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MS-890 Industrial Automation Scanner User Manual
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Symbologies
Code 93
Code 93 Status
Fixed Symbol Length Status (Code 93)
Fixed Symbol Length (Code 93)
Usage: Used occasionally in the clinical industry.
Definition: Code 93 is a variable length, continuous symbology employing four element
widths. Each Code 93 character has nine modules that may be either black
or white. Each character contains three bars and three spaces.
Serial Cmd: < K475, status ,fixed symbol length status,fixed symbol length>
Default:
Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled 1 = Enabled
Usage: Helps prevent truncations and increases data integrity by ensuring that only
one symbol length will be accepted.
Definition: When enabled, the scanner will check the symbol length against the symbol
length field. When disabled, any length is considered a valid symbol.
Serial Cmd:
< K475,
status,
fixed symbol length status
,fixed symbol length>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled 1 = Enabled
Definition: Specifies the exact number of characters that the scanner will recognize
(this does not include start and stop and check characters). The scanner
ignores any symbol not having the specified length.
Serial Cmd: < K475, status,fixed symbol length status, fixed symbol length >
Default: 10
Options: 1 to 128