diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5859406..276cbf9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.3
+2.3.0
diff --git a/src/Type/Square/Datamatrix.php b/src/Type/Square/Datamatrix.php
index 238af17..a4c88ef 100644
--- a/src/Type/Square/Datamatrix.php
+++ b/src/Type/Square/Datamatrix.php
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ class Datamatrix extends \Com\Tecnick\Barcode\Type\Square
      */
     protected bool $gsonemode = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Datamatrix default encoding (0=ASCII (default), 1=C40, 2=TXT, 3=X12, 4=EDF, 5=BASE256)
+     */
+    protected int $encoding = Data::ENC_ASCII;
+
     /**
      * Set extra (optional) parameters:
      *     1: SHAPE - S=square (default), R=rectangular
@@ -87,15 +92,14 @@ protected function setParameters(): void
         }
 
         // mode
-        if (! isset($this->params[1])) {
-            return;
+        if (isset($this->params[1]) && ($this->params[1] === 'GS1')) {
+            $this->gsonemode = true;
         }
 
-        if ($this->params[1] != 'GS1') {
-            return;
+        // encoding
+        if (isset($this->params[2]) && array_key_exists(intval($this->params[2]), Data::SWITCHCDW)) {
+            $this->encoding = intval($this->params[2]);
         }
-
-        $this->gsonemode = true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -226,14 +230,21 @@ protected function setGrid(
      */
     protected function getHighLevelEncoding(string $data): array
     {
-        // STEP A. Start in ASCII encodation.
-        $enc = Data::ENC_ASCII; // current encoding mode
+        // STEP A. Start in predefined encodation.
+        $enc = $this->encoding; // current encoding mode
         $this->dmx->last_enc = $enc; // last used encoding
         $pos = 0; // current position
         $cdw = []; // array of codewords to be returned
         $cdw_num = 0; // number of data codewords
         $data_length = strlen($data); // number of chars
         $field_length = 0; // number of chars in current field
+
+        // Switch to predefined encoding (no action needed if ASCII because it's the default encoding)
+        if ($this->encoding !== Data::ENC_ASCII) {
+            $cdw[] = $this->dmx->getSwitchEncodingCodeword($this->encoding);
+            ++$cdw_num;
+        }
+
         while ($pos < $data_length) {
             // Determine if current char is FNC1 (don't encode it, just pass it through)
             if ($this->gsonemode && ($data[$pos] == chr(232))) {
diff --git a/src/Type/Square/Datamatrix/Modes.php b/src/Type/Square/Datamatrix/Modes.php
index 5f621e5..5ffbe6d 100644
--- a/src/Type/Square/Datamatrix/Modes.php
+++ b/src/Type/Square/Datamatrix/Modes.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ protected function getMaxDataCodewords(int $numcw): int
      * @return int Switch codeword.
      * @protected
      */
-    protected function getSwitchEncodingCodeword(int $mode): int
+    public function getSwitchEncodingCodeword(int $mode): int
     {
         $cdw = Data::SWITCHCDW[$mode];
         if ($cdw != 254) {
diff --git a/test/Square/DatamatrixTest.php b/test/Square/DatamatrixTest.php
index 04d299f..bf5d258 100644
--- a/test/Square/DatamatrixTest.php
+++ b/test/Square/DatamatrixTest.php
@@ -391,7 +391,42 @@ public static function getGridDataProvider(): array
                 "\xE8" . '01034531200000111712050810ABCD1234' . "\xE8" . '4109501101020917',
                 'a29a330a01cce34a346cf7049e2259ee',
             ],
-
+            // Different encoding datamatrix
+            [
+                'DATAMATRIX,S,N,0', // ASCII
+                '01234567890',
+                'ac7dd9e1ebdb42d07fe928fb33cd307b'
+            ],
+            [
+                'DATAMATRIX,S,N,1', // C40
+                '01234567890',
+                '958a7a3bcd036d7135489eb703a25633'
+            ],
+            [
+                'DATAMATRIX,S,N,2', // TXT
+                '01234567890',
+                '057981dfbf527b029ae59d65fb55f61d'
+            ],
+            [
+                'DATAMATRIX,S,N,3', // X12
+                '01234567890',
+                '8d75b0fcfb2d0977abd95004a6ba98dd'
+            ],
+            [
+                'DATAMATRIX,S,N,4', // EDF
+                '01234567890',
+                '989eab3ca16c97e05dd2307bef32f64b'
+            ],
+            [
+                'DATAMATRIX,S,N,5', // BASE256
+                '01234567890',
+                '8b4f688a774130bc654e39dfcfadb482'
+            ],
+            [
+                'DATAMATRIX,S,GS1,1', // GS1 + C40
+                "\xE8" . '01095011010209171719050810ABCD1234' . "\xE8" . '2110',
+                'ba117111dfa40a40e1bb968c719d2eef'
+            ]
         ];
     }