Hi, 2008/7/31 Ekkehard Morgenstern <ekkehard at ekkehardmorgenstern.de>: > > Hi Dan, > >> I'm working on getting a RS232 scanner working on Linux. I see that >> Sane has some support for serial port scanners but not much. The >> scanner is attached to a POS system for retail sales and runs RHEL5. > > The scanner's OS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux? > > How big is the machine? What type of scanner is it? What types of objects > does it scan?
Thanks for replying. The machine is a POS terminal which scans lottery-type tickets. It has a keyboard device, screen and printer too. The tickets to be scanned are about 5cm (2in) wide by about 20cm (5in) long. Overall, the terminal is about the size of a standard PC box. >> Unfortunately, I have no documentation for the scanner, I'm not even >> sure of the brand. There's a logo on the front which is 'G' followed >> by a globe symbol, followed by 'T' so it could be 'GOT' or 'GT'. There >> does not appear to be a model number although there is an >> identification place which is written in Chinese. > > So, it's an industrial scanner? ;-) Depends what you mean by industrial. It's rated for lots of scans in a retail environment. I've had some luck finding the manufacturer. Unfortunately, the website is all in Chinese. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.got.cn/news/xinwen-g-16.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcp86%2Bgot%2Bsite:.cn%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26as_qdr%3Dall It's the CP86 terminal. > It might be a custom piece of hardware or a low volume product (manufactured > in small numbers). > > You might want to find out who sold the machine and if there's any proof of > purchase that might contain additional information. Perhaps you might have > to contact the company that sold the machine. Yep, that's the point I've reached, I'm contacting the manufactures for more information. > Without the manual, it might be difficult to figure out what the > machine is doing. > > If you can figure out the name of the manufacturer or its reseller, you > might want to contact them for detailed information. Perhaps the scanner > came with a manual that the customer still has lying around somewhere. > Invoices and other documents might also contain information. The best > solution might be to talk to the customer. Now that I've figured out the manufacture, I can go to them for more information. Thanks for your help (and also to everyone else who's helped). Thanks, Dan