[TriLUG] Recommendations on HandHeld Scanners?

[Jim Wright]

I do know that ebay is a great place to find these things...I have also used
the type that acts as a keyboard input device...you can find a used one for
about 40-50 bucks...it should work the same with linux as it does for
windows....as long as the application that has focus is set to handle the
input.


On 12/6/05, Glenn Hennessee <Glenn_Hennessee at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
> jonc wrote:
> > Hello LUGites,
> >
> > I'm looking to install an inventory process in my business to handle all
> > the phones and routers that fly in and out of here. Fortunately most of
> > these things have nice bar-codes on them with their serial numbers (and
> > MAC addresses), so I figure a bar-code reader will help me out.
> >
> > Anyone using anything particularly nice? Hopefully integrated with
> > Linux. Hopefully handheld.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> We have used some barcode scanners here. Unfortunately all we have used
> are the ones that connect in through the keyboard port. With those you
> just shoot the barcode when the application is expecting it and it
> routes through the keyboard interface, no coding at all. The handheld
> scanners I have looked at connected to the computer via the serial port
> of the computer. That was several years ago so they may have usb
> versions now.
> glenn
>
>
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