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Joey
Joey

Reputation: 281

How do I check if my barcode scanner adheres to the USB HID POS Scanner specification?

I am trying to use Windows-Universal-Samples for a barcode scanner, however after building the solution, the program is unable to locate the barcode scanner. I read that the barcode scanner needs to adhere to the "USB HID POS Scanner specification" I am not really sure what that means and how to check for it. This is the barcode scanner I am using. The scanner worked fine wired and bluetooth mode when I am scanning to a text box or Notepad, but I would like to catch the data received event programmatically.

According to the manual the scanner has the following interfaces: USB HID, USB Virtual Serial, SPP and single, continuous and automatic scan

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4447

Answers (2)

Paul-Sebastian Manole
Paul-Sebastian Manole

Reputation: 2702

We use Intermec scanners but yours should work the same (check your link, btw, it's broken). If you program the scanner to work in USB HID mode (HID POS mode for some scanners), it should enumerate itself to the host as a HID POS device by reporting a usage page of 0x8c, according to HID specs. If it's not doing that, you need to check your code, make sure it's not filtering by HID usage page.

Upvotes: 0

kunif
kunif

Reputation: 4350

USB HID POS Scanner specification is described in this document: HID Point of Sale Usage Tables.

It is a specification that is not used so much, and the equipment that support is limited.

Supported devices are listed here: Supported Point of Service Peripherals.

It seems that the device you want to use is not listed.
However, if you can set the scanner to SPP-SSI mode of Bluetooth, there is a possibility that it can be used, so please try it.

If it does not work, please ask the scanner vendor whether there is a device driver according to this specification Barcode scanner driver sample or can create a device driver.

Upvotes: 2

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