In the message dated: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:12:16 EDT,
The pithy ruminations from "John Drescher" on 
<[Bacula-users] Fwd: Problem with 'label barcodes'> were:
=> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
=> From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
=> Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM
=> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Problem with 'label barcodes'
=> To: phillipsd AT saic DOT com
=> 
=> 
=> > Obviously, the changer is sending back a string with more stuff in it
=> > than just the barcode.

I missed the beginning of this thread, but be aware that the issue may be 
configurable on the changer. For example, on the Dell PV132T (a re-badged ADIC 
changer), there are 3 levels of output possible:


* Default: The scanner will expect to read and will report to the host six
  characters. Optional one or two character media identifiers can be present but
  will not be reported.

* Media ID: The scanner will expect to read and will report to the host seven
  or eight characters (six plus the media identifier).

* Extended: The scanner will read and report to the host between five and
  sixteen characters



=> >
=> > I can load each tape into the drive manually and label them with the
=> > correct barcode names, but it would be real nice to have the command do
=> > the job automatically as I perceive it was intended.  Suggestions?
=> >
=> You definitely do not want to do that because it will leave you with
=> an autochanger without the barcode functionality.You probably need to
=> edit the mtx-changer script to get bacula to understand your mtx
=> output.

I suggest that the "Right Way" to deal with this would be to extend the 
mtx-changer script to allow reference to an external file that defines the 
expected barcode scanner output format. The default would correspond to the 
current format that's hard-coded into the mtx-changer script.

Mark "making suggestions, but without the time to donate an implementation" 
Bergman

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=> John M. Drescher
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