Interface Related Features
3-26 Magellan
®
1000i
Wand Emulation
Supported Symbologies
The Wand Emulation interface will transmit bar code data as a wand device would. This inter-
face will transmit the following bar code symbologies:
•UPC/EAN
• UPC/EAN with addons
•Code 39
• Full ASCII Code 39
• Interleaved 2 of 5
• Codabar
• Code 128
Pharmacode 39 is transmitted as Code 39. All other bar code symbology types read by the scan-
ner will be transmitted as Code 128.
Wand Emulation Bar Code Format
The following format settings are required for the wand emulation interface. These settings have
been pre-configured at the factory for Wand Emulation scanners.
• UPC-A bar codes must include all 12 digits.
• UPC-E bar codes must contain 8 digits, including a system digit, 6 data digits, and the
check digit.
• EAN-13 bar codes must have all 13 digits.
• EAN-8 bar codes must include all 8 digits.
• Code 39, Code 39 Full ASCII, and Pharmacode 39 bar codes must NOT contain start /
stop characters.
• Codabar bar codes must include the start / stop characters, presented in the ABCD for-
mat.
• Interleaved 2 of 5 bar codes must have an even number of digits.