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WaDaCo GS1 Setup - Zebra Handhelds

  • 16 March 2023
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mfrejik
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Hi,

Can anyone help me with setting up GS1 barcodes in WaDaCo?

 

We want to start using GS1 barcodes, I entered the prefix in the WaDaCo configuration. However, when we scan the barcode, it appears to be entering that prefix into the desired scanned data.

 

What did I miss? Is there any documentation on how to do this?

Thanks,

Mike

 

 

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Hi @mfrejik 

the field “GS1 Application Identifier” doesn’t expect the prefix of the barcode.

You want to scan it and not type the value in the field.

This field is for multi data barcode.For scanning you don’t need it. 

But you can type it as a default value if you wish.

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Hi @mfrejik 

First of all, if you want to use GS1 solution in wadaco you need to move up one of the GS1 barcode data items to before the item you want to fetch from the barcode and turn off its Use Fixed Value setting so it can be scanned.

Then you need to make sure the item(s) you want to get from the barcode have been setup to have Use Automatic Values set as Fixed and correct GS1 Application Identifier. This is necessary to setup the code to parse the barcode string to find your GS1 elements inside it.

 

This is also mentioned in the online documentation for wadaco in 2 places, plus its mentioned in the help text for GS1 Application Identifier:

GS1 barcodes:

  • The GS1 barcode data items are disabled by default. To enable the GS1 functionality the GS1_BARCODE data item must be put before the data item(s) it should identify and Use Fixed Value should be set to Never. In order to display the scanned GS1 value in the information table of the scanning client, Hide Line must be set to Never. The GS1 Application Identifier is used to decide what data is used from the GS1 barcode. For further information, refer the About Warehouse Data Collection Configuration and the Configure Data Collection document.
  • If the Barcode Validation is enabled, GS1 Application Identifiers of connected data items will be validated in all configurations, both when a barcode is entered and when the value is empty.

 

Configuration Concepts

GS1 Application Identifier

In the GS1 Application Identifier column, an AI code can be defined for the data items that should be identified when scanning a GS1 Barcode. The GS1 Barcode data item must be placed in the configuration before the data items it is used to identify. There are up to three GS1 Barcode data items available, GS1_BARCODE1, GS1_BARCODE2 and GS1_BARCODE3, depending on the process.

For example, to identify SSCC using a GS1 Barcode, change the input order of the GS1_BARCODE1 data item and put it before the SSCC data item. Then change the GS1 Application Identifier value for the SSCC data item to 00, which is the AI code for SSCC. Use Automatic Value must be set to Fixed for the SSCC data item, in order for the data to be saved automatically.

The GS1 functionality have been implemented in all processes where it is useful and can be used to identify a lot of different data items. A single GS1 barcode can identify one or several data items in a single scan operation. If a GS1 Barcode contains several data elements, make sure that the FNC1 Separator, that is separating the data elements, is correctly configured on the Data Collection Configuration/General tab.

In the default configuration, the GS1 Barcode data items are disabled and placed at the end. To enable, Use Fixed Value should be set to Never. To display the GS1 Barcode value in the information table of the scanning client, change the setting for Hide Line to Never.

GS1-128, GS1 DataMatrix, GS1 DataBar and GS1 QR barcodes are supported in Warehouse Data Collection. Stacked and composite barcodes are not currently supported.

 

See previous GS1 questions for additional information about FNC1 etc.

 

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