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Figure 11-7: Completed Barcode Test
This completes setup of the barcode test. The user should now click on “Save File As” on top and
name the test “Test1_barcodetest.bar”. This test is now ready to be added to a programming
image using the Cyclone Image Creation utility.
11.6
Creating a Barcode Test: In Depth
This section is an in-depth exploration of how to use the Barcode Test Generator utility to create a
barcode test. For a quick example of how to create a barcode test, please refer to
Creating A Barcode Test: Quick Example
.
The ability to select a programming image and initiate programming via a barcode scanner
requires that a user generate a Barcode Test that will be included in the programming script of the
SAP image. In order to create the Barcode test, PEmicro supplies a Barcode Test Generator utility
that facilitates creating a Barcode Test which describes the mechanism for calculating whether an
input barcode meets the criterion the user is looking for to be considered a match, which can be an
exact match or a match that is in a
Range
selected by the user.
The
Char Test(TYPE):
and
Range
test fields are first chosen from selected
Sample
(ASCII)
characters. It is intended for the user to enter a whole sample barcode and modify the type and to
create appropriate tests,
Char Test(TYPE):
limits the individual characters to types, such as
numeric, alphabetic, hexadecimal, etc. Range tests determine if the magnitude of chosen set of
Sample input characters viewed as a large number are within a lower and upper bounds. These
Range
tests are used to validate sequence numbers to be within specified bounds. For a test to be
valid it must pass any
Char Test(TYPE):
tests and at least one if any
Range
tests. The
Range
tests are actually done on a set of Sub-Ranges defined as being contiguous set of characters and
having all the same
Char Test(TYPE):
shows a typical main screen for the
Barcode Test Generator utility.
