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How can I read barcodes from an external barcode scanner plugged into the USB Host port of my BeagleBone Black?

I have a barcode scanner module that I've connected to my BBB's USB Host port. I've determined that the scanner is tied to /dev/input/event1.

However, instead of returning the barcode string like it does when plugged into my laptop, i.e: "780060850524" -- It returns a bunch of characters I can't interpret.

I do 'sudo cat event1' and scan a barcode, this returns: enter image description here

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I can't figure out how to interpret the barcode string from the data. I'm not sure if I'm approaching this the right way, I'm not very experienced. Any and all help is appreciated.

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