Standard 2 of 5, 67 standard 2 of 5, Standard 2 of 5 label lengths – Datalogic Scanning 6000 User Manual

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Programming Guide

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Standard 2 of 5

The Standard 2 of 5 symbology has the following programmable features:

Check Digit — calculates the Check Digit to verify that the

Check Digit contained in the bar code label is correct. If you

enable this feature, your bar codes must contain a Check Digit.
You may also choose to transmit or not transmit the Check

Digit independent of whether the Check Digit is calculated by

the scanner. The Transmit Check Digit will have no effect

unless the Compute Check Digit feature is enabled. If you

choose Don’t Compute Check Digit, the scanner sends the

Check Digit encoded in the bar code without verifying its

accuracy. If you choose both Compute Check Digit and Don't

Transmit Check Digit, the scanner will remove the Check

Digit's contents before sending the bar code data to the host.
The Transmit Check Digit option has no effect unless the
Compute Check Digit option is enabled.

Label Format — provides the selection between fixed or

variable length labels. If your application has labels with

specific fixed lengths, we recommend selecting fixed lengths

to improve read rate and avoid short reads.
You can select any valid number of digits for reading specific

length labels only. Read the following details for specific
Standard 2 of 5 limits.

Standard 2 of 5 Label Lengths

Standard 2 of 5 Minimum Label Length — sets the minimum

label length required for Standard 2/5 labels (not including

the check character). This feature is provided to ignore small

label segments, reducing the possibility that a portion of a

good label is incorrectly seen as an entire label.

Variable Length — if you select variable length, the scanner will

recognize labels with a number of digits between 01 and 50

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digits.

Fixed Length — if you select fixed length, there are three labels

for programming your scanner to read either one or two fixed

lengths. The labels are:

Set First Fixed Length — use this label to instruct the scanner

that the next two programming labels you scan will define the

first fixed label length. This setting can be any number of digits

between 01 and 50

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digits.

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For variable length symbologies, the QS6000/6000 Plus will decode up to 50 characters, but
the actual length varies with label size and quality. The IBM POS interface is limited to 32
characters labels.

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