13 - 70 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide

Redundancy Level

Parameter # 4Eh

The digital scanner offers four levels of decode redundancy. Select higher redundancy levels for de crea sin g le vels
of bar code quality. As redundancy levels increase, the digital scanner’s aggressiveness decreases.
Select the redundancy level appropriate for the bar code quality.

Redundancy Level 1

The following code types must be successfully read twice before being decoded:

Redundancy Level 2

The following code types must be successfully read twice before being decoded:

Redundancy Level 3

Code types other than the following must be successfully read twice before being decoded. The following codes
must be read three times:
Table 13-2
Redundancy Level 1 Codes
Code Type Code Length
Codabar 8 characters or less
MSI 4 characters or less
D 2 of 5 8 characters or less
I 2 of 5 8 characters or less
Table 13-3
Redundancy Level 2 Codes
Code Type Code Length
All All
Table 13-4
Redundancy Level 3 Codes
Code Type Code Length
MSI Plessey 4 characters or less
D 2 of 5 8 characters or less
I 2 of 5 8 characters or less
Codabar 8 characters or less