Label Id - Datalogic Magellan 800i Reference Manual

Label ID

A Label ID is used to identify a bar code (symbology) type. See
a listing for common symbologies. It can be appended previous to or following the transmitted
bar code data depending upon how this option is enabled. This feature provides options for
configuring custom Label IDs individually per symbology. If you wish to program the scanner
to always include an industry standard label identifier for ALL symbology types, see the feature,
AIM ID
The Label ID is a customizable code of up to three ASCII characters (each of which are 00-7F)
followed by a control character (00-01), This control character, when set to zero, does nothing.
When set to one, it appends the symbology's AIM ID to the Label ID.
NOTE
To configure a Label ID:
1. Scan the START bar code.
2. Select Label ID position as either BEFORE or AFTER by scanning the appropriate bar
3. Scan a bar code to select the symbology for which you wish to configure a custom Label
4. Determine the desired character(s) (you may choose up to three) which will represent the
5. Turn to
6. Scan the END bar code to exit programming mode.
Figure 8. Label ID Position Options
Product Reference Guide
.
When the control character is set to 01 for UPC-A and
UPC-E, it expands the label to EAN-13 and thus follows
the EAN-13 Label ID settings.
code.
ID.
Label ID for the selected symbology. Next, turn to the
cover of this manual and find the equivalent hex digits associated with your choice of
Label ID. For example, if you wish to select an equal sign (=) as a Label ID, the chart indi-
cates its associated hex characters as 3D.
Appendix C, Alphanumeric Pad
ters determined in the previous step. For example, to make an equal sign (=), scan '3' and
'D' followed by '0' six times. Since this is a three-character buffer, '00' is scanned for char-
acter two, '00' for character three and '00' for the control character. ('00' indicates no
character.)
Prefix Label ID
and scan the bar codes representing the hex charac-
Aim ID Bar Code Data
OR
Appendix D, Default Settings
on the inside back
ASCII Chart
Label ID Suffix
Label ID
, for
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