AI4100 Portable AEI Reader
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March 2, 2015
Figure 55 - Barcode Examples
When in Barcode Translation mode, the portable reader reads the barcode and enters the
information into one of the 11 data fields (see Paragraph 3) that are associated with the rail
vehicle. The user can specify into which of the eleven fields data from a barcode will be
entered and can also specify if this is a special barcode that was developed by the user for
use with the portable reader.
The portable reader looks at the second and third digit of the barcode to determine if the
barcode is to be translated. If these two digits are not the same as those entered into the
Default Start Code field (99 in this example) in the Barcode Setup dialog (see Figure 54), the
data from barcode reads are automatically entered into the current vehicle’s serial number list
(see Paragraph 3.5).
In Figure 55 the UPC label at the bottom left does not have "99" in the second and third digits
and, therefore, its data (025262888883) would be entered in the vehicle’s serial number list.
The user can specify his own unique set of barcodes that have special meaning to the
portable reader. These barcodes have a special format that consists of three fields in the
user-specified ten-digit number of the bar code.