Exabyte X200 Library Installation And Operation Manual page 43

Determine w hether your labels contain checksums
Determine whether your bar code labels contain checksum
characters by contacting your label vendor or by following these
steps.
1. Count the number of black bars on the label. (The number will
2. Divide this number by 5 to get the number of characters.
3. Subtract the number of human-readable characters on the
4. If the labels contain checksum characters, make sure to set the
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labels, be sure to follow the specification precisely.
For best results, use a reliable vendor to create bar
code labels and use bar code labels that contain
checksum characters.
be a multiple of 5.)
label from the result of step 2. If the result is 2, the label does
not include a checksum character; if the result is 3, the label
includes a checksum character.
Verify Checksums option to ON in the SCSI Setup Menu (see
page 81).
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checksum characters or if you mix labels
containing checksum characters with labels that do
not contain checksum characters, you must set the
Verify Checksums option to OFF.
If you create your own bar code
If you use labels that do not contain
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