We have recently installed scanners for data collection and are having problems with the bar code reader picking up the work order number correctly. We have tried many settings and still does not resolve the problem. Employee numbers and sequences are read just fine. Help!

The major problem is when the scanner tries to read the prefix and then goes to next field for the suffix. It only gets the number correct about 50% of the time or doesn't read the suffix at all.

Did you ever get this probelm resolved?  
 
I am now confronted with the same problem.  When the bar code is read from the traveler, it fills in the left area of the work order number field on the DC screen and pauses in the right area.
 
The strange thing here is that it was previously working, right out of the box.  I have tried resetting the bar code reader to factory defaults as well as the recommendation to change the bar code form width in DBA.  It feels like I have tried everything, but I'm thinking that there is a simple solution.  Do you know of any?  Any help is appreciated!
 
-Dave

Thanks Lynn, that worked great!
 
I set the "Data Transmission Timing" from the factory default of "none" to "short medium" and the bar code scan for the work order number completes correctly.
 
Thanks again,
-Dave

It is a scanner setting.