[c-nsp] OT: What barcode format does Cisco use?

Scott McGrath mcgrath at fas.harvard.edu
Tue Dec 5 15:01:43 EST 2006


I'd look into the old favorite 3 of 9 which is understood by most el 
cheapo barcode readers

Look at the Point of Sale terminals for small business they have cheap 
wedges which connect directly
to the keyboard input on a pc

Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> I think you're misunderstanding the question.  There are a bunch of
> different barcode standards.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode
> and look at "Types of barcodes".
>
> I'm kind of curious too...
>
>                                         ---Rob
>
> "Jonathan Charles" <jonvoip at gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>> Any barcode scanner that attaches to a keyboard should work... all the
>> barcode is, is a number anyway...
>>
>> On 11/21/06, John Exum <jexum at harding.edu> wrote:
>>     
>>> I have been asked by my newly appointed BC/DR coordinator to start keeping
>>> a
>>> record of where/what we have in each closet.  I know I should be doing
>>> this
>>> all along; but, I'm sure a lot of you know how it is.  We save a little
>>> time
>>> here and pay for it later but the customer is up and happy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I noticed that all the Cisco equipment I have has barcodes on it, for MAC,
>>> product, and serial number.  Does anyone know what format Cisco uses for
>>> that?  My student workers will think it is a lot more fun to scan than
>>> write, and I want to order the right thing the first time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Exum
>>>
>>> Network Manager
>>>
>>> Harding University
>>>
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