Hi,
If all know (or should know) the HP-41C barcode reader, it seems few know there are 2 versions of it, both with same reference : HP 82153A.
I was searching on the Web for some info on, but was quite surprised of almost NO page on, even on this forum !? Did I miss something ? I just knew there was a 1F version because the "Creating Your Own HP-41 Bar Code" manual mention it.
First, to check your version, plug it into your favorite HP-41 and a CATALOG 2 will tell you which version you have.
As I already had a version 1E, I wrote some Excel macros to produce almost all type of barcode (see HP-41 Programming Environment and Bar Codes Generation on my web site). So, when I received a 1F, I added some macros to produce the 1F specific codes.
According to the "Creating Your Own HP-41 Bar Code" manual, version 1F recognize 3 additionnal barcode data types, mainly the "sequenced" version of the 3 (standard) data types :
- Type 9 : Sequenced numeric data
- Type 10 : Sequenced alphanumeric data, in replace mode
- Type 11 : Sequenced alphanumeric data, in append mode
Would it be valuable to create an article with those 3 version 1F data types, and how to code and use them ? (Above manual doesn't provide any info about its use and coding rules).