AI4100 Portable AEI Reader
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March 2, 2015
5.14. Barcodes
The AI4100 portable reader is designed to operate with a barcode reader. With the barcode
reader, barcoded information about a rail vehicle can be quickly and easily entered.
There are two modes of operation for processing data from the barcode reader. Barcodes
are either translated into data entries or captured as serial numbers. When barcode
translations are enabled, the translated barcode data is entered into one of the 11 data fields
(see Paragraph 3) that are associated with the rail vehicle.
When barcode translations are not enabled, the barcodes themselves are automatically
entered into the current vehicle’s serial number list (see Paragraph 3.5).
To read a barcode, press the second button from the top on the right side of the AI4100, the
“OK” button, or the “ENT button (see Figure 5). Please note that the barcode reader will not
activate if the reader is attempting to read a tag.
To enable or disable barcode translations, select the Barcode Setup menu item under the
Setup menu. This will cause the Barcode Setup dialog shown in Figure 54 to appear.
Figure 54 - Barcode Setup Dialog
The portable reader is set up to read barcodes in the Universal Bar Code (UPC) format. The
UPC format contains 12 digits. The first digit is usually 0 and specifies the Number Character
System. The next ten digits are user specified, and the last digit is a check digit.
Figure 55 shows examples of barcodes.