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HP 71b ZENWAND Barcode Reader - Manual - Michael Fehlhammer - 10-29-2012
I just acquired a ZENWAND barcode reader, but I didn't get the manual. Could anybody be so kind and help me, please?
I know that it's quite easy to read standard barcodes with the BARCODE$ - function, but I would like to try more advanced techniques, namely scanning non-standard barcodes like HP 41 program code. I've read that this should be possible (by means of ANYCODE$ ?), but certainly it would be very difficult to find out the details without the manual.
Re: HP 71b ZENWAND Barcode Reader - Manual - Klaus - 10-31-2012
IIRC the manual states that you can write your own decoder for barcode, but I think the producer never published the info how to do it.
I have a paper copy of the manual, but it is spiral-bound and thus not copyable. But I could lend it to you.
Re: HP 71b ZENWAND Barcode Reader - Manual - Klaus - 11-02-2012
Manual is on its way.
For those interested, the appendix of the manual states that ZENWAND is extendable via LEX-file, the module scans for something. Moreover, there is a function that returns a binary number corresponding to the time spent for each black and white stripe "00101100111", where the three '1's represent a thick black line.
I think the function was WAND$ or WAND.
Edited: 2 Nov 2012, 3:35 a.m.