a 3-digit numeric value, data fields,
and an initializing command, as follows:
<Knumeric value,data,data,...etc.><initializing command>
An initializing command <A> or <Z> may follow the command. A <Z> initializes the
reader’s memory and saves for power-on; an <A> initializes the reader’s memory but does
not save for power-on.
For example, to enable UPC and save the change for power-on, send <K473,1><Z>.
To change Baud Rate to 4800 and reset without saving changes for power-on, send
<K100,3><A>.
Serial Configuration Command Conventions
• All data fields (except the last) must be followed by a comma without a space.
• Typically, NUL cannot be used. The characters <, >, and
, can be used, but only if
entered as hex pairs.
• All fields preceding a modified field must be included unless there is no change in the
preceding fields.
• If there is no change in preceding fields, then commas alone can be entered in these
fields. For example, if only the last field in the command <K100,4,1,0,1> is changing, it
can be entered as <K100,,,,1>.
• All fields following a modified field can be omitted. For example, to change Baud Rate to
4800 without changing the other host port paramters, send <K100,3>.
Concatenating Configuration Commands
Commands can be concatenated (added together) in a single string.
For example, <K100,4><K222,1><K470,0><A> sets the Baud Rate to 9600, enables
Multiple symbol mode, disables Code 39, and resets the data buffers (without saving the
changes for power-on).
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