Sounds like a fun little project... what programming language were you thinking of using for interfacing with the Symbol scanner?
I'm guessing you don't care about web security as this sounds like it's a local application so you'll be able to create a socket connection to a program listening on socket service running on the local pc. I believe if you run the swf locally, execute it from file:c/// or http://localhost, you'll be able to connect to a local service without further client side configuration. There are actually a few ways to do this. 1. Binary Sockets 2. XML Sockets 3. A local RTMP service. 4. AMF polling Option 3 is by far the best and for that there a few options for you. 1. Red5 - Java 2. WebORB - .NET 3. FDS Express - Java You could also technically use an AMF solution and polling but you'd definately lose points on the "coolness" factor. I'd want the bi-di communication that RTMP offers for interfacing with a device. My gut tells me that it would be easier to program against an RTMP service than to use AMF and polling. (You won't have to manage a stack in the service code.) You're probably locked into using symbol scanners... but I remembered Renaun did some really kewl stuff with a webcam barcode reader you may also want to have a peak @... as a kewl alternative... http://renaun.com/blog/?p=33 On 5/29/07, amigo_fd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello, any ideas on how to communicate with the built in barcode scanner on a device like the Symbol MC50 ? I know the scanner returns just text, so that's ok, but how to start/stop the scanning ? best regards, Frank
