Re: barcode readers and am-labels
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:45 am, Deb Baddorf wrote: > Hi all -- > I have a barcode reader with my tape robot. I've tested the robot > and got it playing nicely with amanda; nut I haven't yet told her that > it can do barcodes. > In what fashion does amanda make use of the bar codes, assuming > I tell her that I have a reader (havereader = 1)? > > Does amanda use them while finding tapes, or just report them to me > for my visual usage? AFAIK, the amtape will use the file changer-barcodes to find a tape. I am not 100% sure of that because I wrote my own changer. > Does the barcode label need to match the amlabel string? No. > (it is kind of long for barcoding) > Or is the barcode just *associated* with the amlabel > (in the mentioned barcode database)? > > i.e. is UX0001 associated with MyTapeStringDaily-034 > by the barcode database > or does it have to actually *say* MyTapeStringDaily-034 > on the barcode? When amlabel writes a label it add it and the barcode to the file changer-barcodes. If there is no barcode available the then barcode is a recorded as -1. -- Stephen Carville -- Right wing socialists hate privacy as much as the left wing socialists hate guns.
Re: barcode readers and am-labels
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:45:02PM -0500, Deb Baddorf wrote: > Hi all -- > I have a barcode reader with my tape robot. I've tested the robot > and got it playing nicely with amanda; nut I haven't yet told her that > it can do barcodes. > In what fashion does amanda make use of the bar codes, assuming > I tell her that I have a reader (havereader = 1)? > > Does amanda use them while finding tapes, or just report them to me > for my visual usage? > Does the barcode label need to match the amlabel string? > (it is kind of long for barcoding) > Or is the barcode just *associated* with the amlabel > (in the mentioned barcode database)? > > i.e. is UX0001 associated with MyTapeStringDaily-034 > by the barcode database > or does it have to actually *say* MyTapeStringDaily-034 > on the barcode? Take this with a big dose of uncertainty. I don't have a barcode reader. But I'm sure someone will correct me if wrong. I think the database is only the tapes currently in the changer. This is so that the changer can do random access to the tapes and verify their identity without reading the header. Further, I think the barcode is just something that amanda reads, not sets, and is just a ?number? unassociated with amanda labels. Maybe assigned by the tape manufacturer? -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
barcode readers and am-labels
Hi all -- I have a barcode reader with my tape robot. I've tested the robot and got it playing nicely with amanda; nut I haven't yet told her that it can do barcodes. In what fashion does amanda make use of the bar codes, assuming I tell her that I have a reader (havereader = 1)? Does amanda use them while finding tapes, or just report them to me for my visual usage? Does the barcode label need to match the amlabel string? (it is kind of long for barcoding) Or is the barcode just *associated* with the amlabel (in the mentioned barcode database)? i.e. is UX0001 associated with MyTapeStringDaily-034 by the barcode database or does it have to actually *say* MyTapeStringDaily-034 on the barcode? Deb Baddorf Fermilab, Beams Division --- Deb Baddorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] 840-2289 "Nobody told me that living happily ever after would be such hard work ..." S. White<
