[Question] Scan Barcode through tablet camera

Ignition Early Access
#1

I’m trying to scan a barcode using a tablet camera, but so far I haven’t been able to get it working. I have a button with the action Scan Barcode set under the onClick event. The barcode type is set to Data Matrix. I have made no other changes to the action settings.

If my understanding is correct, when clicking the button my browser should ask for permission to access the tablet camera. When I give permission, the camera view should open allowing me to scan a barcode. When the scan is complete, I am returned to the browser and the Barcode Scanned session event gets called.

However, right now when I click the button nothing happens - I don’t receive any kind of prompt. Is there something else I should be configuring, or is there something wrong with my understanding?

I’m on Android (have also tried from iOS) using Chrome. In my browser I have the camera settings set to “ask first”.

Barcode Scanning on Tablet
#2

Install the Ignition v8 app for android and try from within it.

#3

Thanks for the advice! It does work from the app, which gives me something to work with. Perspective isn’t going to be able to access a tablet camera from a browser then?

#4

I don’t know that that is sufficiently standardized across brands and browsers. Maybe. I’m not really the one to ask… /-:

#5

No, the barcode action may ONLY be called by devices using the mobile application. If you try to call the Scan Barcode Action from a browser, you’ll notice a warning in the console, that your Action was ignored.

We can’t call that action from a browser, because not every workstation has a camera.

#6

Is there plans to make a windows app for Perspective? We currently have a bunch of Surface tablets running Vision, and we’d eventually like to run Perspective on them, utilizing the scan barcode feature. If there was a windows app, I’d assume it would be able to access the camera?

#7

We do have plans for desktop apps that will utilize device hardware. Unfortunately, I don’t have an estimate for when they’ll be available. They’re still very much in the planning phase right now. I’ll update this post when I have more information.

#8

@cmallonee @mrojas

Hi guys, is this available now when using Perspective Workstation?