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Hmm that sucks.. Some scanners, such as the one I have here are programmable by scanning in special barcodes that should be supplied with the scanner. Perhaps there is a barcode to scan in that makes it a HID? - -- Leigh Jim Klimov wrote: > Hello Leigh, > > Alas, I tried plugging this scanner directly into our Windows > terminal server (so its drivers would be installed if needed), > and it doesn't seem to work like a USB HID device nor a keyboard. > It appeared in Device manager (after a requested restart of the > server), but there is no HID-Devices branch. Also it doesn't > generate any text in, i.e., Notepad when i scan a barcode. > Seems there should be some more software to install, I'll look > into it later in the week... > > Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 6:42:03 PM, you wrote: > > LP> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > LP> Hash: SHA1 > > LP> Hiya, > > LP> I am using Symbol USB barcode scanners here with SunRays. > > LP> They are USB scanners and look like keyboards, so the barcode you scan > LP> just gets inputted the same as if it were being typed in from a keyboard. > > LP> You can configure the barcode scanner to input certain keystrokes > LP> before/after it sends the actual barcode so you could use say ^K to grab > LP> an applications attention, have the scanner send the barcode and then > LP> have the scanner send ENTER. > > LP> This is exactly what we do here, works nicely. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF0tnlZ0chUame06wRAsL4AJ42Xv7E4sNMXpSMWn5UbuCHwQJRYwCdHA3p 1Omnr2TyNfWH//4KnuXPkXE= =po6A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
