[Sussex] Symbol SDT-1050

[Jon Fautley]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Steve Dobson wrote:

> Geoff
>
>
> > From: Geoff Teale
> > Steve wrote:
> > ============
> > > This might (only might) help.
> > >
> > > I know that Symbol make barcode scanners or various form fit
> > > and function.
> >
> > Yup, can confirm that Symbol make barcode scanning kit.  (Rentokil)
> > Initial Freight Forwarding used to use handheld bar code scanners
> > that I had to interface with.
> >
> > I've not seen this exact model but most of are based on the
> > old Psion 1 and 2 technology and can be communicated to (simply)
> > with the protocols that those early Psion's used.  I have _no_
> > idea if there is any LINUX support but we used to link these things
> > to SCO UnixWare to feed warehouse systems.
>
> Just had a thought (brain needs oiling).
>
> Some of the Symbol kit that are used by our customers are simple
> telnet clients the communicate (via RF and a base-station) to a
> UNIX host.
>
> Jon, you might like to try connecting your Symbol to your computer
> via the modem.  It may then work like a telnet session, but the
> message you posted suggest that maybe some kind of remote data
> entry terminal.

I don't get anything with the RS232 interface, but that could be down to
bad settings (baud etc). When I dial in with a modem, i get a carrier at a
whopping 1200bps without error correction, and it just sends 22- 22- over
and over before dropping carrier.

Anyone seen this before?

J