Hand Held Products 600, 800 manual Reviewing the Format Parameters, Errors in Format Parameters

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5.To resume scanning, start at the quiet zone and scan the symbol.

Reviewing the Format Parameters

The following tables list the format parameters and their results. Descriptions of the parameters follow the tables.

Parameter

Trad’l

ISO/IEC

Message Length

Check Character

Symbol type

Parameter

Result

 

 

Message length

Compared against the appropriate symbology, user or

 

application specification

 

- OK if it meets the specification

 

- Fail if it does not meet the specification

Check Character

Compared against the appropriate symbology or

 

application specification or set by user

 

- CkChr Checks if it meets the specification

 

- Check Character Fails if it does not meet the specifi-

 

cation

 

- No Check Character if you do not set the unit to test

 

check characters

Errors in Format Parameters

If, after a scan, the abbreviation for format appears as >FMT<, an error exists in one or more of the format parameters. If so, use the arrow buttons to review each parameter. If the abbreviation for format appears as Fmt, the symbol has no format errors.

Message Length

The length of an encoded message is the number of characters in the output less any of the following characters:

Start and stop characters (for Codabar and Code 39)

Any symbology-required check characters (for EAN/UPC and Code 128)

Any function characters (for Code 128, 16K and Code 49)

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Hand Held Products 600, 800 manual Reviewing the Format Parameters, Errors in Format Parameters