Creating A Prefix And/Or Suffix - Opticon NFT 2100 User Manual

Manual No. 25-ULNFT2100-01; Mar, 2005
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For example, if a Code 39 label containing 2 characters were scanned in Step 3 then only Code 39 labels
would be checked for a minimum length of 2 characters. If a second label had been read in Step 3
(immediately following the first), then that particular symbology would have been set to its associated
minimum character length.
In a similar manner, the maximum length for selected codes can be established by using the "Enable
maximum length for selected codes" (HM) command.

14. Creating a Prefix and/or Suffix

Computer
Command
(ZZ)
Z3
The Z3 command can be used to instruct the scanner to provide a list of its current software settings
including prefixes and suffixes.
The scanner can be programmed to transmit a prefix and/or suffix with the decoded data. A Prefix (or a
Suffix) is composed of up to 4 characters. The following steps are used to establish a Prefix that will be
Example
Suffix to UPC-A bar code data:
1. Scan "START/END Programming Mode"
2. Scan N1, representing a Prefix for UPC-A
3. Scan 0A, representing the alpha character "A"
4. Scan N6, representing a Suffix for UPC-A
5. Scan 0B, representing the alpha character "B"
6. Scan "START/END Programming Mode"
transmitted with the bar code data:
1. Scan Start
2. Scan the bar code representing the symbology to which you wish to add a Prefix/Suffix
3. Scan the character(s) that will comprise the Prefix/Suffix. Up to four numeric, alpha or control
character(s) may be used. Scanning no characters will delete the Prefix/Suffix
4. Scan "STOP" to exit the Programming Mode.
In addition, the scanner can be programmed to transmit a preamble and/or postamble with the decoded
data. A Preamble and/or postamble can be composed of up to 8 characters each and will apply to all
symbologies. The following steps are used to establish a Preamble and/or postamble that will be
transmitted with the bar code data:
1. Scan Start
2. Scan the MZ for preamble or PS for Postamble
3. Scan the character(s) that will comprise the Preamble/Postamble. Up to eight characters may be
used. Scanning no characters will delete the Preamble/Postamble.
4. Scan "STOP" to exit the Programming Mode.
Function
/Description
START/END
Programming Menu
Display Settings including
Prefix/Suffix value and length
(expressed in hexidecimal
format)
: To add the alpha character "A" as a Prefix and "B" as a
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