Code 93 - Microscan MS-3 User Manual

Code 93

Code 93

Usage: Used occasionally in clinical industry.
Definition: Code 93 is a variable length, continuous symbology employing four ele-
ment widths. Each Code 93 character has nine modules that may be
either black or white. Each character contains three bars and three
spaces.
Code 93 Status
Serial Cmd: <K475,status,fixed symbol length status,fixed symbol length>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled
Fixed Symbol Length Status (Code 93)
Definition: When enabled, the scanner will check the symbol length against the sym-
bol length field. When disabled, any length is considered a valid symbol.
Serial Cmd: <K475,status,fixed symbol length
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled
Minimum Symbol Length (Code 93)
Definition: When enabled, the scanner will check the minimum symbol length
against the minimum symbol length field. When disabled, any length is
considered a valid symbol.
Default: Disabled
Symbol Length (Code 93)
Usage: Fixed Symbol Length helps prevent truncations and increases data
integrity by ensuring that only one symbol length will be accepted.
Definition: Specifies the exact number of characters that the scanner will recognize
(this does not include start and stop and check digit characters). The
scanner ignores any symbol not having the specified length.
Serial Cmd: <K475,status,fixed symbol length
Default: 10
Options: 1 to 64
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1 = Enabled
status,symbol length>
1 = Enabled
status,fixed symbol length>