Connecting Zebra DS3678 SR Series Scanner to Ignition Without Sepasoft Barcode Scanner Module

If you want to allow any barcode format and distinguish between actual keyboard input, your best option is to add a prefix and suffix character to the scan by programming the scanner to do so.

For example, you scan 1234567 your scanner will append a prefix and suffix of your choice, like, $1234567*. Then the component knows when to capture input as a scan because it is framed with $ and *.

Regex is more suited to filtering scans to a specific pattern, "I need only this barcode format to be picked up - A-123-002-1"

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