Re: attaching a bar code reader to a 319x terminal

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gerald:
You could get a "wedge" reader that goes between your cheek and gum......
ooopps, sorry thats a different product.... goes between you keyboard and
your tube.  It basically reads the bar code and sends the output to your app
as you keyed.  Nice because you don't have to rewrite your app.  Just scan
the barcodes for the appropriate fields.
CJG
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Magnuson <magnuson@knapheide.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 3:48 PM
Subject: attaching a bar code reader to a 319x terminal


>Could someone please share their experiences on attaching
>a bar code reader (Laser preferred), to a 319x terminal?
>
>I see some even have RF (radio frequency) ability.
>
>In order to cut down on keying errors, we will require
>certain vendors to bar code some data on their packing
>list to us.
>
>We currently have a complete PC based data collection
>system that could do this, but it appears that the prices
>of the equipment that can attach to a dumb terminal is
>such that it may be easier (I'm sorry "cost effective") to
> just "tweak" the interactive application to read the bar
>code, instead of writing a interface to the PC based data
>collection system. Also, if I do it interactively, I can
>perform edits that cannot be done through the PC
>based system.
>
>
>
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