From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 30 8:11: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from abby.skypoint.net (abby.skypoint.net [199.86.32.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E79B14CD2 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 08:11:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rpj@fep.hirshfields.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by abby.skypoint.net (8.8.7/jl 1.3) with UUCP id KAA05715 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:10:39 -0600 (CST) Received: (from rpj@localhost) by fep.hirshfields.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA09955 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 09:55:45 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from rpj) From: "Roger P. Johnson" Message-Id: <199903301555.JAA09955@fep.hirshfields.com> Subject: Re: generating barcode, and general barcode issues In-Reply-To: from Rick Hamell at "Mar 29, 99 06:55:23 pm" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 09:55:45 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. We use Symbol LS-9100 scanners with our POS program running on FreeBSD. This is a nice, "alert" scanner. I love it. But, in our situation, the scanner config that we use, the scanner sits between the keyboard and and a dumb terminal out on the sales counters. You can program the LS-9100 till the cows come home. It's a pretty flexiable scanner for a lot of diffrent environments. It is approx. $600.00 which includes a $60.00 Wyse60 serial cable interface. So if you don't need the serial cable, you should be able to get it for less. We've used 2 different Metrologic scanners before, and both were junk for depending on them. I'd recommend using Symbol scanners. Hope this helps. Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message