Code I.d. Selection; Example: Setting The Code 39 Code I.d - Datalogic QuickScan QS6500 Product Reference Manual

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Code I.D. Selection

The Code I.D. for this symbology consists of one or two user-selectable
ASCII characters. It can be appended previous to or following the trans-
mitted Code 39 bar code data depending on how this feature is enabled.

Example: Setting the Code 39 Code I.D.

To configure this feature:
1. Determine which character(s) you would like to use to represent
the Code 39 symbology. Reference
to find the corresponding hex values for your chosen charac-
Chart
ter(s). In this example we'll set a Code I.D. of "*" (the asterisk
symbol) to represent Code 39. The value from the table corre-
sponding to ''*' is 2A. This value will be used in a step to follow.
2. Scan the START bar code
3. Scan the SET Code 39 CODE I.D. bar code.
4. Turn to
Appendix B, Alpha-Numeric Pad
and 'A' (the value determined in an earlier step to represent '*').
5. Scan the SET bar code to accept the digits scanned.
6. Turn to the
Data Editing
TION: BEFORE BAR CODE DATA label.
Features configured using the
universal and will affect all symbologies.
NOTE
7. Scan the END bar code to exit Programming Mode.
8. The resulting message string for scanned Code 39 labels would
appear as follows:
Scanned bar code data:
Resulting message string output: *0123456789123
Product Reference Guide
Appendix A, ASCII Conversion
and scan the bar codes '2'
chapter and scan the CODE ID POSI-
Data Editing
0123456789123
Code 39
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