[H-GEN] USB barcode scanner: will it work on FreeBSD?

[Greg Black]

In case anybody was wondering how this story ended, here's an update.

Recently, I wrote:

> I've decided to get myself a barcode scanner and I've narrowed my search
> for a type to one that comes in two variants -- one with a pair of PS/2
> connectors that can be inserted inline with a keyboard and which just
> delivers ASCII codes as part of the keyboard input and one with a USB
> interface.
> 
> Because I'd rather not risk hot-plugging a PS/2 keyboard interface and
> because I'd like to use this thing on a couple of machines, I'd rather
> like to get the USB unit[1].
> 
> But I have no idea how it works and I have no idea whether it's foolish
> to expect it to work nicely with FreeBSD (the operating system that is
> installed on all the machines of interest).  What I'm looking for is
> some guidance from anybody with relevant knowledge or experience.
> 
> [...]
> 
> ----------
> [1] http://www.mwave.com.au/newAU/mwaveAU/productdetail.asp?CartID=mAU@BY6B7GRS78FUI2DZ4HNL63426VQVHYPZ35YHZMB7ZE71BI&sku=38010006

A few people suggested that the USB device would probably present itself
as a keyboard, so I went ahead and ordered it.  Since it arrived, I've
tested it on my Powerbook under OSX Tiger and Ubuntu Feisty and on a few
i386 and AMD64 desktop boxes running FreeBSD and it has just worked on
everything.

Cheers, Greg