Sounds like a fun little project... what programming language were you
thinking of using for interfacing with the Symbol scanner?
I'm guessing you don't care about web security as this sounds like it's a
local application so you'll be able to create a socket connection to a
program listening on socket service running on the local pc. I believe if
you run the swf locally, execute it from file:c/// or http://localhost,
you'll be able to connect to a local service without further client side
configuration.
There are actually a few ways to do this.
1. Binary Sockets
2. XML Sockets
3. A local RTMP service.
4. AMF polling
Option 3 is by far the best and for that there a few options for you.
1. Red5 - Java
2. WebORB - .NET
3. FDS Express - Java
You could also technically use an AMF solution and polling but you'd
definately lose points on the "coolness" factor. I'd want the bi-di
communication that RTMP offers for interfacing with a device. My gut tells
me that it would be easier to program against an RTMP service than to use
AMF and polling. (You won't have to manage a stack in the service code.)
You're probably locked into using symbol scanners... but I remembered Renaun
did some really kewl stuff with a webcam barcode reader you may also want to
have a peak @... as a kewl alternative...
http://renaun.com/blog/?p=33
On 5/29/07, amigo_fd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello, any ideas on how to communicate with the built in barcode
scanner on a device like the Symbol MC50 ?
I know the scanner returns just text, so that's ok, but how to
start/stop the scanning ?
best regards,
Frank
