User Manual

Chapter 5

Code 39 Settings

*Default

Enable Code 39 *

Enable Code 39

Full ASCII *

Check Digit Do

Not Calculate *

Check Digit Calculate

But Do Not Send *

Minimum Length (1 *)

Disable Code 39

Full ASCII

Check Digit Calculate

And Send

Maximum Length (48 *)

Code 39 is va ri a b le length and is the most frequently used symbology in industrial bar code

systems today. It is ex t e n s i vely used within the Department of Defense (DOD). The pri n c i p a l

feature is to encode messages using the full alphanu m e r ic character set. Standard Code 39

contains only 43 characters (0-9, A-Z, $, /, %, +, -, ., SPACE) and can be extended to a 128

c h a racter symbology (full ASCII) by combining one of the special characters (S, /, %, +) with a

letter (A-Z) to fo rm the characters that are not present in the standard Code 39 symbology.

See page 5 for info rmation on setting the minimum and maximum lengths.