04-17-2023 12:40 AM
Does anyone have experience with barcode scanners that can be programmed via labview or some sort of text commands. Kindly let me know. Thank you.
04-17-2023 04:40 AM
Do you want a scan/read Bar code values or do you need to generate print a barcode?
For reading bar code scanner you can use serial read functions, for generating you have to create PRN files share the PRN files using barcode printer.
04-17-2023 04:47 AM
I need to just read barcodes. What do you mean by using the serial read functions. So I send the read functions over the serial rs232 interface. If so can you recommend a scanner with such functions. This is exactly what I am looking for.
04-17-2023 04:56 AM
It depends on the Scanner you have for reading the barcode, you need to have a barcode scanner with Serial Interface , where you can continuously poll for reading VISA and whenever you get a scanned data it will be read by LabVIEW Programmatically.
04-17-2023 07:42 AM
I dont have a barcode scanner. I am planning to buy one. Thats why I post this question asking for suggestions.
04-17-2023 10:39 AM - edited 04-17-2023 10:40 AM
I think there are barcode readers that look like keyboards to the PC so when you read the barcode (press the trigger) it acts like you typed in the corresponding characters. It might be easier to handle because you're dealing with keyboard input instead of serial port input. No drivers or translation to worry about.