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title: Barcode Scanner
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layout: default
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parent: Usage
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---
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# Barcode scanner
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When the user has the correct permission there will be a barcode scanner button in the navbar.
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On this page you can either input a barcode code by hand, use an external barcode scanner, or use your devices camera to
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scan a barcode.
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In info mode (when the "Info" toggle is enabled) you can scan a barcode and Part-DB will parse it and show information
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about it.
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Without info mode, the barcode will directly redirect you to the corresponding page.
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### Barcode matching
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When you scan a barcode, Part-DB will try to match it to an existing part, part lot or storage location first.
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For Part-DB generated barcodes, it will use the internal ID of a part. Alternatively you can also scan a barcode that contains the part's IPN.
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You can set a GTIN/EAN code in the part properties and Part-DB will open the part page when you scan the corresponding GTIN/EAN barcode.
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On a part lot you can under "Advanced" set a user barcode, that will redirect you to the part lot page when scanned. This allows to reuse
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arbitrary existing barcodes that already exist on the part lots (for example, from the manufacturer) and link them to the part lot in Part-DB.
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Part-DB can also parse various distributor barcodes (for example from Digikey and Mouser) and will try to redirect you to the corresponding
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part page based on the distributor part number in the barcode.
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### Part creation from barcodes
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For certain barcodes Part-DB can automatically create a new part, when it cannot find a matching part.
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Part-DB will try to retrieve the part information from an information provider and redirects you to the part creation page
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with the retrieved information pre-filled.
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## Using an external barcode scanner
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Part-DB supports the use of external barcode scanners that emulate keyboard input. To use a barcode scanner with Part-DB,
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simply connect the scanner to your computer and scan a barcode while the cursor is in a text field in Part-DB.
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The scanned barcode will be entered into the text field as if you had typed it on the keyboard.
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In scanner fields, it will also try to insert special non-printable characters the scanner send via Alt + key combinations.
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This is required for EIGP114 datamatrix codes.
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### Automatically redirect on barcode scanning
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If you configure your barcode scanner to send a <SOH> (Start of heading, 0x01) non-printable character at the beginning
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of the scanned barcode, Part-DB will automatically scan the barcode that comes afterward (and is ended with an enter key)
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and redirects you to the corresponding page.
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This allows you to quickly scan a barcode from anywhere in Part-DB without the need to first open the scanner page.
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If an input field is focused, the barcode will be entered into the field as usual and no redirection will happen.
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