Microcom 438 - Manual (Page 139)

Bar Codes Chapter 8
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terminator.
The PLANET Code is a 12 -or 14- digit barcode. All PLANET Codes include a check-sum
digit or correction character. This digit must always be the single-digit number (i.e., 0–9)
which, when added to the sum of the other digits in the barcode, results in a whole number
that is a multiple of 10.
Once the planet code barcode data is entered and processed, the barcode image can be
placed using the normal format field by using a TCI of 49.
Command Syntax:
^D176
Rotation
Planet Code String
EXAMPLE:
^D176
3 <------------------------------------ Rotation parameter
1234567890123 <---------------- Planet Code data
^D57
1,832,2000,0,0,08,2,1,,0,0
1,400,400,1,49,,,4,12,3 <------- Placement information
^D56
^D2
.
^D3
8.1.23 UCC/EAN 128, TCI 50
UCC/EAN 128 symbologies are actually code 128 bar codes that have specific data format
guidelines for multiple data subfields. The subfields are identified by application identifiers
that are specified in the “UCC/EAN Application Identifier Standard” available from the
Uniform Code Council, Inc.®.
Data strings can contain one or more substrings appended onto one line. Each substring
can consist of a 2, 3 or 4 digit Application Identifier immediately followed by a data string
meeting the formatting requirements for that specific Application Identifier.
The following table is a list of the supported Application Identifiers and their specific data
format requirements.
Use the legend below when interpreting the data format requirements listed in the table
below:
a alphabetic character
n numeric number
an alphanumeric character
a3 3 alphabetic characters (fixed length)
n3 3 numeric characters (fixed length)
an3 3 alphanumeric characters (fixed length)
a..3 3 alphabetic characters (variable length)
n..3 3 numeric characters (variable length)