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Hello:

I have to do a very simple aplication: a Pda reads barcodes, look for the code of the article and the weight, looks for the price and prints a ticket.

The problem, as usual, it has to be done in two weeks.

Do you thing that I can do with your product?

Thanks for your answer

Jose Valle

Jose,

I guess you plan to use the comm port for reading the barcodes. Is that ok ?

What communication system do you plan to use to print the tickets from the pda ? Infrared ? Bluetooth ? comm port ?

Hello Antonio:

I plan to use a Symbol pda PPT-8846. The processor is Intel Xscale PXA250 and has the codebar scanner integrated.

The printer is Star, conected thru bluetooth.

I have no experience with pda and may client is waiting for buying the hardware, so I can still choose another pda

Thanks for your help

Jose Valle

josevalle wrote:I plan to use a Symbol pda PPT-8846. The processor is Intel Xscale PXA250

The one we use for our testings is a HP iPAQ with a Intel PXA255 processor, so we assume it may be compatible. Anyhow, to be 100% sure we do recommend you to download some of the samples we provide from http://www.fivetechsoft.com/english/fwppc.html , copy them on a SD memory card, and plug it into the pda and run them.

josevalle wrote: and has the codebar scanner integrated.

Then probably the scanned barcode will be transformed as keyboard input. If so, then you should not have any troubles with it.

josevalle wrote:The printer is Star, conected thru bluetooth.

We are in the process to provide bluetooth support though it is not currently available. It may be just a matter of a few days.

Jose,

I have forwarded you a spanish email which describes quite well how to use a printer from the pocket pc.

Antonio Linares wrote:Jose,

I have forwarded you a spanish email which describes quite well how to use a printer from the pocket pc.

Antonio,

If you have the same document (or maybe a link) in English (or French), i am candidate,

Tia

Richard

Richard,

Its in spanish. Anyhow its quite technical so I guess its not difficult to understand it.

These guys sell plugin SD Digital Scan Cards.

http://www.socketcom.com/product/IS5300-464.asp

The Secure Digital Scan Card (SDSC) 3E is a Series 3 Entry Level scanner that adds affordable bar code scanning to your Pocket PC or Palm device. Based on miniature Linear CMOS Imaging technology from Symbol Technologies, the SDSC 3E scans all popular linear bar code symbologies and uses only 57mA of power during scanning to maximize battery life. SocketScan keyboard emulation software sends decoded data to any Windows or Palm application as virtual keystrokes.


I'll be trying one out next week.

Antonio Linares wrote:Richard,

Its in spanish. Anyhow its quite technical so I guess its not difficult to understand it.

Can I have it too, please?

EMG

I have asked permission to the author of the msg to post it here so everybody can read it.

Hello Antonio.

In the Symbol web I have seen several C programs to deal with the bluetooth printer and the scanner.

I have read that your product (and harbourg) generates C code. Is possible to add code to your generated code.

Thanks

josevalle wrote:In the Symbol web I have seen several C programs to deal with the bluetooth printer and the scanner.

could you please provide the url for them ? thanks,

josevalle wrote:I have read that your product (and harbourg) generates C code. Is possible to add code to your generated code.

Yes, of course. You can add as many C/C++ routines as needed, and also manage standard DLLs.

I think printig is not the problem.
You can send a txt or dbf-file to your PC.
On the PC you have a "Software-PrintServer" runnig,
which checks controlled by a timer if a new file is there.
If yes the file will be printed.

Thanks Otto.

The sellers will be out of the office, and they will have a printer (I don´t know if will be in the car, an star matrix model, or in the belt, a very small zebra printer)

So there is no Pc whith a printer available.

But your idea is good for other situations.

Otto wrote:I think printig is not the problem.
You can send a txt or dbf-file to your PC.
On the PC you have a "Software-PrintServer" runnig,
which checks controlled by a timer if a new file is there.
If yes the file will be printed.

Otto,

There are many applications where the pocket pc is used far from the pc and we need a stand alone print possibility. This is mandatory for a pocket pc product.

Richard