[colug-432] Bar Codes

[Rick Hornsby]

The barcode readers we bought and used several years back didn't care about the OS.  You programmed the behavior using barcodes in the manual, plugged into the keyboard port and simply emulated keystrokes.  Surprisingly simple.  Would guess that modern models would do the same, just emulate a USB keyboard.

I believe the brand we used was WASP. And, we used them against a webapp by programming the reader to terminate the read and send the enter key - effectively submitting the form we built.

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On Sep 16, 2011, at 13:40, Peter Kukla <fruviad at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Why not just call Home Depot and ask them?
> 
> On a related topic...does anyone have any recommendations for cheap, Linux-friendly barcode scanners?
> 
> -peter
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 9/16/11, Thomas W. cranston <cranston.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Thomas W. cranston <cranston.thomas at gmail.com>
> Subject: [colug-432] Bar Codes
> To: "Central OH Linux User Group - 432xx" <colug-432 at colug.net>
> Date: Friday, September 16, 2011, 2:18 PM
> 
> Hi
> 
> A little off subject
> 
> I am trying to identify where something comes from by the 12 digits 
> associated with a bar code.
> 
> Home Depot sells 1 x yellow pine, but not int the lengths I want. I want 
> to find out who mills the lumber. Each piece has a bit of plastic with a 
> bar code stapled to it. In this case the numbers associated w/the bar 
> code are 0 99167 21015 5. There is no company name printed along with 
> the bar code.
> 
> Lumber yards where I live no longer carry what I need.
> 
> Is there anyway I can determine who the manufacturer is?
> 
> Tom
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