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'Smart' Portable Barcode Scanners |
Wed, Jan 15 2014 6:08 PM | Permanent Link |
Adam H. | Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with portable barcode scanners (not the USB/HID variety that uses a computer, but a completely independent one running it's own Operating System). I have a request from a client where they would like to be able to run barcode scanners and a software application that would link back to a DBISAM database on a server (using DBSRVR). I don't even know if this is possible or not. I know that there are various models of barcode scanners out there in the field that run various operating systems including Windows Mobile 6 - but have no idea whether or not there is anything that would run a Delphi application. Cheers Adam. |
Wed, Jan 15 2014 11:34 PM | Permanent Link |
Raul Team Elevate | Adam,
We used to work with the Symbol (part of Motorola) devices that ran Windows Mobile but now they also have Android based devices (for example TC55 model and others). I know of number of other solutions out there that are usually phones with barcode scanner (for example spectralink 8452/8453 phone, honeywell doplhin 7800 series etc). None are very cheap though. For us the barcode part was secondary function so we never had to get into heacy-duty barcode reading. For our purpose at the time it was simulated as keyboard input - set focus on edit control, have user press the scan button and we see barcode string coming into field. There are likely lot of cheaper windows devices as well - ebay shows stand-alone scanners starting at $80. At the time nothing was usable with delphi so we did not use it. I'd also stay away from windows mobile 6.x as i think its time is over. These days i'd start at looking at something with proper web browser and consider an EWB app first. Ideally this is android or such newer device since you need a modern browser. Alternative would be to look into Android based platform and see if you can do the same thing using XE5 mobile - since it's a basic GUI app with some network connectivity the delphi might be able to handle it. In either case you want to make sure the device can simulate the barcode reading as standard keyboard input into any app or browser field. Have not done much recently with these types of devices but maybe the post helps you along a bit. Raul On 1/15/2014 6:08 PM, Adam H. wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with portable barcode > scanners (not the USB/HID variety that uses a computer, but a completely > independent one running it's own Operating System). > > I have a request from a client where they would like to be able to run > barcode scanners and a software application that would link back to a > DBISAM database on a server (using DBSRVR). > > I don't even know if this is possible or not. I know that there are > various models of barcode scanners out there in the field that run > various operating systems including Windows Mobile 6 - but have no idea > whether or not there is anything that would run a Delphi application. > > Cheers > > Adam. |
Thu, Jan 16 2014 5:01 PM | Permanent Link |
Adam H. | Hi Raul,
Thanks for the suggestion. I was thinking more along the lines of a standalone application accessing a database, and didn't consider something such as a web based option where the scanner simply acts as a keyboard. Definitely food for thought - appreciate it. Have a great weekend! Adam. |
Tue, May 6 2014 10:24 PM | Permanent Link |
Steve Williamson Foresiight Software | Koamtac manufacture a range of bluetooth barcode scanners that act as a HID device (keyboard emulation) and can be used on both Android and iOS.
You can then build either a web-based application using ODBC to connect to your DBISAM database, or a native app using Delphi > Datasnap > FireDAC > ODBC. http://koamtac.com/ |
Mon, May 12 2014 6:17 PM | Permanent Link |
Adam H. | Thanks Steven,
> Koamtac manufacture a range of bluetooth barcode scanners that act as a HID device (keyboard emulation) and can be used on both Android and iOS. > > You can then build either a web-based application using ODBC to connect to your DBISAM database, or a native app using Delphi > Datasnap > FireDAC > ODBC. Unfortunately we were looking more for a all-in-one device running it's own O/S. In the end the project has been postponed. We found a company that is dedicated to programming scanners, but it's their own software and I couldn't write the software for it myself. |
Wed, May 14 2014 8:43 AM | Permanent Link |
Peter Hodgson | Its 10 years since I worked with a hand held scanner and the one we used had its own programming language.
It ran in Windows and emulated the scanner. Took a bit of figuring out. It was quite like Basic. It had a debugger so it was easy enough to use. Peter |
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