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DATA CAPTURE DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS MENU [ HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS/V) ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS/V)

DATA CAPTURE DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS MENU 

If you select the data capture devices on the Terminal/Language Selection
Menu, the following message will appear at the bottom of the Globals
Menu:

     Press NEXT to select HP 3075/6 device specifications

Press NEXT to display the Data Capture (3075/6) Device Specifications
Menu, as shown in Figure 3-27.  On this menu you can specify how you want
messages longer than 24 (or 32 for the HP 3081A) characters to be
presented on singleline display.  In addition, you can specify which
keyboard light is to be lit if an error is detected, and the device
configuration for the Multifunction and Bar code readers if they were
specified as valid input devices.

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          Figure 3-27.  Data Capture Device Specifications Menu 

Fields 

Split Message    You may specify the number of seconds between screen
Pause (seconds)  presentations for messages longer than 24 (or 32)
                 characters.  Enter a value between 1 and 99 in this box
                 and a NO in the Wait for ENTER box.  User and VPLUS/V's
                 messages will be broken so as not to display part of a
                 word.  This field does not apply to Mini-CRT display.

                 Default 3 (seconds)

OR Wait for      You may also specify that screen presentations for
user to press    messages longer than 24 (or 32) characters be displayed
ENTER            after ENTER is pressed.  Enter a YES in this box and a
                 zero (0) in the Split Message Pause box.  This field
                 does not apply to Mini-CRT display.

                 Default  NO

Error Light      You may specify which keyboard light is to be lit if an
                 error is detected on the form by the application or by
                 VPLUS/V. This light will remain lit during the
                 re-presentation of the form.  You may specify any one of
                 the following:  @, A through P.

                 Default E

Multifunction    If you select the Multifunction Reader as an input
Reader:          device, you can specify how it should be configured to
                 accept valid card and badge input.  The following
                 options are available:

                 HOLES/MARKS      The card or badge will have holes or
                                  will be mark sensed.

                                  Default HOLES

                 Corner Cut       The card or badge must be presented
                 Required         with the corner in accordance with the
                                  diagram on the terminal.

                                  Default YES

                 Clock On/After   The card or badge will have clock marks
                 /NONE            after each column of data, or no clock
                                  marks.  Valid input is CAD (clock after
                                  data) or NONE (no clocking).

                                  Default NONE

                 Invalid combinations of the above are Holes with Clock
                 On data and Marks with NONE.

Bar Code Reader  If you select the Bar Code Reader as an input device,
                 you can specify how it should be configured.  The
                 following options are available:

                 Format           You can specify which bar code format
                                  will be read.  Choose one of the
                                  following:

                                    UPC--Universal Product Code
                                    I25--Industrial 2 out of 5
                                    MAT--INTERMEC 2 out of 5 MATRIX code
                                    139--INTERMEC code 39 alphanumeric
                                    bar code *
                                    EAN--European Article Numbering
                                    ILV--Interleaved 2 out of 5

                                  Default UPC

                                  *code I39 is a registered trademark of
                                  Interface Mechanism, Inc.

                 Disable Check    When you specify the bar code reader as
                 Digit            an input device, VPLUS/V configures the
                                  device to require check digits.  You
                                  can change this by specifying yes (Y)
                                  in this field.

                                  Default N

Example of how a typical form layout will took displayed on the data
capture devices:

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          Figure 3-28.  Form Layout in FORMSPEC 

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          Figure 3-29.  Displayed on Standard Character Set Mini-CRT Screen 

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          Figure 3-30.  Displayed on 32 Character One Line Alpha Display Screen 

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          Figure 3-31.  Displayed on Large Character Mini-CRT Screen 



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