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| ====== Scanning Reader and Item Barcodes ====== | ====== Scanning Reader and Item Barcodes ====== | ||
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| + | <hidden 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. \\ \\ | ||
| - | ==== :?: My barcodes have too few digits when I scan them ==== | + | 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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| - | 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. | + | |
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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 required number of digits in the 'Value 1' field and save the setting back into the database. | + | 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.\\ \\ |
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| - | (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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