here's to hoping someone on here might have an answer

standard Symbol MC9090 - when the barcode is scanned it's not interpreting the tab correctly

there is a barcode that should be scanned as 12345 54321

but when scanned with the 9090 it's coming back as 12345$I54321

the scanner does not seem to be treating the $I as a TAB as it should

8/3/2007 2:38:34 PM

what language is this in

is the $ a reserved character? Maybe you have to escape it?

8/3/2007 2:49:00 PM

setup for the wrong symbology?

8/3/2007 3:09:43 PM

After some checking, $I tab would be a Code 39 format, I think. So perhaps it's attempting to use the 128 Symbology to decode? Just a thought...

8/3/2007 3:54:01 PM

^bingo

8/4/2007 2:55:32 AM

pretty sure jazon is going to win this one - i'll be at the client later today to diagnose this problem and we'll see if that's in fact it

8/6/2007 10:31:53 AM

so was that the problem?

8/9/2007 6:53:31 PM

it was set to use the code39 symbology - however one of the parameters was not set correctly for that symbology

8/9/2007 7:49:06 PM

ah, gotcha

8/10/2007 12:23:18 PM

We used to have some of the Symbol R2-D2 looking scanners that we interfaced with. First stop for any of them with a problem was to reprogram them from scratch using the flip book with all the barcodes in it.

-- Dave

8/10/2007 1:32:35 PM

^ hahah, i remember having to do that shit. i'd like to get my hands on one of the scanners in the original post, though.

8/11/2007 9:58:37 AM

[Edited on August 16, 2007 at 7:45 PM. Reason : /]

8/16/2007 7:45:06 PM

haha what a baby

those aren't the ones i was referring to though

8/16/2007 7:48:56 PM

8/16/2007 7:59:47 PM