How to use a barcode reader with LDMS

LDMS supports using any Windows compatible barcode reader.

Barcode readers that are compatible with Windows will extract the global specimen ID from the 2D barcodes that are generated by LDMS. You can test this yourself by opening Notepad and scanning a barcode. Doing so will cause the global specimen ID from the barcode to appear in Notepad.

In any place in where you would need to type a global specimen ID, you can use a barcode reader to input the ID instead. Select the box where you want the global specimen ID to appear, and then scan the barcode. This can help avoid errors when trying to type out a global specimen ID using the keyboard.