Retail Back Office: Scale Barcode Addon Settings

Retail Back Office: Scale Barcode Addon Settings


Navigation: Sign into the Back Office for your Retail Store. On the left-side Navigation Panel, click Settings. On the Settings page, under Addons click Scale Barcode.
          

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).


Create or Update Scale Barcode

  1. Click + New Scale Barcode, or under Actions click the corresponding Edit (Pencil) of an existing Barcode. The New/Update Scale Barcode pane appears.



  2. Variable Type Name – (Mandatory) Enter the Name, which cannot exceed 25 characters.

  3. Prefix/Variable Type – (Mandatory) Enter Type, which can only be a 2-digit value (00 to 99).
    1. 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 Retail Item barcode.

  4. PLU Start Position – Enter the starting position, or use ▲/▼ to change the value.

  5. PLU No. of Digits – Enter the number of digits, or use ▲/▼ to change the value.


  6. Set Scale By – Set the Scale By Price (Default) or Weight. The scale will be set based on the selection.

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


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


  7. Click Save or Update at the bottom-right, and you're returned to the Scale Barcode settings page. 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.

    1. Click X Close at the top-right (or Cancel at the bottom-left) to close the pane without creating/updating and return to the main Scale Barcode screen.

Example of Scale Barcode Settings

A screenshot of a barcode Description automatically generated            A label on a yellow package Description automatically generated

Note: The above barcode was generated by a scale with Barcode printing capabilities, not by Cloud POS.


How to Extract Information from a 12-digit Barcode for Programming

  1. Variable Type Name: Weighted Item
    1. Name of the barcode type.

  2. Prefix: 2
    1. The leading digit 2 identifies the barcode as a weight-based item in North America. (Highlighted in green)

  3. PLU Starting Position: 2
    1. The PLU for this item is 00129. It starts at position 2 in the barcode. (Highlighted in yellow)

  4. PLU Number of Digits: 5
    1. The PLU contains 5 digits (00129), so the configured value is 5.

  5. Set Scale by Price
    1. Price Starting Position: 7
      1. The price starts at position 7 in this barcode format. The item's price is $23.63. (Highlighted in blue)
    2. Price Number of Digits: 5
      1. This barcode format allows up to 5 digits for the price, meaning the value entered is 5.

  6. Check Digit
    1. 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