C2R Colibri 5 Series, User Manual

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Colibri serie 5 : User’s guide
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Rev. C
Code 128 Enabled
ISBT 128 Concatenation
In 1994 the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) ratified a standard for
communicating critical blood information in a uniform manner. The use of ISBT formats requires a
paid license. The ISBT 128 Application Specification describes 1) the critical data elements for
labeling blood products, 2) the current recommendation to use Code 128 due to its high degree of
security and its space-efficient design, 3) a variation of Code 128 that supports concatenation of
neighboring symbols, and 4) the standard layout for bar codes on a blood product label. Use the
bar codes below to turn concatenation on or off. Default =Off.
Code 128 Message Length
Scan the bar codes below to change the message length. Refer to Message Length Description
(page 58) for additional information. Minimum and Maximum lengths = 0-80. Minimum Default =
0, Maximum Default = 80.
Code 128 Code Page
Code pages define the mapping of character codes to characters. If the data received does not
display with the proper characters, it may be because the bar code being scanned was created
using a code page that is different from the one the host program is expecting. If this is the case,
scan the bar code below, select the code page with which the bar codes were created (see Code
Page Mapping of Printed Bar Codes on page 159), and scan the value and the
Save bar code
from the Programming Chart on the inside the back cover of this manual. The data characters
should then appear properly. Default = 2.