Understand a scanner prefix and separator
Use the observed separator to distinguish a lot from the following date.
For operators
This lesson uses made-up values. BarcodeBench checks the text received, not the physical print quality, ownership or correctness of a shipment.
Read these instructions on any device. Watch or practise a chapter on a desktop or laptop, with a desktop or mobile application layout. Demonstrations use sample data and simulated scanners.
Understand a scanner prefix and separator
- Start a barcode check
Start a barcode check.
Start a temporary session. Values stay on this device and are not sent for a remote lookup.
- Open the made-up examples
Open the made-up examples.
Use a prepared example with a real hidden separator. Typing the characters [GS] would not create that separator.
- Choose the scanner separator example
Choose the scanner separator example.
Choose the example as a scanner could send it, including its prefix and the hidden separator.
- Choose how to read the value
Choose how to read the value.
Move to the format choice before asking BarcodeBench to explain the value.
- Read the lot and expiry separately
Read the lot and expiry separately.
The actual separator keeps the lot and date apart. The result also tells you that the scanner prefix was left out of the checks while the original stayed unchanged.