User's Manual

BARCODE & SCAN OPTIONS
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The add-on symbol contains neither a check digit nor a terminating guard band. Every effort has
been made to reduce the decoding error; however, it is likely to decode a partial scan of a 5-digit
add-on symbol as a 2-digit add-on symbol. It is strongly recommended that the minimum security
level be set at 2 while decoding add-on symbols. Since the decoder takes a conservative view on the
add-on symbols, it is likely that the add-on symbol will be missed in the auto-discrimination mode.
Auto-discrimination mode should then be avoided.
10.2
Code Options
(KDC20/100/200/250/270L/410/411/415/470L)
The KDC supports the following barcode options:
z Transmission of start and stop characters
z Reverse direction
z Symbology conversion
z Verification of optional check character
z Transmission of check digit
z Transmission of Start and Stop Characters
For Codabar symbols, the user may choose not to transmit the start and stop symbols, the NOTIS
Editing. By default, they are transmitted. Setting the field CodaBar_NoStartStopChars to true
disables the transmission.
Reverse Direction
This option may be selected if direction oriented symbologies are designated, such as Code35.
Symbology Conversion
By default the EAN-8, UPCE, and UPCA symbols are transmitted in their native format. However,
it is possible to show them in a different format. The user may choose to display UPCE symbols as
either UPC-A or EAN-13 symbols, EAN-8 symbols as EAN-13 symbols, or UPC-A symbols as EAN-13
symbols. The following table shows the effect of setting various options.
Option EAN-8 UPC-A UPC-E All others
Table 9 - Add-on for EAN-8 Symbology