Excuse my ignorance on the subject, but do I need to use a 'keyboard wedge' scanner or can I just connect one to a serial (or USB) port and somehow expect it to work with Koha - with the help of some software I assume, if so which one. I will appreciate any hints on how to get the scanner working. I haven't bought one yet, but want to make sure I will get the right one :-) PS. I intend to use Code39 and a 7-digit book number with a checksum (an excel spreadsheet with a formula was recently posted on this list) PPS. Eagerly awaiting Koha 2.0 Thanks tomasz kotula
Okay.. the easy solution is to use two computers.. one client, one server. server has linux and koha.. client has win98. Use the accessability control panel.. and enable serial keys. the hard solution is try to get linux to accept serial ports as keyboards. the easy solution for a linux system is indeed a keyboard wedge. 14/05/03 20:02:10, "T & J Kotula" <tjkotula@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
Excuse my ignorance on the subject, but do I need to use a 'keyboard wedge' scanner or can I just connect one to a serial (or USB) port and somehow expect it to work with Koha - with the help of some software I assume, if so which one. I will appreciate any hints on how to get the scanner working.
I haven't bought one yet, but want to make sure I will get the right one :-)
PS. I intend to use Code39 and a 7-digit book number with a checksum (an excel spreadsheet with a formula was recently posted on this list) PPS. Eagerly awaiting Koha 2.0
Thanks
tomasz kotula
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Waylon Robertson wrote:
Okay.. the easy solution is to use two computers.. one client, one server. server has linux and koha.. client has win98. Use the accessability control panel.. and enable serial keys. the hard solution is try to get linux to accept serial ports as keyboards.
the easy solution for a linux system is indeed a keyboard wedge.
Yep. I just want to add some explanations : a barcode on keyboard wedge has the following "feature" : all what is scanned with the barcode is sent to the computer EXACTLY as if it was entered on keyboard. Thus, you don't need any driver, and it works on any platform/OS : just connect the barcode, and that's all : no CDROM to install, no parameter to set : very, very nice feature indeed. It's only weakness is that the "keyboard rate" is quite slow. So, when you want to scan barcode in an industrial structure (500 barcodes a minut), you need a faster interface (USB for example). But for a library, who cares :-) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)
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