all of the barcode scanners I've ran across simply show up as keyboads, and insert text just as if you typed it out. no need for drivers at all.
I would wager that the bluetooth models also attach as a keyboard. On 2008 Jun 23 (Mon) at 17:12:54 -0700 (-0700), Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > > Dear Jacob, > > That is very interesting question. I was always wondering myself if > it is possible to use those bar code scanners with OpenBSD. > > Anyhow, this is what I found. > > Obviously bar code scanners work completely differently than > Image scanners which are supported by sane-backends > > http://www.sane-project.org/old-archive/2001-06/0111.html > > The second thing I found is that they are not very hard for hacking > as they are essentially simple SCSI device. Somebody started project > in 2000 > http://sourceforge.net/projects/uscan/ > > but never finished. It looks like people have been sued over those > drivers as it looks to me that those scanners are very lucrative > proprietary market. > > Finally, it looks that might be a very simple hardware solution for you > > http://www.readerware.com/rwbarcodespec.html > > Look at on the bottom of the page. There is bunch of scanners that > should just work with OpenBSD. How? It looks to me that when you scan > the bar code this bar code gets memorized by the device and you can > mount device memory as SCSI drive or download via the network. > > Sort of like USB memory stick or Digital camera. > I have not looked things very carefully so I might be very wrong. > I am really curious if you really get those things to work with Open. > > Please keep me posted. > > Most Kind Regards, > Predrag > >> does anyone on list know if wireless (e.g. bluetooth) barcode scanners >> can or do work with openbsd? couldn't find much information about it >> after searching. >> >> the application is inventory tracking, etc, where several users would >> concurrently scan and have barcodes register with a single machine. if >> the devices simply spit out the barcodes over bluetooth, i expect >> there is a way to achieve this. >> >> cheers, >> jake > -- While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.
