Delicious Library scanning
Monday, April 27th, 2009I recently purchased a USB-based barcode scanner with the intention of using it with Delicious Library to do a home inventory (their Bluetooth scanner is just to pricey for me). Unfortunately, the scanner model I purchased – a Datalogic QuickScan QD2130 – has problems acting as a keyboard with OS X. It works fine under Windows, but when connected to my Mac, it sits in a disabled mode and won’t scan any barcodes. Leafing through the manual, I noticed that it will also act as an RS-232 device over USB, and that gave me an idea…
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