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

[John Risby <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stephen,

That is what I was beginning to worry. Bugger. I could try to connect it
via
a serial port (or, rather, to a USB port with a serial adaptor) but I guess
I'll have to buy another cable for this damn machine. Already bought the
scanner, the cable, a usb adaptor and a power supply! That'll teach me to
buy such items off eBay.

I don't mind spending more if I can get it to work, but even if I can get
it
sending data via RS232, how can I decode it and use it in an application?
The app I am using it in is browser-based which is why a keyboard-based
system was great.

Probably best just binning it and buying a hand-held scanner that I know
works (we have one already that is fine).

Thanks
John


2009/7/16 Stephen McGarry <Selfbuild@xxxxxxx>

> 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<john%2540padimax.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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