Specifications

UPC/EAN
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Supplementals Status (UPC/EAN)
Note: Under no circumstances will supplemental symbol data be sent without a main
symbol.
Note: If additional symbols—other than the main or supplemental—will be read in the
same read cycle, Number of symbols should be set accordingly.
Separator Status (UPC/EAN)
Definition: A supplemental is a 2 or 5 digit symbol appended to the main symbol.
When set to Enabled or Required, the scanner reads supplemental
bar code data that has been appended to the standard UPC or EAN
codes.
Usage: Reads Supplementals typically used in publications and documenta-
tion.
Serial Cmd: <K473,UPC status,EAN status,supplementals status,separator sta-
tus, separator character,supplementals type>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled 1 = Enabled 2 = Required
Disabled: UPC Supplementals will not be decoded.
Enabled: When enabled, the scanner will try to decode a main and a supplemen-
tal. However, if a supplemental is not decoded, at the end of the read
cycle, the main will be sent by itself. The UPC main and supplemental
symbols are considered to be one symbol and will be treated as such.
Required: When set to Required and either the main or supplemental symbol is
not read, a single noread condition results. The UPC main and supple-
mental symbols are treated as one symbol.
For example, if Supplementals is set to Required, Separator is
enabled, and an asterisk is defined as the UPC separator character, then
the data will be displayed as: MAIN * SUPPLEMENTAL.
Definition: Allows the user to insert a character between the standard UPC or EAN
code and the supplemental code when Supplementals is set to
Enabled or Required.
Usage: Allows user to distinguish between the main and Supplemental sym-
bols.
Serial Cmd: <K473,UPC status,EAN status,supplementals status,separator sta-
tus,separator character,supplementals type>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled 1 = Enabled