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Plessey is a continuous, arbitrary length barcode symbology for encoding hexadecimal data.
Also known as: Anker Code.
Variants:
- MSI Modified Plessey is a variant of the Plessey (UK) barcode developed by the MSI Data Corporation.
- The data can contain any of the following:
- Numbers
0-9
- Capital letters
A-F
- Numbers
- Two mandatory check characters implementing a CRC check are automatically included.
- The includecheckintext option makes the calculated check characters appear in the human readable text.
- The unidirectional option generates a unidirectional Plessey symbol.
Equivalent symbols, the latter displaying the two mandatory check characters:
Data: 01234ABCD
Options: includetext
Encoder: plessey
Data: 01234ABCD
Options: includetext includecheckintext
Encoder: plessey
A unidirectional symbol:
Data: 01234ABCD
Options: unidirectional
Encoder: plessey