as far as i know and with barcode scanners i have worked with, it acts as a keyboard. can either be plug thru PS/2, IBM socket (not sure if thats the correct name) or USB. data sent are all text like keyboards data are sent the only difference is, keyboards send keys or by character while in barcode it is sent by batch or the whole word.
i don't know though about biometrics scanners, haven't worked with one. cheers, John On 5/17/07, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't know if it's the rule, but all the barcode scanners I've seen just hijack the PS/2 keyboard cable and so they send the codes as if you've typed them on the keyboard, albeit a lot faster. This thread has also got me thinking I should just use this approach instead of biometric (is that the right term) scanners. Mhac Janapin wrote: > LOL! Thanks Doc. > We are not that big company; just about less than 100. I'm thinking of > just buying a barcode scanner as Ariz suggested. Then I'll just print > barcodes into stickers and stick them in their IDs. > > Now on to research as to supported barcode scanners out there that > will work with my PC. :-) _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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