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Has anyone here implemented this type of solution? It would seem to me that that way has the most flexibility and control over the process, but might be overkill to build it from scratch to accomplish what is essentially a simple, one or two field blind data entry tool.

-mark

At 6/28/2012 07:55 AM, you wrote:
If the scale has TCP/IP Capability then you could put some of Scott
Klement's code behind a function key to query the scale value and place
it in the correct spot on your input screen. With this solution you
don't ever care where this display is used (I.e. dumb terminal, PC,
mobile device etc.)

USB is going to be a bit more of a challenge because now you're going to
have to get a PC involved in some way and thus lock that PC into the mix.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis.

On 6/27/2012 11:00 PM, M. Lazarus wrote:
> 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.
>
> -mark


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