Hello,
I'm trying to access barcodes scanned and saved in a scanner's flash
memory. The scanner, Opticon's OPN 2001, connects via a USB cable
(which rather niftily also charges its battery), but the interface is
actually serial rather than "native" USB. Opticon scanners seem to be
supported as of Linux kernel 2.6.29
(http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_29) , as in the usbserial module
is loaded and prints:
[? 196.495094] USB Serial support registered for opticon
[? 196.495135] opticon 4-1:1.0: opticon converter detected
[? 196.495529] usb 4-1: opticon converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[? 196.495557] usbcore: registered new interface driver opticon
lsusb gives:
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 065a:0009 Optoelectronics Co., Ltd
How do I access the scanned data? Presumably, an application has to
use /dev/ttyUSB0 to do so. Are there generic Linux apps. which will do
so?
Googling has not yielded results beyond the kernel version. As I have
only used the serial port for modems, I'm unsure how to proceed.
Regards,
Sameer
PS: Additional details for the embedded experts:
lsusb -vv:
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 065a:0009 Optoelectronics Co., Ltd
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x065a Optoelectronics Co., Ltd
idProduct 0x0009
bcdDevice 9.00
iManufacturer 1 Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
iProduct 2 Barcode Device
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 5
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
In MS Windows, the Opticon driver has to be configured to point to one
of COM1-3. It then slurps the data into a default file containing the
barcode, the type of barcode format, and a timestamp. There is also a
settings option to configure the scanner (turn off timestamps, e.g.).
