Re: [pyusb-users] Barcode Scanner

[John T. <jt...@gn...>]

Steve,

Thanks so much for the info and the link all I can say is wow. The 
scanner is indeed a Honeywell Xenon Model 1900. And I'm using LinuxMint 
17.3 as the OS. I will go down the pyserial path. So much to learn and 
so little time.

Thanks
JT

On 4/24/2016 2:33 PM, Steven Michalske wrote:
> 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 Honeywell, so here is on of their manuals for a 2d barcode reader.
> See page 2-4 of http://www.honeywellaidc.com/CatalogDocuments/Xenon-UG.pdf
> Clearly it states that to enable the USB CDC mode you scan that barcode.
>
> To enable USB-CDC mode of the barcode scanner.
> Windows needs a driver, but mac and linux will use the generic USB-CDC driver.
>
> Now you will connect with pySerial and communicate with your barcode scanner as a serial device.
>
> Happy hacking,
> Steve
>
>> On Apr 24, 2016, at 7:22 AM, Dietmar Schwertberger <mai...@sc...> wrote:
>>
>> 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 they send keystrokes.
>>>> You should have info from the manufacturer of your scanner. Maybe he has
>>>> implemented CDC (aka Virtual COM Port).
>> For Windows, Honeywell offers a USB Serial Driver.
>> So you may try CDC as well, either as serial port or via pyusb.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dietmar
>>
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