NCR 7870 manual Bi-Optic Scanning, Decode Features, Pacesetter Plus, Mode 1 Inquiry Mode

2-2 Chapter 2: Features, Functions, and Kits

Bi-Optic Scanning

The NCR 7870 combines horizontal and vertical scan patterns. Having two active scan windows allows the checker to bring a product into the scan zone without having to orient it to a single scan window. Portions of the bar code are read by each scanner, assembled into a complete code by the digital board and sent to the host terminal.

Decode Features

Standard Decode and PACESETTER Plus are available for bar code label decoding. Standard Decode is the standard feature and PACESETTER Plus is the upgrade. Please note that the PACESETTER Plus upgrade includes the Standard Decode.

PACESETTER Plus

Bar code labels in a retail environment are occasionally unreadable. Labels can be overprinted, underprinted, or truncated. Others may have missing margins or be placed around corners. PACESETTER Plus determines what is wrong with a label, compensates and fixes the data, and transfers the information to the host terminal. Voice messages can be used to describe what is wrong with a label.

There are three modes of operation in PACESETTER Plus.

•Mode 1 – Inquiry Mode

•Mode 2 – Real-Time Mode

•Mode 3 – Operations Mode

Mode 1 – Inquiry Mode

Inquiry mode keeps a tally count of label readability. Labels are judged as:

Good reads	No reads (incomplete labels)
Good reads with overprinted bars	Missing margins
Good reads with underprinted bars