Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 21:15:35 -0500 From: "Mikhail Evstiounin" <evstiounin@adelphia.net> To: "Troy Settle" <troy@picus.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Bar Code Scanning Message-ID: <006b01bf6ac7$e572b7c0$b6353018@evstiouninadelphia.net.pit.adelphia.net>
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Most of handheld scanners have a serial interface - it' pretty easy to connect a scanner to serial port and read value from port. I wrote a simple C program to read for one of them about 6 years ago. Scanner returns a numeric string - you have to convert it to a number. Scanner I worked with was able to read codes in 17 different standards, but it was transparent for me. -----Original Message----- From: Troy Settle <troy@picus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Date: Saturday, January 29, 2000 2:15 PM Subject: RE: Bar Code Scanning > >Get a scanner that plugs inline with the keyboard. The scanner then sends >text to the keyboard buffer. FreeBSD won't give a hoot that it's scanned or >typed. > >-Troy > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ken >> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 14:12 >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Bar Code Scanning >> >> >> Greets: >> >> Anybody know of any bar code scanning packages for FBSD? >> >> Thanks--kg >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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