Welcome back! This is the last of my three-part series on physically connecting a barcode scanner to a computer. In the first blog, I outlined how to use a Serial Cable. The second blog detailed the ins and outs of using a Keyboard Wedge. For this final blog, I will explain a USB connection. Even though you …
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Welcome to Part 2 of my Barcode Scanner Interface blog series, in which I outline the three primary methods of physically connecting a barcode scanner to a computer: Serial, Keyboard Wedge, and USB. If you missed Part 1 on using a serial interface, you can read it here. The keyboard wedge interface gets its name from …
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Hi, my name is Tony Mai, and I am the Internet Marketing Manager here at L-Tron Corporation. I’ve been constantly asking my team to write more blogs, so it’s only fair that I write one, too. I recently signed up for the Spartan Race. For those of you that are not familiar with the Spartan …
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These days, if you place a unreadable bar code label on a carton, you may find a fine coming your way! With the high volume of customers implementing automated receiving systems in their large distribution centers, bar code compliance is critical. The bar code label needs to be readable, the right symbology, and in the right placement on the carton or …
You have a barcode scanner. You have a computer. What’s next? There are three primary methods of physically connecting a barcode scanner to a computer: Serial, Keyboard Wedge, and USB. This is one in a series of three blogs to explain these interfaces, beginning with serial. A serial interface is the most complicated of the …
Earlier this year, I received a request for quote for a large quantity of sealed, back-lit keyboards. There was a list of requirements and an invitation to bid. The request came from an unknown party, with no description of use or intent. Based on the facts at hand, I decided this was a quest seeking …
If you read our blogs regularly, then you know that our blogs are usually written by L-Tron employees. For this blog, we decided to try something different – and feature a “Guest Blogger” from our friend, Bob Taflinger, Sales Engineer at Intelligent Instrumentation, Inc. (III). Thanks, Bob! Over the years, the LANpoint fixed mount DOS and …
It’s Ten o’clock. Do you know where your devices are? Remote MasterMind Device Management Software does! Whether it is ten in the morning or ten at night, those calls come in. Someone is in a panic, and you have to fix it. Here’s the conversation: “My device is not working.” “Is it totally dead?” “No.” …
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is known for its Portuguese pavement. Pedestrian walkways are covered in designs created by arranging light and dark colored stones. These designs vary from geometric patterns to the image of the Queen of Portugal. Recently, the city started adding quick response barcodes, or QR codes, to the designs in the sidewalks …
Sometimes, it’s just impossible to get someone on the phone. If you do finally reach someone, the quality of support can lack in many areas. At L-Tron Corporation, our main objective is to provide the best pre- and post-sales technical support available anywhere. We find that by doing so, our customers get the correct product …
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