#1 Request Status of Project

[Marc Thompson]

Hello,

I would like to inquire as to the status of continuing
development of the sctl system. I acquired a BC-XLT
245 manufactured within the last eighteen months. It
appears to be using a different protocol. I have the sctl
install and configured, but it won't 'talk' to the bearcat.

I ran strace and all seems well, but sctl eventually
blocks waiting for a response from my serial port. I
haven't deeply investigated this, presuming that the
code for sctl is perhaps no longer maintained.

Would appreciate confirmation of status. I haven't
written anything in 'C' since school, but now may be the
time.

Thank you for providing bc-sctl. It is the only
application available in source form, Open Source, that
will talk with my scanner on Linux (AFAIK).

Best Regards,
Marc Thompson
botazefa@yahoo.com

[Roger]

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Think I might be seeing the same thing here. I'm guessing
it's because I'm using a hardened kernel (security protocols
blocking memory writes).

I'm in the process of compiling the latest & greatest
default kernel and will report under my bug filing on this
(see bug forum).

[Marc Thompson]

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I hadn't even considered the issue of kernel/memory. Maybe
it's an SELinux thing? I've been running with Fedora since
post-Halloween 2003, which included all the SELinux hooks
(supposedly disabled).

I look forward to trying out a new build. Thank you.

[Roger]

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It turned out, my pcmcia modem conflicted with my
motherboard COM0 port.

Putting "exclude 4" within the pcmcia/config.opts resolved
this irq conflict.

Although I have yet to try, a belkin db9 to usb adapter
would easily resolve this irq conflict.

And, for sctl to work, you first need to put the scanner in
"remote mode" (ie. Hold the "E" key down until a double beep
and the display shows a flashing key. Also make sure the
scanner is set to use 9600 baudrate speed (something like
while holding down the "E" key and then turn on the scanner
and toggling through the menu to adjust -- another option is
to edit the sctl serial.c with the baud rate on your
bc245xlt -- have yet to try this option!.