Chapter 5: Configuration

Decoded (Internal) Scanners

5.13.2.10 UPC/EAN Shared Settings

The parameters you set here are a shared across all available UPC and EAN bar codes.

Enable Bookland EAN

Setting this parameter to on allows your scanner to recognize Bookland EAN bar codes.

Supplementals

Supplementals are additionally appended characters (2 or 5).

Double-tapping this parameter displays a list of options. If Ignore is chosen, UPC/EAN is decoded and the supplemental characters are ignored. If Decode is chosen, UPC/EAN symbols are decoded with supplementals. Autodiscriminate works in conjunction with the Supp. Redundancy parameter.

Supp. Redundancy

With “Autodiscriminate” selected in the Supplementals parameter, Supp. Redundancy adjusts the number of times a symbol without supplementals is decoded before transmission.

When you double-tap on this parameter, a dialog is displayed in which you can enter a value between 2 and 20. A value of 5 or above is recommended when Autodiscriminate is selected and you are decoding a mix of UPC/EAN symbols with and without supplementals.

Security Level

This parameter controls the tolerance for decoding edge-to-edge UPC/EAN bar codes. Double-tapping on this parameter displays a dialog box in which you can choose a level from 0 to 3. Lower values have a lower tolerance for misreads, but they also increase the time it takes to decode the bar code.

Linear Decode

Linear Decode applies to code types containing two adjacent blocks (e.g., UPC-A, EAN-8, EAN-13). When enabled, a bar code is transmitted only when both the left and right blocks are successfully decoded within one laser scan. This option should be enabled when bar codes are in proximity to each other.

2D UPC Half Block Stitching

Setting this parameter to on enables “UPC Half Block Stitching” for the omnidirectional scanner engine only.

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Psion Teklogix PX750 13.2.10 UPC/EAN Shared Settings, Enable Bookland EAN, Supplementals, Supp. Redundancy, Linear Decode