Symbol LS 6000i Product Reference Manual page 64

Programming
Parity
A parity check bit is the most significant bit of each ASCII
coded character. Select the parity type according to host
device requirements.
Odd
If you select ODD parity, the parity bit has a value 0 or 1, based
on data, to ensure than an odd number of 1 bits are contained
in the coded character.
ODD
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