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Each line is terminated by a newline character (<kbd>\n</kbd> line feed): <pre style=""> WriteToDevice ("user\n", 1000); WriteToDevice ("sysadmin\n", 1000); </pre></p> <h3 class="">TWedge V3</h3> <p><var>Solution:</var> For this purpose TWedge provides the Javascript member function <kbd>WriteData ()</kbd>. This function exists in two variants with different parameters.:</p> <ul class=""> <li>Integer WriteData (Array arrData, Integer nTimeout)</li> <li>Integer WriteData (String sData, Integer nTimeout, String sEncoding = "Latin1")</li> </ul> <p>The following example sends data one time as binary array and one time as string. Inside of a string you can encode a line feed with the escape sequence <kbd>\n</kbd>: <pre style=""> var arrSend = [0x48, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f]; hConn.WriteData (arrSend, 200); </pre> <pre style=""> hConn.WriteData ("Hello\n", 1000); </pre> <kbd>hConn</kbd> is the actual connection object. </p> </div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="103501" name="103501"></a><h2 class="" style="">Why Are All Commands Ignored by the Device?</h2> <p><var>Solution:</var> When using the function <kbd>WriteToDevice ()</kbd> (or <kbd>WriteData ()</kbd>) to send device configuration or initialization commands, please check if a newline or carriage return character is required. This is especially important if the device uses a protocol like TELNET. A newline character is specified by <kbd>\n</kbd>.</p> <p>The following example sends the text "user" followed by a newline to the device: <pre style=""> // TWedge 2: WriteToDevice ("user\n", 1000); // TWedge 3: hConn.WriteData ("user\n", 1000); </pre> </p> <p>Here is a list of common escape sequences:</p> <ul class=""> <li><kbd>\'</kbd> Single quotation mark.</li> <li><kbd>\"</kbd> Double quotation mark. Use this escape sequence if you need to specify a " as part of a string.</li> <li><kbd>\\</kbd> A single backslash character.</li> <li><kbd>\b</kbd> Backspace.</li> <li><kbd>\n</kbd> New-line (line-feed).</li> <li><kbd>\r</kbd> Carriage return. \r in combination with \n is used in DOS systems as sequence for a carriage return and new line. Most likely \n can be used instead.</li> <li><kbd>\t</kbd> Horizontal tab.</li> <li><kbd>\f</kbd> Form feed (for printers).</li> </ul></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="110703" name="110703"></a><h2 class="" style="">USB Device Loses Connection When Not Used for a While</h2> <p><b>Problem:</b> My USB Device (Virtual COM Port) loses connection when not used for a while.</p> <p>Power management is a common cause of USB-connected device issues. To save power, Windows automatically shuts down the power to USB ports. This may cause problems with auxiliary devices and leads to a connection loss if you don't use the device for a while.</p> <p><var>Workaround:</var> Here are some measures, which you can try step by step until the problem disappears:</p> <p>a) Prevent Windows from Turning Off USB Devices</p> <ol> <li>Open Device Manager by typing <kbd>device manager</kbd> in the Start 🡒 Search panel.</li> <li>In the Device Manager expand the <kbd>Universal Serial Bus controllers</kbd> branch, double-click the <kbd>USB Root Hub</kbd> device and choose the <kbd>Power Management</kbd> tab.</li> <li>Turn off <kbd>"Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"</kbd> by unchecking the box.</li> <li>Click the OK button</li> </ol> <p>b) Motherboard: If your BIOS has a setting 'Deep Sleep Control', then disable it.</p> <p>c) Turn off the "hybrid sleep option" (if available):</p> <ul class=""><li>In Control Panel go to <kbd>Power Options 🡒 Change plan settings 🡒 Change advanced power settings 🡒 Sleep 🡒 "Allow hybrid sleep"</kbd> and turn it OFF.</li></ul> <p>d) Turn off "USB selective suspend" (if available):</p> <ul class=""><li>In Control Panel go to <kbd>Power options -> Change plan settings 🡒 Change advanced power settings 🡒 USB settings 🡒 "Selective suspend"</kbd> and disable it.</li></ul> <div class="div-note">Especially for virtual COM ports TWedge offers a monitoring option to detect connection losses and automatically reconnect to the device (see TWedge interface options). You can also try these monitoring options.</div> </div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="110952" name="110952"></a><h2 class="" style="">Keyboard Wedge Does Not Work If Twedge Runs as Service</h2> <p><b>Problem:</b> Services are running as a separate process without having a user session attached, so Windows can't identify where to send the key strokes.</p> <p><var>Solution:</var> You can try if the option “<i>Allow service to interact with desktop</i>” makes a difference but usually you can't use the keystroke simulation if TWedge runs as service.<br /> Workaround: Write to a CSV file (see action templates). The file name could be based on the actual date so you get a new file each day (needs a small modification in the Script). <br />CSV files can be opened in Excel as well.</p></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="110954" name="110954"></a><h2 class="" style="">Where Can I Find a Detailed User Manual of TWedge?</h2> <ul class=""> <li>You can open the manual installed along with TWedge with the <kbd>Help menu</kbd> in TWedge (<kbd>F1</kbd>).</li> <li>You also find a download for the manual in the documentation section of the <a href="en/download/data-acquisition/twedge/Download.aspx" title="Download TWedge - Keyboard Wedge Software">TWedge download page</a>.</li> <li>The script reference can be opened with <kbd>[Script Reference]</kbd> button at the bottom of the script editor (<kbd>CTRL-E</kbd>).</li> </ul></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="102518" name="102518"></a><h2 class="" style="">SHIFT Key Not Applied to SendKeyStrokes</h2> <p><b>Problem:</b> You try to send a <kbd>SHIFT Key</kbd> (or any other modifier) while reading data from a HID device, but it is not applied to your key strokes.</p> <p><var>Solution:</var> Apply a delay before you send some key strokes – see sample code below:</p> <pre style=""> SetDelayCharacter ("#"); SetDelayTime (200); if ( !SendKeyStrokes ("#{SHIFT+F7}")) NotifyWarning("Ignoring keystrokes sent to TWedge. Please set focus to the target application."); </pre> <div class="div-note">Special instructions must be observed for HID devices – see user manual B.1.5 Send Keystrokes + B.1 USB HID Device.</div></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="106686" name="106686"></a><h2 class="" style="">How Can I Append a Carriage Return to my Data?</h2> <p>You have to modify the script in the OnData or processData event code. Carriage Return can be added via the escape sequence <var>\r</var> (Carriage Return) or <var>\n</var> (Line Feed). In Javascript string concatenation is done with the <var>+</var> operator.</p> <p>Menu (V2) <kbd>Configuration - Script Editor - Edit Code: OnData</kbd></p> <p>Menu (V3) <kbd>Device - Configure - Advanced - Script Editor - Edit Code: onData</kbd></p> <p>Change the following code line and add the <var>+ "\n"</var> as shown below: <pre style=""> // V2 (OnData function): SendKeyStrokes(DATA.replace (/\x00/g, " ") + "\n"); // V3 (processData function): SendKeyStrokes (sData.replace(/\x00/g, " ") + "{ENTER}") </pre> </p> <p>See the FAQ above for a list of common escape sequences.</p></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_C"><a id="107262" name="107262"></a><h2 class="" style="">JavaScript Commands for Common Operations (processData)</h2> <p>Menu (TWedge V3) <kbd>Device - Configure - Advanced - Script Editor - Edit Code in "processData"</kbd></p> Remove Carrige Return / Line Feed <pre style=""> sData = sData.replace(/\x0D\x0A/g, ""); // remove CR/LF </pre> Remove leading whitespace <pre style=""> sData = sData.replace(/^\s+/, ""); // trim leading whitespace </pre> Replace characters (via Hex Code) <pre style=""> sData = sData.replace(/\x2E/g, ","); // replace . => , </pre> Remove character sequences <pre style=""> sData = sData.replace(/ d/, ""); // remove " d" </pre> Parse a single value from a CSV sequence <pre style=""> // sample data: 200, 177.50,mm ,01 if (sData.indexOf(',') > 0) { sData = sData.split(','); sData = sData[1]; // take 2nd value sData = sData.replace(/^\s+/, ""); // trim leading whitespace } // result will be 177.50 </pre> Parse a numeric value from a fixed data format. <pre style=""> // extract weight from scale data format: [STX] <var>13400</var> kg S Gross[CR] var myRegexp = /^[\x02]\s<var>(\d{1,5})</var>\skg S Gross[\r\n]/; var match = myRegexp.exec(sData); if (match && match.length >= 2) Print("Weight: " + match[1]); // first group value else Print("Weight does not match data format: [STX] nnnnn kg S Gross[CR]"); </pre> Add a time delay <pre style=""> function onHotkey () { Print("onHotkey!"); hInstance.Sleep (300); // wait 0.3 secs ... } </pre></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="106687" name="106687"></a><h2 class="" style="">How Can I Convert a Decimal (Float) to Integer?</h2> <h3 class="">My device sends 123.4 but I need only 123</h3> <p>Modify the script in the OnData event code (<kbd>Ctrl - E</kbd>). Replace the code lines with the following: <p><u>TWedge V2</u></p> <pre style=""> var myData = Math.round(DATA).toFixed(); SendKeyStrokes(myData); </pre> <p><u>TWedge V3</u></p> <pre style=""> var myData = DataToString(data); myData = Math.round(myData).toFixed(); SendKeyStrokes(myData); </pre> </p> <p>This code will perform rounding. If you don't need rounding, replace the <var>Math.round</var> with <var>Math.floor</var>.</p> <h3 class="">My balance sends grams but I need kilograms</h3> <p>Change your OnData event code to the following:</p> <p><u>TWedge V2</u></p> <pre style=""> var myData = (parseInt(DATA)/1000).toFixed(3); SendKeyStrokes(myData); </pre> <p><u>TWedge V3</u></p> <pre style=""> var myData = DataToString(data); myData = (parseInt(myData)/1000).toFixed(3); SendKeyStrokes(myData); </pre></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="112032" name="112032"></a><h2 class="" style="">How to Read Data in a Loop Without Using StartListen?</h2> <p>Given the case you want to access a specific COM port from two scripts, but you can only open it from one script at a time. Therefore, you cannot use <i>StartListen()</i> because this will occupy the port all the time while the script (data collection) is active.</p> <p>Below we show you how to open the port, read data, and then close the port so that the other script can access it.</p> <pre style=""> hConn2.Open(funcOnConnectionLost2); var arr2Data = null; retries2 = 60; // wait maximum 1 minute for data (60 * 1000 ms) while (retries2-- > 0) { try { Print ("Waiting for data from " + hConn2.Port); var currData = hConn2.ReadData(100, 1000); // try to read max 100 Bytes in 1 sec if (arr2Data == null) arr2Data = currData; // first data packet else arr2Data.concat(currData); // subsequent data packet -> append } catch (err) { // stop when we have data already (no data packet after successful read) if (arr2Data != null) break; } } processData2 (arr2Data); if (hConn2.IsOpen) closeConnection2(); </pre> </div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_C"><a id="112031" name="112031"></a><h2 class="" style="">How to Use a Second Hot Key In TWedge?</h2> <p> You can create another hot key as follows:</p> <ol> <li>Open the Javascript Edtior (CTRL-E)</li> <li>Copy the existing hot key function (at the end of the script) and rename it to onHotKey2</li> <pre style=""> function onHotkey2 () { Print("onHotkey2! "); } </pre> <li>Register the <var>onHotkey2</var> function for a specific hot key (e.g., F8) at the beginning of the script (after the generated script block):</li> <pre style=""> hInstance.RegisterHotkey("F8", onHotkey2); </pre> <li> By pressing <kbd>F8</kbd>, the second, newly added function should be called.</li> </ol> </div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="109966" name="109966"></a><h2 class="" style="">COM Ports on Citrix/Terminal Server </h2> <p><b>Problem:</b> TWedge connects to the server, not to the client</p> <p><var>Solution:</var> You need to assign (or route) the COM port on the client to a virtual COM port on the server. This is called <i>COM port redirection</i>.</p></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_A"><a id="110376" name="110376"></a><h2 class="" style="">Error Message "Access Is Denied" When Starting TWedge</h2> <p><b>Problem:</b> When you start TWedge you receive the message "Can't save file 'C:\ProgramData\TEC-IT\TWedge\3.5\twedge.bcopt' Access is denied." </p> <p><var>Solution:</var> Verify the permissions on the TWedge directory and the bcopt file for the user account where you see the problem.</p> <p>C:\ProgramData\TEC-IT\TWedge\3.5</p> <p>The BCOPT file stores the window settings of TWedge. The starting user account of TWedge must have read/write permissions to this file. </p></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_C"><a id="112324" name="112324"></a><h2 class="" style="">How Can I Setup TWedge 3 to Run As Service</h2> <p>For manual configuration, follow the instructions in the user manual <a href="download/PDF/TWedge3_Manual_EN.pdf" title="Appendix D: Run TWedge as Service">Appendix D: Run TWedge as Service</a></p> <p>For scripting these configuration steps (e.g. as part of a custom setup), follow the guide below:</p> <p>Specify the TWG file that should be automatically opened by the service during startup:</p> <ol> <li>Navigate to the following file: <pre style="">C:\ProgramData\TEC-IT\TWedge\3.6\twedge.bcopt</pre></li> <li>Edit or overwrite this file with your presets.</li> <li>Enter the full path to the TWG configuration file in the designated XML node: <pre style=""><ServiceConfigFile>>C:/Project/MyTWedgeConfig.twg</ServiceConfigFile></pre></li> <li>After making changes to this file, if the service is already running, it must be restarted. This can be done using the following commands: <pre style="">net stop "TEC-IT TWedge" net start "TEC-IT TWedge"</pre></li> </ol> <p>To configure the service to start automatically when the system boots, execute the following command: <pre style="">sc config "TEC-IT TWedge" start=auto</pre></p> <p>It's possible to configure the service to allow interaction with the Desktop, although this functionality cannot be guaranteed. Use the following command: <pre style="">sc config "TEC-IT TWedge" type=interact type=own</pre></p> <div class="div-note">All commands must be executed with Admin permissions, e.g. via Admin console.</div></div><div class="ContentBlock post-big _none_C"><a id="102789" name="102789"></a><h2 class="" style="">How to Install TWedge 2.x as Windows Service?</h2> <div class="div-note">We recommend upgrading to TWedge V3 which already includes a system service. If that is not possible, you can proceed as described below.</div> <ol> <li>Install the <font class="red">Windows Resource Toolkit</font>. You can download it from <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17657" target="_blank" title="Microsoft's Website">Microsoft's Website</a>. </li> <li>Open the Command Line (<kbd>Start -> Run -> “cmd”</kbd>), go to the installation directory of the Windows Resource Toolkit and enter the following command:<br /> <kbd>Instsrv TWedge "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\srvany.exe"</kbd>. <br /> <img src="pics/TWedge/twedge2-command-line.gif" alt="Command Line: Installation of Windows Resource Toolkit" vspace="10" title="Command Line: Installation of Windows Resource Toolkit"></img></li> <li>Open the registry editor (<kbd>Start -> Run -> “regedit”</kbd>) and look for the following registry key: <var>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TWedge</var>. <br /> <img src="pics/TWedge/twedge2-regedit.gif" alt="Registry Editor: TWedge Registry Key" vspace="10" title="Registry Editor: TWedge Registry Key"></img><br /></li> <li>Now add a <strong>"Parameters"</strong> key with a value called <strong>"Application"</strong>. It contains the path to the executable of TWedge (default: <i>C:\Program Files (x86)\TEC-IT\TWedge2\Bin\TWedge.exe C:\TWedge.twi</i>). The <i>twedge.twi</i> file opens TWedge with the predefined settings!</li> <img src="pics/TWedge/twedge2-regedit-parameters.gif" alt="Registry Editor: Add new key Parameters" vspace="10" title="Registry Editor: Add new key Parameters"></img> <li>Open the properties of the new TWedge service which you can find in the <i>Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services</i>.</li> <li>Go to the <strong>“Log On”</strong> tab and make assure that the checkbox <i>“Allow service to Interact with desktop”</i> is activated.<br /> <img src="pics/TWedge/twedge2-services-windows.jpg" alt="Services: TWedge Properties" vspace="10" title="Services: TWedge Properties"></img> </li> <li>Run the TWedge service.</li> </ol></div></div></div></div> <footer class="clearfix"> <div class="footer block-full bg-color-footer"> <div class="eat-outer-margins"> <div class="clearfix"> <div class="block-3"> <div class="block-inner">  <div id="ctl00_AboutCompany"><h3>TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH</h3> <p>TEC-IT, Austria, has been developing software for <a href="en/software/barcode-software/Default.aspx" title="Barcode Software">barcoding</a>, <a href="en/software/barcode-software/Default.aspx" title="QR Code Software">QR and 2D-codes</a>, <a href="en/software/label-printing/label-software/tformer/Default.aspx" title="Label Printing">printing</a>, <a href="en/software/label-printing/Default.aspx" title="Label Software">labeling</a>, <a href="en/software/report-generator/Default.aspx" title="Reporting Software">reporting</a> and <a href="en/software/data-acquisition/twedge/keyboard-wedge/Default.aspx" title="Data Acquisition Software">data acquisition</a> since 1996.</p> <p>Our company offers standard software like <a href="en/software/report-generator/Default.aspx" title="Label Software, Report Designer">TFORMer</a>, <a href="en/software/barcode-software/Default.aspx" title="Barcode Generator Software, QR- and 2D-Code Creation" >TBarCode</a> and <a href="en/software/barcode-software/barcode-creator/barcode-studio/Default.aspx" title="Barcode Maker Software, QR and 2D Code Maker Software">Barcode Studio</a>. 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