{"id":1339,"date":"2010-07-27T19:32:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T00:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2011-12-17T11:39:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T16:39:55","slug":"xlh-3800-barcode-scanner-linux-compatable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/27\/xlh-3800-barcode-scanner-linux-compatable\/","title":{"rendered":"XLH-3800 Barcode Scanner: Linux Compatible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/XLH-3800-barcode-scanner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/XLH-3800-barcode-scanner-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"XLH-3800-barcode-scanner\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/XLH-3800-barcode-scanner-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/XLH-3800-barcode-scanner-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/XLH-3800-barcode-scanner.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a> The XLH-3800 laser barcode scanner is powered by a USB port and pretends to be a keyboard. (It &#8220;types&#8221; the codes of barcodes when you scan them.) <\/p>\n<p>I am happy to report that this (generic) laser barcode scanner works out-of-the-box with Linux (Tested on Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04), and does not require any module configuration like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/19\/acan-fg-8100-ccd-barcode-scanner-with-ubuntu-9-04\/\">ACAN FG-8100<\/a> barcode scanner.<\/p>\n<p>The XLH-3800 is a true laser barcode scanner, meaning that it throws a rapidly scanning laser dot (100 times per second) out into the world, giving the appearance of a laser line. This increases the read range when compared to a CCD scanner, and gives a visual indicator of where to point the device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The XLH-3800 laser barcode scanner is powered by a USB port and pretends to be a keyboard. (It &#8220;types&#8221; the codes of barcodes when you scan them.) I am happy to report that this (generic) laser barcode scanner works out-of-the-box &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/27\/xlh-3800-barcode-scanner-linux-compatable\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[97,120],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux","category-reviews","tag-barcode","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}