Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:45:47 -0700 From: Ken <webweaver@rmci.net> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>, Troy Settle <troy@picus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bar Code Scanning Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000129134504.00b6ecb0@mail.rmci.net> In-Reply-To: <38934561.B5237AD4@3-cities.com> References: <NDBBLOMCGLFPEPCPJEKKIEBOCAAA.troy@picus.com>
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At 11:54 AM 1/29/2000 -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: >Troy Settle wrote: > > > > 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. > >This is definitely the easy way. However, these bar code scanners are >mostly toy versions of the real thing. My definition of a real thing >is a scanner that can read each bar code on the blades of a running >fan. That works out to be about 90 good scans a second. The toys are >the simple wands, which can force re-reads because of more frequent >bad reads. They all have problems with attitude of the scanner to the >bar code because of reflections. > >The ones I have used and programmed around were usually associated >with the serial port, use lasers, have a button or trigger to start >the scan, and read without touching the bar code like most of the A bit more detail; what I'd like to be able to do is setup a scanner w/FBSD that udates inventory in a MySQL database. I'm not a C/C+ coder, but am familiar with Perl. Thanks Bunches-- Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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