Symbology Options. PSC PowerScan RF

Symbology Options

After enabling the desired symbology, you can use the bar code labels in this section to configure the specific options/features required for your site.

Code 39/PharmaCode 39

Code 39

Options

The Code 39 symbology has the following programmable features:

•

Check Digit

•

Start/Stop Characters

•

Code 39 Full ASCII

•

Minimum Label Length

•

Read Verification

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Check Digit

Check Digit calculates the Check Digit to verify that the Check Digit contained in the bar code label is correct. If you enable this feature, your bar codes must contain a Check Digit.

Start/Stop

Characters

Start/Stop Characters selects either Send or Don’t Send depending on your host’s interface requirement.

Code 39 Full ASCII

Code 39 Full ASCII enables or disables the ability to decode Code 39

Full ASCII labels.

Minimum Label

Length

Minimum Label Length sets the minimum label length required for the

Code 39 symbology. This feature causes the scanner to ignore small label segments, reducing the possibility that a portion of a good label is incorrectly seen as an entire label.

Read Verification

Read Verification is the number of times the scanner is required to read the bar code data before sending the label data to the host.

QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding

QuadraLogic™ II Decoding directs the scanner to decode labels with widespread problems of spots, voids, and/or non-uniform widths.

To optimize your scanner’s performance activate this option only for symbologies for which it is necessary.

There are many additional ways to configure the scanner to read and decode extremely poor labels. Contact your sales representative or service provider for other advanced QuadraLogic™ II Decoding settings.

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Configuring the Code 39

Options

Code 39 options are all applicable only to the scanner, with the exception of Check Digit Transmission, which applies only to the Base Station.

Use the special bar codes in this section to configure the Code 39 options

SET ------------------------------

Check Digit

Don’t Calculate ---------

Calculate ---------

Don’t Transmit ---------

Transmit ---------

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Start/ Stop

Don’t Transmit ---------

Transmit ---------

Code 39 Full ASCII

Enable ---------

Disable ---------

END ------------------------------

Transmit Scanner

Configuration to

Base Station ---------

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Minimum Label

Length

Follow these steps to set Code 39 Minimum Label Length:

1.

Identify the minimum label length setting you want to make.

The selectable range is 00 to 48

1

characters.

2.

Scan the SET bar code.

3.

Scan the SET MINIMUM LABEL LENGTH bar code.

4.

Set the minimum label length by scanning the applicable digits from the bar codes on

page 83 . Return to this page and

go to step five.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

5.

Scan the END barcode.

Minimum Label Length

SET ------------------------------------------

Set Minimum Label Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

1. For this symbology, the scanner will decode up to 48 characters, but the actual length read will vary depending upon interface type, and bar code physical size and quality. Code 39 bar codes containing one or more full ASCII characters can also limit the amount of characters that will be decoded (in these circumstances, the scanner will decode at least 24 data characters).

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Read Verification

Scan the bar codes below to set the minimum number of reads required to verify Code 39/Pharmacode 39 symbologies.

NOTE

The more times the scanner is required to read and compare the bar codes data, the longer the scanner will take to validate and transmit a label.

SET ------------------------------------------

Set to One read ---------

Set to Two reads ---------

Set to Three reads ---------

Set to Four reads ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Decoding

Scan these bar codes to activate/deactivate the QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding feature for Code 39/PharmaCode 39 symbologies.

SET ------------------------------------------

Activate for Code 39/

PharmaCode 39 ---------

Deactivate for Code 39/

PharmaCode 39 ---------

END ------------------------------------------

PharmaCode

39 Options

Transmit Check

Digit

Start/Stop

Characters

PharmaCode 39 symbology has the following programmable features:

•

Transmit Check Digit

•

Start/Stop Characters

Transmit Check Digit selects whether the Check Digit will/won’t be transmitted to the host terminal.

Start/Stop Characters directs the scanner to either Send or Don’t Send depending on your host’s interface requirement.

In order for PharmaCode 39 labels to be read and transmitted as PharmaCode 39, the Code

39 symbology must first be enabled.

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Configuring the

PharmaCode

39 Options

These features are specific to the Base Station ONLY

Scan the bar codes below to configure the PharmaCode 39 options for

Check Digit and Start/Stop Characters.

SET -------------------------------

Check Digit

Don’t Transmit ---------

Transmit ---------

Start/Stop

Don’t Transit ---------

Transmit ---------

END ------------------------------

Transmit Scanner

Configuration to

Base Station ---------

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Code128 and UCC/EAN 128 Options

These Code 128 and UCC/EAN 128 features are specific to the scanner ONLY

The Code 128 and UCC/EAN 128 symbologies have the following programmable feature.

•

Minimum Label Length

•

Read Verification

Setting Minimum

Label Length

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Setting Minimum Label Length sets the minimum length required for

Code 128 and UCC/EAN symbology. This feature causes the scanner to ignore small label segments, reducing the possibility that a portion of a good label is incorrectly seen as an entire label.

Read Verification

Read Verification is the number of times the scanner is required to read the bar code data before sending the label data to the host.

QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding

QuadraLogic™ II Decoding directs the scanner to decode labels with widespread problems of spots, voids, and/or non-uniform widths.

To optimize your scanner’s performance activate this option only for symbologies for which it is necessary.

There are many additional ways to configure the scanner to read and decode extremely poor labels. Contact your sales representative or service provider for other advanced QuadraLogic™ II Decoding settings.

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Configuring the Code 128/ and UCC/EAN

128 Options

Minimum Label

Length

Use the bar codes in this section to configure the Code 128 and UCC/

EAN 128 options.

Follow these steps to set Code 128 and UCC/EAN 128 Minimum Label

Length.

1.

Identify the minimum length setting you want to make. The selectable range is 00 to 50

1

characters.

2.

Scan the SET bar code on page 88

.

3.

Scan the SET MINIMUM LABEL LENGTH bar code.

4.

Set the minimum label length by scanning the applicable digits from the bar codes on

page 89 . Return to this page and

go to step five

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

5.

Scan the END bar code

Minimum Label Length

SET ------------------------------------------

Set Minimum Label Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

1. The scanner will decode up to 50 characters, but the actual length read will vary depending upon interface type, the physical size of the bar codes, print quality and whether the bar code data consists of Code 128 code set A, set B, or set C characters. (The C128 character set C allows for more densely packed data, thus if the bar code includes all or mostly C128 set C characters, more characters can be decoded).

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Read Verification

Scan the bar codes below to set the minimum number of reads required to verify Code 128 and UCC/EAN symbologies.

NOTE

The more times the scanner is required to read and compare the bar codes data, the longer the scanner will take to validate and transmit a label.

SET ------------------------------------------

Set to One read ---------

Set to Two reads ---------

Set to Three reads ---------

Set to Four reads ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Decoding

Scan these bar codes to activate/deactivate the QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding feature for the Code 128 and UCC/EAN 128 symbologies.

SET ------------------------------------------

Activate for C128 and

UCC/EAN 128 ---------

Deactivate for C128 and

UCC/EAN 128 ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Interleaved 2 of 5 Options

The Interleaved 2 of 5 symbology has the following programmable features:

•

Check Digit

•

Label Length Format

•

Read Verification

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Check Digit

Check Digit calculates the Check Digit to verify that the Check Digit contained in the bar code label is correct. If you enable this feature, your bar codes must contain a Check Digit.

If the Check Digit is not calculated, the digit will be sent regardless of settings for transmit or don’t transmit. For example, if you choose to

Transmit Check Digit, but not calculate, the scanner sends the Check

Digit encoded in the bar code without verifying its accuracy.

Label Length

Format

Label length format permits the selection between variable length or fixed length formats. For best performance it is recomended to use the

Fixed Length settings when your application requires only one or two label lengths.

Variable Length Format

- directs the scanner to read all labels from the minimum label length to 50. Set Minimum Length as high as your application allows.

Minimum Label Length

- selects the minimum label length that the scanner will recognize. The minimum label length for this symbology must be an

even

number of characters between

02 and 50

1

.

Fixed Length Format

- directs the scanner to read only one or two label lengths.

If you select fixed length format, there are three bar code labels for programming your scanner to read either one or two fixed lengths. The labels are:

Set First Fixed Length

- instructs the scanner that the next two programming labels scanned will define the first fixed label length. This setting can be any

even

number of characters

between 02 and 50

1

characters.

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Set Second Fixed Length

- instructs the scanner that the next two programming labels scanned will define the second fixed label length. This setting can be any

even

number of characters between 02 and 50

1

characters.

No Second Fixed Length

- configures the scanner to recognize only the first fixed length.

Read Verification

Read Verification is the number of times the scanner is required to read the bar code data before sending the label data to the host.

QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding

QuadraLogic™ II Decoding directs the scanner to decode labels with widespread problems of spots, void, and/or non-uniform widths.

To optimize your scanner’s performance activate this option only for symbologies for which it is necessary.

There are many additional ways to configure the scanner to read and decode extremely poor labels. Contact your sales representative or service provider for other advanced QuadraLogic™ II Decoding settings.

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Configuring the Interleaved

2 of 5 Options

I 2 of 5 options are all applicable only to the scanner, with the exception of Check Digit Transmission, which applies only to the Base Station.

Use the special bar codes in this section to configure the Interleaved

2 of 5 symbology options.

Check Digit

SET ------------------------------

Don’t Calculate ---------

Calculate ---------

Don’t Transmit ---------

Transmit ---------

END -----------------------------

Transmit Scanner

Configuration to

Base Station ---------

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Label Length

Format

Variable Length

Format

Follow the steps below to set the Interleaved 2 of 5 label Length Format to select either the

Variable Length

or

Fixed Length Format.

Follow the steps below to set the Interleaved 2 of 5 symbology to Variable Length Format.

1.

Identify the minimum length setting you want to make. The selectable range is any

even

number from 02 to 50

1

characters.

2.

Scan the SET bar code below.

3.

Scan the ENABLE VARIABLE LENGTH FORMAT bar code.

4.

Scan the SET MINIMUM LABEL LENGTH bar code.

5.

Set the minimum label length by scanning the correct digits from

page 98

. Return to this page and go to step six.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

6.

Scan the END bar code.

Variable Length Format

SET ------------------------------------------

Enable Variable Length

Set Minimum Label

Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Fixed Length

Format

All interfaces that are shipped with the standard factory configuration are set to read variable length labels. If you switch from the variable to fixed length format, the default label lengths are 14 characters and 8 digits. All fixed length settings must be an

even

number.

Follow the steps below to set Interleaved 2 of 5 symbology to Fixed

Length Format.

1.

Identify the fixed length settings you want to make.

2.

Scan the SET bar code.

3.

Scan the ENABLE FIXED LENGTH FORMAT bar code.

4.

Scan the SET FIRST FIXED LENGTH bar code.

5.

Set the first fixed label length by scanning the digit bar codes from

page 98

(even number only). Return to this page.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

If you need to set a second fixed length, continue to step six. If you do not need to set a second fixed length skip to step nine.

6.

Scan the SET SECOND FIXED LENGTH bar code.

7.

Set the second fixed label length by scanning the applicable

digit bar codes from page 98

.

8.

Return to this page and go to step ten.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

9.

Scan the NO SECOND FIXED LENGTH bar code.

10.

Scan the END bar code.

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Enable Fixed Length

Format ---------

Set First Fixed Length ---------

Set Second Fixed Length ---------

No Second Fixed Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Read Verification

Scan the bar codes below to set the number of reads desired to verify

Interleaved 2 of 5 symbology.

NOTE

The more times the scanner is required to read and compare the bar codes data, the longer the scanner will take to validate and transmit a label.

SET ------------------------------------------

Set to One read ---------

Set to Two reads ---------

Set to Three reads ---------

Set to Four reads ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Decoding

Scan these bar codes to activate/deactivate the QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding feature for Interleaved 2 of 5 symbology.

SET ------------------------------------------

Activate for Interleaved

2 of 5 ---------

Deactivate for Interleaved

2 of 5 ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Codabar Options

The Codabar symbology has the following programmable features:

•

Check Digit

•

Gap Check

•

Label Length Format

•

Start/Stop Character

•

Start/Stop Match

•

Start/Stop Format

•

Read Verification

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Check Digit

Check Digit calculates the Check Digit to verify the label’s contents have been read correctly. If you enable this feature, your labels must include a Check Digit. You may also choose to transmit or not transmit the Check Digit.

If the Check Digit is not calculated, the digit will be sent regardless of settings for transmit or don’t transmit. For example, if you choose to

Transmit Check Digit, but not calculate, the scanner sends the Check

Digit encoded in the label without verifying its accuracy.

Gap Check

Disabling Gap Check allows the scanner to combine two label halves printed in close proximity to each other that may have been printed at different times and perhaps different locations.

Label Length

Format

Label length format permits the selection between variable length or fixed length formats. For best performance it is recomended to use the

Fixed Length settings when your application requires only one or two label lengths.

Variable Length Format

- directs the scanner to read all labels from minimum label length to 50. Set Minimum Length as high as your application allows.

Minimum Label Length

- selects the minimum label length that the scanner will recognize. The minimum label length for this symbology must be between 03 and 50

1

.

Fixed length Format

- directs the scanner to read only one or two label lengths.

1. For this symbology, the scanner will decode up to 50 characters, but the actual length read will vary depending upon the interface type, and bar code physical size and quality.

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If you select fixed length format, there are three bar code labels for programming your scanner to read either one or two fixed lengths. The labels are:

Set First Fixed Length

- instructs the scanner that the next two programming labels scanned will define the first fixed label length. This setting must be between 03 and 50

1

characters.

Set Second Fixed Length

- instructs the scanner that the next two programming labels scanned will define the second fixed label length. This setting must be between 03 and 50

1 characters.

No Second Fixed Length

- configures the scanner to recognize only the first fixed length.

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Start/Stop

Characters

Start/Stop Characters can be either Send or Don’t Send depending on your host’s interface requirement. Refer to your host user’s manual to identify your system requirements.

Start/Stop Match

Start/Stop Match can be enabled or disabled.

Start/Stop Format

Start/Stop Format can be set to one of four standard format options:

ABCD/TN*E, ABCD/ABCD, abcd/tn*e, or abcd/abcd. This setting must match your system requirements. If you select one of these options, it determines how the ASCII characters A, B, C, D (used for

Start/Stop characters) are translated before being sent to the host.

Read Verification

Read Verification is the number of times the scanner is required to read the bar code data before sending the label data to the host.

QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding

QuadraLogic™ II Decoding directs the scanner to decode labels with widespread problems of spots, voids, and/or non-uniform widths.

To optimize your scanner’s performance activate this option only for symbologies for which it is necessary.

There are many additional ways to configure the scanner to read and decode extremely poor labels. Contact your sales representative or service provider for other advanced QuadraLogic™ II Decoding settings.

Configuring the Codabar

Options

Codabar options are all applicable only to the scanner, with the exception of the features for setting Check Digit Transmission and Start/Stop Characters, which apply only to the Base Station.

Use the special bar codes in this section to configure the Codabar symbology options.

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Check Digit

Don’t Calculate ---------

Calculate ---------

Don’t Transmit ---------

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Gap Check

Enable ---------

Disable ---------

END ------------------------------

Transmit Scanner

Configuration to

Base Station ---------

Label Length

Format

Follow the steps below to set the Codabar label Length Format to select either the

Variable Length

or

Fixed Length Format.

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Variable Length

Format

Follow the steps below to set the Codabar symbology to Variable

Length Format.

1.

Identify the minimum length setting you want to make. The selectable range is 03 to 50

1

characters.

2.

Scan the SET bar code below.

3.

Scan the ENABLE VARIABLE LENGTH FORMAT bar code.

4.

Scan the SET MINIMUM LABEL LENGTH bar code.

5.

Set the minimum label length by scanning the correct digits from

page 108 . Return to this page and go to step six.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

6.

Scan the END bar code.

Variable Length Format

SET ------------------------------------------

Enable Variable Length

Set Minimum Label

Length ---------

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Fixed Length

Format

The scanner offers the option of requiring Codabar labels to have one or two fixed lengths in the Fixed Label Format. Follow the steps below to set Codabar symbology to Fixed Length Format.

1.

Identify the fixed length settings you want to make.

2.

Scan the SET bar code.

3.

Scan the ENABLE FIXED LENGTH FORMAT bar code.

4.

Scan the SET FIRST FIXED LENGTH bar code.

5.

Set the first fixed label length by scanning the applicable digit bar codes from the

page 108

. Return to this page.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

If you need to set a second fixed length, continue with step six. If you do not need to set a second fixed length, skip to step nine.

6.

Scan the SET SECOND FIXED LENGTH bar code.

7.

Set the second fixed label length by scanning the applicable digits bar codes from the

page 108 .

8.

Return to this page and go to step ten.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

9.

Scan the NO SECOND FIXED LENGTH bar code.

10.

Scan the END bar code.

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SET ------------------------------------------

Enable Fixed Length

Format ---------

Set First Fixed Length ---------

Set Second Fixed Length ---------

No Second Fixed Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Start/Stop Characters

SET ------------------------------------------

Match not required ---------

Match Required ---------

Don’t Transmit ---------

Transmit a

(requires Format) ---------

a. Choosing Transmit Start/Stop characters requires selecting one of these four data format selections: ABCD/TN*E, abcd/tn*e, ABCD/ABCD, or abcd/abcd.

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Format = ABCD/

TN*E ---------

Format = abcd/ tn*e ---------

Format = ABCD/

ABCD ---------

Format = abcd/ abcd ---------

END ------------------------------

Transmit Scanner

Configuration to

Base Station ---------

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Read Verification

Scan the bar codes below to set the number of reads desired to verify

Codabar symbology.

NOTE

The more times the scanner is required to read and compare the bar codes data, the longer the scanner will take to validate and transmit a label.

SET ------------------------------------------

Set Read to One read ---------

Set to Two reads ---------

Set Read to Three reads ---------

Set to Four reads ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Decoding

Scan these bar codes to activate/deactivate the QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding feature for the Codabar symbology.

SET ------------------------------------------

Activate for Codabar ---------

Deactivate for Codabar ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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UPC/EAN Options

Data Format

Settings

UPC/EAN

Expansion

UPC/EAN

Add-ons

The UPC/EAN symbologies have the following programmable features:

•

Data Format Settings

•

UPC/EAN Expansion

•

UPC/EAN Add-ons

•

Price/Weight Check Digit

•

Read Verification

•

QuadraLogic™ II Decoding.

UPC/EAN Data Format Settings provides options for transmitting

Check Digits or Number System Digits (NSD).

Expand UPC-A to EAN-13 adds a leading zero to a UPC-A label which

‘expands’ the label to the EAN-13 data format. Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those required for

EAN-13.

Expand UPC-E to UPC-A expands UPC-E labels to UPC-A data format.

Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those required for UPC-A.

Expand EAN-8 to EAN-13 adds five zeros in front of an EAN-8 label.

Data is sent in EAN-13 data format. Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those required for EAN-13.

Expand UPC-E to EAN-13 expands UPC-E labels to EAN-13 data format. Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those required for EAN-13.

UPC-A or UPC-E and EAN-8 or EAN-13 Two and Five Digit

Add-ons filters

Required

means UPC/EAN bar codes must have add-ons or label will not be read.

Optional

means scanner will read UPC/EAN bar codes with or without add-ons.

Disable

directs the scanner not to recognize/read add-on portions of UPC/EAN labels, but will read the main body of the label.

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Price/Weight Check

Digit

Price/Weight Check Digit provides options for enabling price/weight check digits. The feature includes selections for domestic four or five digit, and European four or five digit, as well as the option to disable the price/weight check.

Read Verification

Read Verification is the number of times the scanner is required to read the bar code data before sending the label data to the host.

QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding

QuadraLogic™ II Decoding directs the scanner to decode labels with widespread problems of spots, voids, and/or non-uniform widths.

To optimize your scanner’s performance activate this option only for symbologies for which it is necessary.

There are many additional ways to configure the scanner to read and decode extremely poor labels. Contact your sales representative or service provider for other advanced QuadraLogic™ II Decoding settings.

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UPC/EAN

Options

UPC Data Format

Settings

Use the special bar codes in this section to configure the UPC/ EAN options.

UPC Data Format Settings are specific to Base Station ONLY

These settings affect UPC data format. Number System Digit (NSD) settings operate with RS-232 and Keyboard Wedge interfaces ONLY.

Scan the bar codes below to send or not send the Check Digit/NSD.

SET ------------------------------

UPC-A

Send Check

Digit ---------

Don’t Send

Check Digit ---------

Send NSD a

---------

Don’t Send NSD

a

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a. NSD = Number System Digit. The NSD character is the character that precedes the UPC bar code. The NSD for regular UPC-A bar codes is a zero.

Other commonly used Number System Digits used with UPC-A are:

“2” - used for random weight items such as meat and produce.

“3” - used for the drug and health items.

“4” - used for in-store non-food items.

“5” - used for coupons.

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UPC-E

Digit a

---------

Don’t Send

Check Digit

a

---------

Send NSD

a

---------

Don’t Send NSD

a

---------

END -----------------------------

Transmit Scanner

Configuration to

Base Station ---------

a. If UPC-E is expanded to UPC-A, the transmission of Check Digit (CD) and

NSD will be determined by the UPC-A settings on this page.

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EAN Data Format

Settings

These settings affect EAN data format.

EAN Data Format Settings are specific to Base Station ONLY

SET ------------------------------------------

EAN-13

Send Check Digit ---------

Don’t Send Check Digit ---------

Send NSD

a

---------

Don’t Send NSD a

---------

a. NSD = Number System Digit. The NSD character is the character that precedes the EAN bar code, as in this example.

Example: EAN with NSD

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EAN-8

Send Check

Digit ---------

Don’t Send

Check Digit ---------

END ------------------------------

Transmit Scanner

Configuration to

Base Station ---------

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UPC/EAN

Expansion

UPC/EAN Expansion is specific to Base Station ONLY

Use these labels to activate:

•

Expand UPC-A to EAN-13

•

Expand UPC-E to UPC-A

•

Expand EAN-8 to EAN-13

•

Expand UPC-E to EAN-13

SET ------------------------------------------

UPC-A to EAN-13 Expansion

Expand a

---------

Don’t Expand ---------

UPC-E to UPC-A Expansion

Expand

a

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Don’t Expand ---------

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Suffix, Check Digit and Number System Digit (NSD) are controlled by your selections for the symbology ‘expanded to’ rather than the symbology ‘expanded from’. For example, if you expand UPC-E to UPC-A, settings for UPC-A determine how the scanner sends a bar code’s contents.

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Expansion

Expand a

---------

Don’t Expand ---------

UPC-E to EAN-13

Expansion

Expand

a

---------

Don’t Expand ---------

END ------------------------------

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Configuration to

Base Station ---------

a. When any expansion features is activated, the transmission of the Prefix,

Suffix, Check Digit and Number System Digit (NSD) are controlled by your selections for the symbology ‘expanded to’ rather than the symbology

‘expanded from’. For example, if you expand UPC-E to UPC-A, settings for

UPC-A determine how the scanner sends a bar code’s contents.

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UPC/EAN

Add-ons

There are many ways to configure the scanner to handle add-ons. The scanner uses four filters that can be specified to define how add-ons will be handled. The following is true for each filter.

•

Each add-on type can be disabled, required or optional.

•

Any combination of the four UPC/EAN symbologies can be affected.

•

The 2-digit, 5-digit and C128 add-ons can be individually configured.

•

The leading digits of the base labels affected can be specified.

NOTE

The settings below represent only a small portion of the options available for this feature.

Contact your sales representative or service provider if you need more assistance with advanced add-on settings.

This programming guide supports the following add-on filters for

UPC/EAN:

• Required

means that UPC/EAN labels MUST contain a 2digit, 5-digit or C128 add-on segment in order for the scanner to recognize or decode them.

• Optional

directs the scanner to recognize UPC/EAN bar codes with or without P2, P5 or C128 2-digit add-on segments.

• Disable Add-ons

means the scanner will not recognize or decode any add-on segment of UPC/EAN labels, but will read and decode the standard UPC/EAN portion of the label.

NOTE

Due to the structure of add-on codes, selecting the optional setting makes it impossible to ensure that the scanner will always read the add-on portion of the label. PSC makes no guarantee, either written or implied, that scanners with optional add-on decoding enabled will perform with the speed and accuracy required for any given application.

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The following bar codes affect all four UPC/EAN symbologies, and will be applied to all labels regardless of the leading digits of the base label.

Feature is specific to scanner ONLY

SET ------------------------------------------

Add-ons Required ---------

Add-ons Option ---------

Disable Add-ons ---------

END ------------------------------------------

Custom

Add-ons

A wide array of add-on options are available to streamline your installation to its best advantage. Call your sales representative or service provider for assistance in customizing your scanner’s add-on capabilities to your own unique specifications.

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Price/Weight Check

Digit

Feature is specific to scanner ONLY

The price/weight check digit selections allow you to specify whether the scanner should calculate an extra check digit based on a four or five-digit price/weight block and compare it with the price/weight check digit contained in the bar code. If the calculated check digit does not match the value of the check digit contained in the bar code, the label will be rejected as invalid. Select domestic four or five digit,

European four or five digit, or disable the price/weight check.

SET ------------------------------------------

Disable P/W Check ---------

Enable 4-Digit Check ---------

Enable 5-Digit ---------

Enable Euro 4-Digit ---------

Enable Euro 5-Digit ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Read Verification

Feature is specific to scanner ONLY

Follow the steps below to set the number of minimum reads required to verify UPC/EAN symbologies.

To set the minimum read requirement for a desired symbology:

1.

Scan the SET bar code.

2.

Scan one symbology label from the list below to be verified.

3.

Scan the bar code on page 125 that represents the number of

times you wish a bar codes label of that symbology type to be read before transmission to the host from the list.

4.

Repeat steps two through three above until read verification has been modified for each of the the desired symbologies.

5.

Scan the END bar code on page 125.

Read Verification

SET --------------------------------------

Verify UPC-A ---------

Verify UPC-E ---------

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Verify EAN-13 ---------

Verify EAN-8 ---------

Verify Instore Label ---------

Number of Reads to Verify

One Read ---------

Two Reads ---------

Three Reads ---------

Four Reads ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding

Feature is specific to scanner ONLY

Scan these bar codes to activate/deactivate the QuadraLogic™ II

Decoding feature for the UPC/EAN symbologies.

To optimize your scanner’s performance activate this option only for symbologies for which it is necessary.

NOTE

SET ------------------------------------------

Activate for UPC-A/

EAN-13 ---------

Deactivate for UPC-A/

EAN-13 ---------

Activate for UPC-E ---------

Deactivate for UPC-E ---------

Activate for EAN-8 ---------

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Deactivate for EAN-8 ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Code 93 Options

The Code 93 symbology has the following programmable features:

•

Minimum Label Length

Minimum Label

Length

•

Read Verification

Minimum Label Length sets the minimum label length required for

Code 93 symbology. This feature causes the scanner to ignore small label segments, reducing the possibility that a portion of a good label is incorrectly seen as an entire label.

Read Verification

Read Verification is the number of times the scanner is required to read the bar code data before sending the label data to the host.

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Configuring the Code 93

Options

Code 93 options are specific to scanner ONLY

Minimum Label

Length

Use these special bar codes to configure the Code 93 options.

1.

Identify the minimum length setting you want to make. The selectable range is 01 to 50

1

characters.

2.

Scan the SET bar code.

3.

Scan the SET MINIMUM LABEL LENGTH bar code.

4.

Set the minimum label length by scanning the applicable digits from

page 130 . The range is 01 to 50

1

characters. Return to this

page and go to step five.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

5.

Scan the END bar code.

SET ------------------------------------------

Set Minimum Label Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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1. For this symbology, the scanner will decode up to 50 characters, but the actual length read will vary depending upon interface type, and bar code physical size and quality. The IBM POS interface is limited to 32 character labels. Code 93 bar codes containing one or more shift characters can also limit the amount of characters that will be decoded (in these circumstances, the scanner will decode at least 39 data characters).

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Digits

0

1

8

9

5

6

7

2

3

4

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

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Read Verification

Scan the bar codes below to set the number of reads desired to verify

Code 93 symbology.

NOTE

The more times the scanner is required to read and compare the bar codes data, the longer the scanner will take to validate and transmit a label.

SET ------------------------------------------

Set to One read ---------

Set to Two reads ---------

Set to Three reads ---------

Set to Four reads ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Standard 2 of 5/IATA Options

The Standard 2 of 5/IATA symbologies have the following programmable features:

•

Check Digit

•

Label Length Format

•

Read Verification

Check Digit

Check Digit calculates the Check Digit to verify that the Check Digit contained in the bar code label is correct. If you enable this feature, your bar codes must contain a Check Digit.

Label Length

Format

If the Check Digit is not calculated, the digit will be sent regardless of settings for transmit or don’t transmit. For example, if you choose to

Transmit Check Digit, but not calculate, the scanner sends the Check

Digit encoded in the bar code without verifying its accuracy.

Label length format permits the selection between variable length or fixed length formats. For best performance it is recommended to use the Fixed Length settings when your application requires only one or two label lengths.

Variable Length Format

— directs the scanner to read all labels from the minimum label length to 50. Set Minimum Length as high as your application allows.

Minimum Label Length

— selects the minimum label length that the scanner will recognize. The minimum label length for this symbology must be between 01 and 50

1

.

Fixed length Format

— directs the scanner to read only one or two label lengths.

If you select fixed length format, there are three bar code labels for programming your scanner to read either one or two fixed lengths. The labels are:

Set First Fixed Length

— instructs the scanner that the next two programming labels scanned will define the first fixed label length. This setting must be between 01 and 50

1

characters.

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Set Second Fixed Length

— instructs the scanner that the next two programming labels scanned will define the second fixed label length. This setting must be between 01 and 50

1 characters.

No Second Fixed Length

— configures the scanner to recognize only the first fixed length.

Read Verification

Read Verification is the number of times the scanner is required to read the bar code data before sending the label data to the host.

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Configuring the Standard 2 of 5 Options

Standard 2 of 5 options are all applicable only to the scanner, with the exception of Check Digit Transmission, which applies only to the Base Station.

Use the special bar codes in this section to configure the Standard

2 of 5/IATA symbology options.

Check Digit

SET -------------------------------

Don’t Calculate ---------

Calculate ---------

Don’t Transmit ---------

Transmit ---------

END ------------------------------

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Configuration to

Base Station ---------

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Label Length

Format

Variable Length

Format

Follow the steps below to set the Standard 2 of 5/IATA label length format to select either

Variable Length

or

Fixed Length

format.

Follow the steps below to set the Standard 2 of 5/IATA symbology to read Variable Length Format.

1.

Identify the minimum length setting you want to make. The selectable range is 02 to 50

1

characters.

2.

Scan the SET bar code below.

3.

Scan the ENABLE VARIABLE LENGTH FORMAT bar code.

4.

Scan the SET MINIMUM LABEL LENGTH bar code.

5.

Set the minimum label length by scanning the applicable digits

on page 138. Return to this page and go to step six.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

6.

Scan the END bar code.

Variable Length Format

SET ------------------------------------------

Enable Variable Length

Set Minimum Label

Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Fixed Length

Format

All interfaces that are shipped with the standard factory configuration are set to read variable length labels. If you switch from variable length to fixed length format, the default fixed labels are 14 characters and 8 digits. Follow the steps below to change these defaults for the Standard

2 of 5/IATA symbology.

1.

Identify the fixed length settings you want to make.

2.

Scan the SET bar code.

3.

Scan the ENABLE FIXED LENGTH FORMAT bar code .

4.

Scan the SET FIRST FIXED LENGTH bar code.

5.

Set the first fixed label length by scanning the applicable digits bar codes on

page 138 , then return to this page.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

If you need to set a second fixed length, continue with step six. If you do not need to set a second fixed length skip to step nine.

6.

Scan the SET SECOND FIXED LENGTH bar code.

7.

Set the second fixed label length by scanning the applicable digits bar codes on

page 138 .

8.

Return to this page and go to step ten.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

9.

Scan the NO SECOND FIXED LENGTH bar code.

10.

Scan the END bar code.

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Fixed Length Format

SET ------------------------------------------

Enable Fixed Length

Set First Fixed Length ---------

Set Second Fixed Length ---------

No Second Fixed Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Digits

0

1

4

5

6

2

3

7

8

9

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

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Read Verification

Scan the bar codes below to set the number of reads desired to verify

Standard 2 of 5/IATA symbologies.

NOTE

The more times the scanner is required to read and compare the bar code data, the longer the scanner will take to validate and transmit a label.

SET ------------------------------------------

Set to One read ---------

Set to Two reads ---------

Set to Three reads ---------

Set to Four reads ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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IATA

Feature is applicable to scanner and Base Station.

IATA is a special symbology subset of Standard 2 of 5. Enabling IATA selects this custom code as the active Standard 2 of 5 symbology. When

IATA is enabled, Standard 2 of 5 labels will not be read. Scan the bar code labels below to enable/disable IATA.

SET ------------------------------

Disable ---------

END -----------------------------

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Configuration to

Base Station ---------

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MSI/Plessey Options

MSI/Plessey options are all applicable only to the scanner, with the exception of Check Digit Transmission, which applies only to the Base Station.

The MSI/Plessey symbology has the following programmable features:

•

Check Digit

•

Label Length Format

•

Read Verification

Check Digit

Check Digit calculates the Check Digit(s) to verify the labels contents have been read correctly. If you enable this feature, your bar codes must include a Check Digit(s). You may also choose to transmit or not transmit the Check Digit(s).

Check Digit Calculation

- enables or disables calculation of the Check Digit(s).

Transmit Check Digit

- enables or disables transmission of

MSI/Plessey Check Digit(s).

Number of Check Digits

- specifies either one or two Check

Digits.

Label Length

Format

Label length format permits the selection between variable length or fixed length formats. For best performance it is recommended to use the Fixed Length settings when your application requires only one or two label lengths.

Variable Length Format

- directs the scanner to read all labels from the minimum label length to 16. Set Minimum Length as high as your application allows.

Minimum Label Length

- selects the minimum label length that the scanner will recognize. The minimum label length for this symbology must be between 04 and 16.

Fixed Length Format

- directs the scanner to read only one or two label lengths.

If you select fixed length format, there are three bar code labels for programming your scanner to read either one or two fixed lengths. The labels are:

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Set First Fixed Length

- instructs the scanner that the next two programming labels scanned will define the first fixed label length. This setting must be between 04 and 16 characters.

Set Second Fixed Length

- instructs the scanner that the next two programming labels scanned will define the second fixed label length. This setting must be between 04 and 16 characters.

No Second Fixed Length

- configures the scanner to recognize only the label length chosen as the first fixed length.

Read Verification

Read Verification is the number of times the scanner is required to read the bar code data before sending the label data to the host.

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Configuring the MSI /

Plessey

Options

Use the special bar codes in this section to configure the MSI/Plessey symbology options.

Check Digit

SET -----------------------------

Calculate ---------

Don’t Calculate ---------

Transmit ---------

Don’t Transmit ---------

One Check

Digit ---------

Two Check

Digits ---------

END -----------------------------

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Configuration to

Base Station ---------

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Label Length

Format

Variable Length

Format

Follow the steps below to set the MSI/Plessey label length format to either the

Variable Length

or

Fixed Length

format.

Follow the steps below to set the MSI/Plessey to read Variable Length

Format.

1.

Identify the minimum length setting you want to make. The selectable range is 04 to 16 characters.

2.

Scan the SET bar code.

3.

Scan the ENABLE VARIABLE LENGTH FORMAT bar code.

4.

Scan the SET MINIMUM LABEL LENGTH bar code.

5.

Set the minimum label length by scanning the applicable digits bar codes on

page 147 , then return to this page.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

6. Scan the END bar code.

Variable Length

SET ------------------------------------------

Enable Variable Length

Set Minimum Label

Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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Fixed Length

Format

The scanner offers the option of requiring MSI/Plessey labels to have one or two fixed length(s) in the Fixed Label Format. Follow the steps below to set the MSI/Plessey symbology to fixed length format.

1.

Identify the fixed length setting(s) you wish to make. Fixed lengths can be set from 04 to 16 characters.

2.

Scan the SET bar code on page 146 .

3.

Scan the ENABLE FIXED LENGTH FORMAT bar code.

4.

Scan the SET FIRST FIXED LENGTH bar code.

5.

Set the first fixed label length by scanning the applicable digits on

page 147

. Return to this page.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

If you need to set a second fixed length, continue with step six. If you do not need a second fixed length skip to step nine.

6.

Scan the SET SECOND FIXED LENGTH bar code.

7.

Set the second fixed label length by scanning the applicable

digits on page 147 .

8.

Return to this page and go to step ten.

If you are setting a label length less than ten, you must scan a zero digit first and then the length digit (e.g., 04, 06, 08).

NOTE

9.

Scan the NO SECOND FIXED LENGTH bar code.

10.

Scan the END bar code on

page 146 .

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Fixed Length

SET ------------------------------------------

Enable FIxed Length

Set First Fixed Length ---------

Set Second Fixed Length ---------

No Second Fixed

Length ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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0

3

4

5

1

2

6

7

8

9

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

---------

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Read Verification

Scan the bar codes below to set the number of reads desired to verify

MSI/Plessey symbologies.

NOTE

The more times the scanner is required to read and compare the bar codes data, the longer the scanner will take to validate and transmit a label.

SET ------------------------------------------

Set to One read ---------

Set to Two reads ---------

Set to Three reads ---------

Set to Four reads ---------

END ------------------------------------------

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