Hi,
in a small .net c# app I read the usb output of a barcode scanner with LibUsbDotNet http://libusbdotnet.sourceforge.net/V2/Index.html . The problem is that I don't know how to convert the output into something I can read. The scanner is set to output a return after each barcode, so I need for example to detect that. The output is, I think, in groups of 8 bit bytes. It can be installed as a keyboard input. So what do i have to do with the scanner output to turn it into something readble?
I think (haven't tried it myself - but I've worked quite a bit with barcodescanners) that this example: http://libusbdotnet.sourceforge.net/V2/html/e61bb81e-108b-4f84-a77d-8ccdecebfa31.htm is the example you are looking for. Barcode scanners generally post "strings" followed by a linefeed / carriage-return (or both) just like when you use the keyboard to input the code followed by an enter.
The example uses: Console.Write(Encoding.Default.GetString(e.Buffer, 0, e.Count)); in the event, posting the string to the console. You wont need to write to the device, just the read-event will suffice.