Re: barcode readers and am-labels
2003-08-20 23:11:58
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:45 am, Deb Baddorf wrote:
> Hi all --
> I have a barcode reader with my tape robot. I've tested the
robot
> and got it playing nicely with amanda; nut I haven't yet told her
that
> it can do barcodes.
> In what fashion does amanda make use of the bar codes,
assuming
> I tell her that I have a reader (havereader = 1)?
>
> Does amanda use them while finding tapes, or just report them to me
> for my visual usage?
AFAIK, the amtape will use the file changer-barcodes to find a tape.
I am not 100% sure of that because I wrote my own changer.
> Does the barcode label need to match the amlabel string?
No.
> (it is kind of long for barcoding....)
> Or is the barcode just *associated* with the amlabel
> (in the mentioned barcode database)?
>
> i.e. is UX0001 associated with MyTapeStringDaily-034
> by the barcode database
> or does it have to actually *say* MyTapeStringDaily-034
> on the barcode?
When amlabel writes a label it add it and the barcode to the file
changer-barcodes. If there is no barcode available the then barcode
is a recorded as -1.
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Stephen Carville
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