Interleaved 2 Of 5 - Microscan MS-3 Manual Book

Interleaved 2 of 5

Interleaved 2 of 5

Definition: A dense, continuous, self-checking, numeric symbology. Characters are
paired together so that each character has five elements, two wide and
three narrow, representing numbers 0 through 9, with the bars repre-
senting the first character and the interleaved spaces representing the
second character. (A check digit is highly recommended.)
Important: You must set Symbol Length in order to decode I 2/5
symbols.
Usage: It is has been popular because it is the most dense symbol for printing
numeric characters less than 10 characters in length; however Micros-
can does not recommend this symbology for any new applications
because of inherent problems such as truncation.
Interleaved 2 of 5 Status
Serial Cmd: <K472,status,check digit status,check digit output,symbol length
#1,symbol length #2>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled
Check Digit Status (Interleaved 2 of 5)
Definition: An error correcting routine in which the check digit character is added.
Usage: It is typically not used but can be enabled for additional security in
applications where the host requires redundant check digit verification.
Serial Cmd: <K472,status,check digit
#1,symbol length #2>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled
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1 = Enabled
status,check digit output,symbol length
1 = Enabled