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• Enabling use of the Mod 43 check character requires that the last character of your bar code conform to
the Mod 43 check character specifications. See Appendix E; Code 39 for more information. Enable
transmission (6) will send the check digit data along with the rest of the bar code data to your computer.
To use 6, you must also be using 5.
• Caps Lock ON causes lower case letters read as data to be transmitted to the computer as UPPER CASE,
and upper case letters to be transmitted as LOWER CASE. Numbers, punctuation and control
characters are not affected. Caps Lock OFF means that letters will be transmitted exactly as read. This
setting applies to all bar code types.
• See Appendix E; Code 39 for more information regarding Accumulate Mode.
• Decode Option is used to allow reading of Code 39 bar codes through a windshield. Setting this option
to 1 will loosen up the decoder a little and option 2 will loosen up the decoder a bit more. This should
be used with caution since using a looser decoder can cause substitutions.
UPC-A / EAN-13 Options
UPC/EAN ALL ON OFF 1
UPC/EAN Supplements ON OFF 2
UPC-A NSC ON OFF 3
UPC-A Check ON OFF 4
EAN-13 First 2 Digits ON OFF 5
EAN-13 Check ON OFF 6
ISBN EAN-13 Mode ON OFF 7
UPC-A as EAN-13 ON OFF 8
• Use setting 2 to enable reading of the 2 and 5 digit UPC/EAN supplements commonly found on
magazines and paperback books as well as the Extended Coupon Codes. Using this setting force left to
right reading of UPC codes to assure that the supplement code is not missed.
• Use setting 3 to enable transmission of the NSC character to your computer. The Number System
Character is the leading character in the bar code. For details, see Appendix J, UPC/EAN.
• Use setting 4 to enable transmission of the check digit character to your computer. The check digit is the
last character and is based upon a calculation performed on the other characters.
• Use setting 5 to enable the transmission of the EAN-13 country code (the first 2 digits).
• Use setting 6 to enable the transmission of the EAN-13 check digit.
• ISBN (International Standard Book Numbering) bar codes are EAN-13 with a 5-digit supplement. If the
“Bookland” bar code uses 978 (books) or 977 (periodicals) as the first three digits, then the RF Terminal
can transmit it in the ISBN format. To enable transmission of the ISBN format, set option 7 to ON. To
return to the default of normal EAN-13 transmission, set option 7 to OFF. For details on ISBN, see
Appendix J, UPC/EAN.
• UPC-A can be transmitted in EAN-13 format by adding a leading 0 (USA county code) to the UPC-A
data. To transmit in EAN-13 format, set option 8 to ON.