Data Editing4-12 Magellan® 1000iCharacter ConversionCharacter conversion is an eight byte configuration item. The eight bytes are 4 character pairsrepresented in hexadecimal ASCII values. The first character in the pair is the character thatwill be converted. The second character in the pair is the character to convert to. If the charac-ter to convert in a pair is FF, then no conversion is done.For example, if you have the character conversion configuration item set to the following:41423132FFFFFFFFThe first pair is 4142 or AB (41 hex is an ASCII capital A, 42 hex is an ASCII capital B) andthe second pair is 3132 or 12 (31 hex is an ASCII 1, 32 is an ASCII 2). The other two pairsare FFFF and FFFF.With the label, AG15TA81, it would look as follows after the character conversion:BG25TB82.The A characters were converted to the B character and the 1 characters were converted to thenumeral 2 character. Nothing is done with the last two character pairs, since they are all FF.To set Character Conversion:1. Scan the START/END bar code.2. Scan the Character Conversion bar code.3. Determine the desired string. Up to sixteen positions can be determined as in the aboveexample. Next, turn to the ASCII Chart on the inside back cover of this manual and findthe equivalent hex digits needed to fulfill the string.4. Turn to Appendix C, Alpha-Numeric Pad and scan the bar codes representing the hex charac-ters determined in the previous step.5. Scan the START/END bar code to exit Programming Mode.NOTEIf less than the expected string of 16 characters areselected, scan the START/END bar code twice to acceptthe selections and exit Programming Mode.START / ENDPROGRAMMING BARCODESDEFAULT SETTING FOR THIS FEATURE:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF hex (no conversion)Character Conversion
