Code 128/Ean-128 - Microscan MS-890 User Manual

Code 128/EAN-128

Code 128/EAN-128

Usage: Code 128/EAN-128 is a smaller symbology, and is useful in applications
with tight spots and high security needs.
Definition: A very dense alphanumeric symbology. It encodes all 128 ASCII characters;
it is continuous, has variable length, and uses multiple element widths
measured edge to edge.
Code 128 Status
<K474,Code 128
Serial Cmd:
status,output format,application record separator status,application record
separator character,application record brackets status,application record
padding status,minimum ratio distance>
Disabled
Default:
0 = Disabled
Options:
Note: Code 128 must be Enabled for EAN-128 to function.
Fixed Symbol Length Status (Code 128)
Definition: When enabled, the scanner will check the symbol length against the symbol
length field. When disabled, any length is considered a valid symbol.
Serial Cmd: < K474,Code 128
status,output format,application record separator status,application record
separator character,application record brackets status,application record
padding status,minimum ratio distance>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled
Symbol Length (Code 128)
Usage: Fixed Symbol Length helps prevent truncations and increases data integrity
by ensuring that only one symbol length will be accepted.
Definition: Specifies the exact number of characters that the scanner will recognize
(this does not include start and stop and check characters). The scanner
ignores any symbol not having the specified length.
Serial Cmd: <K474,Code 128 status,fixed symbol length
status,output format,application record separator status,application record
separator character,application record brackets status,application record
padding status,minimum ratio distance>
10
Default:
Options: 1 to 128
Note: Fixed Symbol Length Status must be enabled for Symbol Length to take effect.
5-6
status,fixed symbol length status,symbol length,EAN-128
1 = Enabled
(Serial Standard)
status,fixed symbol length
1 = Enabled
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2 = Edge 3 = Serial Standard
and Edge
status,symbol length,EAN-128
status,symbol length,EAN-128