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Industrial 2 of 5
Symbol Length # 1 (Industrial 2 of 5)
Definition: Specifies the number of characters that the reader will recognize, including start,
stop and check characters. The reader ignores any symbol with fewer than the
specified number of characters. Because Industrial 2 of 5 is a continuous symbology,
it is prone to substitution errors. Therefore, a symbol length must be defined and
a symbol must contain an even number of characters.
Serial Cmd: <K488,status,check character status,check character output status,format,
symbol length
Default: 10
Options: 0 to 32
Symbol Length # 2 (Industrial 2 of 5)
Definition: Specifies the number of characters that the reader will recognize, including start,
stop, and check characters. The reader ignores any symbol with fewer than the
specified number of characters. Because Industrial 2 of 5 is a continuous symbology,
it is prone to substitution errors. Therefore, a symbol length must be defined and
a symbol must contain an even number of characters.
Serial Cmd: <K488,status,check character status,check character output status,format,
symbol length
Default: 6
Options: 0 to 32
Range Modes (Industrial 2 of 5)
Variable Length
To set for any length, Symbol Length # 1 and Symbol Length # 2 must both equal zero.
Minimum Length
To set for minimum length, both Symbol Length # 1 and Symbol Length # 2 must be
equal to each other and be any number other than zero.
Fixed Length
To set for a fixed length, Symbol Length #1 and Symbol Length #2 must not be equal to
each other. The symbol will be decoded if the character length is equal to Symbol Length
# 1 or Symbol Length # 2. If Symbol Length # 1 equals zero, then the symbol will only be
decoded if it is equal to Symbol Length # 2. If Symbol Length # 2 equals zero, then the
symbol will only be decoded if it is equal to Symbol Length # 1.
Examples:
Length 1
0
>0
0
>0
>0
5-16
#1,symbol length #2>
#1,symbol length
Length 2
0
0
>0
>0
Same value as Length 1
#2>
Required Symbol Length
Any
Exactly Length 1
Exactly Length 2
Exactly Length 1 or Length 2
Length 1 up to maximum symbol length (1 to 32)
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