Bar Code Processing Examples

The following table shows examples of stripping and prefix/suffix configurations. The examples assume that the scanner is configured to transmit an AIM identifier.

 

Symbology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All

EAN-128 (]C1)

EAN-13 (]E0)

Intrlv 2 of 5 (]IO)

Code93

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

Min length

1

4

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max length

all

all

all

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strip Code ID

Enabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strip Leading

3

0

3

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strip Bar Code Data

 

‘*123’

‘1*’

‘456’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strip Trailing

0

0

3

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prefix

‘aaa’

‘bbb’

‘ccc’

‘ddd’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suffix

‘www’

‘xxx’

‘yyy’

‘zzz’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provided that the wedge is configured with the above table, following are examples of scanned bar code data and results of these manipulations.

Bar Code Symbology

Raw Scanner Data

Resulting Data

 

 

 

EAN-128

]C11234567890123

bbb1234567890xxx

 

 

 

EAN-128

]C111234567890123

bbb11234567890xxx

 

 

 

EAN-128

]C1123

< rejected > (too short)

 

 

 

EAN-13

]E01234567890987

ccc]E04567890yyy

 

 

 

EAN-13

]E01231234567890987

ccc]E0234567890yyy

 

 

 

EAN-13

]E01234

ccc]E0yyy

 

 

 

I2/5

]I04444567890987654321

< rejected > (too long)

 

 

 

I2/5

]I04444567890123

ddd7890zzz

 

 

 

I2/5

]I0444

dddzzz

 

 

 

I2/5

]I022245622

ddd45zzz

 

 

 

Code-93

]G0123456

< rejected > (disabled)

 

 

 

Code-93

]G0444444

< rejected > (disabled)

 

 

 

Code-39

]A01234567890

aaa4567890www

 

 

 

Code-39 full ASCII

]A41231234567890

aaa1234567890www

 

 

 

Code-39

]A4

< rejected > (too short)

 

 

 

Rejected bar codes generate a bad scan beep. In some cases, the receipt of data from the scanner triggers a good scan beep (from the external scanner), and then the rejection of scanned bar code data by the processing causes a bad scan beep on the same data.

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