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• Preamble - Preamble characters are part of the UPC symbol consisting of Country Code and System
Character. Select the appropriate option to match the host system.
There are three options for transmitting a UPCE1 preamble:
• Preamble None - Transmit no preamble (default).
• Preamble Sys Char - Transmit System Character only.
• Preamble Country and Sys Char - Transmit System Character and Country Code (“0” for USA).
• Report Check Digit - The check digit is the last character of the symbol used to verify the integrity of the
data. Enables or disables this option. A check in the checkbox indicates that the option is enabled (default -
disabled).
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• Report Check Digit - The check digit is the last character of the symbol used to verify the integrity of the
data. Enables or disables this option. A check in the checkbox indicates that the option is enabled (default -
disabled).
Decode Lengths
The allowable decode lengths are specified by options Length1 and Length2 as follows:
• Variable length: Decode symbols containing any number of characters.
• Set both Length1 and Length2 to 0.
• Range: Decode a symbol with a specific length range (from
a
to
b
, including
a
and
b
).
•Set Length1 to
a
and set Length2 to
b
.
• Two Discrete Lengths: Decode only symbols containing either of two selected lengths.
• Set both Length1 or Length2 to the specific lengths. Length1 must be greater than Length2.
• One Discrete Length: Decode only symbols containing a specific length.
• Set both Length1 and Length2 to the specific length.
UPC EAN Params
Allows the configuration of the parameters that apply to more than one UPC or EAN decoder.
NOTE: Not all parameter options are available with all scanners. See the DataWedge app on each device for the available
scanners and parameter options.
• Convert DataBar To UPC EAN - If this is set it converts DataBar barcodes to UPC/EAN format. For this
setting to work UPC/EAN symbologies must be enabled. A check in the checkbox indicates that the option
is enabled. (default - disabled).
• UPC Reduced Quiet Zone - Enables decoding of margin-less UPC barcodes. (default - disabled)
• Bookland - Enable Bookland decoding. A check in the checkbox indicates that the option is enabled.
(default - disabled).
• Bookland Format - If Bookland EAN is enabled, select one of the following formats for Bookland data:
• Format ISBN-10 - The decoder reports Bookland data starting with 978 in traditional 10-digit format with
the special Bookland check digit for backward-compatibility. Data starting with 979 is not considered
Bookland in this mode. (default)
• Format ISBN-13 - The decoder reports Bookland data (starting with either 978 or 979) as EAN-13 in
13-digit format to meet the 2007 ISBN-13 protocol.
• Coupon - Enables Coupon code decoding. Note that in order to successfully decode Coupon codes, all of
the correct decoders must be enabled. A check in the checkbox indicates that the option is enabled.
(default - disabled).