Product Reference Guide 305Chapter 5Message FormattingMessage FormattingNOTEMessage Formatting is only available for the Gryphon™ Wireless model.A message from the Host to the base must follow these rules: If Address stamping options or address delimiter are enabled on the base,the Host replay must have address field and delimiter too. Otherwise themessage will be ignored. Address delimiter is present only when addressstamping is enabled. Address stamping is necessary to correctly route the message to the Gry-phon I, especially when more than one handheld is linked to the samebase. Address stamping could be disabled if the system is in point to pointconfiguration. If address stamping is not enabled, the messages areaddressed to the first handheld linked to the base. The maximum character length for messages is 48. Messages end with “CR” 0x0D ASCII character. The CR character cannot becontained in the middle. Messages cannot start with '$' or # because these are reserved for Servicemode command Base station can receive host message only if Host Commands Obey/Ignore is set to Ignore. Message could be sent to the HH in response to a Label when “Transmitmode” require Ack from Host (see transmit mode parameter) or at anytime. When messages are sent not in response to a label must start withDC2 0x12 ASCII character and could be sent in any transmit mode setting. Message could be sent to all HH linked to base by using a Multicast mes-sage: “00 00 00 00 2A AA” In order to receive a message, handhelds must not be in sleep state.The format of the ACK from Host message (used for transmission mode 02) is:[Scanner_Addr] [Scanner_Addr_delimiter] MESSAGE The format of a generic message From Host to HH is:
