Tool to generate/decode PLANET barcodes. PLANET (Postal Numeric Encoding Technique) is a barcode type used in the USA, especially by UPS for mail routing.
Barcode PLANET - dCode
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Barcode PLANET
Barcode PLANET Generator
Barcode PLANET Reader/Decoder
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is the barcode PLANET?
planetHow to encrypt using Barcode PLANET cipher?
The PLANET Barcode format makes it possible to code only digits characters (0-9), in principle numbers with 12 or 14 digits. It contains 4 parts: the type of mail, a sender code, some tracking / marketing codes, a control character.
Each digit is coded in 5 bits, represented by short (= 0) or long (= 1) bars. The PLANET correspondence table is:
| 0 | 00111 | 1 | 11100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 11010 | 3 | 11001 |
| 4 | 10110 | 5 | 10101 |
| 6 | 10011 | 7 | 01110 |
| 8 | 01101 | 9 | 01011 |
The last digit is a check digit.
A PLANET barcode completely coded begins and ends with a bit 1 (represented with a long bar), it also includes a check digit before the final 1.
How to decrypt Barcode PLANET cipher?
How to calculate the checksum characters?
The PLANET code uses a checksum such that the sum of all digits is a multiple of 10. To this end, an additional digit $ X $ completes the barcode.
To calculate it, add all the digits of the barcode and keep the digit of units $ N $. The checksum is $ X = (10 - N) \mod 10 $.
Example: The number 987 has for sum of digits $ 9 + 8 + 7 = 24 $, the unit digit is $ 4 $. The checksum is $ X = 10 - 4 \mod 10 \equiv 6 $.
How to recognize PLANET Barcode?
The PLANET barcode has a graphic form based on long and short vertical bars/lines.
The PLANET barcode begins and ends with a long pipe/bar.
Each character is coded by a group of 5 bits composed of 3 long bars and 2 short bars.
The PLANET barcode has a variable length but most often 12 or 14 characters.
A PLANET barcode has a binary length equal to 2 modulo 5 (its unit digit is 2 or 7) because all the other characters are on 5 bits and 2 bits 1 are added at the beginning and at the end.
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