From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 29 18:58:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5BC214F64 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:58:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: from bb-b1-11a (ppp74.pm3-0.pdx.dsinw.com [207.149.41.74]) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA20569; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:56:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:55:23 -0800 () From: Rick Hamell To: David Kelly Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: generating barcode, and general barcode issues In-Reply-To: <199903300033.SAA37316@nospam.hiwaay.net> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: hamellr@dsinw.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Any advice as to guns/wands for reading barcode? Some have an async > serial interface, some plug in between the keyboard and computer. > Expect my choice of barcode format will largely be driven by the > selection of barcode reader. I'm getting ready to do the same thing myself. The company I work for is currently using printers called 'Barcode Blazer,' (I can't find a manufacturer name but they are a very common printer.) As for wands I personally prefer those that are serial in nature, they seem to be more robust and easier to interface with. You want to find one that can be programmed with barcodes itself, this will allow you to set buad rate, stop bits, parity, etc, and most importantly the number of numbers in the barcode itself (6&10 or 8&12.) Most everything Metrologic makes is capables of this. www.metrologic.com, they even have programming configuration guides online too. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message