[Scottish] Suggestions/help with barcode scanner

[Graeme Boyd]

Hi,

Is this of any help?

http://www.globalscan.com/symbol%20ls2000.htm

It says you need a decoder to use it.  I installed Symbol scanners on a 
retail contract in 1998 and they plugged into an ISA decoder card 
inside the till.

Maybe you can pick up the decoder on eBay?

Graeme

On 19 Mar 2004, at 10:18, Ben Thorp wrote:

>
>
>
>
> OK - I got burned by an eBay purchase - it had to happen sometime.
>
> I picked up a Symbol LS2000 barcode scanner, which comes (for some 
> unknown
> reason) with a 25 pin male serial plug on the end of the lead 
> (although it
> only has 9 pins in it). I thought I would be OK just getting an 
> adaptor to
> change it to a 9-pin female, and then plugging into a standard serial 
> port,
> but that does not seem to be working.
>
> I am looking, therefore, for the following:
>
> 1. Somebody with some experience who can either get it working, or 
> would
> like a new toy
> 2. A PS/2 barcode scanner (preferred, but serial might do) that works 
> under
> Linux, that somebody would like to either sell, or lend to me for 6 
> months
> while I finish the project involved.
>
> Otherwise I'm heading back to eBay to try again :(
>
> Ben Thorp
>
>
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