# Scanning Barcodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [August 13, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scanning-barcodes/94595 "2024-08-13T14:38:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scanning-barcodes/94595/8 "2024-08-13T18:19:50Z")
For Vision, you have multiple approaches: - Use the scanner in keyboard wedge mode, and arrange to have focus in the correct field before scanning. - Use the scanner in keyboard wedge mode, but use Sepasoft's Barcode Scanner module to intercept barcodes based on a prefix, sending the result where you like. - Use the scanner in keyboard wedge mode, but roll your own application-wide keystroke interceptor via java Swing "under the hood". - Use the scanner in USB Serial Port emulation mode, and run a long-lived thread to monitor the serial port. Typically delivering scanned values to a Vision Client tag, from which you can bind or trigger other events. Related discussion, with more links: > [@Sepasoft Barcode scanner configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sepasoft-barcode-scanner-configuration/91607): > > Hi team, I have installed the Sepasoft Barcode Scanner module in Vision for an application. I need to configure it so that the scanned data can be retrieved without requiring the user to manually focus on the input field. I have successfully tested this with a Newland scanner using a prefix (preamble: \u0021) and it worked well. However, the customer wants to use various scanners like Zebra, Honeywell, and Rugtec, with barcodes containing only text and no prefix or suffix. I am not very famil… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scanning-barcodes/94595)._