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jasonwoodlandSerial Data to keyboard
Hi all, how can I send serial data (from a RS232 barcode scanner) to the keyboard buffer? I am making a DOS EPoS Application and I need to support a serial scanner. The software can work with a Keyboard wedge scanner (as it outputs data to the PS/2 port) The scanner outputs data like F5018374320766 any adive most welcomed as I am a bit rusty on DOS programming. Thanks for your advice Andy		2009-10-251:01 PM
jasonwoodlandRe:Serial Data to keyboard
i have used the keyboard circuit to make controllers, you read thr keyboard with INKEY$		2009-10-255:52 PM
jasonwoodlandRe:Serial Data to keyboard
Well what I would like to beable to support RS232 barcode readers on the DOS systems (the Window version has a control program that makes the Software think it is Keyboard data)		2009-10-279:28 PM
twilightsentryRe:Serial Data to keyboard
Well, if the scanner's output is actually PS/2, you can just use INKEY$. If it's RS-232, you'll need to do something like: [code] ' See QB45 HELP: OPEN COM ' Example uses 300 baud, even parity, 8-bit bytes, 1 stop bit OPEN "COM1:300,,8" FOR INPUT AS #1 ' Read 5 bytes from the com port. DATA$ = INPUT$(5, 1) CLOSE #1 [/code] You could support both PS/2 and RS-232 scanners just by changing the string fed to OPEN. [code] IF IsPs2 THEN FILE$ = "KYBD:" ELSE FILE$ = "COM1:Blah" END IF OPEN FILE$ FOR INPUT AS #1 [/code]		2009-10-307:09 AM

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