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Industrial 2 of 5
Symbol Length # 1 (Industrial 2 of 5)
Definition: This field specifies the number of characters that the MS-1 will recognize,
including start and stop characters and check characters. The MS-1
ignores any symbol with fewer than the specified number of characters.
Because Industrial 2 of 5 is a continuous symbology, it is prone to substitution
errors. Therefore, a symbol length must be defined and a symbol must contain
an even number of characters.
Serial Cmd: <K488,status,check character status,check character output status,format,
symbol length
Default: 10
Options: 0 to 32
Symbol Length # 2 (Industrial 2 of 5)
Definition: This field specifies the number of characters that the MS-1 will recognize,
including start and stop characters and check characters. The MS-1
ignores any symbol with fewer than the specified number of characters.
Because Industrial 2 of 5 is a continuous symbology, it is prone to substitution
errors. Therefore, a symbol length must be defined and a symbol must contain
an even number of characters.
Serial Cmd: <K488,status,check character status,check character output status,format,
symbol length
Default: 6
Options: 0 to 32
Range Modes (Industrial 2 of 5)
Variable Length
To set for any length, Symbol Length # 1 and Symbol Length # 2 must both equal zero.
Minimum Length
To set for minimum length, both Symbol Length # 1 and Symbol Length # 2 must be
equal to each other and be any number other than zero.
Fixed Length
To set for a fixed length, Symbol Length #1 and Symbol Length #2 must not be equal to
each other.
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#1,symbol length #2>
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