Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:11:35 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: martijn@hikids.myweb.nl Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: barcode/magnetic card readers Message-ID: <15160.38935.303066.55502@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <m15ErXO-000uWwC@mint.nl.gxn.net> References: <m15ErXO-000uWwC@mint.nl.gxn.net>
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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. <mike > In reply to Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> on Tue Jun 26 13:54:41 2001: > > > Martijn van der Jagt <martijn@hikids.myweb.nl> 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. > > > > <mike > > > > > -----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 > > > -- > > > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> 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 <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > > > > > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> 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
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