Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 26 Aug 2000 10:49:18 -0600 | From | pierre@lineo ... | Subject | Better driver for the :Cue:Cat barcode reader |
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hello all, <p>I've just rewritten the decoder in the cuecat driver to be a state machine instead of a flat string parser, which allows the portion of the kernel driver that deals with scancodes to detect possible barcodes very soon, buffer the scancodes, squelch them if they really are a barcode or re-inject them in the kernel if they turn out to be normal keyboard input scancodes. So now, the console isn't messed up anymore when scanning a barcode. <p>Also, I replaced my triplet decoding routine by Colin Cross' generic algorith which is much better and very generic : Colin's code enables the driver to read just about any type of barcode ! <p>The new driver is available at : <p><A HREF="ftp://oss.lineo.com/drivers/cuecat-0.0.2.tar.gz">ftp://oss.lineo.com/drivers/cuecat-0.0.2.tar.gz</A> <p>Have fun :) <pre> ////\ (@ @) --------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo--------------- Pierre-Philippe Coupard Software Engineer, Lineo, Inc. Email : pierre@lineo.com Phone : (801) 426-5001 x 208 ------------------------------------------
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