I have a strange problem with a barcode scanner I'm trying to test. Let me tell you in advance that I do not know the brand or the model of the device, apart from what the system tells.
When I plug it in, the device does not react at all (usually, scanners blink, peep... you get the point), but it is somehow recognized by the system (Ubuntu 15.10 64Bit):
output of dmesg:
[ 4499.987323] usb 1-2: new full-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
[ 4500.116992] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=05e0, idProduct=1900
[ 4500.117000] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 4500.117003] usb 1-2: Product: Symbol Bar Code Scanner
[ 4500.117006] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Symbol Technologies, Inc, 2008
[ 4500.117009] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: S/N:B78495535C643D4AAC4AD8C7C803D91A Rev:PAABLS00-003-R009
[ 4500.121560] hid-generic 0003:05E0:1900.000F: hiddev0,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [Symbol Technologies, Inc, 2008 Symbol Bar Code Scanner] on usb-0000:00:14.0-2/input0
Output of usb-devices:
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 11 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=05e0 ProdID=1900 Rev=01.00
S: Manufacturer=Symbol Technologies, Inc, 2008
S: Product=Symbol Bar Code Scanner
S: SerialNumber=S/N:B78495535C643D4AAC4AD8C7C803D91A Rev:PAABLS00-003-R009
C: #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
But it does not seem to be taken into account as an input device (xinput list
), as it happens when I plug in any other barcode scanner (for instance, a Honeywell Eclipse):
↳ Honeywell Scanning and Mobility Honeywell Scanning and Mobility Scanner id=16 [slave keyboard (3)]
As far as I know, the device works without problems in Windows 7 and is using the driver :
Symbol SNAPI USB Imaging Driver v1.1.2, which doesen't seem to be available for Linux.
So basically I'm totally lost here and don't know how to proceed... Any help would be appreciated!
Regards