Chapter 7: Programming 7-59

PACESETTER Plus Information

The PACESETTER Plus optional feature of the NCR 7870 Scanner/Scale determines what is wrong with a bar code label, fixes it, and then transfers the information to the host terminal. In addition, the scanner keeps track of what is wrong with the labels.

Mode 1 - Inquiry

Mode 1 keeps the following tallies. Included are the maximum counts.

Tally Count Type

Description

Maximum

 

 

Count

 

 

 

C1

Good Reads

1,000,000

 

 

 

C2

No reads due to lack of a full label

65,535

 

(bars missing, folded label, etc.)

 

 

 

 

C3

Good reads with very highly

65,535

 

overprinted bars

 

 

 

 

C4

Good reads with very highly

65,535

 

underprinted bars

 

 

 

 

C5

Missing margins

65,535

 

 

 

Enter Mode 1 by scanning the Mode 1 tag. Tally counts are displayed on the Integrated Display or the NCR 7825 Remote Display. First the display shows the tally count number and the percentage of that count to the number of good reads. Three seconds later the actual tally count is displayed. This cycle continues every three seconds.

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NCR 7870 manual Pacesetter Plus Information, Mode 1 Inquiry