Character Conversion112 Magellan™ 3450VSiCharacter ConversionCharacter conversion is an eight byte configuration item. The eight bytes are 4character pairs represented in hexadecimal ASCII values. The first character in thepair is the character that will be converted. The second character in the pair is thecharacter to convert to. If the character to convert in a pair is FF, then no conversionis done.For example, if you have the character conversion configuration item set to thefollowing:41423132FFFFFFFFThe first pair is 4142 or AB (41 hex is an ASCII capital A, 42 hex is an ASCII cap-ital B) and the second pair is 3132 or 12 (31 hex is an ASCII 1, 32 is an ASCII 2).The other two pairs are FFFF and FFFF.With the label, AG15TA81, it would look as follows after the character conver-sion: BG25TB82.The A characters were converted to the B character and the 1 characters wereconverted to the numeral 2 character. Nothing is done with the last two charac-ter pairs, since they are all FF.To set Character Conversion:1. Scan the Enter/Exit Programming Mode bar code.2. Scan the Character Conversion bar code.3. Determine the desired string. Up to sixteen positions can be determinedas in the above example. Next, turn to the ASCII Chart on the inside backcover of this manual and find the equivalent hex digits needed to fulfill thestring.NOTEThe positions not used must be filled with the character ‘F’.4. Turn to the Alpha-Numeric Keypad on page 295 and scan the bar codesrepresenting the hex characters determined in the previous step. When thelast character is scanned, the scanner will sound a triple beep.5. Complete the programming sequence by scanning the Enter/Exit Pro-gramming Mode bar code.0332(CR)Set Character ConversionDEFAULT Default setting for this feature is:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF (No Character Conversion)
