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title: What is meant by “BCC” in the case of Balluff RFID? How is it calculated?
description: BCC stands for Block Check Character. It is a checksum value calculated for a block of data to detect any errors that may have occurred during transmission or storage.
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# What is meant by “BCC” in the case of Balluff RFID? How is it calculated?

In Balluff RFID, BCC stands for Block Check Character. It is a checksum value calculated for a block of data to detect any errors that may have occurred during transmission or storage.

In Balluff RFID BCC calculation Syntax is

![](https://kb.innovatingautomation.asia/hubfs/image-png-Mar-31-2023-05-37-15-3275-AM.png)

by using **“XOR Logic”** we calculate BCC

Suppose example -write user data to data carrier head 1 ,starting address 50 & length of byte 5

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