Aim Formats - Datalogic Magellan 8500Xt Product Reference Manual

AIM Formats

Product Reference Guide
MSI/Plessey
• Check character must be included in label data.
• Label length including check character and excluding prefix char-
acter must meet requirements imposed by the main scanner's
fixed or variable label length control for this symbology type.
• Prefix must be an ASCII character '@'.
• Example: '@144769254'.
Code 93
• Prefix must be an ASCII character '&'.
• Label length excluding prefix character must meet requirements
imposed by the main scanner's fixed or variable label length con-
trol for this symbology type.
• Example: '&Code93-test'.
PDF417
• Prefix must be an ASCII character 'P'.
• Label length excluding prefix character cannot exceed 300 charac-
ters. In addition to this, label length excluding prefix character must
meet requirements imposed by the main scanner's fixed or variable
label length control for this symbology type.
AIM specifies a 3-character string that is attached as a prefix to the label
data for transmission. Because AIM specifies one identifier for UPC-A,
UPC-E and EAN-13 labels, UPC-A, UPC-E and EAN-13 will be received
from the handheld and transmitted by the scanner as EAN-13. The ']'
character must be the first character received in the label transmission
from the handheld.
The following sections describe the prefix strings and identify what spe-
cific label characteristics can be supported.
UPC-A
• AIM does not specify UPC-A as a separate symbology using this
transmission format - labels will be transmitted as EAN-13.
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