Settings for USB HID?

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Gawd
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i got this barcode scanner i wanna use with this pc and since it was ps/2 i had to get this ps/2 to usb adapter thigny. the only thing is i was told i can set the usb input on it to as a USB HID setting. (USB Human Interact Device) anyways. i cant figure out how to set it as a HID it detects and all but it doesnt do nothing since it doesnt know what to do.

so someone help me out please.

thanks
 
What are you referring to when you say "it doesn't know what to do"? You don't need to do anything special to get a HID device to work. Plug it in and go. Does the barcode scanner work when plugged into a regular ps/2 port? Likewise, does a ps/2 keyboard work when plugged into the USB converter?
 
well i meant that it doesnt actually read or pass on the data. with the kyboard wedge it would just put whatever it scans into the feild.i know it detects the scanner because if i unplug it in plug it back in it will detect and install agian. its just that i think it doesnt know what its supposed to do. can i like add a keyboard under device manager? cause the scanner installs under HID. so there must be some sort of generic driver.
 
The barcode scanner installs a driver? That shouldn't be necessary. It should be able to use the standard ps/2 keyboard driver. If, however, it uses some proprietary interface and thus requires a special driver, then that's probably why it doesn't work with the usb->ps/2 adapter. Those adapters only work with ps/2 devices.

You shouldn't need to manually add a keyboard driver. Just plug it in and it should work. There is indeed a generic keyboard driver, which is why the barcode scanner shouldn't need its own driver. Perhaps if you could give some more details(such as the model of the barcode scanner), then it will be easier to help.

ps. I wasn't aware that ps/2 devices could be autodetected and identified like that. What operating system are you using?
 
its windows xp iam using

the scanner is a polaris 7010 ps/2 scanner.

the reason iam not using ps/2 is because its a dell pc and they dont come with those connections anymore. so i had to purchase this usb thing. i was told it would just detect and work like it should. but due to the fact its detecting it as a USB HID its not registering it as keyboard input.
 
A keyboard is a HID device. The point of the HID USB class is that if the USB host driver supports the HID class, any HID-compliant USB device can be used without additional drivers or setup. In this case, your adapter should be identifying itself as a USB keyboard, and no additional configuration is necessary. Have you tried using a standard keyboard with the USB adapter?
 
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