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 serial. Assuming suitable software, serial may actually be simpler for the scenario jy-p suggested... >>> the application is inventory tracking, etc, where several users would >>> concurrently scan and have barcodes register with a single machine. If it's keyboard (bthid), there was a post on misc@ fairly recently with details about making a bluetooth keyboard work, it may be useful.
