Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual
© 2010-2017 ASP Microcomputers
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Most likely, you will only need to scan ISBN codes for use with SCIS. SCIS say that they
now allow either ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 codes to be used, so it really doesn't matter if
your scanner outputs the 10 digit code or the 13 digit code when the ISBN barcode is
scanned.
If you're still reading, you're probably thinking "why did
they bother changing if ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 are really the
same thing?". The answer is that sometime in the future,
ISBN-13 barcodes that start with "979" (as shown on the
right) will be released, and these codes
do not
have a 10
digit equivalent - they are 13 digit only.
SCIS
As long as SCIS accepts both ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 codes, it really doesn’t matter
whether your barcode scanner outputs 10 digits or 13 digits.
However, at some time in the future, SCIS may change this policy. If they do, or if you
use your scanner with ISBN codes and an application other than SCIS that only accepts
13 digit ISBN codes, you can easily turn off ISBN/SCIS mode using the barcodes below.
First, scan the
PROGRAM
barcode on the left below, then the
EAN/CAN/JAN SETTING
barcode, then one of the ISBN barcodes on the right, and finally the
END
barcode on
the left.
1
PROGRAM
3
Convert to ISBN-10/SCIS
2
EAN/CAN/JAN SETTING
3
Leave as ISBN-13
4
END