EC3000 Installation and Operator’s Manual
71U-1409-300K; REV 20
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6.2 Bar Code Coupon Reading Using the In-Counter Version
The In-Counter version’s integrated bar code image scanner target area is actually a cone area projected up from within
the Unit. This allows scanning of coupons as they are brought in towards the scan window.
The Unit provides an audible indication when bar code data is “
transmitted
” to the host system. The audible indication
does not indicate that the passenger data is valid for the specific flight, but only that the bar code presented was accurately
“
scanned and transmitted
”.
6.3 Bar Code Data and Configuration
The Unit utilizes industry standard bar code image scanners. Scanned bar code data is transmitted to the host system as
straight data or with various identifiers (like the AIM ID code) or format characters like the hard coded transaction code
“HCTC”. See the typical format examples below:
[STX]“Bar Code Data”[ETX]
- Standard BC data only format
[STX]“Bar Code Data”[CR][ETX]
- Standard BC data only with carriage return after the data
[STX]‘AIM ID’“Bar Code Data”[ETX]
- Standard BC data with AIM ID
[STX]‘SITA ID’“Bar Code Data”[ETX]
- Standard BC data with SITA “C” Mode ID
[STX]‘AEA ID’“Bar Code Data”[ETX]
- Standard BC data with AEA 2006 ID
[STX]‘HCTC’“Bar Code Data”[ETX]
- Standard BC data with HCTC
[STX]BCRI#“Bar Code Data”[ETX]
- Standard BC data with the AEA BCRI# string (BC inserted)
[STX]‘HCTC’BCRI#‘AEA ID’“Bar Code Data”[ETX] - Standard BC format specified in AEA 2006 specification
Code versions with specific communication protocols like SITA CUTE specifically define the bar code data format.
Generic AEA code versions allow the barcode data format to be customized using any of the available options detailed
above or any combination (see example below).
[STX]‘HCTC’BCRI#‘AIM ID’“Bar Code Data”[CR][ETX]
This example shows the addition of the hard coded transaction code, the BCRI# AEA string, the AIM ID code, and a
carriage return added to the end of the BC data. This example shows the order in which these configurable options wil l
be added if enabled; so for example “HCTC” will always be directly after the [STX] and before any other configurable
options and the BC data if enabled.
The [STX] and [ETX] are typically 02
HEX
and 03
HEX
respectively.
