Datalogic MAGELLAN 8300, Product Reference Manual

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G-10
Magellan
®
8300/8400
AIM Formats
AIM specifies a 3-character string that is attached as a prefix to the label
data for transmission. Because AIM specifies one identifier for UPC-A,
UPC-E and EAN-13 labels, UPC-A, UPC-E and EAN-13 will be received
from the handheld and transmitted to the POS by the scanner as EAN-13.
Using this form of identification, the ']' character must be the first charac-
ter in the label received from the handheld. Further identification of the
label is specified in the section below. The AIM identifiers on the received
label may or may not be transmitted to the POS and are controlled
according to the data formatting settings of the scanner.
The following sections describe the prefix strings and identify what spe-
cific label characteristics can be supported.
If a label does not have one of the AIM identifiers specified below and the
first three characters of the label data fit the following qualifications:
• the first character is a ']'
• the second character is a capital letter or a small letter
• the third character is a digit
...then the label is transmitted to the host with the AIM identifier still
appended to the beginning of the label data.
UPC-A
• AIM does not specify UPC-A as a separate symbology using this
transmission format - labels will be transmitted as EAN-13.
• Example: ']E00060992011187'.
UPC-E
• AIM does not specify UPC-E as a separate symbology using this
transmission format - labels will be transmitted as EAN-13.
• Example: ']E00000000998875'.
EAN-13
• Check digit must be included in label data and is assumed to be cor-
rect.