Re: RF Device Inhibit Keypad Entry

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not with a 5250 device....there's no way to differentiate between the
keyboard and the barcode scanner.

Think of the barcode scanner as a keyboard emulator, as far as the 5250
session is concerned the input was keyed in.

Now if you wanted to move to a windows/android/ect application...then then
SDK might allow you to tell when the input came from the scanner and when
it was keyed on the keyboard.

Charles


On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Michael Schutte <mschutte369@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Has anyone successfully implemented the keyboard shift attribute I (Inhibit
> any data typing)?
>
> We have a client wanting to make sure a barcode is scanned rather than
> keyed.  Ultimately training the is the major issue.  Pickers are typing in
> the item number on the screen but end up picking up the wrong item. Forcing
> them to scan the barcode would help, however, there's still the potential
> that they could scan one thing and pick the other.
>
> Anyway, I've setup a display file to test out.
>
> A                                      DSPSIZ(24 80 *DS3)
> A                                      PRINT
> A                                      INDARA
> A          R SCN01
> A                                      CF01(01)
> A                                      CF03(03)
> A                                      CF04(04)
> A                                      CF12(12)
> A                                      OVERLAY
> A                                      RTNCSRLOC(&RECLOC &FLDLOC)
> A            RECLOC        10A  H
> A            FLDLOC        10A  H
> A                                  5  4'Item:'
> A                                      DSPATR(HI)
> A            SCITEM        20I  B  5 10ENTFLDATR(*NOCURSOR (*DSPATR HI RI))
>
> A                                 23 11'F3=Exit'
> A                                      COLOR(BLU)
>
>
> RPGLE program.
>
> FDISPLAYFILCF   E             WORKSTN
>  /Free
>   dow 1=1;
>    Exfmt SCN01;
>    If *inkc;
>       leave;
>    endif;
>   enddo;
>    *Inlr = *On;
>    return;
>  /End-Free
>
>
>  The RF device I tried it on was MX17. It successfully inhibited me from
> typing in the field but it also did not take the scan.
>
> I've read from other forums for some alternatives.  One being do not
> display the field you key into in, have some values hidden within the
> field, or even having a check digit on the barcode.  THe check digit isn't
> an option as the customer would have to change their barcode which would
> affect their other clients/customers. I've also seen about changing the RF
> device to add prefix/suffix to the end of the scan.  This isn't feasible as
> we have hundreds of RF devices.
>
> Are there any other suggestions.
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