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
<FNC1> 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
<FNC1> (including the brackets). Exception: the last data contents does not
require the termination character.
Example EAN 128 with 3 data designators
#YB15//////010541234567890810659344<FNC1>211678
01 = EAN article number (fixed length)
10 = Charge number (variable length)
21 = Serial number (variable length)
<FNC1>,
<FNC4> are available for specifically defining the bar code scanner.
<FNC2> (Information reference):
<FNC2> temporarily stores the symbol data which contains the <FNC2> 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. <FNC2>
can appear at any position in the symbol.
<FNC3> (Initialisation):
The bar code scanner interprets the data of the symbol which contains the
<FNC3> character as an instruction for initialising or reinitialising the bar
code scanner. The symbol data is not transmitted by the bar code scanner.
<FNC3> 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