Chapter 4 — ESim Commands
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PDF417 Bar Code Example
b - QR Code
Description: QR Code is a matrix symbology defined in AIM International ITS/97-
001.
Note: The last parameter in the b command (l5) is lowercase L and the
digit 5, not 15.
QR Code Model 1 and Model 2 Descriptions
Characteristics Model 1 Model 2
Model version Original Enhanced
Symbol size in cell
(increment of 4 cells)
21*21 to 73*73 1‘*21 to
177*177
1. Numeric data modes:
Digits 0-9
Maximum is 1167
characters.
Maximum is
7089 characters.
2. Alphanumeric data mode:
Digits 0-9, upper case letters
A-Z, and 9 other characters
Maximum is 707
characters.
Maximum is
4296 characters.
3. 8-bit byte data mode: JIS
8-bit character set (Latin
and Kana) in accordance
with JIS X 0201
Maximum is 486
characters.
Maximum is
2953 characters.
4. Kanji data mode: Shift JIS
X 0208
Maximum is 299
characters.
Maximum is
1817 characters.
5. Mixing mode: Mix of
mode 1-4 above
N/A Applicable