robotnik_barcode_scanner

Params

• port (string)
  • default: /dev/input/barcode_scanner
• topic (string)
  • default: barcode_scanner

Topics

Publishers

• ~heading (std_msgs/Header)
  • Publishes the time stamp and data of the barcode scanner

Bringup

roslaunch robotnik_barcode_scanner barcode_scanner.launch

Installation instructions

• See where the device "BarCode WPM" is:

  lsusb
  

• Find BUS 00x Device 0xx: ID idVendor:idProduct Winbond Electronics Corp.

• Create an udev rule:

  sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/40-scanner.rules
  

• And write (modifying idVendor and idProduct if is necessary):

  KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0416", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c141", SYMLINK="input/barcode_scanner",GROUP="dialout", MODE="0666"

• Execute:

  sudo service udev restart & udevadm trigger
  

• Check if the link has been created:

  ls -ln /dev/input | grep barcode