Parity - Motorola Symbol LS1203 Product Reference Manual

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Parity

A parity check bit is the most significant bit of each ASCII coded character. Select the parity type according to host
device requirements.
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Select Odd parity and the parity bit value is set to 0 or 1, based on data, to ensure that an odd number of 1
bits are contained in the coded character.
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Select Even parity and the parity bit value is set to 0 or 1, based on data, to ensure that an even number of 1
bits are contained in the coded character.
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Select Mark parity and the parity bit is always 1.
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Select Space parity and the parity bit is always 0.
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Select None when no parity bit is required.
Odd
Mark
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None
Even
Space