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

[Stephen McGarry <Selfbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have used a number of different scanners over the last 15 years and
I have looked at the manual for the 5700.
I don't think this model will produce keyboard codes at all! Models I have
used all had a section for generating
keyboard codes in the manual, as the cable itself does not do any data
conversion. It seems this model will only produce
ASCII from the various ports. So I think the cable is designed for another
model which does generate keyboard codes.

So you will have to use a serial port or a serial/USB adapter to get the
data from the scanner.

HTH
Stephen

Colin Bradford wrote:
>
>
> 2009/7/16 John Risby <john@xxxxxxx <mailto:john%40padimax.co.uk>>:
>  > 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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