Re: Bar Code scanner - [PLUG] alert

[Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>]

Simon Coates wrote:

> I want something that doesn't require a trigger - ideally something > that can
> be mounted into a wall and will register an item by just waving the > barcode
> infront of the scanner.

The ones we've been buying at work recently ... one of the basic end of Symbol models, circa =A3100 a throw, come with a stand which has a magnet <= BR> in it... when the head of the scanner detects the magnet, the beam is
on, otherwise it operates on the trigger.

>from programming which allows trigger only or constant read modes....
obviously in a constant read 24/7 you're going to burn out the laser a
lot faster..... so if you find a cheap one, you may want to buy a couple at the time, because when the first one dies, and you can't find one
that does the same & fits in the same space, scans the same way etc, etc, you'll be annoyed... :D

> Also, the scanner would be approx 10m (cable length) away from my
> server in
> Node 0 - I wonder if that distance is too much?

The ones we use are PS2 or USB based...... USB would do that with a
couple of repeater cables, PS2 not sure about max length.

--
Doogie

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