HP Point of Sale (POS) Peripherals Configuration Guide

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9.20 HP Imaging Barcode Scanner
Question: When I scan something in notepad it appears to garbage in non-English language?
Answer: The “country mode” needs to be changed on the imaging barcode scanner. The country
mode barcode are available in the programming guide for the scanner or one can change
this via the configuration utility for the scanner in the “USB Keyboard parameter” which is
found in the “Interface selection” of the utility.
9.21 Multiple HP Barcode Scanner
Question: When I have multiple HP scanners installed on the unit (HP Imaging scanner / HP Linear
Scanner / HP Presentation) the OPOS test utility will only test of one of the
scanner. How can I have multiple scanners work on the unit in ((HP Imaging scanner /
HP Linear Scanner / HP Presentation) OPOS?
Answer: One will need to disable the OPOS driver so it does not use the virtual port to find the
scanner. When this feature is disabled the OPOS driver will use the COM port that is
assigned to the scanner; the COM port setting can be obtained from Windows device
manager. Change these settings for the other scanner (HP Imaging scanner / HP Linear
Scanner / HP Presentation). The following shows the changes in the registry (scanner is
on COM6):