[Koha] Barcodes Scanners

[Roche III, Edward]

Hi Eric

I emailed the manufacture of the scanner and they confirmed that the Mod 10 uses the checksum character and that I can configure it to ignore the this character but for some reason when I do this now it won't read the regular Code 39 or the Mod 10 barcodes. Have you seen this happen before?

Thanks!
Ed

Edward J. Roche
Network Administrator
Solanco School District
717.786.2151 x2437

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nighswonger [mailto:cnighswonger at foundations.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:43 AM
To: Roche III, Edward
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] Barcodes Scanners

Hi Ed,

2009/11/3 Roche III, Edward <edward_roche at solanco.k12.pa.us>:
> Good Morning All
>
>
>
> I have an issue/curious question. Is there a difference in barcode format
> “Code 39 Mod 10” and normal “Code 39”?

Code 39 Mod 10 includes a Mod 10 checksum and so is different. Code 39
is known as a "self-checking" format and so really does not need a
checksum.

>The weird part is the scanner is reading both and
> entering the correct value for each but when you submit the Code 39 Mod 10
> it says it can’t find the barcode but if you scan the Code 39 barcode it
> works fine.

I'm guessing a little here, but you probably have to setup your
scanner for Code 39 Mod 10 in order to get the checksum digit decoded
properly.

Personally, I think I'd whip up a script to change the Code 39 Mod 10
barcodes to plain Code 39.

Kind Regards,
Chris