Rockwell Automation 1775-S4B,D17756.5.3 User Manual SCANNER/MSG HND - Manual (Page 30)

Operating the LIST Function
Chapter 4
4Ć8
The tabs selection determines what the channel transmits for a tab
function:
If you select: Then:
Not expanded
Expanded
The channel sends an HT (tab) character in the message
transmission for each HT character in the stored message text.
Sending tab characters is only appropriate when transmitting to a
data terminal which supports a hardware tab function.
The channel considers a tab position to exist every 8 columns.
Each time a HT character is reached in the stored message, the
channel sends the number of SP characters to move the cursor
to the next tab position.
The default selection is not expanded.
The form feed selection determines what character or characters the
channel transmits to accomplish the form feed function:
If you select: Then:
Not expanded
Expanded
The channel sends a FF character in the transmission for each
FF character in the message text. Sending FF characters is only
appropriate when transmitting to a data which supports a
hardware form feed function.
The channel sends seven LF characters in the message
transmission for each FF character in the stored message text.
This selection does not provide a true form feed function, but it
can provide a separation between messages.
The default selection is expanded.
The mode selection determines what the 1775-S4B scanner does when you
enter a DEL (delete character) from your keyboard. You can make the
following selections:
If you select: Then:
CRT
Print
A DEL character causes the 1775ĆS4B scanner to send back the
characters BS, SP, BS to erase the character from the screen.
A DEL character causes the 1775ĆS4B scanner to send back the
character being deleted so that it prints again with a slash (/)
character on each side. For example, if you type an E, you would
see it printed as:
ąE
If you then delete it, you would see:
ąE/E/
4.2.7
Tabs
4.2.8
Form Feed
4.2.9
Mode