[Wlug] Seeking help with a USB barcode scanner

[Andy Stewart]

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HI everybody,

Does anybody in the group have any experience using a USB barcode
scanner with Linux?  Its tough to google for "barcode scanner" since
each term brings up its own set of things which aren't what I seek.

In particular, I have been loaned a USB barcode scanner which is made by
PSC, Inc. with model number QS2500.  When I plug it into my laptop, the
USB vendor and device IDs are 04B4:0101.  I looked this up on the Linux
USB devices website and it has multiple references (mostly to USB
keyboards).

I think this device is being handled as a USB HID device, but I'm not
certain.

I'm wondering if Linux has any software that would read the value from a
barcode scanner and do something with it.  If I knew which device file
was used, maybe I could "cat <devfile>" and see some output when I
scanned a barcode.

Note that there are several examples of software for printing barcodes,
but that's not what I need (at least not yet).

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Andy

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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org)
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393)
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