Motorola SYMBOL LS9203 - Manual (Page 107)

RS-232 Interface 6-15
Parity
A parity check bit is the most significant bit of each ASCII coded character. Select the parity type according to host device
requirements.
Select Odd parity and the parity bit value is set to 0 or 1, based on data, to ensure that an odd number of 1 bits are contained in the
coded character.
Odd
Select Even parity and the parity bit value is set to 0 or 1, based on data, to ensure that an even number of 1 bits are contained in
the coded character.
Even