I’m interested in scanning barcode information directly into node-red through the Edge MC. If I connect a USB barcode scanner as a KB wedge or as a serial device, I can put barcode data into Node-red on my PC. But, I’m not sure if it is possible to configure the Edge MC device to handle this data to…

Hey Dee, Thanks for getting in touch! We are looking into this issue and will circle back early next week with some suggestions! Thanks, Het.

It’s just a Symbol LS2208 that I’ve configured to emulate a serial device.

Hi @dee.brann , ttyACM0 and ttyACM1 support will be available in OS44 (slated for release in the next two weeks).

Hi Matt, Thanks for the update. I look forward to testing this.

Hi @maldrich , do you have an update on this release? Best, Dee

More than 2 weeks have passed, is there any update on OS44 release?

Sorry for the delay. We are expediting the EMC release and it should be out to you by Thursday next week (8/19).

Good morning. We tested a serial barcode scanner on an Edge MC this morning running the latest OS44.1 and it still isn’t working for us. The message still shows that we don’t have a driver. We can see a new device show up in the serial port list, but it gives the error when we try to use it. It is A…

We tested this on another unit and it worked with no issues. We rebooted the first unit and it still didn’t work. I may try to do a factory reset on it and see if the firmware update missed something.

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maldrich August 26, 2021, 9:33pm 17

@dee.brann, serial support in Node-RED showed up in OS40, see here. We currently do not support hot-plugging of these serial devices.

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