Avery Dennison Monarch 9864 Bar Code Information - Manual (Page 13)

10/07 Rev. 3.03-01 EASY PLUG MANUAL Bar Code Information
All Devices
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Notes about certain bar code types
EAN 128 and Code 128
#YB15 By giving the bar code command #YB15 (= EAN 128), the function code
required after the start character is automatically generated and
must not be specifically entered.
Every coded data contents must be preceded by its data designator number.
P Refer to in paragraph Listing of EAN Data designator (DD) numbers on
page 14 for detailed information.
Data contents of variable length must always be terminated by entering
(including the brackets). Exception: the last data contents does not
require the termination character.
Example EAN 128 with 3 data designators
#YB15//////010541234567890810659344211678
01 = EAN article number (fixed length)
10 = Charge number (variable length)
21 = Serial number (variable length)
,
are available for specifically defining the bar code scanner.
(Information reference):
temporarily stores the symbol data which contains the cha-
racter in the bar code scanner, and transfers it to the next data symbol. This
can be used to line up different symbols before they are transferred.
can appear at any position in the symbol.
(Initialisation):
The bar code scanner interprets the data of the symbol which contains the
character as an instruction for initialising or reinitialising the bar
code scanner. The symbol data is not transmitted by the bar code scanner.
can appear at any position in the symbol.
Subsets A, B, C The 64-xx bar code library contains four versions of code 128 which differ in
the characters they use (refer to the table).
[Tab. 1] Every Subset of EAN 128 / Code 128 matches with an Easy Plug bar code number.
Easy Plug
Number Bar code Subset
15 EAN 128 Changes automatically between the subsets A,
B and C in order to achieve a possibly short
bar code.
13 Code 128 Changes automatically between the subsets A,
B and C in order to achieve a possibly short
bar code.
24 Code 128 A Subset A
25 Code 128 B Subset B
26 Code 128 C Subset C