Baracoda pencil 2 User Guide
Baracoda Pencil2 – User Guide v1.4
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Data Capture
for Workforce
in Motion
Symbology
You can enable/disable and configure any type of barcode symbology with both the BaracodaManager and the
Programming Guide.
Data format
The data format is the following: Header + Timestamp + Prefix + Barcode + Suffix
Header
Timestamp
General
Prefix
Symbology
Prefix
Barcode
Symbology
Suffix
General
Suffix
Baracoda Header
It is a proprietary data encapsulation. It is necessary to activate the Baracoda header in 2 cases:
•
to use the Baracoda keyboard emulation (Kemul) and Hyper terminal
•
to use the acknowledgment function (No Data Loss option).
You can configure Baracoda Header through BaracodaManager.
The Baracoda header is enabled in default settings
Timestamp
Timestamp can be configured (ON/OFF, synchronise new time) by BaracodaManager and by configuration
barcodes.
Timestamp will be in the following format: YYMMDDhhmmss:
YY: YEAR
MM: MONTH
DD: DAY
hh: Hours
mm: Minutes
ss: Seconds
General Prefix / Suffix
You can add a prefix and/or a suffix to every barcode sent to the host device. You can configure prefix/suffix
through both BaracodaManager and Programming Guide.
There is no prefix/suffix in default settings
Symbology Prefix / Suffix
A prefix and/or suffix can be added to a specific symbology barcode sent to a host device.
Meaning a certain prefix/suffix will be added while reading a specific symbology.
You can configure prefix/suffix through BaracodaManager software.
There is no “symbology prefix/suffix” in default settings.