
9
Serial Bar Code Readers
Another method of data transmission from the bar code reader to the computer is
by RS-232 Serial ASCII format. If you have a multi-user computer, (for
example a UNIX system), with serial ASCII terminals for each user, the bar
code reader can attach between the terminal and host computer, transmitting
ASCII data just like the terminal; in fact the bar code data looks just like
keyed data when attached like the following figure:
Single user computers without an external keyboard (most notebooks) must use
the serial port for interface of a bar code reader; to get the bar code data to
appear as keyed data, a TSR or device driver program is also necessary.
Typically requiring only 2K of RAM memory, the program takes data from the
COM port and places it into the keyboard data buffer, so bar code data appears
to have been keyed. If your computer program can read a serial port directly,
no additional program is necessary. Also, when adding a serial reader to a
laptop, notebook or palmtop, it is important to use a reader that does not draw
power from the computer itself. Worth Data has designed a serial interface laser
scanner that is battery operated, saving all of the laptop or notebooks’ battery
power for the operation of the laptop or notebook computer itself.
Battery-Operated
LZ200-WDR Reader
for Laptops and Notebooks
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