Back Office: Scale Barcode Addon Settings
Sign
into the Back Office and select a Store.
On the left-side Navigation Panel, click Settings.
The Settings page appears.

Under
Addons click Scale Barcode. The Scale Barcode screen
appears.

The
Scale Barcode screen contains a table with columns for Name,
Prefix/Variable Type, PLU Code, Price Details, and Weight
Details. Also, there are actions for Edit (Pencil) and Delete
(Trash Can).

Click +
New Scale Barcode to create a new barcode. The New Scale Barcode
pane appears. Also, you can click the corresponding Edit (Pencil)
of an existing barcode and the Update Scale Barcode pane appears.
Variable Type Name – (Mandatory) Enter the Name,
which cannot exceed 25 characters.
Prefix/Variable Type – (Mandatory) Enter Type, which can only be a 2-digit value (00
to 99).
For the PLU Code,
only numeric values can be entered. It can’t exceed 50 digits. It will be
configured to be read as a menu item barcode.
PLU Start
Position – Enter the starting
position, or use ▲/▼ to change the value.
PLU No. of Digits – Enter
the number of digits, or use ▲ or ▼ to change the value.

Set Scale By – Set the Scale By Price (Default) or Weight.
The scale will be set based on the selection.
Price
– Enter
the Price Start Position and Price No. of Digits. Numeric values
only.

Weight – Enter the Weight Start Position and Weight
No. of Digits. Numeric values only.

Click
Save or Update at the bottom-right to save updates to the
barcode. For a newly created barcode, it will be added to the POS and appear in
the Scale Barcode table. You must fill in all mandatory fields before
being able to save.
Click X Close at the top-right (or Cancel
at the bottom-left) to close the pane without saving updates and return to the
main Scale Barcode screen.
Example of Scale Barcode Settings

Note: The above barcode was generated by a scale with Barcode printing capabilities, not by Linga.
How to extract information from a 12 digits barcode for programming in Linga
- Variable Type Name: Weighted Item
- Name of the barcode type.
- Prefix: 2
- The leading digit 2 identifies the barcode as a weight-based item in North America. (Highlighted in green)
- PLU Starting Position: 2
- The PLU for this item is 00129. It starts at position 2 in the barcode. (Highlighted in yellow)
- PLU Number of Digits: 5
- The PLU contains 5 digits (00129), so the configured value is 5.
- Set Scale by Price
- Price Starting Position: 7
- The price starts at position 7 in this barcode format. The item's price is $23.63. (Highlighted in blue)
- Price Number of Digits: 5
- This barcode format allows up to 5 digits for the price, meaning the value entered is 5.
- Check Digit
- The last digit in the barcode is a check digit, used for error detection. This digit is automatically calculated using the Modulus-10 algorithm and is not manually configured. It is not highlighted in the barcode. We will not be using the check digit for our setting shown above
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