Code Options; Transmission Of Start And Stop Characters; Reverse Direction; Symbology Conversion - KoamTac KDC100 User Manual

A.2 Code Options
The KDC supports the following barcode options:
Transmission of
start and stop
characters

Reverse direction

Transmission of Start and Stop Characters

For Codabar symbols you can choose not to transmit the start and stop symbols, the NOTIS
Editing. By default, they are transmitted. Setting the field CodaBar_NoStartStopChars to true
disables the transmission.
Reverse Direction
This option may be selected if direction oriented symbologies are selected such as Code35.

Symbology Conversion

By default the EAN-8, UPCE, and UPCA symbols are transmitted in their native format. It is
possible to show them in a different format. You can choose to display UPCE symbols as either
UPC-A or EAN-13 symbols, EAN-8 symbols as EAN-13 symbols, or UPC-A symbols as EAN-13
symbols. The following table shows the effect of setting various options.
Option
EAN8_as_EAN13
UPCA_as_EAN13
UPCE_as_EAN13
UPCE_as_UPCA
Table 10 - Symbology Conversion
Symbology
conversion
Verification of
optional check
character
EAN-8
Converted to
No effect
EAN-13
Converted to
No effect
EAN-13
No effect No effect
No effect No effect
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UPC-A UPC-E
No effect
No effect
Converted to
EAN-13
Converted to
UPC-A
Transmission of
check digit
All
others
No
effect