Somehow, I missed Cue Cats... Must find a new rock to live under. http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1991915_1991= 909_1991857,00.html :) .... On 2/3/17, Art wrote: > Thanks to all who commented. > > I was kinda hoping to use the cue cats I already had, even though there > were the old PS2 type . So, I bought a cheap (chinese made unbranded > junk converter from the online auction place). I really expected it to > work!!! > > GL and thanks to all, this list is a fantastic resource! > > Art > > On 02/03/2017 06:51 PM, alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk wrote: >>> My guess is that your inexpensive converter doesn't follow the PS2 >>> standards in the exactly the same way that the CueCat doesn't follow >>> them. >>> >>> You might hunt around for articles like that, and dig into the interfac= e >>> some >>> more. >>> >>> Or cut the cable off and interface directly. >>> >>> References: >>> >>> 1. http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-and-CueCat-barcode- >>> scanner/?ALLSTEPS >>> (undated, probably 2012) >> That article is well out of date. You don't need an Arduino to decrypt t= he >> barcode, the cuecat has a pair of test points that you bridge and it >> doesn't encrypt the barcode to start with. Well documented out on the we= b, >> and I would have thought this author should have discovered it if he had >> looked, because it wasn't very long after all the cuecat hoo-ha that I >> discovered it. >> >> >> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .