Ultracode

Ultracode

The Ultracode symbology is a colour, 2D matrix-style barcode symbology that can encode full 256 character extended-ASCII.

Standards: AIM ISS - Ultracode.

Data and Options

• The data field can contain any extended ASCII data. The default interpretation of data by readers is in accordance with ISO/IEC 8859-1.
• When the parse option is specified, any instances of ^NNN in the data field are replaced with their equivalent ASCII value, useful for specifying unprintable characters.
• When the parsefnc option is specified, non-data function characters can be specified by escape sequences:
  • ^FNC1: FNC1
  • ^FNC3: FNC3
• The eclevel option is used to specify the error correction level:
  • eclevel=EC1 - Low
  • eclevel=EC2 - Medium (default)
  • eclevel=EC3
  • eclevel=EC4
  • eclevel=EC5 - Highest
• Deprecated: eclevel=EC0, error detection only, is accepted only with rev=1, the legacy revision.
• The sampos and samtotal options make the symbol one of a Structured Append Group of 2 to 8 symbols, which a reader reassembles into a single message. Both are required:
  • sampos is the position of the symbol in the group, from 1 to samtotal.
  • samtotal is the number of symbols in the group.
  • The optional File Number of a Structured Append Group is not supported.
  • Structured Append is not available for revision 1 symbols, with FNC1 in first position, with FNC3 or with the raw option.

Examples

A symbol with increased error correction:

Data:    Nice colours!
Options: eclevel=EC3
Encoder: ultracode