^WA - Set Antenna Parameters
Selects which physical antenna the radio receives and transmits on.
^WA chooses which physical antenna the wireless card receives on and which
it transmits on, independently. Both default to D, diversity, where the card
picks between the two antennas itself. L or R pins the card to one
antenna, which a printer with only one antenna connected needs.
Syntax
^WAa,bSupport
Accepted and skipped, because it configures the printer rather than the label. It cannot change the rendered output, and Labelary skips it too.
Radio hardware selection. This service has no radio and no antenna. The renderer does not parse this command. It reports IGNORED_COMMAND at info severity, which does not reach X-Warnings. Labelary is also silent, so the rendered label is identical in both engines. — not pinned by a test
Labelary renders this command.
Parameters
aReceive antennaoptional · one of a setAntenna used for reception.
- Default
- D
- Invalid value
- not documented, and we have not measured it. The renderer does not parse or measure this command.
- Test coverage
- No documented value is exercised by a test (D, L, R).
D- Diversity (default)
L- Left
R- Right
bTransmit antennaoptional · one of a setAntenna used for transmission.
- Default
- D
- Invalid value
- not documented, and we have not measured it. The renderer does not parse or measure this command.
- Test coverage
- No documented value is exercised by a test (D, L, R).
D- Diversity (default)
L- Left
R- Right
Behavior
Receive and transmit are separate arguments and can differ. This is radio hardware configuration, with no relationship to a format.
The renderer ignores this command and reads no arguments. It reports
IGNORED_COMMAND at info severity, which does not reach the X-Warnings
header. Labelary is also silent, so the rendered label is identical in both
engines.
Example
Diversity on both antennas, which is also the default:
^XA
^WAD,D
^FO40,60^A0N,50,50^FDAntenna diversity^FS
^XZ
Related commands
^WSSet Wireless Card ValuesSets the ESSID, operating mode and preamble length of the wireless card.^WRSet Transmit RateChooses which radio bit rates the card can use, and its transmit power.^WIChange Wireless Network SettingsSets the wireless print server's addressing, timeout and raw port.^WPSet Wireless PasswordChanges the four-digit password that protects the wireless settings on the control panel.