3.5.Monarch/Codabar

The Codabar (or Monarch) is a very high reliable bar code which has been designed specially for medical applications such as blood bag identification.

Its character set contains numerics and four symbols.

3.5.1. Start/Stop

NOT TRANSMITTED *

a b c d Small *

TRANSMITTED

ABCD BLOCK

a, b, c, d are the different start/stop characters.

3.5.2.Concatenation

CONCATENATED *

STANDARD

This function permits the capture of two codes with only one scan. Codes must be close to one another and on the same "line".

Once captured, the two codes are assembled and transmitted as one message.

!Note:

To operate this function correctly, the first code must end with the "d" stop character and the second code must start with the "d" start character. These two start/stop characters are cleared before transmission.

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Metrologic Instruments IS1000 manual Monarch/Codabar, Concatenation