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 ====== Scanning Reader and Item Barcodes ====== ====== Scanning Reader and Item Barcodes ======
  
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-==== My barcodes have too few digits when I scan them ====+<hidden My barcodes have too few digits when I scan then> 
 +My barcodes have too few digits when I scan them  
 +Different systems have different ways of dealing with padding 0 characters (the most common of these problems), so you need to pad out the barcode once it is scanned. \\ \\
  
-Different systems have different ways of dealing with padding 0 characters (the most common of these problems), so you need to pad out the barcode once it is scanned. +As a Managerial User, go into Lookup Manager and scroll down to the System Information section. In here you will find two settings:\\ \\
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-As a Managerial User, go into Lookup Manager and scroll down to the System Information section. In here you will find two settings:+
  
   * Barcodes: Minimum reader barcode length   * Barcodes: Minimum reader barcode length
   * Barcodes: Minimum item barcode length   * Barcodes: Minimum item barcode length
  
-Select which one is giving the problem, enter the **total** required number of digits in the 'Value 1' field and save the setting back into the database. So if the barcode needs to be 4 digits, even if only 1, 2 or 3 are scanned, enter '​4'​ as the required value.+Select which one is giving the problem, enter the **total** required number of digits in the 'Value 1' field and save the setting back into the database. So if the barcode needs to be 4 digits, even if only 1, 2 or 3 are scanned, enter '​4'​ as the required value.\\ \\
  
 (Remember, if you are principally using the Issue & Return feature on the main workspace page, you may need to log out then in again to have the new setting refreshed). (Remember, if you are principally using the Issue & Return feature on the main workspace page, you may need to log out then in again to have the new setting refreshed).
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pergamonmu/faq/scanners.txt · Last modified: 2018/06/06 11:37 by admin