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

[Michael Kaegler]

It appears to be code128.

Quick story: I sent out students to gather this info for me using the 
paper method. The highly motivated student who does it for the glory 
got about 80% accuracy. The "my mom wanted me to get a job" student 
got about 70% accuracy. Point is, the gain in using a barcode reader 
is not in how much fun you/your staff will have, but in the accuracy 
of their data, since the accuracy sucks even for highly motivated 
staff.

That said, we haven't been able to get a barcode reader based 
solution (aside from a disastrous no-cost cuecat attempt) into the 
hands of our students. Please let me know what kind of hardware you 
end up handing your students (offlist I'd guess?).

TIA,
-porkchop



At 11:12 AM -0600 11/21/06, John Exum 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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