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Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

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    Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

    Just wondering if anyone has used a Bluetooth proximity card type scanner for a mobile device that has HID technology. My intentions would be to use it in a mobile application. If there are existing information or videos out there in relation to alpha Anywhere that would be great.
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    Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

    The trick would be finding scanner hardware and a plugin that worked together. What are your target devices?

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      #3
      Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

      This is the device I would use.
      https://serialio.com/product/rfid-nf...eaders-writers

      I would have to do some research but using the HID protocol is just like typing into a field. Like a virtual keyboard.

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        Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

        To use this seamlessly with Alpha you'd need to find out if the BLE plugins work with the scanner. In a sense... since the scanner supports BLE and the mobile device you'll be using supports BLE... then something like the cordova-plugin-ble may work. There's only one way to find out.

        Is your target mobile device iOS, Android, or both?

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          Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

          I am really surprised nobody has done this yet

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            #6
            Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

            I've done NFC with Android. For the most part, barcode scanning has been enough... utilizing the mobile device itself as the scanner.

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              Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

              I use a little portable Bluetooth bar-code scanner with my android devices. It acts like a keyboard. When I scan it puts the output into a textbox control. It works very well. The hardest part is syncing the Bluetooth which works seamlessly 98% of the time.
              Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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                Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

                Originally posted by frankbicknell View Post
                I use a little portable Bluetooth bar-code scanner with my android devices. It acts like a keyboard. When I scan it puts the output into a textbox control. It works very well. The hardest part is syncing the Bluetooth which works seamlessly 98% of the time.
                This is the scenario where you have no programmatic control over the scanner... and you TextBox control must have focus at the time of scanning... is that right?

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                  Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

                  Yes that is correct. Sometimes for me simpler is better.
                  Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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                    Re: Using Bluetooth Scanner with HID protocol

                    The problem that I've run into using the HID protocol versus the SPP one, is that I believe most android devices will detect the HID input device/"keyboard" and will no longer activate the soft keyboard. So by default you have either the scanner or the soft keyboard; not access to both in your application while the HID device is paired to the android device. However, I did find a keyboard in the Play Store that has an option to force the soft keyboard even if it detects an HID device. The keyboard is called the Hacker's Keyboard.

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