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Symbol LS3408 Product Reference Guide
Parity
A parity check bit is the most significant bit of each ASCII coded character. Select the parity type according to host
device requirements.
Select Odd parity and the parity bit value is set to 0 or 1, based on data, to ensure that an odd number of 1 bits are
contained in the coded character.
Select Even parity and the parity bit value is set to 0 or 1, based on data, to ensure that an even number of 1 bits
are contained in the coded character.
Select Mark parity and the parity bit is always 1.
Odd
Even
Mark