Chapter 6: Symbologies 6-3
Codabar Start/Stop Characters
Start/Stopcharactersidentifytheleadingandtrailingendsofthebar
code.Youmayeithertransmit,ornottransmitStart/Stopcharacters.
Default=Don’tTransmit.
Codabar Check Character
Codabarcheckcharactersarecreatedusingdifferent“modulos.”You
canprogramthescannertoreadonlyCodabarbarcodeswithModulo
16checkcharacters.Default=NoCheckCharacter.
NoCheckCharacterindicatesthatthescannerreadsandtransmitsbar
codedatawithorwithoutacheckcharacter.
WhenCheckCharacter
issettoValidateandTransmit,thescanner
willonlyreadCodabarbarcodesprintedwithacheckcharacter,and
willtransmitthischaracterattheendofthescanneddata.
WhenCheckCharacterissetto
Validate,butDon’tTransmit,theunitwill
onlyreadCodabarbarcodesprinted
withacheckcharacter,butwillnot
transmitthecheckcharacterwiththescanneddata.