Price-embedded Barcode
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I have barcodes that look like this:
They are EAN-13 and have an 02, followed by 5-digit product, a checksum (the scaled decides this) and a 2-digit dollar value and 2-digit cent value.
I can get them to scan as if they were weigh-scale barcodes, and if I make the price $1 for all products it will show the correct price - because it reads the barcode value as a weight and the price is $1. Is it possible to have the program read the price instead of the weight?
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Hi Sam,
This may be doable, but we need to know some details so we understand the requirement correctly.
Can you please answer the following questions:
- What is the quantity when you add items to the sale using this barcode?
- How do you generate your barcodes?
- Where is a "checksum" digit? Is it generated / printed after product code and before the price in a barcode?
- Do you have multiple prices for a single item?
- If you do not have multiple prices for a single item, can you export prices and import them to Aronium in order to set and use correct prices?
Thanks.
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1. Because I am using the "weigh scale" barcode setting, it reads the price digits as a weight and sets that as the quantity. This is what it looks like. I have made the price $1 so that the total comes out right.
2. I generate the barcodes on a Bizerba scale. We are a butcher shop, so we have items that are sold by the pound (sausage, for instance) but also as individual items. The scale prints the price into the last 4 digits.
3. My barcodes look like this: AA BBBBB C DD EE F
A= "02" (which I understand means that this is a price-embedded barcode.)
B= Product code
C= The scale generates this number, i think it is a "product code checksum". I have just been adding it to the product code in the program since it is the same for every label printed for that product number.
D= Dollars
E= Cents
F= Barcode checksum.
4. The products have a price per pound and are always the same. The price in the barcode is calculated according to the weight.
5. If I could get the machine to print the weight instead of the price then I could, and would just import them and be good to go! I was told by our tech that it can only print the price in the barcode, not the weight.
Here is the whole label with all of the relevant information.
I've been trying out Unicenta as well, and it is working. I enter the product number, the price per pound. Then, it reads in the price and calculates the weight/quantity using the price.
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Hi Sam,
Thanks for the details and explanation.
If we create new plugin (similar to current weighing scale barcode), I need to ask how would you enter the quantity being sold?
The only thing I see in this situation is that you manually enter quantity before barcode is scanned, so you have everything in place (quantity and price) and your stock gets updated correctly.
Can you please tell me would this work for you?
Thanks.
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Hi Sam,
We will add this feature, thanks for clarifying everything.
We have created a support ticket on behalf of you, please check your email and follow the discussion there, just to discuss special case you have (products price) and to confirm everything will work as expected.
We'll notify the community here once this feature is released.
Thanks, Aronium team.
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