Newlands HR32 – GS1 character substitution for BIMS

Created by Gabor Szeles, Modified on Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 at 2:49 PM by Gabor Szeles

Background

When scanning GS1 barcodes into software, the <GS> is not visible for software to know where an element has ended and another is started (GS1 codes can be strung together using <GS> characters to show where fields with variable lengths terminate and the next GS1 code starts) In fixed length fields there is generally no need for the separator but they can still be used if the user wishes.

Instructions

To configure the Newlands scanner and replace the <GS> with the “:” character, the following step should be followed:-

Load EasySet from desktop (can be downloaded from Newlands site if its not present on your PC) (https://www.newland-id.com/en/services/software-drivers/easyset-software)
Load EasySet (see figure 1)

Figure 1 – EasySet front screen

Connect Newlands HR32 scanner requiring to be modified to the PC using USB connection
Select ONLINE Device by clicking the mouse cursor on the GREEN Text
Once loaded, the screen should display the Scanner information on the left-hand side with menu items on the right hand side of the screen (see Figure 2)

Figure 2 – Main menu

Select Configure Device from the menu list at the right-hand side of the screen. (see figure 3)

Figure 3 – Configure Device

From Configure Device select Data Formatter (Indicated on the second top line see figure 4)

Figure 4 – selection of Data formatter

Select Data Formatting Settings (see figure 5)

Figure 5 – Selection of Formatting Settings

Set these to Data Format Required – Keep Prefix/Suffix

To make the changes required to substitute the required characters now select EDITOR as displayed in figure 6 below

Figure 6 – Shows the Editor button

Once selected, the screen will display a sub menu allowing the changes to be actioned. (see Figure 7)

Figure 7 – Data formatter editor sub menu

From the menu presented, select REPLACE. Once selected, then from the blue box items select CHARACTERS. (see Figure 8)

Figure 8 – Shows the character edit screen

The cursor should then be placed in the let hand input to the Enter the characters to search and replace box shown in Figure 9

Figure 9 – Shows input box for cursor to be set.

When the cursor has been set in the left-hand search and replace box, click on the ASCII character <GS> (Character 029) as shown in Figure 10 below

Figure 10 – shows input of <GS> in left hand input box as described.

Now place the cursor on the second box (i.e. replace) see Figure 11

Figure 11 – Placement of cursor on second input box

Once the input is set for the second input box as described above, the user should select character 058 ‘:’ (colon) See example in Figure 12 below.

Figure 12 – Shows input of the ‘:’ character

To finish the replacement of the <GS> with the ‘:’ character, the user should select to finish by selecting the ADD button. When completed the screen should then display the code that does the substitution we have just completed. (see Figure 12 below)

Figure 12 – Shows the result of the edit performed.

To complete the process, the users now require adding a NULL Character. To do this the user should select the SEND item from the left-hand menu (see Figure 13)

Figure 13 – Send character input

When the SEND button has been selected, the user is presented with a list of options. From this list they should select the All Characters button (see Figure 14)

Figure 14 – Menu displayed when SEND is selected

When displayed, the user should select ALL CHARACTERS and add the character NULL to be sent to complete the action. This is achieved by making sure the focus is on the Enter Character to send box on the top right-hand corner of the screen and then selecting the NULL (char 000) box. When selected, the screen should display the [NULL] character in the send box and the user should select ADD to confirm this action. (see Figure 13)

Figure 13 – [NULL] character input and then selecting the ADD function.

When the [NULL] character has been added, the screen should display a list of 2 sets of commands as shown in Figure 14.

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