EAN-128 Barcodes
EAN-128 is a variant of the universal commercial code (UCC) 128. UCC code 128 provides a world-wide format and standard for exchanging common data between companies. European Article Number (EAN-128) is a superset of the uniform product code (UPC) that allows extra digits for country identification; it is primarily used in retail distribution.
While other barcodes simply encode data with no respect to what the data represents, UCC/EAN-128 encodes both data and what the data represents. UCC/EAN-128 contains two components:
• Data with its application identifier (AI)
• Barcode symbology that codes data
The barcode symbology is code 128. The AI is a prefix code that identifies the meaning and the format of the data that follows it (data field).
You specify the non-encrypted whean128.p program in the Program field in Barcode Prefix Maintenance (4.23.17). The whean128.p program reads and interprets UCC/EAN-128 codes. It supports only the following AI prefixes:
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00
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15
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231
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235
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239
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335
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01
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30
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232
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236
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310
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340
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02
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37
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233
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237
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320
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10
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230
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234
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238
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330
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The system runs whean128.p during batch picking. You can customize whean128.p or create your own EAN 128 program. If you create your own program, you must enter the name of the customized program and the name of the program it is replacing in Program X-Reference Maintenance (4.23.6).
You can also specify an alternate barcode in the Barcode 1 and Barcode 2 fields in Item Maintenance (4.4.7) to use with the whean128.p.
Example: You define an EAN/UCC-13 alternate barcode as 1234567890123 in the Barcode 1 field. During batch picking, the RF displays an item as MyItem1. Warehouse staff scan a UCC/EAN-128 code that contains (01)1234567890123(310)12334, where (01) is the prefix identifying the EAN/UCC-13 terminology. The whean128.p program:
• Reads the full barcode
• Determines that staff need to scan the item
• Identifies (01) as a EAN/UCC-128 standard for the item number in EAN/UCC-13 terminology
• Determines that 01234567890123 corresponds to MyItem1
• Accepts the scan
You can also test the barcode print of an EAN-128 barcode by specifying the whean128.p program in EAN/UCC Barcode Testing (4.23.20).