How to setup your Barcode Scanner
- Plug the device into windows.
- Find the device in "Devices and Printers" in windows
- Look at properties for the device (Hardware > Properties)
- Find the Hardware ID (Properties > Details > Hardware ID -There may be multiple).
- Enter the Hardware ID into SaaSplications - "Settings > Devices Tab"
- List Keyboards - will show all keyboards found on this computer
- Look for the Hardware ID - it will be part of the string shown for one of the devices
- Select this device in the list and press Mark Selected as Barcode Scanner
Has the scanner already be configured to send a suffix of Enter ?
- Add a suffix - (of enter). Basically this puts a carriage return at the end of the number scanned so the screen then actions the information
- From the manual for your scanner
- Scan options
- Data Suffix
- Enter
- From the manual for your scanner
To test the scanner
- Open Notepad
- Scan a Barcode - see if it finds the numbers and puts them into wordpad
- Scan the barcode again - see if it creates a new line for the next scan.
- The scanner is working and ready for use