John,
Not knowing your exact barcode scanner is a real hindrance.
One good piece of information you forgot to provide was what exactly you were
interfacing to.
USB barcode scanner is too generic, you need read
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
That being said the VID is from Honeyw
On 24.04.2016 14:34, John Thornton wrote:
> I've established communications with it and added a udev rule and added
> myself to the scanner group so I could talk to the scanner. And the
> results so far are:
A long way to go...
> On 4/24/2016 6:06 AM, Dietmar Schwertberger wrote:
>> button and the
In this case it is a hand scanner to test the code with as the second
project is an operator will scan a bar code and auto load the G code
file into the CNC software.
I've established communications with it and added a udev rule and added
myself to the scanner group so I could talk to the scann
On 24.04.2016 13:00, John Thornton wrote:
> The basic process is a part with a data sheet comes down the conveyor
> and when the part is in position the data sheet is scanned. The info
> from the data sheet is used by the controlling program to select the
> correct part program and other things.
Bu
The basic process is a part with a data sheet comes down the conveyor
and when the part is in position the data sheet is scanned. The info
from the data sheet is used by the controlling program to select the
correct part program and other things.
JT
On 4/23/2016 10:38 AM, Tom Sanders wrote:
>
The problem with that is I have to scan a G code file name into LinuxCNC
without any operator. So it has to be automatic.
JT
On 4/23/2016 10:38 AM, Tom Sanders wrote:
> Most barcode scanners work like keyboards: they simulate keypresses.
> IMO using pyusb is propably overkill. I would go for the