[dundee] Barcode readers and so on...

[Robert Ladyman]

Thanks. Looks like it will be simpler than I anticipated*. 

*Note that is usually a guarantee that things will go horribly wrong.


> I have just bought a bluetooth barcode reade that actis like a samsung
> keybord with a little app that i wrote
> works wonders compard to a full laptop set up (generally handheld one are
> rs232 or sirial over usb some have convertes that are to ps2)
> i also discovered this
> http://zint.github.io/
> to generate barcodes
> 
> On 25 October 2013 12:15, Owen Bowers Adams <owen at obowersa.net> wrote:
> > No problem,
> >
> > Just dug out the details of what I'd used previously. The equivalent
> > version they sell now is the Touch 65 Lite USB .
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Robert Ladyman <it at file-
away.co.uk>wrote:
> >> A customer wants to barcode their products (both print and read) with
> >> interfacing to a linux box running python - the more it mimics the
> >> keyboard,
> >> the better. Thanks for the datalogic hint.
> >>
> >> > I've always had good luck with datalogic's stuff.
> >> >
> >> > Most of the ones I've played with have just been glorified keyboard
> >>
> >> mimics.
> >>
> >> > What's the project for ? If it's more of a prototype then something
> >> > like this might suit: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1202
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk>
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >> > > Anyone on the list have experience with barcode readers and Linux?
> >> > > Any driver
> >> > > issues or are most of them just USB 'keyboard' mimics? Any
> >> > > recommended brands?
> >> > >
> >> > > RJL
> >>
> 

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