Re: bar code scanner?

John Halewood <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:10:26 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.network.rdesktop.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
MargoAndTodd [[email protected]] wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
>     Just out of curiosity, has anyone been able to get
> a hand held bar code scanner to pass through to Terminal
> Server?  What was your redirect string?

Depends a lot on the scanner itself. Many of them identify as USB HID's and act like a keyboard, and thus "Just Work" on any platform. Others try and be clever, require drivers (not available for Linux) and are best avoided.

Regards
John


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