Symbologies
MS-860 Industrial Raster Reader User’s Manual
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Code 128/EAN
Code 128 Status
Note: Code 128 must be Enabled for EAN-128 to function.
Fixed Symbol Length
Status
Symbol Length
Note: Fixed Symbol Length Status must be enabled for Symbol Length to take effect.
Usage:
Code 128/EAN is useful in applications with tight spots and high security
needs.
Definition:
A very dense alphanumeric symbology. It encodes all 128 ASCII charac-
ters; it is continuous, has variable length, and uses multiple element
widths measured edge to edge.
Serial Cmd:
<
K474,status
,
fixed symbol length status,fixed symbol length,EAN-128
status
,output format,application record separator status,application
record separator character,application record brackets,application record
padding>
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. When disabled, any length is considered a valid symbol.
Serial Cmd:
<
K474,
status,
fixed symbol length status
,fixed symbol length,EAN-
128 status,output format,application record separator status,application
record separator character,application record brackets,application record
padding>
Default:
Disabled
Options:
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
Definition:
Specifies a fixed 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:
<
K474,
status,fixed symbol length status,
fixed symbol length
,
EAN-128
status,output format,application record separator status,application
record separator character,application record brackets,application record
padding>
Default:
10
Options:
1 to 128
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