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--- thot:scanner:osx [2007/03/08 12:24] – damir
+++ thot:scanner:osx [2007/03/08 16:26] (current) – damir
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 ====== HowTo Setup Barcode Scanner ======
-To use the Thot library with a barcode scanner, we need to configre the scanner as a serial device and then we need to start a bash script that is able to interpret the data from the scanner.
+In this HowTo we focus to the **Metrologic Product MS9535 Voyager and the Os X Operating System**.\\
-In this HowTo we focus to the Metrologic Product MS9535 Voyager and the Os X Operating System. the connection use the bluetooth system, that is a default feature, both on the Metrologic Scanner and also on the Apple products.
+To use the Thot library with a barcode scanner, we need to configre the scanner as a serial device and then we need to start a bash script that is able to interpret the data from the scanner. The connection use the bluetooth system, that is a default feature both on the Metrologic Scanner and also on the Apple products.
 === Essentials to configure the scanner ===
-  - Print [[thot:scanner:metrologic-setup.jpg|{{thot:scanner:metrologic-setup.jpg?100}}]] file. It's a page with all the codes necessary to configure the scanner.
+  - Print {{thot:scanner:metrologic-setup.jpg?100}} this page. It's a page with all the codes necessary to configure the scanner.
 ==== Pair the scanner ====
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   - Select the **Any Device** button and click **Continue**
   - The system will display all the devices it finds.
+  - Check in the **options** panel that the system don't ask a key for pairing.
   - Select the **VoyagerBT** voice and click on **Continue**
-    - The name complete of the device is VoyagerBT plus the serialnumber of the device
+    - The name complete of the device is VoyagerBT plus the serial number of the device
-  - If all is correct the computer will pair with the scanner and present the Congratulation message. Click on **Quit**.
+  - If all is correct the computer will pair with the scanner and present the Congratulations message. Click on **Quit**.
-  - In case of error repeat the procedure from beginning.
+  - In case of error repeat the procedure from the beginning.
 ==== Configure the scanner ====
-In the default configuration, the scanner will add a CR (Carriage Return) code to all the barrcodes it scans and this generate a problem in the program that read the datum from the scanner. to resolve this, we need to change the default behaviour of the scanner.\\
+In the default configuration, the scanner will add a CR (Carriage Return) code to all the barcodes it scans and this generate a problem in the program that read the data from the scanner. To resolve this, we need to change the default behaviour of the scanner.\\
   - Pass the scanner over the 3rd barcode (the one labeled **Disable CR Suffix** that is printed on the configuration page printed before. The scanner will emit some **beeps**.
 ==== The program ====
   - Download {{thot:scanner:checkout.zip|this}} zip file and explode it.
-  - Start the program, you will hear z 2 tone **beeps** from the scanner. This means that the scanner is online, ready.
+  - Start the checkout program, you will hear z 2 tone **beeps** from the scanner. This means that the scanner is online, ready.
+<note>
+**If you have more than one VoyagerBT scanner**\\
+\\
+The program will connect only to the first scanner listed in the **/dev** directory
+</note>
 ==== The use of the program ====
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   - Configure a local account //thot// with no Admin privileges.
   - Assign to this user the **Autologin** at startup.
-  - In the Parental control Activate the control of **Safari** Application.
   - Login as thot
   - Open the **System Preferences** panel and select the **Dock** subpanel
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     - At the bottom of the page, There's the label **Open links from applications:**. Select the **in the current window** flag.
   - Close the preferences panel and Safari (not only the window, quit the application).
-  - copy the checkout command in the **/Library/StartupItems**
+  - copy the checkout script in the **/Library/StartupItems**
   - copy the checkout script in the Desktop of the //thot// user.
-  - reboot the computer and check everithing.
+  - reboot the computer and check everything.
 \\