Re: [OT] Symbol 5700 barcode scanner to PC - can any help?

[Colin Bradford <cjbradford@xxxxxxxxx>]

2009/7/16 John Risby <john@xxxxxxx>:
> The actual cable is an RS232 to PS/2 adaptor. The RS232 end is a RJ45
> connection. This is the correct part for the scanner (at least I'm
pretty
> sure it is!).
>
> Then I'm using a PS/2 to USB adaptor but I've also tried it directly
into an
> old PC with a PS/2 input and still nothing is being transmitted.
>
> I think the solution lies in the scanner settings (set by scanning
barcodes
> from the manual) but so far I've not been able to find the right
> combination.

There's normally a "reset to factory default" barcode in the
manual
that will get it to a state to scan and produce something - are you
getting any sign at all that the scanner is reading barcodes?

Colin.


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