Re: [Koha] Bar code scanners

Hi all On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Max Stam wrote:

I have not yet used a scanner but as far as I've seen, they plug into the keyboard plug, and then the keyboard plug piggybacks into that.

Just to clarify, this type of scanner (I believe they're referred to as a "keyboard wedge") is probably the easiest to use with Linux systems. You can get barcode scanners that connect via serial or USB ports (I'm not sure about parallel port), and you may have to actually write a device driver for them. Safer to use the keyboard wedge type, they're just plug-and-play. Regards Richard

All the scanner does is emulate keypresses so if I understand it correctly, no software involved, the PC does not know that you used a scanner rather than the keyboard.