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August 10, 2022
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Integrate Barcode Scanner into ThingWorx

  • August 10, 2022
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Hello everyone,

 

I need help on the following issue: we have tablets that are supposed to scan barcodes via the camera.

 

1st question would be: is there a capability within ThingWorx to use the camera to scan barcodes? And if so, how could we get it and how can we use the scanned data within a ThingWorx application. 

 

2nd question: If the scanning functionality within ThingWorx is not supported, could we integrate 3rd party websites that enable scanning (e.g. https://websdk.scandit.com/) into ThingWorx? If so, how can we use the scanned data within a ThingWorx application?

 

Has someone been able to achieve this? First steps on how to approach this would also be incredibly helpful.

 

Thank you!

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5-Regular Member
August 11, 2022

Hello @HD_10225728 

 

As I can check there is no any inbuilt functionality within thingworx to support bar code scanner. However you can create a custom extension to achieve your requirement.

you can also refer following posts

https://community.ptc.com/t5/ThingWorx-Developers/Integrating-barcode-scanning-functionality-in-mashup/td-p/574883

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS291777

 

Let me know if it helps.

 

Thanks

Bhawna