Re: Package scale - input options

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

 The question is whether there needs to be some additional software 
on the PC side to make this work.

 -mark

At 6/28/2012 06:52 AM, you wrote:
> if it acts like a barcode scanner, then that "pc app" could be a 5250
> iSeries Access screen...
> Have often used scanners as keyboard input.
> jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 6:12 AM
> Subject: RE: Package scale - input options
>
>
> >>   What is required to pipe data from a package scale into a 5250 screen?
> >> Similar in concept to a barcode scanning gun.
> >>
> >>   There is a (Toledo, I believe) scale with a USB connection.  Is some
> >> specialized software required?
> >>
> >>   TIA for any suggestions.
> >
> > Sounds like it.  In the first place, there is no USB port on the System i
> > (unless they've changed that in the past few years), so it's not going to
> > be
> > a pure i solution.  Unless I miss my guess (and it is a guess) you'll need
> > to attach it to a device (PC?) and have a program/app on that device that
> > will read the scale and then fill in a screen (or a field on a screen)
> > with
> > the result.
> >
> > Dennis Lovelady