From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 26 7:11:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-27-141-144.mmcable.com [24.27.141.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9514F37B405 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 07:11:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 56454 invoked by uid 100); 26 Jun 2001 14:11:35 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15160.38935.303066.55502@guru.mired.org> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:11:35 -0500 To: martijn@hikids.myweb.nl Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: barcode/magnetic card readers In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG martijn@hikids.myweb.nl types: > You're right. ;) Any scanner that goes in the keyboard interface should work. As long as you have an application that reads out the port to collect the data. You can try it with any text editor. > > I don't know the cue:cat: though. I only have experience with the Metrologic scanners. (and a bit PSC). The :Cue:Cat was being given away at RadioShack, among other places. It encodes the bar code, type information and scanner id in the output. It's actually designed to scan :C bar codes in advertisements and then redirect the users browser to the advertisers site through the cuecat site. It requires an application to decode the bar code on FreeBSD. In reply to Mike Meyer on Tue Jun 26 13:54:41 2001: > > > Martijn van der Jagt types: > > > You might try a scanner with a keyboardwedge interface. > > > I think those should just work. > > > > I think the Cue:Cat: fits that category. It plugs into the keyboard > > socket on the machine, with a passthrough for the keyboard to plug > > into. The cuecat port provides an interface to that that decodes the > > output into UPC codes of various kinds. > > > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > Van: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]Namens Mike Meyer > > > Verzonden: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:48 PM > > > Aan: midiostri@in.gr > > > CC: questions@freebsd.org > > > Onderwerp: Re: barcode/magnetic card readers > > > > > > > > > midiostri@in.gr types: > > > > Does anybody have to suggest any barcode/magnetic card readers that work = > > > > fine with FreeBSD? > > > > > > The Cue:Cat: wand scanner works fine with the cuecat port. > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more > > > information. > > > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > > > > > -- Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message