On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Michael Sydenham wrote:
> People are starting to talk about barcodes with 504, but I'm wonder how this
> could be done.. I don't think barcode reading was the original intention of
> 504's IR capability. To do barcodes, I think you need to have a light source
> enabled together with a sensor enabled to read the reflections. I don't
> think you can do both from the 504, unless you provide a separate light
> source and turn on the IR sensor. Strong ambient light may be OK if the
> sensor is geared to accept it, but I doubt it in this case.
I've been sort of wondering about this, too. Is there anyone here
who has actually read barcodes with a 504i and can comment on it?
cjs
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Received on Thu Nov 21 11:27:51 2002