Re: Bar Coding, Wand Readers,Scanners, 348X terminals

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here at Dekko we use the wireless scanning solution from IBM.  They are hand 
held scanners that support one quadrant of a 5250 session.  We've implemented 
these in several plants and the users are ecstatic.  We tried the old scanners 
where you uploaded them to a PC and then to where the real data lies.  I 
compare that solution to going back to key-to-diskette data entry.
IBM scanners we use are called Portable Transaction Computer (PTCs). 
http://www.as400.ibm.com/wireless/products/wirecon4.htm
http://www.networking.ibm.com/wireles/al.htm




MBOCEANSIDE@postoffice.worldnet.att.net on 04/16/99 04:15:12 PM
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Subject:        Bar Coding, Wand Readers,Scanners, 348X terminals

Since good old bar coding has risen it's ugly head, I may as well
ask the eternal question.. What's up with attaching a wand reader
or scanner to a 348X type terminal for data collection.. I know
this was done years back, but I was wondering if somthing newer
had come up.... As I recall, it was pretty clunky to attach to a
regular terminal but it could be done... Who are the current hot vendors
on this subject ?????? What has to be done from the software side ???


        Curious: but it has come up in a customer meeting and I
        had to act dumb(not very hard in my case).
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