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Symbologies
Supplemental Status (UPC/EAN)
Note
: Under no circumstances will supplemental symbol data be sent without a main symbol.
Note : If additional symbols—other than the main or supplemental—will be read in the
same read cycle, Number of Symbols should be set accordingly.
Separator Status (UPC/EAN)
Usage: Reads Supplementals typically used in publications and documentation.
Definition: A supplemental is a 2 or 5 digit symbol appended to the main symbol.
When set to Enabled or Required , the scanner reads supplemental symbol
data that has been appended to the standard UPC or EAN codes.
Serial Cmd: < K473, UPC status,EAN status, supplemental status ,separator status,
separator character,supplemental type>
Default:
Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
2 = Required
Disabled: UPC Supplementals will not be decoded.
Enabled: When enabled, the scanner will try to decode a main and a supplemental.
However, if a supplemental is not decoded, at the end of the read cycle, the
main will be sent by itself. The UPC main and supplemental symbols are
considered to be one symbol and will be treated as such.
Required: When set to Required and either the main or supplemental symbol is not
read, a single No Read condition results. The UPC main and supplemental
symbols are treated as one symbol.
For example, if
Supplementals is set to Required , Separator is enabled,
and an asterisk is defined as the UPC separator character, then the data
will be displayed as: MAIN * SUPPLEMENTAL.
Usage: Allows user to distinguish between the main and Supplemental symbols.
Definition: Allows the user to insert a character between the standard UPC or UPC/EAN
symbol and the supplemental symbol when Supplementals is set to
Enabled
or
Required
.
Serial Cmd:
<
K473,
UPC status,EAN status,supplemental status,
separator status
,separator
character,supplemental type>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled 1 = Enabled