all of the barcode scanners I've ran across simply show up as keyboads,
and insert text just as if you typed it out. no need for drivers at all.
I would wager that the bluetooth models also attach as a keyboard.
On 2008 Jun 23 (Mon) at 17:12:54 -0700 (-0700), Predrag Punosevac wrote:
Jacob
On 2008-06-24, Peter Hessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
all of the barcode scanners I've ran across simply show up as keyboads,
and insert text just as if you typed it out. no need for drivers at all.
I would wager that the bluetooth models also attach as a keyboard.
Either keyboard or
does anyone on list know if wireless (e.g. bluetooth) barcode scanners
can or do work with openbsd? couldn't find much information about it
after searching.
the application is inventory tracking, etc, where several users would
concurrently scan and have barcodes register with a single
Quoting Jacob Yocom-Piatt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
does anyone on list know if wireless (e.g. bluetooth) barcode scanners
can or do work with openbsd? couldn't find much information about it
after searching.
the application is inventory tracking, etc, where several users would
concurrently scan and
Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote:
You know what. I just looked the sourceforge.net. more carefully.
There are actually couple of projects (libraries) which can actually
might do exactly what are you asking
You can try to compile something like
Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote:
Dear Jacob,
That is very interesting question. I was always wondering myself if
it is possible to use those bar code scanners with OpenBSD.
Anyhow, this is what I found.
Obviously bar code scanners work completely differently than
Image scanners which are supported by
Unless I am mistaken, Jake is looking for a barcode scanner. These
are typically not SCSI devices (none that I know of are, at least),
they are typically Serial, PS/2, or USB HID devices. All they do is
translate the barcode scanned into ASCII for processing by some
application. Some newer
Tim Donahue wrote:
Unless I am mistaken, Jake is looking for a barcode scanner.
No you are not. That is what I understood.
These are typically not SCSI devices (none that I know of are, at
least), they are typically Serial, PS/2, or USB HID devices.
I was reading that discussion on the SANE
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