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Bar Codes Chapter 8
8-20 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141
Sequence Number
The Sequence Number is a 9-digit field. For Destination Confirm, this field
holds the existing Mailing ID field, which is a 4- or 6-digit field. The Mailing
ID field can be expanded to 9 digits if so desired. Otherwise, leading zeros
should be used to fill the field completely. When using Origin Confirm, the
Customer Identifier field and the Sequence Number field may be combined
into a 15-digit field to hold the existing 9- or 11- digit Customer field plus
additional digits. If these fields are not expanded to 15 digits, leading zeros
should be used to fill the field completely.
Routing ZIP Code
The Routing ZIP Code field will accommodate 0, 5, 9 or 11 digit ZIP Code
information. Confirm requires a 9- or 11-digit Routing ZIP to serves as
"Subscriber ID" for Origin Confirm users. The routing ZIP Code inserted into
the 4CB must be registered in the Confirm account.
8.1.22 Planet Code, TCI 49
The Planet (Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique) Code is designed to track both
inbound and outbound letter mail for the United States Postal Service. The Planet barcode
was required by the USPS to use their Confirm service but has since been replaced by the
Intelligent Mail Barcode.
The Confirm is a 12 digit barcode with the following structure:
- The first two digits represent the service (21 = Origin Confirm or 22 = Destination
Confirm)
- The next nine digits identify the mail
- The 12
th
digit is a check sum that helps USPS detect errors.
The D176 command is used to receive and process the USPS planet code. After the
^D176<CR> is issued, it must be followed by a 2 sets of ASCII digits terminated by
<CR><LF>. The first set consists of a single digit field used to select barcode rotation with
the following values:
0 = 0 degree rotation
1 = 180 degree counter clockwise rotation.
2 = 90 degree counter clockwise rotation.
3 = 270 degree counter clockwise rotation.
The second set of ASCII digits contains a valid planet code string with a <CR> as a
terminator.
The PLANET Code is a 12 -or 14- digit barcode. All PLANET Codes include a check-sum
digit or correction character. This digit must always be the single-digit number (i.e., 0–9)
which, when added to the sum of the other digits in the barcode, results in a whole number
that is a multiple of 10.
Once the planet code barcode data is entered and processed, the barcode image can be
placed using the normal format field by using a TCI of 49.