Symbologies
MS-860 Industrial Raster Reader User’s Manual
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Large Intercharacter Gap
Fixed Symbol Length Status
Symbol Length
Usage:
Large Intercharacter Gap is helpful for reading symbols that are
printed out of specification.
Caution: Do not use Large Intercharacter Gap with Narrow Margins
enabled since a large intercharacter gap (over 3x) could cause a narrow
margins (5x) to be interpreted as an intercharacter gap.
Definition:
When enabled, the reader can read symbols with gaps between symbol
characters that exceed three times (3x) the narrow element width.
Serial Cmd:
<
K470,
status,check digit status,check digit output,
large intercharac-
ter gap
,fixed symbol length status,symbol length,full ASCII set>
Default:
Disabled
Options:
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
Usage:
Helps prevent truncations and increases data integrity by ensuring that
only a fixed symbol length will be accepted.
Definition:
When enabled, the reader will check the symbol length against the sym-
bol length field. If disabled, any length is considered a valid symbol.
Serial Cmd:
<
K470,
status,check digit status,check digit output status,large intercharac-
ter gap,
fixed symbol length status
,symbol length,full ASCII set>
Default:
Disabled
Options:
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
Definition:
Specifies the exact number of characters that the reader will recognize
(this does not include start and stop and check digit characters). The
reader ignores any symbol not having the specified length.
Serial Cmd:
<
K470,
status,check digit status,check digit output,large intercharacter
gap,fixed symbol length status,
symbol length
,full ASCII set>
Default:
10
Default:
1 to 128
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