[AccessD] Honeywell scanner

[Stuart McLachlan]

You'll probably find what you need to interface to it here:

https://aidc.honeywell.com/en-AP/Pages/Product.aspx?category=hand-held-barcode-scanner
&cat=HSM&pid=9520/40



On 28 Nov 2017 at 16:13, Bob Heygood wrote:

> Sorry 
> Should have mentioned that it is connected via usb.
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> Of Jim Dettman Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 11:22 AM To: 'Access
> Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD]
> Honeywell scanner
> 
> Bob.
> 
>  Is the scanner RS232 based?   That's usually the reason for using a
>  VB as a
> front end.
> 
>  The mscomm control came with VB and it will work with Access, but
>  it's not
> licensed for use with Access.
> 
>  I'm actually dealing with something similar now.   Have a weigh
>  bridge in
> Australia that uses a VB6 app for the comm part and controls Access
> via OLE. They want to update the Access side, but can't.
> 
>  I've come up with some WinAPI code to drop into Access to do the
>  RS232
> part.  If it works, then we're going to drop the VB6 part entirely.
> 
> Jim.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> Of Bob Heygood Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 11:31 AM To: 'Access
> Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD]
> Honeywell scanner
> 
> Looking to see if someone here has used a Honeywell Barcode Scanner
> with Access. I have inherited an old Access program that uses the 9520
> scanner. Unfortunately, someone somewhere along the line decided to
> use a VB front end on the old A97 database. Other than the use of the
> scanner and maybe too lazy/cheap to upgrade Access/Office, I don't
> know why they used the VB exe to interact with the db. My idea is to
> convert to at least A2010 and ditch the exe. Would be nice if I could
> expect the bar code reader to function. A am on the trail of a driver
> for this piece of hardware. I have done bar code reader integration
> with Access before.
> 
> Bob H
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