> Date:          Thu, 2 Oct 1997 11:49:48 -0600
> Reply-to:      Ron Wallace <[log in to unmask]>
> From:          Ron Wallace <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:       Worthington Bar code reader attached to a HP3000
> To:            HP3000-L

> I have been trying to connect a worthington bar code reader to an
> HP3000. (MPE5.0).  I have not been able to have the base station,  Model
> RFDLC,  communicate with the DTC.  I have done the following.
>
> 1.  Put the base station in sensitive XON/XOFF mode.
> 2.  My program calls an FCONTROL to binary mode.
>
> I was able to write to the RF terminal but not read from it.(FREAD).
>
> Has anyone been able to solve this??
>
> Thanks
> Ron Wallace
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>
I  use Intermec bar code readers but I think the logic is the same. One  thing
to try is your file equate I use:
!FILE SCANNER,NEW;DEV=153;CCTL;ACC=INOUT

I also set typeahead on in the program.

hope it helps

Gary Nolan
Sydney Steel Corporation
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Canada
Ph: (902) 564-7982
Fax: (902) 564-7903
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