Set up your barcode scanner¶

Getting started with barcode scanning in Odoo is adequately easy. Yet, a good user experience relies on an appropriate hardware setup. This guide will assist you through the task of choosing and configuring the barcode scanner.

Notice the barcode scanner that suits your needs¶

The 3 recommended type of barcode scanners to work with the Odoo Inventory and Barcode Scanning apps are the USB scanner, the bluetooth scanner and the mobile computer scanner.

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  • If you scan products at a computer location, the USB scanner is the way to go. Only plug information technology in the estimator to start scanning. Just make sure when y'all buy information technology that the scanner is compatible with your keyboard layout or can be configured to be and so.

  • The bluetooth scanner can be paired with a smartphone or a tablet and is a expert choice if you want to be mobile merely don't demand a big investment. An approach is to log in Odoo on you lot smartphone, pair the bluetooth scanner with the smartphone and work in the warehouse with the possibility to cheque your smartphone from time to fourth dimension and apply the software 'manually'.

  • For heavy use, the mobile computer scanner is the handiest solution. It consists of a minor figurer with a built-in barcode scanner. This ane tin turn out to exist a very productive solution, however y'all need to make sure that is is capable of running Odoo smoothly. The nigh contempo models using Android + Google Chrome or Windows + Internet Explorer Mobile should do the job. Nevertheless, due to the multifariousness of models and configurations on the market, information technology is essential to test it first.

Configure your barcode scanner¶

Keyboard layout¶

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An USB barcode scanner needs to be configured to use the aforementioned keyboard layout as your operating system. Otherwise, your scanner won't translate characters correctly (replacing a 'A' with a 'Q' for example). Most scanners are configured by scanning the appropriate barcode in the user manual.

Automatic railroad vehicle render¶

By default, Odoo has a 50 milliseconds delay betwixt each successive scan (it helps avoid accidental double scanning). If you want to suppress this delay, you tin can configure your scanner to insert a railroad vehicle return at the terminate of each barcode. This is usually the default configuration and can be explicitly configured by scanning a specific barcode in the user manual ('CR suffix ON', 'Apply Enter for suffix', etc.).